SCOTT HOLLANDER

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Waverly, IA *****

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GLOBAL COMMODITY MANAGER

International Strategic Commodity Sourcing, Supplier Development and Engineering Process Project Management

A diverse mechanical engineer, who manages the commercial / technical events for highly engineered systems and sub systems. A progressive history of manufacturing and purchasing management with the bulk of expertise in product development purchasing for complex commodities, i.e., power train auto / agri / construction, consumer goods, complex electric high voltage utilities switch gear and circuit protection, aerospace fluid filtration and wind turbine power systems in fleet wide farms. Goal oriented and trusted project manager with solid expertise in creating and leading cross-functional teams through dramatic change and improvement. Significant achievements and break through results produced based on applying the disciplines of classical process engineering, process mapping and process development. Thorough background in global sourcing, supply chain management, product development, supplier development and negotiations. Deals well with ambiguity and translates information into workable strategies.

COMMODITY EXPERTISE – MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS

Castings: raw, machined, sand cast, gravity cast, die cast, lo and high pressure cast aluminum, steel, iron, zinc

Drive train: axles, transmissions, drive shafts, brakes, gear boxes, wheels, tires

Contracts: supply agreements, long term design and development agreements

Fabrications: weldments, forgings raw and machined, forming brake and punch and turret press, wire rope cable, pendent and rigging

Power train: engines off and on high way, engine dress up, tier 4 emissions treatment, heat exchangers

Negotiations: cost analysis, cost control, cost abatement, cost adjustment, cost reductions

Tooling: fixtures, cutting, gauging, casting patterns prototype and production

Hydraulics: pumps, motors, filter modules, tubing, hoses, fittings

Project Management: leadership thru crisis change, team building

Design for manufacture / assembly DFM / DFA

Manufacturing analysis / out sourcing

Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)

Manufacturing analysis / in sourcing

Supply chain advanced strategic sourcing

Supplier development and quality

Value analysis Value engineering

Warranty vendor recovery

AS 400 MRP software system

WDS MRP software system

MAS 500 MRP software system

SAP software system

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PATENTS

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

Inventor: Utility Patents 6,817,032 and 7,197,771 and Trademark for Garment To Prevent Muscle Strain

Professional development courses including management, engineering, quality, HR and finance

Bi-lingual, conversational German

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLIPPER WIND POWER, Cedar Rapids, IA 2010 – 2012

Warranty Vendor Recovery Manager and Supply Chain Leader, Weldments, Fabrications, Brakes and Lubricants

Reorganized warranty recovery department by leading and facilitating communication between multi-disciplined groups including: Warehouse, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, Buyers, Planning, Accounting, Field Service, Legal / Contract Administrator and Manufacturing resulting in integrating the best possible information to strengthen warranty claims.

Managed recovery of $32M of warranty claim positions with vendors by negotiating settlements that maximized financial recovery for Clipper while maintaining strong positive vendor relationships and mitigating / managing business risks such as: open / future orders, contract negotiations and price increases. Recovery of $10.65M for 2011.

Through supplier collaboration and cross functional engagement with Clipper Engineering, developed new process that reclaimed scrapped structural ductile iron machined gear boxes and housing castings by utilizing re-welding of ductile iron housings and re-machining and validation through Non Destructive Testing (Ultra Sonic and Dye Penetrent). Process generated $225K of cost savings.

Meticulously acquired, compiled data, and documentation and maintained records necessary to substantiate warranty claims.

Chaired warranty reviews with vendors and key Clipper staff that drove settlement solutions that addressed the entire product value stream. (Settlements are created by applying judgment and discretion to the input and feedback of Clipper staff such as Supply Chain Leaders, Supply Chain Managers, RCA Leads, Supplier Quality Engineers, Supplier Development Leaders, Engineering and Fleet Services.)

TEREX CRANES, Waverly, IA and Wilmington, NC 2007 – 2009

North American – Commodity Manager, Drive Train Systems

Established and implemented strategies for maintaining, deferring, minimizing and reducing raw material inflation during fiscal 2008 for domestic and globally sourced commodities.

Settled lower target costs that recaptured 2009 raw material deflation by parametrically analyzing raw material content of supplier goods purchased and correlating to Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.

Leveraged back the incumbent supplier costs through global market testing and commercial negotiations.

