Phoenix, Arizona, United States
I have over twenty years experience in managing supplier relationships and in controlling the business imact related to them in particular, new model and new product development, inventory management and logistics. I also have experience in developing customer relations to create a continuous improvement business environment. My goal is to use these skills to establish conditions that promote prosperity for all stakeholders Specialties: negotiation, supplier development, contracts, new model launch control, inventory control, lean manufacturing, lean warehouse
I am responsible for Production Control, Supply Chain, Customer Service, IT and Logistics. In this position I am responsible for implementing actions to determine inventory levels that are appropriate to properly support operations and to reduce excess inventories. The inventory reductions also involve reduction of warehousing and establishment of optimal material flow throughout the organization. The Customer Service role involves negotiation with customers, primarily Honda and GM, to provide mutually agreeable QCD solutions to business requirements. The IT area provides systems automation resources to the business enterprise. These goals are being accomplished by evaluation and elimination of unnesessary safety stocks, increase in changeovers, reduction in internal and external lead times, and increasing requirements for supplier accountability for performance.
I was responsible for supplier selection and control, development of supplier support for new products and new model launches, receiving, material handling and warehousing. I was responsible to generate the plans necessary to support the business plan as it related to material and associated costs.