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• Program Integration PA for Propulsion and Avionics systems; collaborate with core supply chain, engineering, and suppliers to support qualified hardware to the production system and mitigate through any disconnects• Focal for integrating Operations and Contracts PA’s, Engineering, and Suppliers for returning failed parts back to the Supplier to perform a root cause analysis• Led development readiness assessment through supplier production and delivery capability analysis through cross functional Boeing and supplier teams mitigating two month’s disconnect to support in sequence build• Led competitive bid by coordinating with all cross functions involved to release engagement with five suppliers in an expedited timeline

• Incorporated lessons learned from previous Boeing development airplane programs to define and implement the 777-8F (Freighter) supply chain development scorecard metric managing supply chain risk through the design configuration process enabling suppliers ability to qualify and deliver parts on time to the production system• Developed a management system to operationalize the use of program critical execution milestones as leading indicators to mitigate supply chain risk driven by engineering definition requiring early supplier engagement supporting full kit bid packages• Defined standard work instructions focusing on key performance indices (KPI) and control measures training to the 777-8F Supply Chain team; Facilitated scorecard a training roadshow for other cross-functional stakeholders

• Collaborated with Strategic Purchasing, Buyers, Production, Inventory Control, and Manufacturing teams as a supply chain lead intern to create a new report on the processes for incoming materials and shipping out finished goods. • Created a supply chain initiative proposal for automated inventory removal• Developed a report on the supply chain process at PGT and presented the findings to decision-makers in the upper management• Evaluated and created supplier scorecards on 13 different vendors based on on-time deliveries rates• Analysis of the financial & efficiency impact of proposed logistics changes, such as material locations on manufacturing sites• Developed a new factory format for a product line that allowed for operators to move at a faster speed while retaining mandatory safety parameters