Candice (Candi) Ewert
Summary
Accomplished Purchasing Manager with history of overseeing procurement operations. Strategic planner offering demonstrated track record and core strengths in key relationship management and inventory management coupled with persuasive contract negotiation skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Asst. Purchasing Manager / Sr. Buyer
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL (CCMI)
08.2022 - Current
- Cover for Purchasing Manager when out of office
- Manage MRO crib, purchases, and people for $16M in inventory and 14,000 SKUs
- Assist in the development of annual budgets, forecasting procurement needs based on historical trends and upcoming projects.
- Managed a team of buyers and crib attendants, guiding best practices while overseeing operations within the department.
- Participate in contract negotiations, NDAs, and Vendor Managed Inventory while establishing mutually beneficial terms for both parties involved in the agreement.
- All aspects of Purchasing (approve requisitions, convert requisitions to POs, follow up on open orders, send out POs for MRO, Spot buys, Capital and Tooling)
- Metrics for Daily Management Meeting – spend budget
- Work on CMS (Epicor) cleaning database
- Developed and initiated the Repair process – tracking cost savings
- Write, review, update, and train processes for the department
- Identified cost-saving opportunities through thorough market research and analysis of vendor offerings.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align purchasing activities with organizational goals and objectives.
Buyer
DIMPLEX THERMAL SOLUTIONS
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Purchase Raw Materials (most places would consider MRO items) for production, Capital purchases, steel, and Kanban items
- Manage and purchase outsources electrical panels and metal fabricated parts to help support production
- Managing the selection of a “Partner” to manage part of inventory as consignment inventory
- Work closely with Production Control and Engineering to ensure parts are correctly acquired and on time so production does not stop
- Built long-term supplier relationships with vendors to establish quality and competitive pricing.
Owner and Operator
CANDI'S CUSTOM CREATIONS
10.2020 - 08.2021
- During the Pandemic, worked for myself by making/repairing canvas and vinyl on boats
- Made patterns from scratch, laid them out and constructed the end-sewn product
- Met and negotiated with customers on what was desired
- Managed financial aspects of the business, including budgeting, financial reporting, and tax preparation.
Site Manager - Integrated Supply/Supply Chain Management
BRUCKNER INTEGRATED SUPPLY/WESCO (ZOETIS)
06.2017 - 10.2020
- Manage $2.7MM worth of MRO and OEM inventory in stockroom and satellite locations
- Inventory Accuracy 99.41% for 2017 and 98.6% for 2018 and Service Level of 99.9% both years
- Developed strong relationships with clients through consistent communication of project updates and prompt resolution of concerns or issues.
- Worked on converting OEM parts to MRO parts as part of yearly cost savings
- Managed client relationships to resolve quality and delivery problems – Including find Cost Savings from new parts being added from Capital Projects
- Interviewed, hired, and trained new workers.
- Conducted regular site meetings with team members, fostering open communication channels for efficient problem-solving and progress updates.Reported out Monthly Metrics
TAC-MRO Buyer
DENSO MANUFACTURING, INC. – DMMI
01.2016 - 06.2017
- Converted approximately 30 Requisitions to Purchase Orders daily and quoted out if required.
- Negotiated favorable contract terms for MRO supplies, resulting in significant cost reductions.
- Managed, tracked, and worked on ~ 10 to 15 projects simultaneously
- Developed strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.
- Responsible for and tracked Cost Savings
- First year's savings (April '16 to March '17) ~$400K total savings
- Quoted, ordered, and tracked orders for the Tool & Die Department and saved on average $26K a month for six months -for a total of $158K.
Lean Application Specialist
Bruckner Integrated Supply/WESCO
08.2015 - 12.2015
- Moved to the Implementation Team when the contract ended for the Site Manager
- Completed Yellow Belt Training
- Participated in a two day, in class, Yellow Belt Training class and completed a project
- Assisted in the development of product documentation, creating easy-to-follow user guides and manuals.
- Traveled to locations to help programs by identifying areas for improvements, auditing sites, and counting physical inventory.
Site Manager - Integrated Supply/Supply Chain Management
Bruckner Integrated Supply/WESCO (Pfizer)
06.2013 - 08.2015
- Managed $24.2MM worth of MRO and OEM inventory in two stockrooms and satellite locations
- Inventory Accuracy 96.7% at end of 2014 and a Service Level of 99.9%
- Managed cost savings of $557K from MRO spend with $74K of Cost Avoidance
- Worked on converting OEM parts to MRO parts as part of yearly cost savings
- Worked with Senior Management to define and implement strategic and tactical plans and concepts
- Conducted regular site meetings with team members, fostering open communication channels for efficient problem-solving and progress updates.
- Interviewed, hired, and trained new workers.
- Process Mapped procedures and developed a training manual for personnel to use and reference
- Reconfigured a team of 12; hired, managed, trained and developed
Buyer, Jr.
