taylor graybiel

strategic relations and sales manager

About

* 5 years of professional sales and supply chain experiences in procurement, sourcing, purchasing, and retail operations for high-volume global corporation across multiple categories in ferrous and non-ferrous metals. * Experience in leading and managing cross-functional global teams to develop technology roadmaps, recommending product innovations, and execute sourcing initiatives from end to end * Responsible for optimizing global supply chain performance and managing supplier relationship, leading pricing and commercial terms negotiations and supplier base selection reviews * Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Effectively manage 7000+ parts and 10+ RFP activities via utilizing multiple tool-sets and leading a project to leverage MCMS system to improve efficiency * Experience with overseas ODMs and third party suppliers * Skills and experiences in process improvement and Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Received Award of Lean Transformation Kaizen, 2013 * High flexibility and adaptability in a fast-changing environment

Country

united states

City

chicago

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

leadership, e commerce, international business, purchasing, supply chain optimization, demand planning, account management, product cost analysis, customer satisfaction, business development, supply chain management, process improvement, merchandising, strategic planning, strategy, demand supply planning, sustainability, pricing strategy, cross functional team leadership, cost variance analysis, procurement, business process improvement, commodity, management, retail category management, project management, product development, strategic account development, supply chain, strategic sourcing, pricing

Experience

strategic relations and sales manager

imperial group

global category and commodity manager at motorola solutions

motorola solutions

2013-5 - 2016-1 · 2 yrs 9 mos

category and commodity manager at motorola solutions

motorola solutions

2011-6 - 2013-5 · 2 yrs

* Managed $1M of Sensor spend- new category * Managed $15M of Programming/Distribution spend * For the Sensor category- negotiated a 3-5% cumulative cost reduction for the 2013 and 2015 fiscal years as volumes increased * For Programming/Distribution- negotiated a 4%($600K) cost reduction for the 2013 fiscal year * Set short-term and long-term strategic goals and direction for Sensors and Passive categories * Ensured business resiliency by strategically setting material supply midpoints to meet demand and not over-drive inventory carrying costs * Led semi-annual/annual business reviews with suppliers to drive continuous improvement in cost, delivery, quality and commercial terms * Created a Cadence library clean-up process to avoid using legacy components, align with our supplier’s preferred parts list, and drive concentrated part usage to leverage pricing * Identified $43k of price discrepancies and received $80K for chargebacks

procurement and strategic operations co-op

motorola solutions

2010-9 - 2011-5 · 9 mos

* Led monthly operation reviews for the Electrical Department to keep categories aligned with business spend and savings plan * Monitored direct materials forecasts to avoid shortages and provide seamless delivery to meet customer demand * Facilitated communication/coordination between suppliers and sub-categories for roadmap reviews * Led lean initiatives for the Electrical Procurement Organization

procurement intern

motorola solutions

2010-5 - 2010-6 · 2 mos

* Accountable for maintaining a continuous contract file of new and active parts to negotiate for 2011 fiscal year * Created a scorecard template to compare suppliers to identify where improvement was needed * Evaluated results using data worksheets and conducted a cost/benefit analysis on strategic improvements * Decreased supply-base by conducting a tail-end spend RFQ