Ulka Wilson

Leading Raw Material, Packaging, and Plastics Commodity Management team and focusing on advancing commodity strategies to create competitive advantages throughout the Americas.

• Lead client engagements across a variety of industries impacting both direct and indirect spend. • Develop and implement strategies to assist Clients improve business performance. • Management consultant specializing in strategic sourcing, supplier development, opportunity assessment and process improvement.

• Production recruiting responsibility to drive transformation of hiring methods, bringing business perspective, and aligning processes for eight Honda Ohio plants. • Led cross-functional project teams to manage Contingent supplier quality and delivery performance, establishing performance metrics and driving accountability for supplier delivery. • Led a team of 25+ Talent Acquisition professionals responsible for recruiting permanent and contingent associates by collaborating with Contingent Agencies and Plant Managers. • Developed sourcing strategies to avoid risks and ensure production requirements were met for all eight plants.

• Lead Purchasing team to localize over 100 suppliers to Ohio region while moving ‘17 Model Year MDX from Alabama to Ohio. • Responsible for Supplier Quality, Delivery, and Packaging for parts and technology maturation to ensure development progressed according to overall New Model schedule to launch MDX models on time with top Quality ratings. • Led New Model Purchasing team and collaborated with Development and Manufacturing teams to ensure New Model maturation of new technologies progressed in partnership with suppliers. Kept total cost control, eliminated inefficiencies in manufacturing processes, and improved development speed to successfully launch MDX in May 2017, followed by model changes for 18, 19, and 20 Model Year MDX. • Initiated activity for 21 Model Year MDX, launched Supplier kick-off for Full Model Change activity to ensure supplier readiness for smooth transfer from 20 MDX to 21 MDX. • Led and set up Packaging Cost Reduction team for Ohio region, developed Ideal image, and kicked off Cost Down strategies for packaging team.

• Developed New Model Cost Evaluation methodologies for all North American built New Models to track profitability and allow New Model project leaders to develop, monitor, and report budgets. • Led a cross-disciplinary team of associates to develop in-house cost calculations to transfer models across different plants.

• Overall responsibility for 23 associates and over 53 suppliers for all North American Honda Models to ensure suppliers efficiently functioned in Quality, Cost, and delivery arenas. • Developed strategies and achieved cost down annually resulting in increased revenues for Honda in North America. • Led the development and implementation of new supplier selection processes, selecting the best suppliers for Quality, Cost, Delivery, Development, Management and Financial by utilizing evaluation criteria to increase revenues, reduce cost, and improve quality of New Models. • Correlated with global Purchasing and Development leaders to develop and implement long term strategies to introduce new technologies, and new suppliers to increase revenues by eliminating inefficiencies and improving design, and technology.

• Started Electrical group with 5 associates to increase focus on Electrical commodity to improve supplier performance in cost and quality for all North American models. • Set up new suppliers utilizing New Supplier Proposal methodologies including on site supplier visits to study supplier’s management philosophies, product quality trends, cost down methods, development strategies, and delivery trends to ensure only the best suppliers could join the Honda team. • Lead the team of associates in strategy building, cost negotiation, and setting supplier direction for all North American Models to improve cost and Quality.

• Liaison for North American Purchasing at Honda Global Design & Purchasing Headquarters in Japan. Negotiated and implemented all North American strategies for Electrical, Infotainment and Component suppliers and technologies, thereby introducing new technologies and reducing supply chain inefficiencies. • Supported supplier development with global teams to successfully launch New Models for Accord, and Civic in the US & globally.