Experience
5/2009 – Current St. Johns Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI
Environmental Associate
I sanitized patient’s rooms and emergency room facility. Trained in safety procedures of chemicals used. I used my position as not only for cleanliness but as a customer service representative for the hospital. I transition position of PACU/Post Op greeter.
8/2006 – 7/2008 Acro - Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Cost Saving Analysis (Purchasing)
I was a member of a team, which analyzed and reduced costs. Generated processes and developed matrixes plus was the liaison for target setting with programs, finance, purchasing and engineering. I attended meetings in lieu of directors to streamline cost reduction and the globalization of body exterior department. Steering committee, tracked documents & set up meetings for the exterior department on issues in cost reductions for VP of purchasing, directors, purchasing managers and various other departments for resolve of issues which I tracked for completion. The position required that I attended meetings between exterior department and programs to facilitate with targets being met for kickoff of new programs. I was instrumental in setting up company wide offsite meetings annually for representatives from cost-ops, purchasing, engineering and finance to generate cost reductions for 15 teams which lasted 1 week offsite.
10/2005 - 1/2006
Buyer Modern Engineering - Johnson Controls, Inc., Plymouth, MI
I was instrumental in moving all fasteners from distributors to direct suppliers for 48 plants nationwide. Liaison between plants & manufactures from location manufacture, negotiated pricing & terms, po distribution, QS900 certification supplier set up and product shipment to plants for the firsts time. This included 1,400 parts coming from distributor to plants.
2/2005 - 5/2005
Procurement Specialist Dickson & Allen - A & M Label, Wixom, MI
Purchased production parts and controlled inventory for manufacturing of labels in the entertainment industry. A&M had no set procedures for purchasing to which I completed a written process and implemented. Oversaw plant move from Glendale, CA to Memphis, TN and scheduled the move along with procuring services to make the move. I led the quoting process for capital equipment in our Wixom plant. Cleaned up purchasing system that had 10 years of raw material parts which 75% were no longer used. Set up vendor part numbers with descriptions and specs so they would coincide with A & M part numbers.
10/2000 - 9/2004
Senior Buyer Facil, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI
Purchase production for Tier I & II automotive plants throughout the USA. Coordinate with engineering, sales, quality and customer service to assure product is procured and to spec, through PPAP’s for delivery. Set up contracts in system and released from EDI. Expedite coordinator on 100 plus vendors throughout US. Assure QS9000 is met for auditing. Found alternate sources in cases of quality failure or displacement. Market tested and negotiated price on commodity for cost savings. Tracked vendors were delivery to cumulative totals and delivery performance. Special project coordinator to manage inventory at point of use warehouse which inventories twice daily for delivery at assembly line. Computer systems change over from obsolete system to AS400 that changed manual procurement to EDI for all vendors. I assisted in the second system change over from AS400 to Trans4 system (Agillisys). I also assisted in setting up instructions for QS9000 in purchasing department.
4/1997 - 10/2000
Senior Buyer/Accounting Coordinator Hamlin Tool & Machine Rochester, MI
As the buyer, I priced, procured & input MRO & tooling PO’s. I implemented purchasing module on UNIX software that was not being utilized. I coordinated purchasing procedures for all departments where do procedure was being followed. Set up MRO inventory control & tracking for die repairs, maintenance, production, tooling, shipping, administrative costs and usage. QS9000 set up for purchasing department. Set up inventory documents for repeat items purchased. Data input for receiving all areas of purchasing. I became the Liaison between department supervisors and the president for all purchasing and account payable concerns. My other duties included being: accounting coordinator for A/P, A/R billing, tracking outside processing, raw materials, MRO purchases per purchase orders and inventory. These duties also included: billing, tracking salesman commissions, expediting, switchboard relief, correspondence with vendors and market testing.
7/1995 - 4/1997
Buyer Hawthorn Metal Co., Roy...
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