• Implemented a plan to cut down on packaging inventory in half by developing supplier relationships and consignment deals saving the company $5000 a year.• Created manual Materials Requirement Planning system and Master Production Schedule reducing stockouts of most frequently used materials by 95% and increasing visibility between sales, operations, and purchasing.• Negotiated a new contract with 3PL resulting in transportation savings of 15% ($16,000) annually.• Follow trends and revise reorder point quantities to be in line with EOQ reducing overstock.• Implement MRP system companywide to meet the needs of inventory control and demand planning.• Created Bills of Materials for over 3000-part numbers resulting in lower inventory and demand planning.

• Created and Implemented a plan for the company-wide goal to become paperless in the purchasing department resulting in a decrease of information flow handoff from 6 touches down to 2.• Involvement in Hoshin Kanri strategic planning development• Drove change and lead the quality department to revise the approved supplier list resulting in greater visibility into the purchasing department.• Communicated with suppliers to craft deals of consignment and vendor managed inventory reducing our inventory space from 3 locations to 1 location.

• Developed a forecasting template and calculated capacity based on historical production rates in excel resulting in lower inventory, accurate scheduling and greater visibility to leadership, sales, and operators.• Designed and implemented production run sheet in excel resulting in a 95% reduction in non-value added staging time by auto-filling cells. Achieved buy-in by coaching, emulation, and user-friendly design.• Kaizen Event Fabrication Department: Led Kaizen to Improve fabrication material flow resulting in a material allocation system and a visual status board creating greater visibility and productive communication between leadership and operators. • Kaizen Event Coating Department: Standardized and implemented formal staging zones for finished goods resulting in a higher on-time delivery rate from 93%-97%. • Implemented and Coached Lean Manufacturing resulting in a greater understanding of 5S, Kanban systems, Kata, and Kaizen. Impacting reduction of transportation waste, clutter, non-value added time, standardization and improved safety and capacity.