Anna Henry

• Managing two of our largest commodities, Machined and Stamped components.
• Working on sourcing strategies for upcoming new contracts, as well as development projects.
• Identifying potential new suppliers, including quotes, terms evaluation, understanding supplier process capabilities for potential growth, and supplier audits.
• Soliciting quotations following the RFQ process. Ensured parts met all criteria as part of the APQP process.
• Securing cost targets through effective supplier negotiations. Analyzing material markets to support negotiations.
• Obtaining all required documents/forms for government compliance.
• Writing justifications for sourcing decisions to comply with government requirements.
• Overseeing process from order issuance to receiving inspection.
• Maintaining supplier relationships, and weekly meetings to track order status.
• Facilitating meetings if supplier issues arise, involving Supplier Quality, Design, or other team members as required. Lead the implementation of a course of action to efficiently resolve the issue, while minimizing the impact on production and cost.
• Reporting to Management on component or issue status.
• Providing direction and training to lower level buyers.

• Lead customer project from award of business through completion. Customers, GM for the steering column, and Toyota for the steering gear.
• Weekly reporting to local management, and monthly reporting to Executive Management Teams.
• The project scope was planned, and I led team meetings to review business results and communicate new and ongoing priorities.
• Traveled to lead engineering sites (Germany and France) to perform design and project status reviews.
• Visits and on-site reviews with the equipment supplier to ensure on-time delivery. Review of the readiness of stations, and the run-off of equipment at the time of completion at the supplier. Review of design changes to ensure changes were made to the stations.
• Led and drove cross-functional program teams in weekly meetings to achieve program milestones regarding finance, timing, and customer requirements.
• Reviewed project progress reports, identified areas of improvement, and provided feedback as needed.
• Created detailed work breakdown structures for projects that included task assignments, and resource allocation plans.
• Provided guidance to team members on project tasks and timelines.
• Managed change requests related to scope changes or requested modifications during the course of a project. Following the GM, Toyota, and Bosch processes.
• Provided support and guidance to the cross-functional program team to maintain a collaborative work environment.
• Managing customer prototype orders to ensure that orders are built and shipped to meet customer program milestones.
• Managing and submitting internal and external tooling with the GM and Toyota systems to ensure payment.
• Lead program health checks with customers to review overall program status.
• Identified risks and issues, and drove to solutions.
• Lead Run @ Rates with customers.
• Led customer requests and answered questions to improve satisfaction.

• Responsible for the sourcing of all steering gear components for a new program.
• Ensured that purchasing cost targets, technical, and timing requirements are met.
• Lead sourcing process, including selection, qualification, and monitoring of supplier performance.
• Worked closely with product development team to investigate required technologies and suppliers.
• Managed APQP activities in collaboration with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborated with quality assurance teams to ensure products met company and industry standards.
• Led and completed supplier performance reviews, addressing corrective actions.
• Utilized ERP systems for purchase order processing, tracking, and inventory management.
• Tracked and reported cost and timing targets.
• Worked with commodity leads to align on supplier strategies and negotiated year over year price reductions.

• Commodities responsible for: rubber and plastics, bearings and fasteners. 08/10 took over rolled steel, forged components, and sub-assemblies.
• Ensured that purchasing cost targets, technical requirements, and timing requirements are met.
• Interface with external suppliers and internal groups.
• Developed commodity strategies, and evaluated suppliers for new programs.
• Lead the sourcing, selection, qualification, and monitoring of suppliers and processes. Target costing and total landed cost evaluation. APQP Support. Negotiated and implemented long-term purchase agreements.
• Conducted supplier audits and surveys for sourcing selection, and worked closely with the product development team to investigate required technologies and suppliers to support new program launches.
• Worked closely with global commodity purchasing teams to establish a global supplier network for new programs.
• Maintained tracking tools, data in the SAP program.
• Achieved year-over-year productivity savings on components already in production, and cost avoidance on price increase requests from suppliers.
• Improved supplier relationships through the implementation of long-term purchase agreements.
• Lead the RFQ process, issued the Scheduling Agreement, oversaw parts requirements, and tracked on-time delivery.
• Lead for any potential supplier-related issues, or if parts need to be pulled in.

• Provided administrative support to the COO, Quality Director, and Sales & Planning Department.
• Prepared presentations and documents for executive meetings.
• Arranged travel plans for both international and domestic travel.
• Filled out and submitted travel and expense reports.
• Scheduled and coordinated meetings, conference rooms and audio numbers.
• Maintained and created charts and launch review presentation.
• Managed Directors' schedules, managed phone correspondences, and filtered email.
• Accomplished German-English translation tasks.

• The same duties are performed as listed below for the 2nd and 3rd years.

TEBA is a manufacturer and installer of high end Windows, Doors and Wintergardens.

• 2nd/3rd year – managed 5 sales clerks (avg. Sales 700.000$/Month) as Project Leader. I was given this opportunity based on my outstanding performance in the first year. Typically, you would continue with lighter tasks.
• Verified the feasibility of materials and components with technicians.
• Calculated cost for each project, including sales profit/loss.
• Compared the final project plan to the original customer order, calculated cost differences.
• Verified the final project outcome and cost with customers for approval.
• Created CAD drawings for customer review and use during installation.
• Created a project plan for internal production.
• Purchased all components.
• Lead the project review and monitored final costs vs. quoted cost.
• Created and sent customer invoices, and negotiated with customers during delinquent payments.
• Provided customer support during the project, and, if required, on-site customer support.
• Provided support for sales representatives by quoting (figuring costing) on special orders.
• Negotiated special timing with suppliers or production.
• Maintained price lists.
  
• 1st year – (July 95 – June 96) Front desk – (first contact with potential customers) referral to sales clerk – sales of spare parts – daily balance of cash – screened and distributed inquires from new customers – forwarded customer service inquiries – scheduled appointments with customers and technicians – wrote checks to pay bills for accounting – managed incoming and outgoing mail – screened phone calls - 3 weeks project:
  developed a Microsoft Access data base and entered data (screened yellow pages for new suppliers and customers in Eastern Germany).