• Led a major $2.3M initiative to automate supply chain planning in the US and Mexico which reduced backorders by 20% and provided a 2-year line of sight for working capital• Mentored 5 Supply Chain professionals resulting in career advancement opportunities for approximately 3 mentees after 1-year • Established a 4-Point Supply Chain Communication Process to enhance learning and growth, while minimizing language barriers within the Supply Chain Community• Developed a solid strategy which transferred operations to 2 new DC locations without creating any major impacts or delays to the business

•Led approximately 150 manufacturing and warehouse employees in the daily operations of a new facility in Mexico •Successfully led a planning team of 10 to reduce $60M Raw, WIP and Finished Good inventory to 25% in a year while improving key business metrics such as schedule attainment, master data maintenance, service levels, and quality assurance •Directed a team of 6 functional BI analysts in the focus of 5 main Global SAP business process areas that include Plan to Ship, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Warehouse Management, and Finance, with direct interface with supporting areas including Basis, Security, Data Governance, and Compliance •Reduced inventory from $500K to $214K in raw material inventory by setting up a Kanban system along a high value production line while reducing component shortages•Implemented cycle count program using the conventional ABCD segmentation strategy achieving a 98% inventory accuracy, thus minimizing write offs within a 6-month time frame •Accelerated NA service levels from 96% to 98.5% by creating and deploying a shortage report tool that proactively identified service risks •Managed cost savings of 10% YoY within the plant thereby improving plant productivity •Delivered vendor management improvements which resulted in a 5% reduction in production costs for 5 consecutive years •Improved overall vendor management performance 30% by eliminating 10% of poor performing vendors •Managed the Supply Chain SAP software deployment process to approximately 2000 employees throughout 7 Latin America manufacturing locations•Devised a company-wide inventory projection tool to aggregate various supply and demand inputs, thereby reducing inventory 20% within a 12-month period •Developed a SKU rationalization report which led to a 15% reduction in excess and obsolete inventory for the Writing Business segment•Delivered HCM Analytics software to Global HR Reporting within 6 months, thereby bringing the project in $10k under budget