Progressive Components
Denise Kaczmarek is an experienced sourcing and procurement professional in the production tooling industry, currently serving as a Sourcing Specialist at Progressive Components since April 2023. Prior to this role, Denise worked as a Buyer at Harken Inc. and at MGS Mfg. Group, where responsibilities included price negotiation, vendor selection, customer service, purchasing, and inventory control. Denise began their career at Waste Management as an Operations Specialist and Customer Service - Logistics, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and managing logistics-related tasks. Denise holds a Bachelor of Science in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from Bellevue University.
Progressive Components
Progressive Components, headquartered near Chicago, Illinois, develops and distributes components for the production tooling industry. Off-the-shelf standards designed to speed mold building and reduce costs and downtime are provided throughout a network of locations including regional hubs in England and Singapore. In addition to direct locations, channel partner representation ranges from India to South Africa, from Italy to Taiwan, and all points in between.