Michael Goodwin
Bourbonnais,IL
Summary
Analytics-driven management professional with a desire to learn and improve. Focused on achieving goals through objective measures, and improving teams with expert communication, relatability, and accountability. Adaptive and able to meet the fluid requirements of an organization.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Crib Manager
Caterpillar
04.2021 - Current
- Direct 15-person team to manage inventory and procurement duties effectively
- Analyze a $22 million inventory, consisting of over 20,000 items to set appropriate stocking levels or to disposition obsolete inventory
- Navigate multiple sourcing strategies to procure inventory at ideal price-points and lead times
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance spare parts stocking for new and existing capital
- Assist integrators in developing performance, holding them accountable to efficient business practices
- Facilitate purchases and expediting of parts to maximize machine up-time and production performance
- Enhance operational procedures and created standard work to boost crib efficiency
- Develop and maintain dashboards to track crib expenditures, which are utilized by the facility for budgeting.
Purchasing Analyst
Meridian Technologies (Caterpillar, Inc.)
10.2018 - 04.2021
- Identified and capitalized on cost savings opportunities to help the Pontiac facility surpass 2019/2020 goals of 4%, or approximately $2,000,000
- Developed, maintained, and collaborated on reports to track crib inventory, on-going projects, spend data, and savings for 12 facilities across the U.S.
- Assisted facility with reporting, supplier management, and the Coupa ERP system. Key role in enabling 100+ suppliers onto Coupa and related change management.
- Held quarterly supplier relationship meetings in conjunction with the buyer. Collected data on KPI’s, projects, and spend details to be reported to the facility
- Wrote purchase orders often exceeding $1,000,000. Handled end-to-end responsibility of the procurement process.
- Consolidated yearly spend data used to provoke cost reduction projects using spend leveraging and supplier analysis.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH12.2015
Some College (No Degree) - Mathematics
Governors State University
Park Forest, ILSkills
- Strategy Development and Execution
- Analytics and Critical Thinking
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Inventory Management
- Verbal and Written Communication
Timeline
Crib Manager
Caterpillar
04.2021 - Current
Purchasing Analyst
Meridian Technologies (Caterpillar, Inc.)
10.2018 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
Southern New Hampshire University
Some College (No Degree) - Mathematics
Governors State University
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