Aerotek (Stryker Medical)
12.2012 - 06.2013
- Supported Buyers of Med/Surg, OBT, Maternity, ICU units-Use JDE and Kirby Reports
- Managed Vendor Follow-up Reports, Open Invoice Reports (Invoice Issues), Hot & Expedited Parts
- Managed Circuit Boards for Med/Sung line
- Ran 420 Reports (Inventory Report) in AS400
- Transferred Parts from Kenco
- Supported the OBT (Over the Bed) line
Production Planner/Schedule Controller/Inventory Controller
Burroughs Corporation
09.2011 - 06.2012
- Developed production schedules according to deadlines for existing orders and sales forecasting.
- Worked with Purchasing Manager to which materials needed to be purchased, how much, and when
- Coordinated material procurement efforts, ensuring on-time availability of components for uninterrupted production cycles.
- Managed black stock and painted stock to ensure that the correct inventory levels were maintained
- Managed the work orders/production scheduled for the largest customer at Boroughs
- Produced reports for the Operation's Manager, supervisors, and the operation schedulers to track the progress of each phase of the orders (2 orders with 4 phases each with each phase 3 weeks apart)
- What needed to be completed to be shipped, what was painted, what was made, and what still needed to be made
- Oversaw two large projects
- Each had ~100 parts on each order with each project worth ~ $7.9 Mil., mirroring each other.
North America Area, Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager
DXP Enterprises
05.2009 - 09.2011
- Area Manager for two Coca-Cola Plants (Paw Paw, MI and Truesdale, MO) out of 19 total plants with 20% of the spend.
- Started with the new contract between Precision Industries (PI) and Coca-Cola while continuing relationships with ex-employees, offered advice while maintaining integrity
- Requested quotes for new and existing products, monitored vendor's performance, resolved issues, found alternate vendors when needed
- Worked with vendors for cost savings for all 19 plants by arranging meetings between vendors and plant personnel
- Tracked quotes, orders, and back orders
- Worked invoicing reports and managed returns and credits
- Prepared and presented monthly update meetings to plants including Validating the Last Price Paid on the monthly spend at plants
- Identified areas needed to be resourced for cost savings and worked with corporate buyers to achieve
- Served on the ISCM team and committee that wrote the Purchasing Receiving and Inventory Management documents between Coca-Cola and PI
- Managed $5.8mil in spend between the two plants
- Annual cost savings identified as $165,580 (39 parts), $138,822 in OEM conversion (23 parts) – one part is worth $41,856
- Cost savings for 2010- Paw Paw at 11%, Truesdale at 11.3% MRO, Paw Paw at 76.5%, Truesdale at 29.4% OEM
- Headed up the Control Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) project for Fasteners-West Region
- Worked on standardizing bulbs/lamps and ballast Coca-Cola Corporate-wide
- Worked with International Vendors
Purchasing Supervisor
Coca-Cola North America
11.2006 - 05.2009
- Managed and Procured items for MRO/OEM Inventory valued at $3.7mil with over 10,000 stock codes
- Meet with vendors to discuss performance issues to obtain competitive bidding, cost savings, Green and LEAN initiatives and bringing new products into the plant
- Supervised six union employees that attended to the daily operations of the stockroom 24/7
- Oversaw the development/building and move to the new $840,000 stockroom
- Moved in 24 hours while maintaining 97% service rating before and after the move
- Saved 20% on new shelving with competitive bidding
- Set up current metrics that are being used to report to the corporate across the company
- Have reviewed existing and created new stockroom procedures
- Completed the first company ran physical inventory in 12 hours
- Decreased the stock out rate by 36%, in one year
- Increased the inventory accuracy by 55.5%, in one year (1st time in over 2.5 yrs
- Accuracy was over 90%)
- Worked with finance to coordinate the PMC, stockroom's system, to SAP to come within $10,000 monthly
- Decreased obsolete write offs from $250,000 to $100,000
- Worked with International Vendors
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science in Business (BAS), 2003 -
DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY
Skills
- Contract Negotiation
- Strategic Sourcing
- Budget Control
- Procurement expertise
- New Vendor Setup
- Project Management
- Reporting knowledge
- Price Negotiation
- Purchase Orders
- Coaching and Mentoring
- ERP Software
- Inventory Management
Timeline
Asst. Purchasing Manager / Sr. Buyer
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL (CCMI)
08.2022 - Current
Buyer
DIMPLEX THERMAL SOLUTIONS
08.2021 - 08.2022
Owner and Operator
CANDI'S CUSTOM CREATIONS
10.2020 - 08.2021
Site Manager - Integrated Supply/Supply Chain Management
BRUCKNER INTEGRATED SUPPLY/WESCO (ZOETIS)
06.2017 - 10.2020
TAC-MRO Buyer
DENSO MANUFACTURING, INC. – DMMI
01.2016 - 06.2017
Lean Application Specialist
Bruckner Integrated Supply/WESCO
08.2015 - 12.2015
Site Manager - Integrated Supply/Supply Chain Management
Bruckner Integrated Supply/WESCO (Pfizer)
06.2013 - 08.2015
Buyer, Jr.
Aerotek (Stryker Medical)
12.2012 - 06.2013
Production Planner/Schedule Controller/Inventory Controller
Burroughs Corporation
09.2011 - 06.2012
North America Area, Purchasing/Supply Chain Manager
DXP Enterprises
05.2009 - 09.2011
Purchasing Supervisor
Coca-Cola North America
11.2006 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Applied Science in Business (BAS), 2003 -
DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY
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