Tod Rees

Senior Commodity Buyer for mechnanical electronic components for the automotive industry. Portfolio includes heat sinks, connectors, pins and shielding parts.

Responsible for the purchasing of direct or indirect materials

Metals team supervision for the purchase, hedging, and stock management of non-ferrous metals copper, aluminum, nickel and tin for 5 worldwide plant locations.

Supplier analysis and procurement in copper and aluminium metal wire and cable products. Purchase of alloys and industrial metals.

An experienced steel trader in all commercial steel products. Initiated and managed all contractual terms on the sales and purchase side for over USD 30 million in steel sales. Responsible for structuring the contractual price, shipping/INCOterms, inspections, contract terms, claims, and payment structure for the sales and purchase of each individual transaction. Excellent negotiation skills and great knowledge of the movement of goods from the production site to the customer

Performed business English contracts for Mayr-Melnhof, AstraZeneca, and Siemens. Created and implemented lesson plans for each session based on the needs /level of the customer. Taught mainly the production staff at Mayr-Melnhof and accounting and finance staff at Astra Zeneca and Siemens. Awarded the largest company contract with Mayr-Melnhof, thereby securing company growth with more contracts at other MM production sites.

Sales force development included implementing mandatory weekly sales quotas and weekly meetings highlighting team sales goals in a call center environment. Newly introduced scripts and sales tactics initiated a 30% increase in weekly sales within 4 weeks. Designed and created the website before the launch of the program. Responsible for all human resource development and training for the program including hiring, firing and sales force development

Created and implemented daily lesson plans to ensure continuity in educational goals as directed by each individual school. Created a positive classroom learning environment which included classroom management, math/science knowledge and engaging learning exercises

Supply chain, lean manufacturing, accounting and controlling, project management, and marketing and sales in the automotive supply industry.

Chemistry and biochemistry, endocrinology, muscle physiology, physics and calculus