Experience

BILSTEIN of America, Inc.

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Procurement

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Industrial Sorting Services

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Sales & Business Development

  • Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Sales Development: Warehouse Business Unit - Established & executed a customer sales strategy to increase the sales/profit of the loss leader. Targeted & executed service agreements with 3 new customer sites for an estimated annual sales increase of 24%. Implemented strategy to increase gross profit % through detailed analysis. Result: +10% Year Over Year Increase Created KPI’s & monthly management review to focus clear directives and strategy Implemented a systematic focus on reducing past due A/R. Result:: 50% average weekly reduction Show less



ADVICS North America, Inc.

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Purchasing Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2021

  Lead the centralized N.A. corporate purchasing group responsible for the procurement for 6 ADVICS owned North America facilities. Annual procurement over $650M with over 100 active suppliers globally.Responsible for defining the annual group objectives as well as employee mentoring, performance review, skill growth, etc.Responsible for the supplier product development from sourcing stage through past model OES requirements.Responsible for all compliance (IATF16949, ISO9001, J-SOX, etc.)Lead the Purchasing team to ensure suppliers are meeting the performance requirements (Quality/Cost/Delivery). Strong experience supporting suppliers not meeting annual performance objectives.Coordinate activity globally mainly with Japan HQ Purchasing team. Occasionally support other areas (Europe, Brazil, Thailand, etc.) as needed. Show less

• Purchasing Manager

  • May 2014 - Jul 2017

  Direct all program / component sourcing consisting of many different types from iron/aluminum castings, pistons, steel stampings, rubber seals, injection molded components, etc. Lead the mid to long term sourcing strategy for each of the sub sets of components to ensure ADVICS N.A. was purchasing at a global best level.Lead the yearly supplier cost reduction activity. Consistent overachievement of cost down reductions to meet Corporate Planning objectives.Experience leading the sourcing for manufacturing in LCC countries. Experience leading the sourcing activities for new technology. Show less

• Assistant Sales Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

  Managed sales activity for Toyota N.A. and Nissan N.A. for Automotive Brake System Components. This includes being responsible for all commercial issues which include pricing, engineering change recovery, component part obsolescence, prototype pricing, and tooling recovery.Negotiate Annual Price Review with Toyota Purchasing. Responsible for working with manufacturing plants to maximize recovery of material surcharge while also indentifying the cost reduction for manufacturing improvements.Developed standard quoting prices for multiple different stamping dies and injection mold tooling. This included benchmarking activities with multiple suppliers in the U.S. and Japan to understand the variables which make up the cost (labor rate, material, design, logistics, etc.)Assisted in Gentani activities which broke down all aspects of the N.A. piece price and Japan piece price to find regional variances. Once variances were identified, action items were created to reduce or eliminate the variance with the goal of achieving “global best” pricing. Show less

• Senior Account Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  ADVICS Global Excellence Award received for leading customer approval for a product design change to save over $1.0M in projected obsolescence.

• Account Manager

  • Apr 2006 - Jan 2012



Sankyo America, Inc.

• Lead Program Manager

  • Feb 2005 - Apr 2006

  Supervised the efforts of the sales staff in the Cincinnati office to grow business with specific Japanese transplant injection molders within the southern region.Worked autonomously from Headquarters and increased sales by 24% in targeted key growth accounts over a two year period by continuously working with many levels of each customer to gain the appropriate information for their new business. Directly responsible for over 100 accounts including over 60 active accounts in an 11 state and 3 country region which accounted for roughly 40% of the company’s total sales ($20 million)Proven experience in gaining new business by working with the engineers from the design phase through evaluation period up until mass production. Responsible for the commercialization process for all new business programs out of the Cincinnati office that included working with upper management, customer service, and supplier to ensure a smooth start-up for our customers.Pioneer Award for Sankyo America's Best Salesperson during the companies 20th Anniversary Dinner. Show less

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2002 - Jan 2005

  Responsible for coordinating all business activities with Sankyo’s largest supplier which accounted for over 25% of the business with a forecast to grow to over 40% in 3 years.Cross-trained in purchasing and performed purchasing duties, which included order release, forecasting to suppliers, inventory control, etc.