Lisa Kuhn

• Responsible for all aspects of purchasing and logistics for an automotive organization with an annual spend of $114 million. • Developed and implemented cost reduction initiatives to accomplish a 10.46 percent cost reduction for annual spend. • Implemented commodity segmentation, commodity strategies and supplier index cards. • Track and report PPV goals, task to budget on a monthly basis. • Developed Advanced Project Purchasing to improve project margins by purchasing budget ownership, on-time deliveries, and up-front supplier involvement. • Oversee the purchasing management of two hundred sixty eight projects for cleaning, filtration and automation equipment • Advise and mentor commodity managers, project/commodity buyers and expeditors that are direct reports. • Leverage the global buy of materials for mechanical and electrical components. • Support and direct manufacturing locations for corporate purchasing, materials management and supplier quality. • Created cost effective purchasing procedures: Commodity Trees, Commodity Segmentation, PPV Task to Budget reporting, Request for Quote, Cost Tracking, Non Conformance Metrics, Delivery Performance and Advanced Project Tracking. • Established open communication with respective business units and manufacturing Vice-Presidents and Plant Managers. • Direct reporting to the Chief Financial Officer including budgets, cost reduction goals, advanced project deliverables and weekly status reports. • Key User for the implementation and roll out of SAP in January 2011. • Monthly reporting on purchasing deliverables for North America operations to Germany. • Responsible for inventory control, material logistics, receiving, shipping and the import/export of materials and capital equipment. This position is also responsible for the planning and distribution of materials for internal and external processing. • Oversee the logistic operations for 4 manufacturing locations.

•Responsible for all aspects of program/production/service purchasing and supplier quality •Advise and mentor direct reports. •Leverage the global buy of materials •Responsible for program timing, cost targets, and 5% cost reductions. •Support and direct manufacturing locations for corporate purchasing, materials management and supplier quality. •Created cost effective purchasing procedures: Sourcing Board Strategy, Request for Quote, Cost Tracking •Direct reporting to the VP of Operations for budgets, cost reduction goals, advanced program deliverables and weekly status reports. •Responsible for supplier payment negotiations of $8.6mm in ASC pre-petition Chapter 11 bankruptcy debt. Managed crisis without disruptions to customer build schedules. •Managed team of 200+ supply partners through early termination of GMT368 Chevy SSR program while achieving 100% compliance to all customers build schedules. •Developed and implemented a Six Gate Quality system for the supply base.

• Responsible for all aspects of advanced purchasing for a $3.8 billion dollar company for the DaimlerChrysler and Pan-Pacific business units. • Oversee the management of thirty-seven advanced programs for Cockpit Assemblies, Console, Doors, Fascias, Hardtrim, Instrument Panels, Loadfloors, Struts and Wheel Flares. • Advise and mentor six buyers that are direct reports. • Leverage the global buy of materials including injection molding, stampings, raw materials, fasteners and electrical components. • Responsible for program timing, cost targets, and five percent annual cost reductions for all advanced purchasing programs. • Established open communication with respective business unit Vice-Presidents. • Direct reporting to the President of Global Purchasing for budgets, cost reduction goals and weekly status reports. • Successfully reached a systems engineering & design goal of $10.2 million.

• Responsible for all purchasing aspects of a Console, Door, Fascias, Hardtrim and Instrument Panel totaling over $100 million. • Interface extensively with suppliers, including tool & die makers, secondary equipment and component suppliers. • Prepare quotation requests containing engineering specifications, part/tooling parameters, quality, delivery, and target pricing for potential sourcing/resourcing decisions. • Price and payment term negotiation with supply base. • Participation in Product Development Teams (PDT) including coordinating issues that are out of program scope such as raw materials, facilities, equipment and services. • Support manufacturing facilities through regular contact. • Support cost reduction programs, engineering change activity and program launches. • Develop core commodity strategy plans while supporting program goals.

• Oversee all purchasing activities for an $8 million automotive manufacturing operation. • Devise and implement cost effective purchasing procedures. • Developed customer quotes and problem-solve whenever necessary to insure quality, on-time delivery, performance and customer satisfaction. • Successfully implemented QS9000 to maximize efficiency and productivity. • Proficient in negotiating price and delivery terms. • Created a supplier manual and supplier conference to enhance supplier development.

• Assistant controller to the CFO of the holding company. • In this capacity responsible for the consolidation of month-end statements from five subsidiaries. • Additional accounting responsibilities included: year-end consolidated statements; budget preparation; forecasting; accounts payable/receivable; and bank reconciliations. • Calculated and prepared account receivable aging and inventory summary reports. • Prepared and presented financial reports to senior management.