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Chicago, IL, US

Racine, WI, US

Racine, WI, US

Racine, WI, US

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Planned and released work orders for production schedules based on customer, inventory, and forecast needs. Continuously improving the process to reduce the amount of total work orders for the plant
• Supervised inventory levels across 400 SKUs to identify shortages, update safety stocks, and reduce excess inventory
• Sent daily reports out to customer care and production to update sales order promise dates and ensure manufacturing facilities have the components needed to produce finished goods
• Collaborated with product management and procurement on new product development efforts by setting various planning parameters on the items.
• Reviewed on-boarding processes and work instructions for daily tasks to ensure efficiencies for team members.

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Facilitated intercompany training for various product categories that the sourcing team manages.
• Assisted in implementing a procurement cloud system that provides increased efficiency across the sourcing and procurement organizations.
• Identified and communicated with potential partners for Elkay’s core product offerings resulting in new supplier relationships that drove cost savings.
• Conducted internal meetings with key personnel to guarantee strategic projects stayed moving through the pipeline.
• Managed a hedging program for raw material commodities to ensure Elkay was protected from unforeseen market volatility. Avoided >$600K in raw material cost increases with the program in place.
• Introduced a landed cost calculation model that is widely used by sourcing & finance to ensure Elkay is selecting the most cost-effective supplier for business needs.

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Created and managed an online supplier database with an automated supplier scoring system. The database identified hundreds of high potential suppliers and expanded the supply base.
• Developed a system to track raw material commodities and leveraged the data to assist in negotiating with Elkay’s top customers and high-spend suppliers.
• Selected as the Tableau user for the sourcing & procurement team. Used program to create an interactive supplier spend map that identified potential risks.
• Contributed to a profit over achievement of more than $3.6 million. Worked cross-functionally to identify potential cost-savings in current products.

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Performed research to find similarities and differences amongst competitors to ensure Elkay continued to be competitive in the market.
• Created and managed a large supplier database to ensure searching for new suppliers was simplified and organized for internal use
• Presented projects to co-workers and the sourcing team for use on company-wide initiatives.

Downers Grove, IL, US