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Mountain Top, Pa, Us

Hatfield, Pa, Us

-Designed labor and equipment capacity models across 10 product categories to identify bottlenecks and improve manufacturing processes.-Transitioned KPI meetings from PowerPoint to Power BI allowing for active data manipulation, data automation and advanced visuals.-Analyzed on time delivery and quality data for key suppliers to determine which suppliers met goals and identified root causes for discrepancies-Developed and designed a multi-step plan to create space for building a new sensor clean room, move racking closer to production lines, and utilize vertical racking while considering future growth plans

Mountain Top, Pa, Us

• Procurement:o Analyzed product data trends using Microsoft Excel and performed competitive research to recognize the need for new products and formulate product requirementso Negotiated with international and domestic vendors to determine the most qualified vendors able to support product requirements while focusing on forming collaborative win-win relationships• Demand Planning: o Utilized excel pivot tables, v-lookups, macros, and implemented optimal forecasting techniques to match customer demand• Cost analysis: increases gross margin for currently sourced productso Analyzed financial data of existing products to determine areas to decrease company costs, such as discontinuing products with low profitability, sourcing products from lower-cost product vendors, and expanding the most profitable product categories• Supplier Management: Progressed and developed key supplier relationships

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Facility Layout Optimization: Developed new master facility plans to minimize non-value added activitieso Communicated with top executives from manufacturing companies to determine manufacturing facility requirements while considering growth projectionso Utilized AutoCAD Architecture to design detailed initial manufacturing facility layouts o Created value stream maps on Microsoft Visio to analyze non value-added actions using lean principleso Re-designed facility layouts to place equipment in optimal locations, eliminating non-value added steps and ultimately leading to faster cycle times, waste minimization, and overall more efficient processes

Oslo, Oslo, No

• Continuous Improvement Project: Improved manufacturing assembly lines, leading to a more efficient process that decreased cycle times, reduced waste and improved safety• Robot Implementation Project: Determined where robot implementation would be most effective through analyzing cycle time data and determining the payback period• RFID Project: Evaluated feasibility of RFID technology use for tracking current inventory by analyzing the technology’s safety, quality, cost, and material complications• Packing Specification Project: Created proper packing configurations based on customer requirements and loading trailer constraints using AutoCAD Mechanical

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Us

Inventory Management: Minimized overall inventory holding and ordering costs by analyzing inventory levels from historic data to match demand through developing Microsoft Excel pivot tables, macros, and analytic tools

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Us

Inventory Management: Minimized overall inventory holding and ordering costs by analyzing inventory levels from historic data to match demand through developing Microsoft Excel pivot tables, macros, and analytic tools