Beth Kowalczyk

•Generate system-level timelines that roll up and meet the major milestones of the vehicle timing plan.
•Maintain and manage all open issues to resolution.

•Establish headcount ramp plan.
•Work with engineering directors to translate corporate strategy and vehicle program milestones into detailed product/feature roadmaps and deliverables.
•Track and manage system-level and project budgets.
•Coordinate supplier sourcing activities to ensure that all major program milestones are met.
•Create and rollout program mangement related processes.

•Commincate program health to upper management and escalate risks as needed.

•Project manage all Mule builds including the master timeline, budget, and resource plans.

•Develop and coordinate project plans.

•Manage project team activities.

•Maintain project timelines.

•Ensure program profitability and maintain target EBIT.

•Coordinate tooling kick off with vendors and ensure timely delivery.

•Customer strategy development.

•Manage and grow customer relations.

•Manage quote activity for new business and engineering changes.

•Monitor and report out adherence of program management methodology for indirect reports.

•Coordination of Prototype Builds off production equipment for commercial vehicle.

•Coordinate design release dates and changes in conjunction with bill of materials.

•Provide material support from prototype through production launch of program to ensure the right quantities and materials are in stock that are needed to support flawless program launch and engineering changes.

•Support and promote full SAP System utilization throughout the organization. SAP core competencies: Basic Data, Material Masters, Master Planning, Material Requirement Planning, Production Orders, Information Systems, and Capacity Requirements Planning.

•Assist in resolving inventory discrepancies related to physical inventories.

•Creation and implementation of new processes and support improvement activities.

•Support reduction of obsolescence cost in relation to program launch and engineering changes.

•Coordinate Vendor releases and deliveries for commercial vehicle via SAP

•Schedule and track all expedites related to Vendor deliveries.

•Proactively engaging “Top Offenders”, to root cause issues and drive performance improvements.

•Partnering with internal associates to root cause supply chain issues and drive corrective action.

•Manage supplier performance.

•Maintain good supplier relations and Eberspaecher company image.

•Communicate effectively vendor updates and issues to the Planners, Purchasing, and Engineering and Program Management teams in a timely manner.

•Coordinate and organize components for off-site builds of Production product.

•Support CN process and changes to revision levels to eliminate and avoid obsolescence.

•Ensure excess and obsolete inventory is minimized.

•Created sales orders for all customer purchase orders.

•Maintained and update customer pricing.

•Keep Tool Tracking Report up to date.

•Maintained inventory for off-site builds.

•Kept inventory and traceability of all finished goods produced off-site.

•Assistant to Prototype Shop Manager .

•Quoting and sourcing of components for prototype builds.

•Issuing purchase orders to suppliers.

•Shipping and receiving.

•Coordinating supplier deliveries.

•Maintaining inventory.

•Working with customer and making sure their build schedule was met.

•Managing completion of all internal/external work orders.

•Building solid relationships with our Customer and Supplier base.

•Maintain all customer purchase orders and invoicing.

•Assistant to CEO.

•Assistant to Human Resource Department.

•In charge of coordinating all company travel.

•Accepted six week temporary position covering MRO Buyer in purchasing.

•SharePoint

•Using SAP to issue purchase orders.

•Responsible for keeping Office Supplies stocked.

•Processed all applications to banks.

•Typed contracts and signed out customers.

•Selling back end products such as warranties, tire and wheel protection, etch, gap insurance, and credit life and disability. Also, providing the customer with product knowledge.

•Preparing and sending signed paperwork to banks for funding.

•Maintaining stock of all forms and office supplies needed.

•Building and maintaining good relationships with all of our banks. Finding new banks and implementing them.

•Keeping records of all are financial profits and losses.

•Hiring and training new employees.