The document summarizes the career progression of an individual from 1989 to 2012, including roles in assembly, prototyping, materials group leadership, assistant buyer/material planner, and senior buyer. Key responsibilities included installing components, prototype testing, inventory management, on-time delivery, supplier management, price analysis, and cost maintenance.
Assembling to Buying: 30+ Years of Automotive Experience
1. 1989 Started career as an assembler on line A.
- Installing radiators
- Fuel line installs
1991 Proto/T&D:
-I did all the Proto-type buying for all testing of products.
-I also maintained the Material handling for that department.
1995 Materials group-leader:
- I had twenty five employees under me that supported manufacturing during this time I developed the
necessary skills to direct, coordinate and delegate work flow accordingly.
- I was involved in inventory adjustments, cycle counts, inventory obsolescence along with being
involved in physical inventory week.
- During this time I became very knowable of all product lines.
1999 Assistant buyer/material planner:
- I became more involved in on-time delivery of parts.
- I was also involved in a major supplier change from Delphi to Nexans a wiring program where I spent
two years travailing every two weeks to Mexico to oversee the start-up for all wiring commodities for all
product lines.
- IMS I am knowledgeable of breaking down a Bill of material by module.
- Researching price increases to find out what is driving the cost up.
- Planner work-bench is another tool for finding the correct buyer/supplier.
2012 SR Buyer for DTNA:
-Reasonability is maintaining cost on current products for all models at FCCC and TBB.
- Communicating GPS projects to Portland Buyers, Maintaining support for gate initiatives.
- Working as a mediator with FCCC engineering and the DTNA buyers.
- SAP correcting price differences.
-Globus loading actual cost.
- Loading and recognizing estimated cost values for parts.
2. - CoMet loading base AVOB for suppliers doing evaluations setting milestones and making decisions on
changeover dates.