Austin Bayer
Grand Rapids,MI
Summary
Results-focused strategic buyer with hands on experience within various sectors including automotive and retail industries. Proven track record of keeping a detailed record of transactions, creating an easily accessible database, helping various departments search for suppliers, and negotiating with key vendors. Excellent communication skills, with a keen ability to build relationships and effectively streamline and save on costs of goods. Seeking a role where I can utilize my background in buying and contribute to a well-established organization.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Purchasing Analyst
Cascade Engineering
Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area
02.2023 - Current
- Customer and supplier R&D functions for automotive Dash insulators
- New product development or cost save initiatives
- Commodity manager of In Mold Labels (IML), Fiber, NVH, Stamped components, Wiring harnesses, Polyurethane Foams and MRO
- Source or resource old and new business with new or existing suppliers, to create a stable supplier base
- Review all company contracts of outside companies with director of supply chain, Direct and Indirect
- Solve day to day problems, such as supplier quality issues, OEE improvements and more
- Manage supplier base, scorecards, performance
- Analyze company spend budgets per plant, programs, and finance budgets
- In total of six plants and two warehouses
- Review actual price increases versus estimated impacts
- Lead several cost saving initiatives totaling over $130,000 YTD of 2023
- Contract negotiations, Direct and indirect suppliers
- Assisted with campus inventory improvements at 98.9 percent accuracy during first fiscal year with lean management ideas
- IRR Capital planning
- ISO / IATF lead auditor certified
- VAVE savings over $150,000 over first fiscal year.
- Prepared purchase orders, solicited bid proposals and reviewed requisitions for goods and services.
Buyer
Corvac Composites, LLC
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
09.2021 - 02.2023
- Handle all RFQs / sourcing for Ford, Stellantis (FCA), Honda, Toyota
- Production forecasting, supplier EDI and ASN releases
- Report markets prices among multiple suppliers to find the best prices for new programs, price reviews, personal data points for negotiating
- Review all invoices and POs with accounting, supplier discrepancies
- Manage supplier scorecards, and audits ensuring each are operating under ISO or IATF standards depending if a commodity, raw material or service supplier
- Research new ways to be more cost effective
- Such as finding new suppliers, and working with them to find more efficient methods to create their products for our manufacturing processes that tend to be different than others
- Assist in all buying needs through 6 different manufacturing plants, R&D, sales, and multiple in direct and direct purchasing needs as they arise through the company
- Create a competitive pricing environment by including as many suppliers to a approved suppliers list
- While ensuring quality commodities or raw materials are still provided, which in turn helped create a more stable supplier base
- Assist in change requests as they arise during the life of programs and in a timely manner while having it approved by customers / OEM's
- Negotiate long term logistics deals with various suppliers, ranging from freight, surcharges, safety stock, warehouse charges, etc
- Review and audit suppliers who do not meet up to our supplier quality requirements (SQM)
- IATF / ISO 9000 certified - perform supplier audits, for new, and current suppliers
- For various reasons including quality issues, renewing audit certificates.
Associate Buyer
Ford Motor Company
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
05.2019 - 08.2020
- Created purchase orders based on forecasts and estimates, while facilitating frequent inventory turns, sustaining high service levels, and ensuring timely deliveries to all customers
- Collaborated efforts between vendors, warehouses, Supply Chain, Retail Operations, and Corporate Headquarters
- Worked directly with Ford and other parts suppliers to find availability for dealerships
- Monitored commodity market changes on a day-to-day basis to obtain the best market prices for vendor contracts
- Analyzed product cost changes from vendors and their effects on the department's gross margin.
- Assisted in the development of merchandising strategies that maximized profits while meeting customer demand.
- Conducted research on potential product sources, evaluated vendor proposals, and negotiated contracts.
Buyer/Logistics
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
02.2017 - 05.2019
- Manage all sales, logistics and purchasing duties for regional stores of Grand Rapids
- Open market commodity negotiations
- Conduct inventory replenishment counts, creating purchase orders for low stocked items
- Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and associates to confirm accurate and timely delivery times for different products coming into the store
- Purchase and track inventory, manage third-party warehouse inventories, coordinating all shipments
- Successfully increased store sales starting at roughly 52 million dollars in 2017 to now, currently projecting around 65 million for 2021
- Develop strong vendor relationships giving realistic timelines to customers for specific products.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
Ferris State University
08.2024
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA - Business, Management, Supply chain management, International business
Ferris State University
01.2020
High School Diploma -
Comstock Park High School
01.2016
ISO 9001 : And IATF16949 certified internal auditor -
Omnex Engineering and Management Inc
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Vendor Management
- Distribution & Capacity Planning
- Microsoft Word, Excel & PP
- QAD EE/SE experience
- SAP Software & Kronos
- Demand Management
- Inventory Planning & Control
- Pricing & Contract Negotiations
- Cross-Functional Communications
- Team Collaboration
- Strategic Sourcing & Networking
- Analytical & Process Oriented
- Advanced Problem Solving
- Report Generation & Capacity Planning
- Project Planning & Development
- Warehousing
- Performance Metrics
- Bid Processes
- Coaching & Mentoring
Personal Information
Title: Supply Chain Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Purchasing Analyst
Cascade Engineering
02.2023 - Current
Buyer
Corvac Composites, LLC
09.2021 - 02.2023
Associate Buyer
Ford Motor Company
05.2019 - 08.2020
Buyer/Logistics
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
02.2017 - 05.2019
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
Ferris State University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA - Business, Management, Supply chain management, International business
Ferris State University
High School Diploma -
Comstock Park High School
ISO 9001 : And IATF16949 certified internal auditor -
Omnex Engineering and Management Inc
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