Yael Margretz
Supply Chain Operations Leader, breaking down silos to make optimal business operations decisions.
- Role
- Senior Procurement Manager at Abbott
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Yael Margretz
Over 20 years of Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality and Digital Technology experience in a variety of roles, with engineering and MBA degrees; advancing career into high impact executive leadership roles, especially related to supply chain optimization and digitization.
Experience
Senior Procurement Manager
Jan 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Responsible for global supplier relationships including tactical procurement of electronics and accessories, contract negotiations, and overall supplier strategy development in collaboration with global, divisional, and regional stakeholders.• Managed global team to deliver best value of components for medical devices and components through negotiations and strategic supplier selection.• Reduced risk of supply by working with suppliers on purchases based on forecasted customer demand and production plans. Saved $4 Million in purchase price variance (PPV) by moving from a make-to-order process to forecasting purchasing model. Saved $1.6MM in 2023 with visibility to $1.5MM in 2024 through negotiations of pricing and revenue incentives, as well as implementing dual-source strategies to increase negotiating power.• Influenced product engineering teams to update product design that would allow for more cost-effective component selections.• Collaborated with other procurement professionals to implement best practices of reporting and communication with stakeholders.
Education
W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA
2005 — 2008
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Internet of Things
- Manufacturing
- Software Product Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Spc
- Agile Application Development
- Quality Management
- Six Sigma
- Process Engineering
- Design of Experiments
- Root Cause Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Dmaic
- Failure Analysis
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Kaizen
- Fmea
- Process Improvement
- Production Managment
- Statistical Process Control (Spc)
- Theory of Constraints
- Shop Floor
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
- Serialization
- Mba
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