Leverage Advisors provides procurement advice for manufacturing companies operating in the United States. The firm delivers value to clients by reducing the cost of goods sold through four areas of development:


Advisory Services

Cost & Inventory Reduction Strategies
Vendor managed inventory, quotation analysis, cost walk, value stream analysis & negotiation.


Purchasing Process Improvement
Spend analysis, commodity strategy, opportunity analysis, current state map.


Risk / Inflation Mitigation
Risk analysis, Inflation mitigation (control raw material cost).


Direct Material Sourcing
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EDUCATION
2007 - Present Califonia State University – Dominguez Hills Carson, CA
 Applied Studies, B.S
2006 Institute for Supply Management Tempe, AZ
 Certified Purchasing Manager certification.
2002 – 2006 Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI
 Industrial Distribution, B.S. (not complete)
1998 – December 2001 Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI
 General Studies with emphasis on Computer Information Systems.
 4.0 in Psychology and HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June 2007 – Present Leverage Advisors Santa Monica, CA
Principal
Deliver value to clients via cost of goods sold reduction.
 Create and implement strategies to manage commodity inflation; price lock, escalator and hedges.
 Negotiate contracts; long term agreements, blanket orders, spot buys.
 Develop commodity strategies from scratch, global sourcing, exit strategies.

May 2006 – June 2007 Cummins Inc. Charleston, SC
Commodity Manager, North American Supply Chain
Manage quality, delivery and commercial relationship with selected, off-shore casting suppliers. Develop suppliers according to TCO and sourcing strategy. Leverage low cost, off-shore capacity while maintaining a strong relationship with geographically local suppliers. Efficiently manage engineering changes within supply base. Negotiate bi-lateral LTAs and pricing to meet cost and performance in stable supply base. MPV management.
 6Sigma Greenbelt candidate.
 Developed long term agreements with new sources in India, China and U.S.
 Strengthened vendor managed inventory (VMI) model. Benchmarked VMI partners to ensure TCO was in line with pricing targets. VMI implementation champion for US supply chain team.
 Improved EDI and Kan Ban communication with VMI and off-shore suppliers to reduce inventory exposure and increase turns.
 Implemented returnable container program with suppliers that were previously supplying in expendable packaging.
 Managed major share of MBE spend and increased opportunity for 2007 MBE spend.
 Increased off-shore spend while improving delivery and quality performance.

November 2001 – January 2006 Ford Motor Company/Visteon Corp. Dearborn, MI
Sr. Supply Continuity Engineer, Commodity Purchasing
Manage delivery and commercial relationship with electronic, plastic, metal and non-metal commodity suppliers in financial or operational distress. Quickly read and correct operational deficiencies within supply base. Develop and program manage exit strategy for resourcing projects. Resolve supply shortages. LTA development with new sources.
 Implemented over 3Mil in cost savings (resourcing) in 2004. On target to implement over 4Mil in 2005.
 Program managed several high impact emergency situations; total losses due to fire, flooding and wind, numerous supplier bankruptcies, obtained legal injunctive relief to protect supply.
 Key member of team that managed a high profile labor strike at a large Visteon plant in 2004. Organized the movement of three high volume assembly lines to non-strike affected facility without customer interruption. Nominated for Visteon’s “Leading the Way” award in recognition of success during this crisis.
 Promoted to highest non-management grade level after 15 months in this position and enlisted in high-potential employee program.

Special Assignment, Assembly Plant Launch Team – Mississippi
Manage material planning and logistics personnel in two start-up plants. Address training of personnel, equipment purchasing and construction before the start of production. Actively manage team during launch of plant. Staffing management.
 Successfully managed team to achieve a flawless supply chain launch. Launched SAP ERP.

Material Planning and Logistics Analyst – Ypsilanti Plant
Responsible for scheduling several high volume assembly lines. Manage daily purchase exceeding $350k in accordance with inventory target. Monitor supplier’s ability to deliver purchased goods on time.
 Led assembly area to 100% on time delivery to service and aftermarket customers.
 Promoted to corporate staff after serving 14 months in this position.

May 2000 – December 2001 Ryder Integrated Logistics Ann Arbor, MI
Customer Logistics Manager – Visteon Ypsilanti
Responsible for overall account management for two customer sites. Study transportation patterns, propose changes in lanes to the customer and implement changes. Act as single point of contact for customer. Manage 6 employees (salaried) at two customer sites. Increase scope of work by demonstrating service excellence.
 Launch manager for new premium freight process that utilizes online bid system
 Launch manager for cross-dock proposal and implementation.
 Lead the team to attain highest Customer Satisfaction Index score received.

PERSONAL INFO
 Avid Sailor. Crewed on a sailboat across the Ionian Sea; from Athens, Greece to Sicily, Italy.
 Coached a variety of youth baseball and basketball teams.
 Well traveled – professional and personal.