Clayton Jean

Accountable for supporting the Manufacturing Equipment & Construction Services Procurement team of nine Category Leads and Managers while improving efficiencies and driving cost savings. • Lead integration of Goodyear and Cooper’s Global Procurement Capital Equipment team and process training thereafter. • Maintained supplier information in SAP, including leading team through new Compass process. • Achieved Cost Avoidance of 6.3% or $250,000 through strategic negotiation of quotes. • Lead monthly meetings to manage the Capital Gate Projects PowerPoint given to Procurement Leadership. • Created a Working Capital calculator to drive consistency and efficient decision making across team. • Managed monthly reporting of key metrics, objectives, and market data.

Accountable for procuring goods and services for plants with a total cost of ownership approach, while ensuring timely delivery. • Managed purchase orders from creation to delivery. • Submitted RFQ’s and selected vendors based on Total Cost of Ownership with a focus on minimizing the risk to the company. • Managed over 20,000 part numbers in Oracle.

Accountable for increasing the accuracy of cash flow and maintaining strong vendor relationships by resolving unpaid invoices and updating the contact and purchasing sites database in Oracle. Sourced various blanket purchase orders with the goal of increasing cost savings and minimizing risk to the company. • Maintained the vendor contacts and site database to enable smooth transition to Novelis, new parent company. • Reduced and managed the unpaid invoices report to ensure accuracy of cash flow. • Managed sourcing projects to increase profitability of plants. • Directly engaged with suppliers to resolve past due purchase orders.

Responsible for customer service and relations, application of policies and procedures with customers and staff, to provide a safe and productive environment. • Managed various responsibilities throughout facility inclusive of equipment, access control, and emergency response. • Key trainer for new employees to ensure consistency and quality of team.

Accountable for enabling the development and successful launch of new high pressure fittings with active management of test queues and project timelines. Developed improved testing procedures for enhanced data quality, delivering precise results. • Analyzed failure modes of products by extracting data from excel, assessing trends, and submitting corresponding quality reports. • Conducted the process of writing, assembling, and fatigue testing Standard Test Requests per ISO/ASTM standards. • Owned and led projects that helped ensure new products were developed and released on time.

• Developed test methods and wrote test reports. • Authored engineering studies in regards to research and development of products. • Shipped products and worked in tool/quality room.