Managed North American purchasing for globally sourcing and managing 200 suppliers with over $150M of annual spend for off and on highway and military construction crane equipment: engines, hydraulics, gears and drive train systems, transmissions, axles and gear boxes.

Established and implemented strategies for sourcing, purchasing and managing technical and commercial supplier development of commodity classes for 2 North American manufacturing / assembly plants.

Established and implemented design and development program for re-sourcing $25M of off and on high way powered planetary steer axles at 15 % less cost than incumbent.

CNH GLOBAL N.V., Burr Ridge, IL 2004 – 2007

Advanced Strategic Sourcing Global Drive Train Buyer, New Product Development and Subsystems

Purchased over $200M of construction and agricultural equipment: engines, hydraulics, gears and drive train systems, transmissions, axles and gear boxes for globally sourcing.

Established and implemented strategies for sourcing and purchasing for over 6 commodity groups for 8 domestic and international manufacturing / assembly plants.

Purchased advanced drive train technology for sourcing high horsepower high torque CVT transmission for flagship agricultural tractor.

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PTI TECHNOLOGIES, Oxnard, CA 2001 – 2004

Manager, Strategic Supply Chain

Designed and led the lowest total acquisition cost philosophy in existing and concurrent product engineering. Utilized value analysis, process mapping and process re-engineering which lead to creating a major program to in source $772K worth of a strategic aerospace commodity critical to the core business. The total acquisition cost analysis justified a capital equipment expenditure of $1M for vertical integration of custom designed specialized machinery. The investment in technology generated approximately $300K dollars per year of hard cost savings for each year of the capital equipment depreciation period.

BLACK & DECKER HARDWARE & HOME IMPROVEMENT GROUP 2000 – 2001

KWIKSET CORPORATION, Lake Forest, CA

Global Commodity Manager, Castings – Architectural Security Hardware and Sanitary Plumbing

Established and led cross functional commodity teams in the Kwikset and Price Pfister business units that created and implemented value optimizing supply strategies for $30M of technically diverse castings commodities.

Worked with advanced sourcing specialists to identify sources and negotiate price and delivery for new and existing components. Pursued low cost region sources, China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Mexico, Japan, and Europe as a means of generating cost-out opportunities.

CNH GLOBAL N.V., Burr Ridge, IL 1997 – 2000

Purchasing Platform Team Leader 1999 – 2000

New Product Development and Subsystems

Assumed corporate leadership for globally sourcing a $4.7M agricultural corn header harvesting drive train system.

Established and implemented strategies for sourcing and purchasing for over 6 commodity groups. Served as the link between purchasing worldwide and the global product line, which had responsibility for new product development processes (reliability, timing and cost), co-design strategies and contracts, and components standardization.

Global Drive Train Commodity Engineer 1997 – 1999

New Product Development and Subsystems

Key liaison between global purchasing and product engineering for over $175M total spend for agricultural and construction equipment drive train systems.

Incorporated lean principles to reduce freight costs by $500K and maintain engineered component integrity from German axle supplier to Fargo, ND.

Managed supplier relationship / warranty reimbursement negotiations, responsible for recapturing $1M of corporate warranty claims per year.

S & C ELECTRIC COMPANY, Chicago, IL 1994 – 1997

Manufacturing Production Assembly Process Engineer

Engineered Manufacturing and assembly producibilty for high voltage transmission and distribution circuit switch gear protection, metal enclosed pad mount distribution switch gear, pole mounted sulfur hexifloride arc suppression transmission voltage circuit breaker switch gear with / without visible contactor trip blades, pre insertion inductors, self resetting contactor trip blade operator mechanism.

Developed new product design for self re-setting trip operator mechanism which eliminated complex multiple stage reduction gearbox by using common linear motion ballscrew jack. Significantly reduced: bill of materials. Machining / assembly time and reduced unit costs by $150 per unit.

GENERAL MOTORS, WILLOW RUN PLANT, Ypsilanti, MI 1989 – 1994

Transmission Manufacturing Process Engineer, Power Train Division

Avoided capital equipment cost of $250K and achieved a 35% reduction in machining time by retrofitting an obsolete transmission turbine shaft cross drilling machine with precision CNC drilling units.

Accountable for the manufacture and production of automatic transmission components and assemblies.

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