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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Lead Analyst, Category Management (March 2016 – Present)- Managed Cementing, Drilling Fluids, and Power & Fuel categories for sustainable or reduced cost structures, supplier relationship management, and market intelligence capability.- Collaborated with Drilling department for price increase mitigation strategizing during market recovery, including.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Senior Analyst, Category Management (November 2011 – October 2014)- Managed Drill Bits, Drilling Fluids, and Wellhead categories through contract life cycle. Analyzed demand plan to leverage and optimize company spending with negotiated vendor pricing and discounts. - Planned, facilitated, and executed 4 successful sourcing initiatives resulting in.

Lawton, Oklahoma Area

- Facilitated lean kaizen events within Duncan Manufacturing Center to improve: safety, efficiency, cost, productivity, streamline processes, eliminate waste, and promote a lean culture- Achieved 54% lead time reduction on critical capital parts. Facilitated kaizen event and led team in solution identification and implementation.- Achieved 40% reduction in.

Lawton, Oklahoma Area

- Managed staff of 27 employees and budget of $2.3MM- Hired and trained 7 new employees- Increased department safety participation 66%- Implemented various lean initiatives, including 5S, SQDC metrics, and department standardization. Led department improvement kaizen event, realizing 4800 additional productive hours annually. Initiated first stages of.

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Leadership development program consisting of five 6-month rotations in various facets of Supply Chain & at different global facilities. Specific project scope & targets were provided, with expectation to successfully complete all deliverables by end of rotation. Quarterly updates were presented to executive leadership. Goal was to develop future leaders by.