Career Highlights

• Supply Chain Management professional with over 12 years Purchasing, Logistics, and Transportation experience supporting Diverse Domestic and International Operations.
• Significantly reduced costs using superior technical, analytical, and negotiating skills in conjunction with market, industry, competitive data, and strategic commodity processes and action plans.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification 2007: 5S, Kaizan, and Problem Solving Teams.
• Management of 100 Contracts.
• Achieved Total Savings of 12M .
• Managed 75 Sourcing Events.
• Tactical Procurement Certification earned at Textron in 2008.
• Nominated by Executive to earn Guest Auditor Program Certification at Textron in 2008.
• Proficient in Purchasing Software GPS, E2 , SAP, Transportation Software PC Miler, tariffs and rating engines and Microsoft Office.
• Bachelor of Science in Merchandising Management with Business Cognate.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Senior Buyer, New Projects for Automotive Lighting Division

• Purchasing responsible on new programs assigned for all components associated with the vehicle headlamp and rearlamp that includes plastics, stampings, electronics, wire harnesses, etc. Responsible for achieving project milestones as well as planning and execution of sourcing for parts and services and coordination of activities between different functional areas to ensure project s assigned are on time and under budget.
• Ability to work as a trusted team member on a multinational team in dispersed global locations
• Responsible for achieving the project timing and milestones as defined in the Target-RQA
• Participate on calculation, co-ordination and verification of the economic Bill-of-material and project specific investment costs.
• Generation and maintenance of component program management and tracking sheets for sourcing activities of new components.
• Planning of sourcing strategy for each component and/or group of components along with project team.
• Generation of approved supplier bid list that is appropriate for program specific parts in terms of supplier capability, quality and potential competitiveness following TSC system procedure.
• Generation of RFQ / RFP Packages for the selected supplier bid process.
• Quote return management and analysis to ensure suppliers have submitted proposals on time, in the correct format and for bid completion.
• Pricing negotiations execution to obtain the most competitive commercial agreement.
• Align, prepare and present supplier award recommendation to the Sourcing Committee following TSC system procedure.
• Generation and submission of business award by component to kick off supplier activities to meet program timing.
• Issue Purchase Orders via SAP for all new project tooling that includes but is not limited to prototype tooling to the awarded suppliers.
• Ongoing project team support as changes in customer requirements or timeline
• Prototype component orders for each of the new components to meet all the build trials.
• Communicate and coordinate all the purchasing activities with the project manager and launch coordinators.
• Participation, completion and analysis of reporting requirements both regional and global.
• Compliance with quality and environment standards procedures and instructions where applicable
• Program transfer at SOP to plant procurement.
• As required, support new projects acquisition through accurate cost estimation of new components and tooling through the use of clean sheet cost estimation, benchmarking or other advanced techniques and willing to be held accountable to those estimates.

Confidential

Buyer, Air Induction and Mass Airflow Sensors

Responsible for the purchase of production materials, supplies, and tooling for the Air Induction and Mass Airflow Sensors. Responsible for participating in development of this commodity and strategy, sourcing/negotiations, global/regional contractual requirements, interface with regional Purchasing suppliers and internal stakeholders. Manage and execute supplier and operational issues including engineering change management, contract maintenance, parts availability, and launch support. Utilize Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Sourcing Process Request for Quotation, Analysis of Quotation, Source Selection to establish a capable and competitive global supply base. Develop and manage suppliers under the guidance of quality, service, technology, and price strategies. Analyze and apply appropriate tools to meet objectives benchmarking, global competitive sourcing, supplier negotiations, value chain analysis, Tier II sourcing including Directed Buy Contracts. Responsible for negotiating price and terms with suppliers. Lead and execute sourcing packages. Issue Contracts and Purchase Orders. Negotiate settlements on defective or rejected materials. Active participation with cross functional disciplines including Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Engineering, etc. Develop and execute business plan to meet business priorities. Negotiate Engineering changes with suppliers. Manage and resolve critical capacity issues. Review and submit invoices for final disposition and resolve supplier payment issues. Faciliate resolution of obsolescence/cancellation claims. Managing commercial supplier launch and supplier delivery issues. Monitor supplier performance and responding to changing market price trends and availability of materials and services.

Accomplishments:

Estimated savings

• Experienced in leading Air Induction Annual Business Plan and Budget Management Activity
• Global Lead for Creativity Team Bi-Monthly Meetings
• Achievement of zero expiring contracts
• Exceeding metrics of sign off for Engineering Work Orders and Parts Not On Contract within 21 days
• Presentation and compilation of 2x2 strategy for Global Purchasing and Supply Chain/Engineering Leadership
• Met and exceeded allowable costs for all sourcing packages with a strong strategic and results oriented approach for sourcing
• Met and exceeded cost reduction targets for GM North America
• Developed key relationships with all levels of management and cross-functional teams

Confidential

Purchasing Specialist.

