James L. Moore
Marine City,MI
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience at Ford Motor Company, excelling in strategy development and supplier relationship management. Proven track record of achieving significant cost reductions and enhancing operational efficiency through tactical negotiations and cross-functional collaboration. Adept at managing multiple programs simultaneously while driving innovative solutions to complex challenges.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Commodity Integration Buyer
Ford Motor Company
09.2023 - Current
- Global lead for the FEAD (Front End Auxiliary Drive)
- Responsible for $69M in turnover from 9 Parent Companies with 20 manufacturing location.
- Utilize negotiations and leverage market tests to mitigate and reduce supplier claims by 125% ($14.5M) risk to ~ ($3.3M) settlement.
- Non-Design commercial saving: Contributed $1.25M (vs $1.2M target)
- Exceeded On-time source 100% (vs 80% target) through collaborations with cross-functional team to ensure and efficient information transfer allowing programs to be sourced on-time.
- Collaborate with engineering and STA to achieve Quality PPM of 21 (vs 58 target)
Account Manager – Aftersales
Magna Powertrain
01.2019 - 12.2023
- GMCCA and Ford Service Account Manager
- Manage over 600 individual part numbers, across 7 manufacturing locations, for both current and past model programs.
- 2023 targets are on track as a result of on-going negotiations related to increasing inflation rates and raw material cost.
- Achieved 96% of the stretched sales target in 2022 during strong economic headwinds from around the globe, while negotiating creative solutions for both Magna’s internal and external customers.
- Exceeded 2021 sales target by 2%, during a time of global raw material and semiconductor shortages.
- Consistent in managing customers RFQ packages, to support the successful launch of new programs.
- Work cross-functionally with both the OEM customers and Magna’s manufacturing locations, to meet on-time delivery schedules.
Sr. Buyer Service Driveline and Propulsion
General Motors
01.2014 - 12.2019
- GM Customer Care and Aftersales
- Transfer Case, Front and Rear Drive Axles, Differential Modules, Performance Engines and Components
- Managed over 7000 individual part numbers, across 125 suppliers manufacturing locations, with an annual spend of over $87M.
- Develop and executed commodity strategy related to past model service parts to ensure competitive pricing and availability.
- Exceeded cost reduction target annually, while mitigating increasing challenges across raw materials.
- Led cross-functional team to develop and execute standard pack strategy, with the objective of optimizing packaging and reduce shipping cost. Resulting in a reduction of cost by over 15%, increased margin of approximately 5% and improved efficiency at all levels of the supply chain.
- Developed, planned and led cross-functional meetings. Provided weekly report outs to Executive Leadership, and compressed timing to meet the launch of General Motors insourcing of rear axles.
- Liaison between GM Supply Chain and the supply base, maintaining on-time deliveries to ensure end customers satisfaction. Achieve on-time delivery 96% vs. the target of 95%.
- Co-Negotiated multi-year agreement for special service tooling. Increases annual royalty revenue by ~ 120% (~ $300,000 to ~ $1.2M).
- Mentored new team members and provide knowledge of situational awareness within the purchasing role.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and Access.
Buyer OE Production – Chassis Brakes – Modules
Ford Motor Company
01.2007 - 12.2014
- F-Series Braking Systems, Axles, 3rd Party Assemblers and Sequencing
- Managed commodity supply base with annual spend of over $470 million.
- Developed commodity strategy to successfully create a healthy level of ‘competitive tension’ within the supply base and the right level of cost competitiveness to achieve program targets.
- Execute sourcing agreements, from issuing non-disclosure agreement, providing RFI and RFQ packages, to processing Purchases and Tool Orders to ensure successful launches of new programs.
- Use of fact-based and data-based analysis to renegotiated contracts and developed cost improvements in support of corporate financial targets.
- Led the negotiation of the Direct Buy Agreement along with the associated RASIC, in support of the commodity strategy.
- Partnered with 3rd Party Assembler and Sequencer to establish volume-based pricing, resulting in positive impact to the business plan.
- Collaborate with key VA/VE stakeholders, in ongoing support of corporate business plan.
- Mentored new team members and provide knowledge of situational awareness within the purchasing role.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
Buyer – Direct and Indirect Material
FTE Automotive USA Inc.
01.2004 - 12.2007
- Managed over 30 direct and indirect suppliers. Analyzed and negotiated pricing, terms and conditions.
- Supported company’s strategic goals through cost studies, market tests and trends.
- Dual sourced winter and summer ground maintenance contracts to create level of competitive tension.
- Mentored and assisted new team members with technical requirements and blueprint interpretation.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and SAP.
Engineering / R&D Test Lab
FTE Automotive USA Inc.
01.1995 - 12.2004
- Led the design and purchase of capital test equipment, doubling testing capacity to exceed customers’ timing, resulting in new business.
- Developed accelerated testing process to simulate warranty claims, collaborated with Design Engineering to improve design, reduce warranty claims by over 90%.
- Track PM schedule to ensure all testing equipment are calibrated and in good working condition.
- Managed test lab MRO budget.
- Mentoring and training technicians on new testing processes and requirements.
Production Maintenance Team Lead
FTE Automotive USA Inc.
01.1993 - 12.1995
- Provided leadership, training, communication and coordination of production maintenance technicians to ensure timely completion of repairs to minimize down time.
- Led assembly, wiring, programming and debugging of new capital equipment from concept to completion.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science - Automated Manufacturing
ITT Technical Institute
Fort Wayne, IndianSkills
- Strategy Development & Implementation
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Solution Solving Strategies
- Managing multiple programs simultaneously
- Tactical and Strategic contract negotiations
- Mechanical Aptitude
- Commodity strategy
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Negotiation
Timeline
Global Commodity Integration Buyer
Ford Motor Company
09.2023 - Current
Account Manager – Aftersales
Magna Powertrain
01.2019 - 12.2023
Sr. Buyer Service Driveline and Propulsion
General Motors
01.2014 - 12.2019
Buyer OE Production – Chassis Brakes – Modules
Ford Motor Company
01.2007 - 12.2014
Buyer – Direct and Indirect Material
FTE Automotive USA Inc.
01.2004 - 12.2007
Engineering / R&D Test Lab
FTE Automotive USA Inc.
01.1995 - 12.2004
Production Maintenance Team Lead
FTE Automotive USA Inc.
01.1993 - 12.1995
Bachelor of Applied Science - Automated Manufacturing
ITT Technical Institute