Lead all activities relating to commodity management, new product development, engineering changes, improving margins and sales position through cost reductions and shortened lead-times. Development of departmental procedures and efficient set-up and usage of ERP systems. Establishing long-term agreements, establishing and contracting effective terms and conditions for supply, and departmental budgeting.

• Focus on total cost reduction throughout the supply chain
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and improved efficiencies. Generate RFQs and negotiate pricing & terms with suppliers
• Determine, evaluate, and select suppliers. Establishing and upkeep of beneficial supplier relationships
• Work cooperatively with internal customers to ensure suppliers are meeting the requirements of the company.
• Management, training, and mentoring of employees.

Control of Sales & Operations Planning, Supply Planning, Materials Management, Procurement, Sourcing, NPI, Global ERP Product Configuration, and associated Logistics.

• Managed Procurement. SIOP, Logistics and Commodity teams and subsequent contract management. Established new supply chain processes and procedures compliant to ISO and related industry standards.
• Managed spend for all the Americas operations and drove integration of a fluid process between operations, sales, quality, and strategic SCM initiatives
• Worked with European and Asian counterparts and constructed inter-company trade and tax process of international materials movement.
• Leveraged all international spend to a single consolidated profile and spend of the supply chain in all hemispheres.

Commodity management, sourcing, and tactical support of production products. Category leadership in electro-mechanical and hydraulics for Gilbarco, Pelton and Crane, and Nobel Biocare. Program management of S&OP initiatives. Management of over $314MM of annual global spend in Electro-Mechanical Commodity. Lead high stakes negotiations and sourcing. Managed highly complex business continuity risks and ensured business continuity of all risk materials on 5 continents. Integration and out-sourcing of contract manufacturers.

• Formed cross-functional teams to deliver improved spend analysis capabilities.
• Planning leader in NPI, product lifecycle, and demand planning.

Department head directing Purchasing, Commodity Management, Sourcing, NPI, Inventory, Production Planning and Control groups, Supplier Quality, and sales and operations planning.

• Evolved ACR Electronics into a lean manufacturing organization by modernizing the supply chain including collaborative forecasting, planning, and scheduling. Drove implementation of AS9100 and ISO recertification.
• By driving engineering changes, supplier improvement, and sourcing of best in class suppliers I achieved a Reduced overall inventory by over 38% and increased internal fill rate by driving proper demand planning and analytical execution of supply planning.

Management of NPI, Commodity Management, Purchasing, and Planning groups for seven North American solution centers. Direct customer service, fulfillment modeling for external partners, and business process outsourcing for customer supply chains.

• Initiated and championed Lean Material Pull program and trained associates and suppliers in Lean practices.
• Increased packaging inventory turns from 6 to 17 annually by implementing VMI, Kanban.

Enterprise level sourcing selection, strategic and tactical supplier contracts. Control of key negotiations, departmental strategies, budgets, and DOD project management requirements.

• Worked with key sole source suppliers to drive the first cost reductions in over 10 years of continued Y2Y increases. Established third party supplier pricing novation’s and implemented Lean concepts at suppliers. to allow for seamless improvement of margin while reducing product cost.
• By defining negotiation strategies and true partnering with historically adversarial suppliers I improved relationships and signed a five-year LTA with a key sole source supplier who had previously refused to enter into an agreement for the previous three years.

Duties included international sourcing (Southeast Asia, China, and Korea) of PCB, plastics, sheet metal, and electrical components. Negotiation and management of contracts, statements of work, and pricing totaling more than $200 million annually.

• Outsourced back shop production processes to low cost regions.

Management of Aircraft Completion Production Control Department. Managed all stores and distribution of materials in support of 3900 employees and material flow in excess of $2.8 Billion annually. Performed analysis of materials and determined optimum systemic control levels.

• Materials Pull Champion for Lean Manufacturing Implementation, training, and establishment of teaching program.

Oversaw and streamlined manufacturing processes including quality, costs, delivery, scheduling, material planning, and outsourcing. Pre-production planning, oversight of actual production, and quality control.

• Lead first ever MRP implementation and factory streamlining.