Buyer

MICHELLE M. BUTKOVICH

**** *. ******* ***** **.

Milford, Michigan 48380

248-***-****(h) 248-***-****(c) email: ***********@*******.***

CAREER SUMMARY

An automotive professional with extensive experience in the tier one and sub-supplier environment. Cross functional and multi-departmental experience resulting in a broad company perspective. Extensive knowledge of raw materials, numerous components and MRO products. Demonstrated ability to reduce costs and improve processes. Combined strengths in ISO14001, QS9000 and TS16949 quality systems and purchasing processes focusing on customer satisfaction. Establish strategic relationships and communicate effectively at all levels of an organization. Computer skills include MS Office, MANMAN, MPM, JDE, Great Plains and computerized MRP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EMHART TEKNOLOGIES (Unit of Black & Decker) Farmington Hills, MI. 2006-2008

Plant closed in August. Fastener Distribution to tier one and tier two automotive customers including Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, TRW, Visteon, Autoliv and Valeo. $25 million annual sales.

Buyer

• Responsible for purchasing fasteners in a global economy from Asia, Europe, Canada and U.S.

• Developed an approved supplier list and implemented a process to manage quality certifications

• $385,000 Cost reduction through overseas resourcing of high volume parts and leveraging buys

• Volunteered to participate on three teams including Obsolescence Parts Team and Safety Team results included one year of no accidents or recordables

• Substantially reduced the occurrences of premium freight and associated costs and penalties

• Generated cost savings on MRO and vending products, negotiated a 10% commission give-back

• Reduced inventory levels 20%, increased inventory turns through disposal of slow-moving parts

SPX CORPORATION, Walled Lake, MI. 1990-2005

Tier one and tier two supplier for the automotive and heavy duty truck industries. Customer base: Ford,

General Motors, Chrysler, Blue Water Plastics, PACCAR, International, Volvo, Donaldson and Komatsu. $25 million annual sales (increased from 10 million in 1990).

Buyer / Purchasing Manager 2003-2005

• Responsible for purchasing all materials for the warranty catalytic converter product line including steel tubing (carbon, aluminum and aluminum coated tubes), stampings, plastic components, consigned shells, capital equipment and MRO.

• Implementation of a Vendor Managed Inventory System for tool crib stock and a Kanban pull system for packaging supplies thus reducing overages and shortages by 65%.

• Documented purchasing process for MRO reducing accounts payable problems to 1%.

• Reduced costs by an average of 10% annually, largely through long term agreements, minimum run sizes and reducing the supplier base for volume leverage.

• Instrumental part of the management team that integrated the new heavy duty truck business into the existing business thus creating a new customer base.

• Developed work instructions and implemented purchasing procedures required to achieve TS16949 Quality System and ISO14001 environmental certification needed for tier one status.

• Generated departmental cost savings of $214,000 and spearheaded cost saving initiatives by monitoring and communicating results monthly to all department heads.

• Monitored vendor performance and developed poor performing vendors by constant communication of open orders. Resourced substandard vendors.

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• Trained and managed a purchasing staff composed of one MRO Buyer, one Production Buyer and an hourly staff of three Material Coordinators. Performed annual merit reviews.

• Performed TS16949 and ISO14001 audits to assure quality system compliance.

Business Unit Manager 1998-2003

Directed the daily activities of the Direct Ship warehouse and shipping program. Supervised and evaluated four hourly and three salary employees. Developed and reported sales forecasts and monitored variances for converter program. Processed dealer returns and shortage claims. Managed $14 million consigned stock inventory and $16 million finished goods inventory.

• Improved the shipping performance by 6% through directing weekly cycle counts and doing root cause analysis on misplaced parts and inaccurate inventories.

• Acted as the Customer Service Representative at which time the company earned the coveted “Ford Supplier of the Year” award.

• Facilitated the conversion from IBM system 36 to Hewlett Packard MANMAN system to allow financials to be generated at the corporate office.

Planner/Buyer - Operations Analyst 1996-1998

Procured long leadtime consigned shells. Reported performance measurables: earned hours, sales, utilization and delivery. Generated month-end general ledger journal entries and reconciled inventory.

• Planned and coordinated three year-end physical inventories that were completed on time and within the acceptable physical inventory variances.

• Reduced consigned stock inventory by 10% by determining the actual leadtime required and modified the system parameters to generate accurate MRP messages.

Planner/Buyer - Ford Direct Ship Program 1993-1996

Responsible for procuring materials and shop scheduling for 50% of company parts. Demand forecasted, master scheduled and purchased parts from suppliers and expedited manufactured parts through the plant to assure on time delivery to customers. Facilitated the conversion from a manual materials system to a computerized MRP system.

• Responsible for the first GM product line and maintained a 100% delivery performance rating.

• Implemented inventory cycle count system using A,B,C volume analysis achieving 98% accuracy

Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Supervisor 1990-1993

Supervised four employees responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable and customer order entry. Analyzed and reconciled general ledger accounts. Monitored open receivables and managed problem accounts reducing bad debt by 10%. Worked with bank auditors. Generated 1099 tax forms.

INGERSOLL RAND, Farmington Hills, MI 1984-1989

Job Cost and Accounts Payable Clerk

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BS in Business Administration, Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, MI 1986

(concentrations in Accounting and Human Resources)

Lean Manufacturing, STOP Supervisor Safety, ISO 14001 Environmental Auditor Certification,

Oliver White "The Planners Job", QS9000 and TS16949 Internal Auditor Certification, Diversity Training, Dale Carnegie "Effective Speaking and Human Relations", SPX Leadership Training,

Working with the Japanese, Managing Multiple Deadlines

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