Carey Michael Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Oversee and provide guidance to all Junior staff in the Purchasing and Inventory Control Departments
• Maintain responsibility for monitoring/creating purchase requisitions, on a daily basis, for appropriate vendors, and converting requisitions to purchase orders
• Support and provide the coordination of the material planning, purchasing and production scheduling function to ensure timely delivery to customers of finished products
• Confirm supplier delivery dates for purchasing material and expedite orders when necessary
• Assist in all aspects of production scheduling, working with manufacturing and business partners from OCD, raw material purchasing
• Interface with production, sales, purchasing and suppliers in order to schedule purchase orders of raw material to meet production demand Product and service design

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Work collaboratively with Marketing, Product Development, Quality, and Engineering to develop effective product launch plans, and provide the best supplier options for new product launches to insure new projects are.
• Engage closely with the Planning/Purchasing Manager to develop and implement department procedures and guidelines, processes, and process improvement
• Develop strong interpersonal business relationships with suppliers and internal departments
• Coordinate On Time Delivery reports and meet with suppliers, presenting historical data and assisting them in improvement opportunities
• Drive supplier negotiations to achieve lowest total cost to project
• Detailed analysis, maintenance, and record keeping of all contracts with suppliers

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Work on New Product Launch teams to insure new projects are launched on time and within budget
• Collaborate with Category Management to establish list of potential suppliers for upcoming projects
• Develop strong interpersonal business relationships with suppliers and internal departments
• Prepare and manage various documentation for each supplier, including NDA’s, CDA’s, PO’s, Work agreements
• Collect, develop, & analyze data from Suppliers to aid in making final Supplier Selection decisions for each project

Arlington, TN

• Execute & manage purchasing, forecasting, planning, & scheduling production for Knee, Hip, & Biologics products
• Manage & direct a supplier base of 100+ core suppliers, with personal total purchase order responsibility at $20M/year
• Train & guide junior purchasing & planning staff
• Negotiate with suppliers to establish most favorable pricing, terms, & conditions
• Utilize MRP to issue & release production & purchase orders
• Collect, develop, & analyze data to project inventory levels, disposal recommendations, & lot number reconciliation

Arlington, TN

• Assess requested enhancement/improvement, gather support data, design and propose solutions
• Supervise IT developers to implement changes to test system, perform testing on developed enhancements, overseeing user acceptance testing, and complete installation of enhancement to full production system

Arlington, TN

• Lead team that developed and designed end-to-end Business Process Flows for the critical functional business areas (Order to Cash & Inventory) within JD Edwards ERP system
• Develop Process Flows consistent with current system functionality and future Best Business Practices
• Conduct Modular Workshops for data gathering to configure software for Order to Cash module, and provide Wright Medical expertise to develop a detailed implementation work plan
• Identify new solutions for Wright Medical possible future issues by utilizing relationships within Wright Medical to incorporate specific requirements into the final process and design
• Define possible alternatives and provide advantages and disadvantages while analyzing suggested future enhancements
• Provide and lead training sessions and seminars for new and upgraded modules

Arlington, TN

• Manage and Supervise all activity for specialized group responsible for locating and retrieving implants and instruments for scheduled surgeries in order to prevent postponement or missed surgery opportunities
• Credit and re-bill of distributor accounts based on various pricing and payment issues
• Maintaining and redistributing Distributor field inventory by directing over 50 distributors across the United States, to include consignment implants, instruments, and Wright Express rental kits

Arlington, TN

• Control the accuracy of Distributor Field Inventory across the U.S.
• Conduct Field Inventory Audits; including coordinating and planning Distributor Audits, collection and presentation of preliminary and post audit documentation, and Post Audit meeting with Distributor
• This Position required approximately 30% travel

Arlington, TN

• Execute & manage purchasing, forecasting, planning, & scheduling production for Knee, Hip, & Biologics products
• Manage & direct a supplier base of 50+ core suppliers
• Train & guide junior purchasing & planning staff
• Negotiate with suppliers to establish most favorable pricing, terms, & conditions
• Utilize MRP to issue & release production & purchase orders
• Collect, develop, & analyze data to project inventory levels, disposal recommendations, & lot number reconciliation

Olive Branch, MS

• Manage purchasing, forecasting, planning, and scheduling production for various product
• Analysis of vendor performance and negotiation of purchase pricing as well as qualifying potential new vendors and new purchased products
• Analysis of MPS and MRP to provide manufacturing with work orders
• Utilize MRP to issue & release production & purchase orders
• Collect, develop, & analyze data to project inventory levels, disposal recommendations, & lot number reconciliation
• Coordinate with Customer Service to insure product availability for Domestic & International customer orders

Memphis, TN

• Plan and schedule production for various product lines of personal care products utilizing MPS/MRP
• Qualify potential new vendors and new purchased products
• Analysis of MPS and MRP to provide manufacturing with work orders
• Utilize MRP to issue & release production & purchase orders
• Collect, develop, & analyze data to project inventory levels, disposal recommendations, & lot number reconciliation
• Work with customer service group to insure product availability for domestic and international distribution

Master'S Degree, Operations Management, 4.0

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Management