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Livingston, Nj, Us

Roseland, Nj, Us

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Bronx, New York, Us

Manage team responsible for indirect purchasing, including but not limited to boxes, packaging, dry ice, material handling supplies, sanitation & maintenance supplies, and services. Total annual spend in excess of $20 million. Leads special RFP projects related to a company wide move from Long Island City to a new plant in the Bronx. Oversees procurement for new business startup, including subsidiary company locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan and cross dock facilities in Washington DC. Maintain indirect materials inventory, place purchase orders, ensure deliveries are on time, and maintain proper paperwork for smooth processing with accounts payable. Organized mobile equipment fleet data, and facilitated a decrease from 104 pieces of equipment down to 87. A reduction in spend from $1 million annually to $780,000.

Bronx, New York, Us

Responsibilities included maintaining indirect materials inventory, placing purchase orders, ensuring deliveries are on time, and maintaining proper paperwork for smooth processing with accounts payable.Led cost reduction initiatives to drive down Average Order Price (AOP). Responsible for $500,000 in packaging savings Year over Year.Sourced new packaging to meet goals for sustainability, brand alignment, customer experience, and product protection throughout supply chain.Created and manages RFP and RFQ process for projects and equipment in excess of $100,000. Leading development of internal catalog of over 1,000 materials, complete with photographs, specification sheets, letters of guarantee, and up to date vendor information.Implemented new process for re-ordering packaging materials to save time for the buyers each day.Improved indirect material slotting within the warehouse to increase capacity and make items more easily identifiable.Created daily reports to enable purchasing team to track open orders and view inventory levels.Since taking over the team, Days on Hand (DOH) of packaging has reduced from five days to three days.

New York, Ny, Us

Maintained Knowledge Management application for 5 Content Managers, over 1,000 end users, and over 1,500 documents.Led Proof of Concept project aimed to make contextual help more intuitive for both internal bank associates and external clients.

New York, Ny, Us

Completed in a one-year training program for college graduates to develop technical and professional skills.Collaborated with internal project team and third party vendor to integrate over 1,400 existing documents into a new Knowledge Management solution.Worked as a key team member in expanding the technical infrastructure from 8 servers to 31 servers to comply with company standards, which are aimed to stabilize the application against loss of service and better prepare the application for future releases.

Worked with hospital’s discharge planners to help analyze workload.Collected quantitative and qualitative data on daily activities of discharge planners.Presented findings and recommendations to the hospital’s Operations Improvement Committee, which reduced workload by over 2 Full Time Equivalents.

Leading worldwide manufacturer and distributor of office supplies; Designed and implemented a collaboration portal to be used for major customers and suppliers.Organized and analyzed freight payment reports to help optimize shipping options. Key team member on Kaizen events to reduce manufacturing scrap and optimize raw material slotting.

Worked with a professor studying FAA ground transportation and tarmac delays.Designed a linear program model to calculate and attempt to minimize tarmac delays.Participated in an FAA national competition for undergraduate and graduate research teams.

The largest, privately owned Building Automation and Systems Integrator; Contractor in the NY metropolitan area; Collaborated with chief engineer, from bid to initial submission, on a temperature controls project for a Con Edison substation.Worked alongside engineers on various building automation projects of varying sizes.

Assisted in creating and editing drawings for control panel and air flow diagrams.Created bills of materials for various projects.Updated supplier pricing and product data sheets for all products.Organized initial submission proposals to be approved by project managers.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

B.S.E, Industrial And Operations Engineering