{"id":2568,"date":"2024-04-04T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:40:31","slug":"global-purchasing-director-9238447-mba-automotive-glass-industrial-equipment-global-sourcing-600m-spend-dayton-columbus-cincinnati-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/finance\/global-purchasing-director-9238447-mba-automotive-glass-industrial-equipment-global-sourcing-600m-spend-dayton-columbus-cincinnati-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Purchasing Director (238447) MBA \/ Automotive, Glass, Industrial Equipment \/ Global Sourcing \/ $600M Spend \/ Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati OH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dayton-based Purchasing and Manufacturing Executive with 20+ years of supporting global leaders like Honda, Toyota, and Faurecia. <\/strong> He has achieved an exceptional track record of delivering significant cost savings, supply base stabilization, and process improvement. He has managed spends up to $600M supporting multiple locations through international sourcing from countries like the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, UK, Poland, India, China, and Japan.<\/strong> He is skilled in several ERP systems including SAP and JDE. He has provided Purchasing\/Supply Chain support for over 300 sites across 30 countries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a walking ATM who prints money in the form of cost reductions that add MILLIONS of dollars to the bottom line! <\/strong>He has completed multiple relevant industry trainings to keep his tools sharp! This Game Changer comes highly recommended by those who have worked with and for him. He is looking at new opportunities since he was caught up in a reorganization. He is willing to relocate. Move quickly and contact us for an introduction before you lose the opportunity! His notable experience includes::<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Developed global strategy bringing a leveraged sourcing approach to an organization that historically applied a decentralized strategy
\u2022 Identified targeted cost reduction opportunities and developed a five-year savings plan covering $120M in annual spend
\u2022 Took the lead on the savings recapture initiative leading sites to finalize implementation of $3M in lost direct material savings while delivering an additional $1M in indirect savings prior to staffing of IdP department
\u2022 Provided purchasing support to over 300 sites located in 30 different countries.
\u2022 Focused on improving service levels while reducing spend and risk.
\u2022 Delivered over $25M in validated savings annually through sourcing and TCO strategic projects.
\u2022 Leader of the operational indirect purchasing teams supporting USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
\u2022 Responsible for the tactical purchasing and procurement functions supporting 70 manufacturing sites.
\u2022 Exceeded targeted 4% annual savings impact on the budget goals annually.
\u2022 Emphasized internal accountability\/effective long-term supplier relationships to gain savings beyond price.
\u2022 Led team to configure, launch, and train over 50 sites through successful deployment of SAP P2P modules.
\u2022 Created, developed, and deployed a new centralized purchasing department in the USA and Canada.
\u2022 Led at team of 10 buyers \/ 2 admin.
\u2022 Managed $120M in annual spend and delivered on our $5M annual savings target.
\u2022 Oversaw direct and indirect purchasing activities at 2 automobile exhaust manufacturing sites.
\u2022 Led a team of 2 buyers.
\u2022 Delivered over $5 million reduction in precious metals losses by driving a special project focused on controlling material flow, scrap reduction, and recovery.
\u2022 Served as interim plant quality manager and led the site to gain its original TS16949 compliance certificate.
\u2022 Managed staff of 4 engineers, 5 technicians, and 1 supervisor to achieve organizational goals.
\u2022 Improvement efforts helped reduce supplier PPM by over 50% and nonconformance events by 30%.
\u2022 Led department to effectively resolve and close 75% of outstanding supplier corrective action requests.
\u2022 Responsible for oversight and development of 4 engineering specialists who managed over 90 suppliers supporting 10 Toyota models produced at 5 different manufacturing locations.
\u2022 Oversaw $150M in annual purchases.
\u2022 Negotiated and achieved annual price reductions beyond targets each year; yielding over $6M savings.
\u2022 Designed, developed, and launched an expediting\/forecasting system resulting in a 30% savings in labor hours.
\u2022 Personally trained procurement staff (25 associates) on the use of the newly developed system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 $600M Spend
\u2022 Supporting Multiple Locations
\u2022 Supporting Automotive Manufacturing
\u2022 Supporting Tier 1 Automotive
\u2022 Supporting TS16949
\u2022 Global Sourcing – USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, UK, Poland, India, China, Japan
\u2022 MRO Purchasing
\u2022 Capital Equipment Purchasing
\u2022 Leasing Equipment
\u2022 ERP Systems – QAD, SAP, JDE
\u2022 Bid Preparation \/ Review
\u2022 Contract Negotiations
\u2022 Minimizing Total Cost of Acquisition
\u2022 Strategic sourcing
\u2022 Implementing Lean into Purchasing \/ Warehousing
\u2022 Access Reporting
\u2022 Crystal Reporting
\u2022 VA\/VE Negotiation
\u2022 Performing Variance Analysis
\u2022 Using Root Cause Analysis
\u2022 Value Stream Mapping
\u2022 Forecasting
\u2022 Business Restructures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SKILLS \/ TRAINING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 IESE Executive Education Course (Barcelona, Spain)
\u2022 ERP Systems: SAP \/ JDE \/ QAD
\u2022 Value Engineering Module 1 (SAVE International)
\u2022 Toyota Production System
\u2022 Standardized Work
\u2022 Situational Leadership
\u2022 Toyota Purchasing Cost Build Up (Toyoda City, Japan)
\u2022 Kepner-Tregoe Decision Making
\u2022 Karass Effective Negotiating
\u2022 Negotiate to Win
\u2022 Project Management
\u2022 Advanced SQL for Business Objects
\u2022 MS Office
\u2022 Past training in Japanese and Spanish language
\u2022 Honda Quality Circle Process<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 MBA (focus on international business and leadership), 2002 \/ Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
\u2022 Bachelor of Science, Operations Management & Bachelor of Science, Management \/ Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) 1995 Robert J. Firestone Excellence Award Recipient<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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