Michael Cowan
CAPEX Buyer at Celgard
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Cowan is a seasoned procurement and materials professional with 25 years of experience across manufacturing, engineering and EPC environments, currently serving as a CAPEX Buyer in Charlotte, NC. He brings deep expertise in buying, contract negotiation, expediting, logistics, inventory management and production planning, having managed POs up to $8M and overseen multi-million dollar inventories and CAPEX projects. Michael has a proven record of driving process improvements through LEAN practices, ISO 9001 procedures and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, quality, project controls and accounting. His background spans nuclear, power generation and manufacturing sectors, including roles as Nuclear Contract Manager and Lead Buyer for HRSG/boiler projects. Interested in data engineering and automation, he pairs practical procurement know-how with a curiosity for applying data and tooling to streamline materials and supply chain workflows. Colleagues rely on him for anticipating schedule risks, negotiating complex terms, and translating technical specs into actionable procurement strategies.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Sociology, Bachelor of Arts Sociology at Elon University
Github Skills (4)
genetic-algorithm9
smooth5
python4
visualization4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
michael-cowan/statmod
Oct 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:102 commits, 127 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 7 months
michael-cowan/molgif
May 2019 - Apr 2021
a molecular visualization tool to easily create smooth gifs of rotating molecules
Contributions:2 PRs, 115 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 11 months
visualization
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