Jennifer Kienbaum
Sewanee,TN
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Kohler Company
Sr. Buyer
01.2018 - 05.2023
- Completed favorable, long term million dollar contracts that involved internal stake holders and suppliers to ensure payment terms, quality reimbursement, shipping terms, annual cost savings, insurance, stocking agreements, and fixed pricing.
- Determine new suppliers and parts qualifications through total cost of ownership: pricing, payment terms, tooling, shipping costs, leadtimes, and quality.
- Evaluated critical suppliers and health of companies through risk assessments.
- Conducted annual business reviews with key suppliers to discuss capabilities, risk mitigation, new technology, scorecards, and strategic alignment in maintaining long term relationship.
- Negotiated better payment terms for 80% of my supply base.
- Lead weekly meeting with planners and analyst to determine status of open orders to mitigate potential part shortages, and prompting immediate escalation for problem parts/suppliers in a timely matter.
- Consolidated suppliers with lower spend for leverage with strategic suppliers.
- Established strong relationships with suppliers that provided information on market trends, supply chain disruptions, and shared discussions on economic indicators.
Vollrath Company
New Product Development Buyer
03.2016 - 12.2018
- Key contributor in cross-function teams to manage purchasing lifecycle for products including; prototyping, sourcing, supplier qualifications, PPAP's, and FPA process.
- Responsible for purchase requisition process in verifying approvals, pricing, and acknowledgement of delivery for tooling and new parts.
- Proficiently managed an average of 7 NPD projects at once ,from concept to production phase with minimal scope creep.
- Managed communication with suppliers and internal teams for purchase print reviews, capacity, leadtimes, capabilities, changes, and pricing.
Vollrath Company
Buyer/Planner
07.2014 - 03.2016
- Maintained SDMR's to drive corrective actions and continuous improvements with suppliers.
- Trusted by my cross functional peers to source, help qualify, and negotiate a wide range of commodities including: hardware, electrical components, copper, refrigeration, fabricated, and machined components.
- Tenaciously found a second source for a unique part that provided $100K annual cost savings.
- Trained new Buyers on JD Edwards as well as policies and procedures.
- Worked with suppliers to maximize efficiency on our production lines by relocating bins for point of use on the production line.
- Collaborated with receiving, accounting, and the supplier to streamline invoice blocks by communicating with all parties involved to find a root cause; therefore, reducing invoice blocks by 80%.
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills in developing a system for evaporators to flow smooth and efficient to meet volatile production needs; ultimately reducing work orders in the shop and increasing inventory turns.
- Responsible for 7 million dollar spend with keeping on time delivery above the desired goal of 93%.
- Chosen by upper management to represent purchasing at our bi-weekly quality meeting, that focuses on preventing further quality issues and recouping warranty costs.
Vollrath Company
Buyer
02.2010 - 06.2014
- Provided excellent communication with suppliers to obtain best availability/substitutions and delivery dates.
- Maintained all aspects of competitive bidding process, negotiations, and awards of contracts.
- Exhibited adaptability and quick response time in getting components to production to meet customer orders.
- Successfully generated over $90K annual cost saving, that met my individual goal.
- Effectively formulated price breakdowns and sales forecasts to determine component volume adjustments.
- Diligently looked at push-in, pull-out, and cancellation messages to insure adequate inventory levels.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Lakeland College
Plymouth, WI05.2017
Associate of Science - Business Management
Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI05.2010
Skills
- Strong communication skills
- Proficient in excel and other programs
- Strong negotiating skills
- Knowledge in market trends and should to cost
- Excellent strategic sourcing skills
- High standard in integrity and accountability
- Adaptable and welcome change
- Diverse expertise in a wide range of commodities
Accomplishments
- Involved in a team VA-VE event increasing machine margins over 10%
- Renewed or created an average of 1 purchase and supply agreement a year.
- Worked with suppliers, engineering, and quality to create dual sources for unique electrical components.
- Provided annual cost savings that met our team goal of 1 million per year.
- Negotiated better payment terms for 80% of my supply base.
Timeline
Kohler Company
Sr. Buyer
01.2018 - 05.2023
Vollrath Company
New Product Development Buyer
03.2016 - 12.2018
Vollrath Company
Buyer/Planner
07.2014 - 03.2016
Vollrath Company
Buyer
02.2010 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Lakeland College
Associate of Science - Business Management
Lakeshore Technical College
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