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Timothy Doyle

Rochester Hills,MI

Summary

Seasoned professional with 11+ years of experience in the automotive industry, spanning procurement, program purchasing, and sales. Leverages cross-functional experience to excel in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Committed to advancing leadership skills and driving organizational success.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Account Manager – Mercedes NA Seating

Lear Corporation
06.2019 - Current
  • Currently support Lear's North American Seating business with Mercedes-Benz
  • North American Commercial lead for highly pursued global RFQ (~$989M lifetime revenue)
  • Responsible for current production EVA2 platform (EQS & EQE SUV's; ~$2.1B lifetime revenue at award)
  • Previously responsible for Lear's BR167 platform (GLE/GLS/GLE Coupe/GLS Maybach; ~$8,9B lifetime revenue)
  • Experienced in all facets of program life cycle; providing added-value as key stakeholder within cross-functional / business unit teams
  • Well versed in change management; improving program margins and reporting results to management
  • Develop, maintain and implement commercial roadmap items
  • Responsible for managing multiple budgets (i.e. ~$33M production tooling)
  • Consistently recover premium costs driven by Customer's operations (i.e. premium freight recovery, overtime)
  • Track record of success with challenging Customer
  • Led ~$15M in additional recovery through successful negotiations with Customer on various topics from 2022 through 2024
  • Supported ~$17M inflationary recovery as part of grueling month negotiation in 2023 (~$5M run-rate / ~$12M lump-sum)
  • Regularly travel both domestically and internationally to support Lear's relationship with Customer

Program Buyer / Senior Program Buyer – GM Truck

Lear Corporation
06.2015 - 06.2019
  • Program Purchasing responsibilities for GM T1XX platform (Full-Size Truck & SUV)
  • Lear's highest generating platform of all global operations for both annual sales revenue ($2B+) and net operating income, respectively
  • Responsible for overseeing procurement deliverables during initial product lifecycle (Customer RFQ phase / post-award / pre-launch / SOP)
  • Ensured timely sourcing of BOM content to support prototype and production milestones ($560M+ controllable annual spend)
  • Developed make vs. buy analyses on several high spend commodities to drive decision making for Management
  • Collaborated with Commodity Purchasing to ensure commercial targets were met or exceeded (~1.9% improvement to direct material cost)
  • Worked with tier-N suppliers to track open items to closure, ensure adherence to Customer SOR, etc.
  • Coordinated timely quoting & implementation of engineering changes during critical program phases
  • Production across four JIT facilities in US & Mexico required consistent coordination with cross-functional teams to ensure success at plant level
  • Represented Lear's Purchasing department through on-site Supplier Day events at production facilities

Commodity Buyer

Lear Corporation
02.2013 - 06.2015
  • Direct procurement responsibilities for various Seating commodities
  • Developed and executed of Category Strategies to support department's financial commitments to organization
  • Used fact-based negotiations and other tools to drive material savings; on average, $2.5M+ annually (~3.8%)
  • Supported on-site plant improvement workshops in North America; collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify waste and inefficiencies (yielded $5.8M+ annual material reduction opportunities)

Purchasing Finance Intern

General Dynamics Land Systems
05.2012 - 08.2012
  • Supported monthly budget maintenance for company's operations, primarily focusing on production and engineering service contracts
  • Supported improvement and standardization of processes and procedures, including performance metrics associated with vendor selection and management

Education

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
05.2012

Skills

  • Sales Management
  • Global Strategy
  • Financial Analysis
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Negotiation

Certification

  • Effective Negotiating, Karrass - 2016
  • Leadership Development, FranklinCovey - 2024

Languages

Spanish
Elementary

Timeline

Senior Account Manager – Mercedes NA Seating

Lear Corporation
06.2019 - Current

Program Buyer / Senior Program Buyer – GM Truck

Lear Corporation
06.2015 - 06.2019

Commodity Buyer

Lear Corporation
02.2013 - 06.2015

Purchasing Finance Intern

General Dynamics Land Systems
05.2012 - 08.2012

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Michigan State University

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