Dave LaPlant
Regional Sales Manager
About
I have 25+ years of experience in Purchasing and Purchasing Systems within the Automotive Industry. All of my career has been spent within Toyota Motors NA with a 2 year dispatch assignment to Japan in 2012-2014. I have worked as both an Analyst and Manager within Direct Buying, Project Management, Strategy and Systems roles.
United States
Brighton
Automotive
Interpersonal Skills, Supplier Management, Supplier Performance, Supplier Relationship Management, Cross-functional Coordination, Microsoft Power BI, SAP S/4HANA, Negotiation, Global Sourcing, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Negotiation, Purchasing, Purchase Management, Supplier Evaluation, Scrum, Agile Methodologies
Experience
Regional Sales Manager
US Steel Corporation
Troy, Michigan, United States
Unemployed (after retirement)
Seeking my next challenge
Brighton, Michigan, United States
Manager, Purchasing Systems
Toyota North America
Saline, Michigan, United States
Purchasing – Systems (Saline, MI) Direct Mgt of 2 analysts and 3 contract developers: • Lead redevelopment of legacy Annual Re-Pricing System (.NET to SAP) w/ Toyota SAP development team based at Ontario plant • Define/Negotiate Requirements & test for GWARP (Worldwide Automated Real-Time Purchasing) major renewal working closely with TMC-Japan counterparts • NGP (Next Gen Purchasing) requirements development and testing for incremental changes • Migrated Internal Reporting from .Net/SQL generated pdf/Excel to PowerBI (corporate IT solution of choice)
Manager, Body / Tooling
Toyota North America
Erlanger, Kentucky, United States
Purchasing – Body Buying Group (Erlanger KY) Leader of Die Cost Reduction Initiative for all Stampings & Direct Mgt of 2 buyers: • Sourcing, Pricing, Cost Control • Crisis Management
Manager, Functional Buying Group
Toyota North America
Saline, Michigan, United States
Purchasing – Functional Buying Group (Saline, MI) Direct Mgt of 4 buyers: • Sourcing, Pricing, Cost Control • Crisis Management • Supplier Relationship management/Annual activities
Assistant Manager, Project Management (Japan Dispatch)
Toyota North America
Toyotashi, Aichi, Japan
Purchasing – Project Mgt (Toyotashi, Aichi) • Liaison for project mgt of major/minor model changes for global vehicles • Coordinate with Chief Engineer and Cost Planning lead weekly • Report on Sourcing/Cost Planning milestones to Executive level within TMC Purchasing
Education
University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business
Business Administration, Management and Operations
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