Manage a 17-member team consisting of Material Distributors, Shipping/Receiving clerks and Purchasing.• Manage purchasing and stocking of 1000 inventory sku’s to support hospital requirements. • Maintain storeroom and department par stock locations including set safety stock and inventory turn targets. • Manage new product introductions coordinating with hospital staff and outside suppliers. • Led Materials Team support for new 25 bed Critical Decision Unit, opened December 2023.• Led transition of Operating Room replenishment to Supply Chain Operations Team. • Support and debug of new WorkDay ERP system, lowered inventory by 25% in 6 months. • Work closely with suppliers to coordinate daily storeroom and JIT deliveries. • Coordinate with Risk Team and supplier base on products out of specification or impacted by recall/safety notification.

Manage a team responsible for purchasing raw materials, tooling and inventory to support the Hyannis manufacturing operation:• Streamlined and standardized workflows for the purchasing team, developed process instruction manual for key job functions.• Led process improvement team to consolidate external sub assembly builds with outside suppliers, objective to lower overall costs and inventory. • Developed bid process for outsourced machined parts and assemblies including identifying key fabricators and machine shops to support the business.• Streamlined/improved communication with manufacturing team to quickly identify and resolve issues. • Partnered with Quality Assurance to implement steps for RoHS compliance on key medical product lines.• Negotiated with suppliers and assembly houses to support the business, addressing lead time, cost and quality.

Direct a team responsible for planning, purchasing, forecasting and logistics support of inventory worldwide:• Managed $45M+ inventory between three internal WW distribution centers and one outside third-party warehouse.• Managed and set objectives for Global Supply Chain team to support differing sales models in each region. • Responsible for ocean/air freight movement, contract negotiation, coordination of shipping programs and in-house customs clearance/HTS classification. • Implemented exception-based process changes, reduced administrative tasks, improved data review, coordinating with IT to create exception-based SQL reports. • Led team to approach each process with a continuous improvement mindset, successfully implemented consolidation and operational efficiency projects each of last 6 years. • Implemented and upgraded; Logility Voyager DP/IP software. • Led team to develop new order process for internally produced product, including testing and integration between multiple systems. Result, lower finished goods and reduced raw material excess risk. • Developed S&OP program and metrics to focus on inventory utilization and maintaining high service levels. • Partnered with Far Eastern suppliers to reduce lead time 40% on key, carry over items.• Implemented 3rd party booking and container management system (Century/Expeditors).• Supported integration transferring customer parcel shipments from internal DC to outside 3PL in 2018. • Supported introduction of e-commerce solutions (Internal on-line portal and Amazon).• Created internal communication process for new product availability, allowing Sales teams to improve the speed to market and communication to our field. • Created processes and procedures for all Supply Chain functions including creation of a Supplier manual covering the “rules of engagement” for all PartyLite suppliers.• Assisted with European annual REACH compliance.

Management of Hyannis factory(1996-2004) and second facility in Illinois(2000-2001). Included capacity planning for 3 WW factories, capital expansion planning and execution, day to day operations of production facilities.

Managed cost accounting functions related to manufacturing organization.Developed factory performance report and metrics.Managed annual physical inventory process.Managed capital appropriation process for factory including return on investment/payback analysis.

Close financial books for two divisions of Koch.Developed and implemented an internal cost billing process to track department/company-wide overhead expenses.

Provided new product support, including production and material cost analysis and quotes and process support.Participated in Wang Lab's Quality Leadership Development Process with introduction to Kan-Ban and cell manufacturing techniques.Promoted to Accounting Manager, responsible for AP and cash flow management and support.