Barbara Acker Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Beaverton, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

 Net Power Costs data analysis and processing using Reports from Grid, Endur, and SAP with Access and Excel. Process mapping and development

Portland, Oregon, Us

Pacific Power Logistics and Material Planning*Used SAP ERP system and develop and use reports for analysis using Microsoft Access. Analyze and update material master data. *Developed key performance indicators, inventory turns and excess material analysis.*Developed stocking plan to manage inventory with reorder point system.*Supplier management to include: pricing, contracts, delivery, lead time, and expedites.

Portland, Or, Us

Contract Employee, Mavensoft Technology, Portland, OR Develop Category Plans, to recommend procurement strategies Develop requests for proposals for construction and business materials and services. Negotiate costs and contractual terms and conditions for purchasing contracts valued more than $100,000.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Rocky Mountain Power Contract Employee, BizTek People, Portland, OR*Managed materials for operations construction projects at Rocky Mountain Power Company with inventory of $67 million.*Used SAP ERP system and develop and use reports for analysis using Microsoft Access. Analyze and update material master data. *Developed key performance indicators, inventory turns and excess material analysis.*Developed stocking plan to manage inventory with reorder point system.*Supplier management to include: pricing, contracts, delivery, lead time, and expedites.

New York, Ny, Us

Supply Chain, Major Projects Provided procurement analysis and risk mitigation to ensure on time delivery of materials to support operation schedules for assignment of 10 to 20 complex communication system projects working in cross-functional product support teams. Provided procurement risk mitigation to ensure on time delivery of materials to support operation schedules for 10 to 20 complex projects working in cross-functional product support teams.  Contributed to five percent materials cost reduction by developing an Access database to provide forecast analysis to buyers for purchase agreement negotiations.  Reduced material shortages and production down time to less than one percent by developing and implementing a new process to monitor and manage common procurement purchase order deliveries. Provided actions and follow up for 15 programs including new product development projects, tracking critical issues, and communicating status to management weekly. Reduced Phoenix project procurement lead time from three years to one year to meet customer requirements by identifying and resolving critical path procurement issues. Decreased excess material costs to less than one percent by identifying requirements errors and coordinating completion of corrective actions.  Increased productivity by approximately 25 percent by developing and using Access database and Business Objects queries and reports. Provided ad-hoc reports to project teams and procurement. Improved lead time accuracy from 60 percent to 75 percent of items delivered to goal.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Ensured on time delivery of materials to support operations for a mix of military, rocket case, and aircraft programs. Scheduled and planned operations. Managed inventory. Communicated critical issues status daily to management and provided project status presentation weekly to integrated product teams. Coordinated quick reaction and problem resolutions as focal point of communication for materials between program, operations, and procurement.Increased productivity and reduced costs of procurement with continuous process improvement using fishbone analysis, five-why analysis, and the Kaizen process change implementations. Decreased schedule impact and scrap cost of high-value shelf-life material from 50 percent of shipments with problems to 0 percent of shipments with problems by leading a cross-functional process improvement team to develop and implement international procurement processes for shipment of temperature controlled material.

Developed and implemented a scheduling system using Access to provide weekly shop schedules to maintain a mix of 40 trailer models and sub-assemblies. Purchased materials and services required for manufacture of trailers.

Provided engineering and purchasing coordination for locomotive concurrent design manufacturing.

Taught English, accounting, and Microsoft Office Professional software including Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in post-secondary vocational program.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Quantitative/Operations Mgmt

Vocational Education