Claire Grazzini Email & Phone Number

Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States

Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for a $15M electronics spend portfolio split between 5 international suppliers representing theKitchenAid Small Appliances manufacturing space.

Cleveland, Tennessee, United States

• Supervised 83 employees for 9 months which included keeping timecards, enforcing disciplinary policies whilemaintaining an average overall equipment effectiveness percentage of 73% across 37 machines.
• Interviewed, hired and onboarded 5 business critical positions to support new product and machines launches.
• Achieved $130,000 in scrap reduction (29% YOY) by driving hourly leadership projects toward operationalenhancements.

Cleveland, Tennessee, United States

• Administered the plant’s first workload capacity tracker for drivers and material handlers using Excel. The tracker, utilizing manual time studies and live part data, allows users to understand detailed breakdowns of.
• Increased workforce productivity on the plant floor by reallocating tasks based on the workload tracker, implementing a tablet-based Kanban system plantwide, re-packaging over 12 products and redesigning 7.
• Constructed and installed a towable dumpster which is now the new plant standard for cardboard trash with 12 currently in use. The cart will aid in moving toward a forklift-free assembly floor and will generate $3,000.

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

• Implemented an organizational system for physical and digital terrazzo samples that reduced the time spent finding and checking-out samples by an average of 20 minutes.
• Established a proficiency in architectural plan reading along with Winest estimating software leading to 5 more job estimates processed per day allowing project managers additional time to bid jobs.
• Interacted with project managers, architects and fellow estimators which increased knowledge of job bidding, submittals and job estimating through hands on learning.

• Launched a company-wide survey for carriers, S&OP representatives to review Whirlpool as a shipper with a goal to improve relationships and strategies.
• Developed a business case proposing a new strategy solution for Whirlpool’s US Outbound Transportation including savings of $4.5 million dollars over 5 years if implemented. This included cost/benefit analysis.
• Demonstrated an expertise in the transportation realm through research, informational meetings, and project work.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Engaged firsthand in plan reading, creating budgets, visiting job sites and performing takeoffs.
• Improved the budgeting team’s throughput by 2 jobs per week through completing takeoffs and full budgets.
• Completed a capstone project to significantly improve Clark’s job acquisition process by gathering information on their client buyer personas to create better customer relationship management.

Chaska, Minnesota, United States

• Educated and coached young athletes along with young referee members in my crew by demonstrating the proper techniques, vocalizing rules and answering questions about soccer promoting a safe, enjoyable and educational.

Bsb, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, Business Law, Analytics

Activities and Societies: Women in Business Club, Supply Chain and Operations Club, Club Soccer

Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: NCAA Division I Women's Soccer

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