Responsible for co-managing 100 Million in freight spend and approximately three Million shipments annually for nearly 200 North American locations. Responsible for supporting the execution of a centralized corporate wide, worldwide transportation and logistics strategy design and implementation of supply chain solutions. This includes managing the third party freight payment service and all aspects of freight procurement carrier rate/performance analysis, bid package preparation and execution, bid analysis, negotiations, carrier selection, contract creation/execution and implementation for all modes Parcel, LTL, TL, Flatbed, Ocean, Premium, Air, Intermodal, Specialized, etc , including the management of carrier relationships and approximately 40 corresponding contracts. Responsible for the evaluation and data analysis of transportation and logistics operations to promote efficiencies, identify cost reductions, process improvements, transportation synergies and leverage opportunities. Responsible for providing assistance in the design and implementation of transportation management solutions to support route optimization, Lean, JIT, line-side delivery and metering of material into warehouse, consolidation, and distribution facilities to optimize and balance inventory and transportation costs.

Accomplishments:

• Outbound logistics network re-design for a Business Unit produced significant savings through the sourcing of intermodal providers and distribution centers strategically located throughout the U.S.
• Consistent savings produced through quarterly truckload RFP's and sourcing projects.
• Procurement of Intra-Canada LTL provider saved approx. 15K annually.
• Procurement of Cross Dock provider for cross border Canada consolidation point saved approx. 250K annually based upon spend at time of sourcing.
• Approx. 1 Million saved in 2009 through supplier improvement negotiations for LTL program 10 Million spend .
• International Ocean Air Program contracting Implementation of Customs Brokerage, Call Center, Ocean, and Air Agreements in 2007 which saved approx. 15-20 overall 7 Million Spend .
• Consistently achieved 10 in Carrier Compliance Increases annually.
• Nominated by an Executive to participate in Textron's Guest Auditor Program and earned certification in 2008. GAP uses high potential Textron personnel to assist with internal audits or risk assessment activities.
• Exposure to and knowledge of International logistics/transportation in multi-cultural, multi-national environments, which included travel to Europe, India, China, Singapore, Canada, and Mexico.
• Create and publish various transportation spend, savings, and misroute reports to pareto actions for Business Units on a monthly basis.
• Documented transportation procedures and requirements, performed hands-on training, education, and communication of program initiatives. Continually obtained voice of the customer to ensure satisfaction and identify future program needs.
• Developed key relationships with all levels of management.

Confidential

Logistics Analyst

Substantial analysis and evaluation of carrier costs, bids, freight payment data and performance. Assisted in implementing transportation and logistics solutions to improve manufacturing site performance and meet company objectives. Acted as a liaison between site locations and Enterprise activities. Responsible for the management and communication of logistics initiatives for several smaller Business Units while also addressing any plant specific issues and concerns regarding the overall transportation/logistics operations. Directly assisted and supported Business Unit logistics leads with special projects, analysis and implementation of logistics projects. Responsible for defining site specific freight bill and audit payment guidelines and procedures.

Accomplishments:

• Development and Implementation of Carrier Rating Tool in 2006 to assist Business Units obtain cost quotes in order to extend competitive freight rates to their customers.
• Successfully supported launch of Premium Transportation Program which provided historical data for improvement and produced significant reductions in utilizing Premium Transportation.
• Successfully identified potential opportunities for improvements including analyzing carrier bids, rates, costs, and mode comparisons utilizing various tariffs and rating engines.
• Assisted in the training and mentoring of Logistics Intern.
• Created and maintained carrier, supplier comprehensive file.
• Implemented system enhancements to corporate Routing Guides as required.
• Monitored and evaluated supplier performance by creating monthly carrier performance reports based upon defined criteria analyzed and reported on supplier performance trends and potential issues.
• Performed regular audit of site locations and identified compliance opportunities for logistics and transportation program Best Methods operations.

Confidential

Transportation Analyst

Responsible for collecting, assembling, and analyzing statistical data compiling historical trends, current performance and developing forecasts into reports for management decision making. Conducted research and statistical analysis on transportation activities, expenses, performance and systems. Prepared and presented statements, summaries and reporting to display results of data and activity analysis performed.

Accomplishments:

Collected data to populate transportation databases, ensuring the data is current, accurate and data integrity is maintained. Tracked and traced product for weekly store ads. Analyzed and reported on the impact of changes in transportation. Built key relationships with carriers. Obtained knowledge of mainframe and database software.