Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Delivering bottom line results through organizational and process transformations Accomplished leader with broad international business experience in solving complex challenges in global Supply Chain management for the Automotive, Heavy Truck and Manufacturing industries. Demonstrated flexibility of living & working internationally in Germany on two distinct international assignments. Documented record of successfully transforming multiple global organizations to enhance profitability, dramatically improve quality, and standardize sourcing processes. Organizational Transformation – Led multiple procurement & supply chain organizational transformations to leverage spend, implement strategic sourcing processes, reduce supply chain risks, and improve quality & delivery metrics. Built high performing teams that deserved to be entrusted with the company’s assets through a foundation of trust. Building Culture of Profit Improvement – Achieved Net Direct Material Savings up to 4.5% leveraging VA/VE, Supplier Transitions and Commercial leverage. Integrated Indirect Material organization across divisions to achieve consistently benchmark savings on CAPEX, MRO and Indirect Goods / Services including reduction of 8% in Freight Spend vs. prior year. Supplier Performance Solutions – Developed and implemented the Quality Imperative improving supplier PPM results by 80%, reducing launch risk failures, and decreasing resultant Customer quality claims to less than 10 PPM. Recognized as a developer of Supplier Performance improvement systems and processes.
Voluntary board role advising Save Our Children in various functional roles. Our Mission To enhance literacy, foster academic excellence, and nurture leadership skills among the vulnerable youth in our community. | Volunteer | Community Impact | Executive Leadership | Education | Fund Raising |
Transformed and led regionally dispersed team to improve upon multiple impactful objectives, including reconfiguring the procurement organization from decentralized to centrally-led category structure, standardizing sourcing processes, implementing risk management best practices, and improving supplier quality & delivery performance. Responsible for 65 employees in 6 locations across North America including $1B USD in direct & indirect spend on behalf of all business units. Responsibilities also include Supplier Quality, Project Management, CAPEX, Tools and Freight spend. Transformed supplier quality organizational processes & structure to improve final customer metric to less than 10 PPM. | Supply Chain Management | Supplier Risk | Global Sourcing | Vice President | Automotive | Supplier Quality | Supplier Relationship Management | Transformation |
Promoted to create & lead a global service company (Benteler Global Procurement) providing procurement services acting on behalf of the business units of Benteler to maximize material cost savings, increase efficiencies using global scale, and consolidate the spend across the global enterprise. Responsible for 430 Global employees across 80 plants in 38 countries managing $5.2 B USD worth of Direct & Indirect materials spend. Led personnel in global Procurement, Supplier Quality and Supply Chain functional areas. | Supply Chain Management | Operations | Automotive | CPO | Global Sourcing | Steel | International Assignment | Supplier Relationship Management | Organizational Creation |
Promoted to globally lead procurement services for the business unit Benteler Automotive in all regions. Lead and manage global Procurement Board responsible for all direct and indirect procurement activities to support the business unit Automotive. Responsible for 400 Global employees across 75 plants in 38 countries managing $4.2 B USD worth of Direct & Indirect materials spend. Led personnel in global Procurement, Supplier Quality and Supply Chain functional areas. | Supply Chain Management | Automotive | Global Sourcing | International Assignment | Supplier Relationship Management | Commodity Management | Global Director |
Promoted to Regional leader providing procurement & logistic services for the business unit Benteler Automotive in the North American region. Lead and manage regional team responsible for all direct and indirect procurement activities to support the regional business unit Automotive. Responsible for 60 regional employees across 11 plants in 3 countries managing $1.1 B USD worth of Direct & Indirect materials spend. Led personnel in regional Procurement, Supplier Quality and Supply Chain functional areas. | Supply Chain Management | Automotive | Global Sourcing | Steel | Supplier Relationship Management | Commodity Management | Vice President |
Rotational assignment to lead team of 4 Materials Managers responsible for end-to-end logistics chain from in-coming orders, communicating of requirements to the supply base, in house storage and line-side presentation, on through product shipping and distribution. Responsible for 58 Salaried Employees leading 121 Hourly UAW Employees and participating in UAW Bargaining Committee. Led operational transformation to implement LEAN Supply Chain concept in manufacturing plant of 4M SQ Ft. | Operations | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Management | LEAN | Automotive | SIOP | Director | Distribution | Transformation | Union Negotiations |
Promoted to lead and manage team of 4 Purchasing Managers buying all Engine and Axle commodities for use in OEM and the Aftermarket. Responsible to manage 800 Suppliers of $1.5 B USD in Productive material with a team of 24 category buyers. Created team of aftermarket buyers with transformed goals to grow aftermarket sales & profitability by 10%. | Director | Global Sourcing | Automotive | Supplier Relationship Management | Commodity Management | P&L | Organizational Transformation |
Promoted to lead and manage team of six Product Buyers for various complex engine commodities including Castings, Forgings, and Assemblies. Responsible for 175 global suppliers of $350 Million in annual purchases. Lead and coordinate “Distressed Supplier Team” to manage situation of financially distressed and bankrupt suppliers. Regional lead to transform to Global Commodity Manager team concept within Daimler Truck group. | Automotive | Strategic Sourcing | Supplier Relationship | Supplier Risk Management | Transformation | Supply Chain |