SUMMARY:

Corporate professional with over 15 years experience in automotive industry. Skilled in Program Management and Account Management. Expertise includes directing complex projects from concept to fully operational status. Acknowledged as goal - oriented with strong leadership capabilities, proven ability to develop successful relationships and work globally with peers, subordinates, and leaders.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Sales Account Management
• Program Management / Business Development
• Pricing Negotiations / Sales Contracts
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Analysis
• Manage cross-functional activity of divesting plants while buyers transition operations.
• SAP, QAD, Peoplesoft, and Microsoft tools, Enterproj

CAREER OVERVIEW:

Confidential, Novi, MI

Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage eight audio system (amplifier) program teams, requiring both applications and engineering.
• Lead cross functional team in developing systems and ensuring tasks are completed to the project plan.
• Follow corporate product development process. Ensure the compliance of team members.
• Ensure prompt decision-making is executed by promoting consensus decisions, intervening when consensus decision-making fails, and making unilateral decisions in the case of a deadlock.
• Understand all technical detail of the products used in all systems, both electrical and mechanical.
• Approve requirements and technical solutions for meeting requirements for all development products.
• Work with Sales, Supplier and Design Engineering to set system cost target. Meet system cost target.
• Set team goals for timeliness, customer issues, and quality. Lead team to meet goals.
• Interact with all internal functions: design engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and sales.
• Serve as lead program interface with customer.
• Identify program issues as early as possible and drive resolution at the team level. If resolutions requires management intervention, escalate to appropriate management personnel with proposed alternatives.
• Coordinate and oversee ordering of prototype and production tooling.
• Audit task completion. Report major deviations from plan to appropriate management.
• Provide monthly reports in requested format.
• Recommend continuous improvements development process. Complete other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Confidential, Harrison Township, MI

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Integration of design, development, testing, and acquisition of highly complex robot systems including Talon IV CBRNe, Talon 5A, and Kobra 710.
• Provided recommendations to the Government for cost benefit analysis and Earned Value Management ( Confidential ) for robotic systems and sub-systems as identified by the cross-functional IPT.
• Identify, prepare, update, and review draft programmatic documentation. Develop milestone documentation (Acquisition Strategy, Acquisition Plan, Test and Evaluation Master Plan TEMP, Integrated Master Schedule IMS, and the Systems Engineering Plan SEP ), and provide to the Government guidance.
• Develop and maintain milestones, tracking/status report to monitor milestone events, documents, dates, action items, key personnel, and program status for the robotic systems and sub-systems.

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Implementation Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage NA Finance team, QAD Implementation.
• Interacting direct with internal accounting and finance staff and QAD to develop business requirements to maximize QAD benefits for Takata.
• Support Global Takata Team of “Business Process Owners” to define and develop Global Core Model used across all regions.
• Participant in Global process to identify “Gaps” between Takata systems and QAD software, and support necessary solutions.

Confidential, Van Buren Twp, MI

Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed Global IT Project reporting of $16M related to Capital expenditures, IT support and Maintenance.
• Maintained global budget, worked with Program Managers regarding scope, corporate requirements and cost adjustments. Participated and approved financial requirements in gate review process for all IT projects.
• Calculated month-end accrual for all IT purchase services and project expenses.
• Developed IT business case package including summary and financial model for consistency of all IT projects.
• Coordinated global IT department budget templates, reviewed with department leads, which ensured accuracy of costs and assumptions.

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Program lead for Confidential transition activities for 12 plant divestitures, both ACH and Confidential owned facilities; responsible for due diligence, application / system separation, cutover tasks, SOW development, transition services and trailing transactions.
• Managed project budgets in excess of $250 million.
• Formed and coordinated cross-functional teams for transition activities. Followed program manager framework of initiating, planning, executing, and monitoring / controlling and closing to successfully divest or close each site.
• Managed commercial activities ensuring satisfaction of contractual service requirements included in the Master Service agreement between Confidential and Automotive Components Holding (ACH).

Account Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed commercial activities for Confidential Glass with revenue of $40M annually.
• Accounts included Ford Motor Company, Metzeler, Dura, and Magna Donnelly.
• Resolved $12M in accounts receivable issues from Open Confidential Glass A/R aging report.

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Launched new aftermarket business, with $4M revenue projection, 37% ROS, achieved timing and budget targets. Compliance with Confidential VPDS (APQP) gate process, achieved all cost, timing and deliverables.
• Led product development of new AIS aftermarket products to support Nissan Titan, Ford F150 and Mustang applications. Supported Product Line Team (PLT) by implementing engineering and design changes.
• Successfully led Aftermarket Ignition Coil program with $3M annual revenue, and 40% ROS. Supported all aspects of program including launch, product development, plant production, and sales and marketing.
• Researched new business/product opportunities. Requirements included developing business case, assembling core team, and evaluating all expenses including tooling charges.
• Supported manufacturing relocation of $4.5M in Aftermarket fuel business during corporate reorganization process.

Account Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led pricing negotiations with customers and developed strategies that met internal and customer objectives.
• Successful management of contracts increased both volume and PBT within existing customer base.
• Effectively managed all issues regarding quotes, pricing, shipping, billing and accounts receivables.

Confidential, Dearborn, MI

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided administrative and selling cost analysis for Aftermarket Operations.
• Consolidated and analyzed monthly performance both actual and forecast.
• Prepared financial reports for senior management.
• Completed analysis and studies for Strategic Business Units (SBU) which determined customer pricing.
• Launched Corporate Procurement and Receiving System (CPARS) within the Aftermarket. C
• Achieved SAP certification.