SUMMARY
••••• years experience in Purchasing and Materials Management in Automotive and Manufacturing Industries with proven negotiating and strong analytical skills. Experienced with VA/VE engineering, Global Sourcing, ISO Quality & Environmental policies, Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma Environments. I possess a diverse commodity background metals, steel/aluminum and processing, castings, machining, tool & die, chemical and plastics, capital expense equipment & natural gas. I have experience in both union and non-union facilities. I work well independently with minimal supervision and within cross functional team environments and matrix organizations. With a strong drive and focus to meet and excel in both business career and personal goals, I will prove an asset to my future employer.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Purchasing/Buyer Raw Materials
••••• - ••••• - Covalence Specialty Adhesives/Berry Plastics Company, Franklin, Kentucky - Commodity responsibilities for chemicals, adhesives, solvents, films, cloth with daily inventory average $4,•••••,•••••
* Identified over $•••••,••••• in inventory errors.
* Initiated VA programs for supplier managed bulk tank solvents.
* Oversaw value engineered program by single sourcing of semi-finished printed, metalized films.
* Initiated stocking & supplier warehousing to reduce on hand inventory and lead time.
* Negotiated annualized $•••••,••••• in cost avoidance/price improvements.
* Resolved quality issues with supplier corrective actions, recouped estimated $•••••,••••• loss.
Purchasing
••••• - ••••• - GM Bowling Green Assembly/Chemical Management.
Commodities responsibilities: all Non-productive Chemicals at GM Corvette Plant.
Support for PPGs technical programs with the GM Environmental Department.
Served on the GM Environmental Cross Functional Committee.
* Certified ISO••••• Internal Auditor, identify non-conformances & resolve with corrective actions.
* Support for GMs HMCS, MSDS Program and GMR2 Reporting.
* Initiate monthly invoice & coordinate accounts payable and receivable, annual sales & usage tracking.
* Attended GM University Auburn Hills, MI - completed HMCS/MSDS Programs and ISO (DNV) Certification.
Marketing & Admin
••••• - Loewen Group, Canada
Property Management
Plant Purchasing / Buyer
••••• - ••••• - Hayes-Lemmerz (former Motor Wheel) Bowling Green, KY. Responsibilities for plant MRO procurement, Tooling, Capital expense equipment.
* Material scheduling & expediting to JIT & Lean Manufacturing strategies.
* Identify annualized $•••••,••••• in cost saving-reduction programs: Consignments, value service and engineering.
* Supplier performance evaluations and supplier corrective actions to ISO & QS•••••/••••• TS••••• & ISO•••••
* Local Minority Development and reporting to automotive customers.
Corporate Purchasing Agent
••••• - ••••• - Motor Wheel Corporation, Okemos, Michigan (later transferred Bowling Green, KY)
Commodities: Raw Steel/Aluminum, steel processing, E-Coat, polishing & chrome, capital expense equipment.
* Global Sourcing brake castings and machining (Czech Republic, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico).
* Negotiated long term agreement for 1st operation blanks vs coil steel, $3,•••••,•••••+ savings
* Consistently met cost reduction goal of •••••% reduction annualized spend of $•••••MM.
* JIT Scheduling & Expediting utilizing Lean Manufacturing Principles.
* Evaluated quotations & cost analysis for future model year requirements
* Served on Steel Development Committee, Minority Development Specialist,
* Member International Purchasing Council for Global Sourcing (Castings & Machining, TopCoat).
Operations Manager
••••• - ••••• - Thomas Fabrication, Lansing, Michigan
Responsibilities included daily operations, purchase all materials (all metals-ferrous, non-ferrous, SST copper, bronze), inventory management, cost estimating.
Managed up to ••••• employees, personnel, payroll, production and material scheduling.
* Instrumental in re-design of floor layout, job flow & cell machining operations.
* Initiated supplier cost improvement & reductions to meet annualized •••••% reductions/avoidances
* Capital expense equipment (Amada Turret Punch Presses, Houghton Presses, Zweiss CMM, GM Fanuc Welding Robot)
* Installed and maintained MRPII systems integrated software (Made-To-Manage, Teksyn)
OEM Manufacturing Buyer
••••• - ••••• - Evans Process Equipment, Sunfield, Michigan
Commodity purchasing for turn-key systems to the Feed & Grain Industry include steel - sheet, structural, pipe/tube, pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical, electronic and MRO requirements.
* Cost Accounting and estimating new jobs. Wrote & Maintained Custom Inventory Control Software (FoxBASE)
* Wired Programmable Logic Controllers to print on subcontract basis
Additional Skills
* JIT and Kaizen Strategies
* Materials Management & Control
* Prototype Purchasing
* Cost Estimating
* Professional Supplier Integrity(APICS training)
* Strong Team Commitment
* International Purchasing Council
* Minority Supplier Development
* Steel Development Committee
* Plasma and Laser Cutting Robotics
* Natural Gas Futures Commodities
* Chrome, Polish, EDP and Topcoat
* ISO ••••• & QS••••• Quality Program
* ISO••••• GM Certified Internal Auditor
* Proficient Microsoft Office Suite
* ERP, MRP JDEdwards, Oracle, AS•••••, BPCS, Made2Manage-TekSyn
* Cost Reductions & Improvement
Education
* Lorain County Community College, Ohio, Associates Degree, General Studies and Art/Design
* Lansing Community College (Extension classes - MSU) Michigan, Drafting & Engineering, and Law Enforcement, GPA •••••
* ISO Certified GM Internal Auditor (•••••) ISO••••• & ISO•••••
* GM University Classes (•••••) Cert Supplier Audits(•••••)
* Robotics/Laser Seminars (GM/Fanuc Robotics) Turret Punch Press Training (Amada) Certified PPG Coatings Technology
