Steven Pochedly

11 automotive parts suppliers + 10 transmission remanufacturing partners, combined ~$20M annual spend, ~$4-5M rebate directly supporting EBITDA

$75K annual cost savings 2022/$150K favorable PPV

Tapped to spearhead transmission remanufacturing vendor programs, lifting weekly fill rate by ~10% YoY 2022-YTD (July) 2023, ~$200K/month revenue increase

Served as Admin on internal core return/warranty website

Interfaced with software developers on warranty site related projects using Agile/sprint method to manage workflow priority, milestone timelines, and communicate with stakeholders

Transformed departmental trackers adding visibility to YTD goal tracking, highlight potential risk areas and map countermeasure impacts

Developed performance bowlers and templates supporting department-wide vendor management, helped define vendor scorecard structure

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives to support cost reduction, increased material availability, and decreased lead time
  • On pace to reduce lead times on 34% of annual raw material spend by 20% by April 2022
• Established ABC designations of raw material and purchased component SKUs, supporting inventory management and customer OTD metric
• Assigned stocking program to all standard RM and purchased component SKUs to reduce standard lead time from 12 weeks to 8 weeks, or 33%
• Responsible for 1 direct report (Purchasing Agent)

• Vendor management of 10 outsource partners, including 4 drop-ship programs (~$15MM - 20MM annual revenue) and 6 plants supporting stocking program to meet contractual lead times with largest customers.
• Prepare and deliver monthly/quarterly scorecards.
• Conduct quarterly business reviews with 3 metal outsource partners.
• Demand planning.
• Raised and maintained on-time delivery from 56% to 88% for (3) metal outsource partners over 1 year.
• Led freight sourcing project on primary lanes resulting in $200K annual savings.
• Developed secondary supplier on key product line with ~$14K annual savings incentive through formal qualification process.
• Customer-centric and service based approach to program management.
• Assist in formal management of supplier quality systems including root cause analysis: 5 Whys, fishbone diagram, corrective action.
• Materials management - responsible for corrugate procurement (~300 SKUs) supporting primary injection molding plant.

• Identified inventory turnover rates to set inventory min/max levels, reorder points for ~20K raw and FG SKUs.
• Developed automated production schedules for 3 departments based daily inventory position.
• Advised on purchasing strategies driven from category and SKU level.

• Planned outbound direct and drop shipments across the U.S. and Canada.
• Key role in developing and implementing technology to reduce touch points.

• Scheduled production of 31 vacuum and co-extrusion presses over 6 month period.
• Measured average turnaround time from production to DC supporting load planning accuracy.
• Implemented Lean 5S and safety practices across Ohio DC.

• Cultivated strong work ethic and a problem-solving approach to tasks.