Nick Kuhn
North American Sourcing Director at Haworth
- Role
- North American Sourcing Director at Haworth
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nick Kuhn
Supply Chain & Operations professional with progressive leadership roles in Fortune 500 multi-national Tier 1 Automotive and Manufacturing companies. Extensive experience developing and implementing global strategies which drive revenue, optimize working capital and create a competitive advantage. Innovative and results oriented leader with reputation of leading change, motivating others and building sustainable processes. Proven record of creating a “safety first” environment, reducing DPPM, and improving OTD metrics through visual management.Ability to demonstrate a strong business acumen across multiple companies and a variety of product lines Exceptional negotiation, problem solving and communication skills. Innate ability to develop and lead high performance teams in multi-cultural matrix organizational structures. Trusted by leadership to take on big challenges (i.e. Operations Manager for site going through 100% growth for first ever Operations role) and succeed.Specialties: Extensive experience in risk management, LEAN practices, value analysis and supply chain integration. Proven record of YOY cost reduction, implementing sustainable best practices and developing long term strategic initiatives. Contract development/negotiation, program management, identifying inefficient business practices and internal/external relationship building.
Experience
North American Sourcing Director
Apr 2022 — Present · US
Education
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Arts
1999 — 2003
Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina
MBA, International Business
2007 — 2009
Skills
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Kaizen
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Planning
- Strategic Sourcing
- Operations Management
- Purchasing
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Six Sigma
- Supplier Negotiation
- International Business
- Supply Management
- Materials Management
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Lean Manufacturing
- Management
- Forecasting
- Continuous Improvement
- Global Sourcing
- Spend Management
- Kanban
- Strategy
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Dmaic
- Supply Chain
- Supplier Development
- Procurement
- Mrp
- Logistics
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Low Cost Country Sourcing
- Sourcing
- Sap
- Change Management
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