Bob Evard
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Bob Evard is from Imlay City, Michigan, United States. Bob works in the following industries: "Automotive". Bob is currently Senior Global Purchasing Manager of Machinery, Equipment & Tooling at Inteva Products, located in Troy, MI. In Bob's previous role as a Director of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management at Eissmann Group Automotive, Bob worked in until Nov 2023. Prior to joining Eissmann Group Automotive, Bob was a Senior Consultant at Project Services, Inc. and held the position of Senior Consultant. Prior to that, Bob was a Purchasing and Supplier Development Director at TI Automotive from Jun 2007 to Jan 2019. Bob started working as Technical Commodity Manager at Hutchinson in Mar 2007. From Dec 2005 to Feb 2007, Bob was Senior Buyer at Collins & Aikman. Prior to that, Bob was a Senior Project Manager at Project Services, Inc. from Oct 2002 to Dec 2005. Bob started working as Project Manager at Trend Technologies / Cowden Metal in Sep 1999.
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Eissmann Automotive is a Tier 1 & 2 supplier of interior components and assemblies including IP’s, Door Modules, Pillar Trims, Seat backs and Center Consoles. When I joined Eissmann all the Purchasing and Supply Chain Management was done from Germany. I built a purchasing team of 14 people in North America including job descriptions, hiring, training, business processes and procedures. We have successfully launched 50 programs with supplier PPAP, run-at-rate and PSW approval. We have responsibility for quoting, negotiation, sourcing, purchase agreements, product planning, launching new components, supplier evaluation and qualification, as well as maintaining all series production avoiding supply disruptions, pricing issues, quality and delivery concerns. I have direct responsibility for all current and new serial production material, MRO and indirect spend. Our focus is on delivering customer satisfaction utilizing Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) All of this has been accomplished during the COVID era and done in a combination of fully remote, Hybrid, and face-to-face interactions whatever the current situation allowed.
Management consultant for a variety of business practices including, purchasing processes and procedures, supply chain management, supplier development, commodity strategy formulation, and ISO/IATF compliance.
TI Automotive is a publicly traded, global, 4 billion dollar Tier 1 supplier of Brake and Fuel, Powertrain, HVAC and Fuel Systems to all of the major OEMs, with over 130 locations and 14,000 employees. While at TI, I had many notable accomplishments: • 2012 -Navigated the company, and the automotive industry with AIAG and OESA, through a PA-12 Resin crisis when one of our major suppliers had a catastrophic fire. Supplier Production was offline for 9 months and NO Customer shipments were missed. • 2013 thru 2017 - Achieved over $15 million Dollars of YOY PPV savings or 3.1% of free spend. • 2013 to Present – reduced supplier PPM and number of occurrences by over 80%, the past 2 years have achieved single digit external supplier PPM. • Launched an eRFQ software program with all suppliers to streamline the RFQ process. • Hired and trained over 20 Buyers on corporate and purchasing procedures, commodity strategies, and advanced negotiation. • Maintained zero major or minor audit nonconformances for IATF, TS-16949, VDA and all other audits.
Hutchinson FTS was part of Total Petroleum and focused on Fluid Transfer Systems. The automotive division supplied HVAC lines to all of the major global OEM’s. As Technical Commodity Manager I was responsible for Capital equipment, electrical components and metallic commodities including: machined blocks, fasteners, impacts, fasteners, stampings and clips.
Collins & Aikman was a 3 Billion Dollar Tier 1 Supplier of Automotive Interiors to all of the major OEM’s. While at C&A I served as Senior Buyer responsible for the Metal Stamping and Packaging Commodity Decks. The annual spend for my commodity was in excess of 100 million dollars. During calendar year 2006 I was directly responsible for over 6 million dollars in cost savings. This was achieved through both negotiations and re-sourcing. This is particularly significant due to the fact that C&A was in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and many vendors had taken a loss due to the bankruptcy.
Project Services is a diversified consulting company specializing in Project Management, Business Start-Up, and Sales. While working at Project Services I successfully opened five (5) new business locations. I also served as a technical representative and program manager for companies troubleshooting quality and delivery issues at suppliers.
Trend Technologies is a global supplier in the plastics, metal stamping and assembly industries for Automotive and Computer OEM’s Customers include: Cisco Systems, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Johnson Controls, Sun Microsystems, and Toyota. I was responsible for Quoting, Prototype, Design, Build and Approval of all Tooling, Weld Cells, Assembly Equipment and Checking Fixtures. I also served as the customer Champion for the program interfacing with engineering and program management. I was responsible for every aspect of equipment including: stamping, welding, assembly, and inspection fixtures.
T & W Tool & Die is a Tier-1 supplier to Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. As Project Manager, I was responsible for all aspects of Tooling design and build and for program timing to ensure we met all dates required by our customers. I worked closely with the Engineers from the Automotive OEM’s to ensure all program requirements were met. As Purchasing Manager, I had responsibility for all sub-supplier performance and quality, new vendor evaluations and supplier development.
Aviation Ordnanceman on the USS Forrestal CV-59. Served in Weapons Department Flight Deck Ordnance Division (G-1).