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PURCHASING PROFESSIONAL

Product and Strategic Development Schedule and Delivery Supplier Optimization

Highly motivated, seasoned purchasing professional with outstanding domestic and international experience in Saudi Arabia, China, Brazil, India and within the last twelve months with Nissan in Japan providing leadership, and skills to achieve profitability and growth. Ability to identify and capitalize on supplier opportunities and develop strategies that increase value and implement cost savings.

Excellent skills in supplier development and problem solving, working with purchasing, product engineering and the supplier, as the liaison, to resolve issues, incorporate changes, increase production output and improve quality. Many cost saving elements are evaluated to avoid price increases including raw material, manufacturing methods, logistics, and packaging. A creative and dynamic team player with the ability to build and develop highly focused and ambitious teams with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, proficient in crisis mitigation.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Purchasing/Contracts

Quote and Negotiations

Sourcing

Supplier Development

Part Estimating

Nondisclosure Agreements

Program Finance

Product Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MSXI – American Axle & Manufacturing, Auburn Hills, MI

Prototype Sales Planner (11/2011-2/2012)

Coordinate with the Customer and AAM Product Engineer to establish the part or assembly requirements and develop a dialog with the customer for the development, timing and cost of the assembly.

• Develop the Bill of Material (BOM) with product engineering and determine the engineering design freeze date based on new part complexity and customer expectations.

• Review critical components and projected lead times for release to purchasing dates, prepare manufacturing, test and delivery schedules.

• Communicate the cost and lead time then negotiate the selling price delivery with the customer.

BAE Systems, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, Sterling Heights, MI

SUBCONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, SENIOR (3/2010-6/2011)

Write, negotiate and execute various types of nondisclosure and secrecy agreements with all suppliers on development programs.

Interacted with design engineering to ensure competitive solicitation, supplier selection of proposed items. Wrote, issued, and evaluated supplier quotes to determine the best value which met or exceeded program objectives and schedules.

Participated and contributed with program management teams for business development initiatives from inception, design and prototype development through to production. Evaluate and provide feed back to engineering for product designs as a user jury member.

Provided recommendations to upper management for system improvements to purchasing, subcontracts, supply chain management, contracts, engineering and business development systems for improvements which add value, are more efficient and cost affective.

American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI

SENIOR BUYER (11/2000- 6/2009)

Purchased materials and services in support of engineering programs focusing on precision machined components, castings, forgings, plastic parts, electronic parts, test equipment and tooling for major front and rear wheel drive programs and systems for commercial trucks and SUV’s.

Coordinated with design, product engineers and various levels of program management to incorporate engineering changes, manufacturing development processes, and hardware lead times to satisfy program delivery and cost objective. Total dollar value of purchase orders issued in 2008 exceeded $20 million.

Instrumental in the development of General Motors Programs and Chrysler Power Wagon programs. Supported both AAM China and Thailand plants, with prototypes from program inception through prototype and production kick-off.

Reduced open orders status from $17M to $6M to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting to increase stock holder value.

General Dynamics, Land Systems, Sterling Heights, MI

SENIOR BUYER (11/1972-11/2000)

Purchased material by commodity for engineering development programs following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR/DFAR) and corporate guide lines to satisfy the requirements of the drawing, technical data package, quality, program schedule and customer requirements.

Prepared purchase order universe and documents for annual Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR). Interfaced with buyers, internal and government auditors during review to answer questions and discuss issues.

Selected as Subcontract Administration for the Advanced Electronics Company Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Coordinated the raw material deliveries out of USA and finished components back into USA to support both USA and KSA production. Total contact value exceeded $41.7M US funds.

Created a catalog of the supply base by commodity with separate alphabetical and minority listings and distributed internally. Recognized as “Employee of the Month” for contribution.

Directed the activities of management, salaried and bargaining unit employees. Monitored work performance, conducted training and instructed in problem solving and interfacing with engineering personnel. Evaluated employee work performance, performed reviews and made recommendations for salary adjustments and promotions.

Leadership of the new facility renovation and construction activities at the Amphibious Systems Technology Center in Woodbridge Virginia which included the demolition and construction of new areas to facilitate the tracked vehicle development. Improved the schedule and maintained the cost within the projected estimate to complete (EAC) which minimized the capital carryover.

Conducted program status review meetings with buyers, follow-up status, and conduct material reviews with engineering. Resolve supplier problems to ensure hardware delivery to the program schedule requirements.

I have held various positions with increasing levels of responsibility, complexity and difficulty from 1972 through 1982 when General Dynamics purchased the Chrysler Defense Division.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science – Business Administration and Management

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Product design and manufacturing training for Drive Line Components specific to AAM

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Word, Word Perfect, Outlook, Power Point and Excel

Proficient in Oracle and Cullinet MRP software systems

PATENT INFORMATION

7,115,058 B2 Power Assisted Differential Assembly

7,241,243 B2 Electronic Differential with Bulkhead Connector

7,374,508 B2 Electrical Connector Assembly for Power Transmitting Devices

7,297,083 B2 Axle Assembly Electrically Driven Differential

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