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Bothell, Wa

Ensures consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for production to run on schedule in a clinical/commercial GMP manufacturing facility. Manages item master data, bill of materials, and stock levels to ensure operational and production continuity. Prepares purchase orders and maintains strong relationships with vendors to ensure supply of materials meets requirements. Creates analytical supply and demand planning tools to generate forecasts, identify risks, and oversee multiple external inventories. Regularly assesses material risk levels and delivers efficient, effective, and flexible solutions to meet production requirements. Leads team projects and identifies continuous improvement through cross-functional SmartSheet workspaces. Assists in the design, development and implementation of the new MRP System (RapidResponse) for internal manufacturing. Utilizes existing internal processes, tools and techniques to identify, develop, and implement strategy, processes, tools, action plans, and reports required to forecast material planning for internal manufacturing. Trains new team members subsequently added to the North Creek material planning department.

Collaborated with production, procurement, QC/QA, and material handling departments to recognize inventory discrepancies and recommended solutions to address complex inventory challenges. Leveraged quantitative data to manage material flow and cycle counts to expedite material fulfillment. Conducted audits and in-depth analysis of inventory balances and transactions to validate count compliance standards. Designed and implemented reporting solutions and process improvements for future supply chain planning and execution. Analyzed data sets and identified BOM, transfer, process order, count, receipt, and RTV error root causes, augmenting production and exceeding the company’s production plan goal of 95%. Identified inventory quantity variances between the ERP and warehouse systems, reconciling accounts to preserve plant inventory accuracy annual goal of 99%.

Contracted by staffing agency, Staffing Solutions, to provide provisional analytical skills, managing receiving tasks and inventory movement for an electronic and equipment manufacturing company.

Implemented Lean Six Sigma techniques to manage the production of micro-electronic structures for large manufacturing companies. Analyzed data to identify trends to improve forecast accuracy; effectively improving end-to-end supply chain visibility. Developed strategic requirements and formulated business metrics for reporting and monitoring inventory transactions. Led the introduction of a cycle count program and control security to monitor product movement and availability; increased inventory accuracy from 40% to 99% over the course of one year, eliminating the need for year-end physical inventory audits.