Experience

HexArmor

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sr.Purchasing Manager

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  - Development and performance management of direct reports- Utilize effective negotiation strategies and craft contracts with vendors and suppliers with optimal terms and a long-term strategy- Determine, track, and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve efficiencies- Introduced Vendor Scorecard program to provide visibility internally as well as externally driving value beyond negotiation- Travel internationally to continue to develop a sustainable sourcing stratgey Show less

• Purchasing Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2022

  - Development of indirect purchasing processes and policies- Strategize best practices for all inbound logistics operations- Work cross-functionally to determine pricing strategy utilizing raw commodity analysis, purchasing and logistics data



Gentex Corporation

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Business Analyst

  • Feb 2017 - Jun 2019

  - Responsibility over Supply Chain Coordinator Team- Manage Team that executes interplant deliveries across 9 buildings - Manage the relationship between the Business and IT- Gather data from multiple databases and tables using SQL to make decisions.- Work with cross-functional Business areas to develop and implement process change within our Oracle EBS Suite.- Build, Organize and Interpret Dashboards using OBIEE to make decisions for the Material Planning Team.- Develop Training Materials to onboard Material Planners.- Analyze day to day tasks of Material Planner and streamline mundane tactical tasks to allow for more strategic decision making. Show less

• Material Planner

  • Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

  This role interacts with many cross functional teams such as warehouse, internal quality, external quality, purchasing, production, engineering,prototype, and order management teams. Responsible for planning both long and short lead time parts. Much of this role involves day-to-day tactical decision making to ensure that our production lines are fully stocked with inventory sourced from local suppliers to execute planned builds throughout the day and night. This role also has a strategic responsibility to ensure that the supply chain pertaining to long lead time suppliers is set up efficiently and evaluated on a regular basis. Overall this role uses the philosophy of " the right part at the right place at the right time" to support production in all its needs. Also responsible for:Customs reporting and accuracyPart set-up parameters systematicallySupplier relationship buildingCritical reporting on daily business operationsPlanning raw components of starting and ending programs Show less



Meijer

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inventory Control Analyst

  • May 2015 - Oct 2015

  Frozen Foods divisionResponsible for overseeing all product flow throughout the supply chain. This included forecasting, and planning all regular and promotional flows per item for all 223 locations. Supported projects to increase efficiencies in the supply chain such as pallet configurations, balancing distribution inbound and outbound volume. Managed category change and item assortment from vendor to store shelf. Reported on key financial metrics and using this data to make informed business decisions. Show less

• Inventory Control Analyst

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015

  Bakery DivisionResponsible for overseeing all product flow throughout the supply chain. This included forecasting, and planning all regular and promotional flows per item for all 216 locations.Oversaw projects to increase efficiencies in the supply chain such as pallet configurations, balancing distribution inbound and outbound volume. Managed in house production of baked goods from production planning to shelf. Managed category change and item assortment from vendor to store shelf. Reported on key financial metrics and using this data to make informed business decisions. Show less



Eliason Corporation

• United States
• Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Consultant

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  This work study includes providing Eliason Corporation with a preventive maintenance program for machinery vital to their manufacturing process. Downtime is critical and costly repairs can be detrimental to the bottom line. This program will improve efficiency and work throughput. This work study includes providing Eliason Corporation with a preventive maintenance program for machinery vital to their manufacturing process. Downtime is critical and costly repairs can be detrimental to the bottom line. This program will improve efficiency and work throughput.



Dow

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Co-Op

  • Jun 2007 - Apr 2012

  I constructed and maintained chemical reactors and serviced a multitude of analytical instruments I constructed and maintained chemical reactors and serviced a multitude of analytical instruments