Open To Work
Sandi A. Shunkwiler
Aberdeen,SD
Summary
Dynamic leader with extensive experience in multi-national companies, achieving $500 million in procurement and enhancing supplier relationships. Proven expertise in negotiation and risk management, with a focus on strategic planning and continuous improvement. Skilled in fostering collaboration to optimize supply chain operations and deliver measurable results.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
CEO
The Iron Daisy LLC.
Aberdeen, SD
08.2024 - Current
- Drafted technical writing involving social media posts, copywriting, and technical specifications.
- Led customer contract review process, encompassing master agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and capital equipment procurement.
- Facilitated training sessions for customers regarding negotiation, contracts, and engineering project management.
- Analyzed industry trends to inform decision-making and strategic direction.
- Managed financial performance, including budgeting and forecasting activities.
- Developed and implemented strategic business plans to increase company profitability.
- Nurtured partnerships with external investment organizations to explore growth opportunities.
- Overseen the daily operations of the organization and ensured compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Monitored budgetary expenditures across multiple departments to ensure fiscal responsibility.
Sr. Procurement Manager
Arconic, Inc.
08.2020 - 07.2024
- Directed expenditure of nearly $500 million across five manufacturing facilities and 13 service centers.
- Recruited, coached, supervised, and guided eight direct reports within a sixteen-member team across North America.
- Design category strategies, coordinate inventory management for high revenue impact items, and drive tactical procurement operations.
- Ensured procurement compliance for North America through effective oversight and regulation adherence.
Collaborated with European senior representatives to standardize procedures across various sites.
Directed efforts to achieve comprehensive standardization in procurement operations. - Analyzed market trends to inform purchasing decisions and strategies.
- Identified areas of cost savings through more efficient sourcing methods and improved negotiation techniques.
- Developed procurement strategies to reduce costs and enhance efficiency.
- Managed supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of materials.
- Led contract negotiations to secure favorable terms with vendors.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to streamline procurement processes.
- Trained staff on best practices in procurement and sourcing methods.
Procurement Manager
Arconic, Inc.
08.2020 - 07.2024
- Manage day-to-day procurement operations at three (3) plants and thirteen (13) service centers with a spend of $600 million.
- Responsible for North American procurement compliance.
- Incoming Logistics management.
- End-of-the-month customer shipment logistics management.
- Procurement for plant spend, IT, Marketing, and New Product Development Team.
- Evaluated, predicted, and provided solutions for supply base risk factors.
- Hired, trained, and led a team of four (4) buyers.
- Architectural Solutions (Aluminum Products)
Aluminum Billet Category Manager
Arconic, Inc.
08.2020 - 07.2024
- Responsible for $300 million in annual contract negotiations.
- Mid-year contract changes to flex as the business changes.
- Work with the facilities and the external extrusion suppliers to manage overall capacity.
- Maintain and Direct monthly billet pricing for finance and expected scrap pricing for individual North American facilities.
- Architectural Solutions (Aluminum Products)
Commodity Risk Manager
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2020
- Oversaw annual cost control of $100 million in spend while serving as indirect and raw material commodity manager.
- Developed risk management frameworks to identify potential operational hazards.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Provided training sessions on risk awareness and compliance for staff members.
- Maintained documentation of risk management activities and compliance audits.
- Identified key performance indicators related to risk management objectives.
- Manage supplier selection process and assess supplier performance within categories.
- Managed responsibilities for castings, steel plate, fabrications, and machined components
- Realized 3%-4% yearly cost efficiencies via thorough process evaluations, collaborative supplier meetings, and strategic contract enhancements.
- Secured 10-40% cost avoidance through strategic contract negotiations and consistent cost assessments.
Globalized supply base as appropriate to support operational needs.
Project Manager
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2020
- 22% cost reduction on newly released products over the standard cost of previous legacy product.
- Managed budget and timeline expectations, pulled project lead-time in 6 weeks.
- Reduced material lead times by an average of 3 weeks by using Kanban and Vendor Managed Inventory.
- Pipeline Services, Equipment and Solutions (Oil & Gas)
Global Strategic Sourcing Manager
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2020
- Project Manager for multi-national cross-functional $35 million Recall team. Management of Design of Experiments.
- Determined projects, supplier development plans, and responsibility matrix for the department.
- Lean Six Sigma—Green Belt is based on the development of a supplier consolidation matrix and supplier selection criteria, which resulted in reducing over 40% of the machining supply base.
- Primary Supplier Negotiator and Contract Manager for the Western Hemisphere.
- Trainor for all new hires both Western and Eastern Hemisphere.
- Auditor for process and ISO supplier audits.
- Pipeline Services, Equipment and Solutions (Oil & Gas)
North American Sourcing Manager - Cutting Systems
ESAB Group Inc.
04.2008 - 09.2011
- Managed spend of $45M.
- Increased payment net terms by 15 days with major suppliers, improving cash flow.
- Developed a master planning scheduling that involved facilitating weekly Sales and Operations meetings, rough cut capacity planning, monthly forecasting, and importation of global products to supplement North American workload.
- Developed and implemented a supplier qualification process that was used globally.
- 5% cost reduction per machine within 3 months of new global product launch.
- 8% cost reduction on North American copper products, a contract worth $1.2 million.
- Inventory reduction of $2 million dollars over 1.5 years after the implementation of the Sales and Operations Planning process.
- Designed and implemented an online purchasing requisition system to capture $18 million in indirect expenditures that were not receiving prior authorization.
- Developed and implemented tactical procurement procedures globally; procedures include Purchase Price Variance reports, Zero standard cost, inventory, and Terms and Conditions.
- Welding and Cutting Systems
Supply Chain Manager
ABB Inc, CBTS Division
01.2006 - 03.2008
- Directed daily operations of Materials group at 4 facilities, including strategic planning, financial budgets, and compliance to nuclear procedures and regulations.
- Managed head count of 6 people, procurement, production scheduling, and receiving/shipping.
- Inventory reduction of $2 million from FY’07 to FY’08 through vendor managed inventory and Kanban.
- Freight Savings a 50% reduction of overall spend.
- Implementation of Supplier Scorecards and quarterly performance reviews.
- Circuit Breaker Technology Solutions (Nuclear)
Education
B.S. - Metallurgical Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines And Technology
Rapid City, SD12-1995
Skills
- Negotiation and contract management
- Risk management
- Supply chain optimization
- Customer relationship management
- Change management
- Strategic visioning
- Financial acumen
- Crisis management
- Continuous improvement
- Strategic planning
- Project management
- KPI implementation
- Supply chain risk mitigation
- Financial analysis
- Cost management
- Process auditing
- Supplier relationship management
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Contract WorkGig WorkFull TimeLocation Preference
RemoteSalary Range
$100000/yr - $200000/yrTimeline
CEO
The Iron Daisy LLC.
08.2024 - Current
Sr. Procurement Manager
Arconic, Inc.
08.2020 - 07.2024
Procurement Manager
Arconic, Inc.
08.2020 - 07.2024
Aluminum Billet Category Manager
Arconic, Inc.
08.2020 - 07.2024
Commodity Risk Manager
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2020
Project Manager
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2020
Global Strategic Sourcing Manager
T.D. Williamson, Inc.
09.2011 - 03.2020
North American Sourcing Manager - Cutting Systems
ESAB Group Inc.
04.2008 - 09.2011
Supply Chain Manager
ABB Inc, CBTS Division
01.2006 - 03.2008
B.S. - Metallurgical Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines And Technology