Nathan Kaschner

Material Cost Management: Support Engineering and Customer Management during the planning and concept development phases of product development to provide cost estimations for custom engineered components where specifications do not yet exist, or are not yet developed to the point where Materials Costing could provide a detailed quotation. Bill of Materials Management: Responsible to ensure Bill of Material (BOM) cost remains on target during concept and functional specification phases of development projects (phase 0 and 1). Mitigate BOM cost revisions caused by project scope changes, and make sure all stakeholders are in agreement on revised costs and/or product feature tradeoffs. On-time Management: Collaborate with commodity managers/specialists to select the appropriate sourcing strategy for the application/design requirement. Lead supplier negotiations and management of part costs. Ensure on-time completion of applicable deliverables through manufacturing transition. Supplier Project Management: Facilitate effective supplier involvement in design for manufacturability efforts and design revision proposals. Lead collaboration between suppliers, Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering to ensure on-time and successful completion of tooling, product build and qualification.

• Plexus Certified Supplier Quality Systems Auditor. • Drive Business Reviews with supplier’s senior management. • Negotiate Purchase Agreements with suppliers being added to the Supply Chain. • Collaborate with suppliers to achieve cost reduction.

Was assigned to Avnet and several other Regional Electronics Manufacturers for: • Cost down strategy and implementation. • Escalation support for internal and external customers. • Relationship management via periodic supplier performance reviews.

• Collaborate to the lowest total cost of ownership sourcing solution for assigned commodities. • Execute supplier qualification procedures to ensure quality, delivery, cost, working capital and overall customer satisfaction. • Negotiation of supply side component contracts, purchase agreements and tooling awards. • Projects manage cross-functionally to successfully launch, stabilize, and optimize sourcing solutions.

• Coordinated the $2.4 million fabrication, $412,000 transformer core, and $160,000 pallet spend. • Responsible for the $650,000 Maintenance, Repair, and Operation (MRO) spend. • Managed the $143,000 wire, electrical, and circuit board spend for the medical line.