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Bowling Green, KY, US

Manage all production and finished goods inventory for Bowling Green Operations.Responsible for increasing fill rates and inventory performance through optimizing supply chain parameters and reporting.Maximize on-time shipping performance, freight reductions, and reduced lead time for inbound and outbound logistics.

Renton, WA, US

• Responsible for sales, development, and implementation of cloud technology products including eCommerce and CRM systems utilizing API connections to provide real-time inventory levels and customer specific pricing with.
• Managed roadmap for MarTech stack including key stakeholder and vendors, introducing pilot programs to drive interdepartmental cohesiveness and ultimately improve the customer journey.
• Created and delivered key presentations to Senior Executives to secure over $15 million dollars in funding to introduce personalization and proactive selling into the eCommerce platform.

Renton, WA, US

• Led a 75-Person Team including the Inventory Management, Logistics, Dealer Inventory, and Supply Chain Analytics teams to optimize service levels during the pandemic and exceed strategic sales and profitability targets.
• Analyzed supplier financials and performed over 15 on-site visits to increase suppliers’ operational capacity – driving cost reductions and improved shipping performance.
• Complete oversight of inventory management of $900 million in dealer inventory and $375 million in Distribution Center inventory, utilizing advanced forecasting and planning techniques to enhance supply chain.

Renton, WA, US

• Responsibility for over 50 staff in a 190,000 square foot Distribution Center containing 9,500 SKUs, ensuring the expedient flow of over $21M in product both in/out of the operation.
• Exemplified leadership with integrity, fostering a culture of collaboration and effective communication across all organizational levels, transforming the Distribution Center from the worst in the network to the.
• Lead initiative to redesign distribution method to unattended overnight delivery, generating over $50M in incremental revenue and delivery time reduction to less than 24 hours for all primary shipments.

Renton, WA, US

• Collaborated with Parts Distribution Centers (PDCs) on process improvements, system upgrades, and inventory management, focusing on advanced analytics and capital budgeting.
• Managed all aspects of hardware replacement projects for over 350 units in the network, managed developers for all network wide system changes, and drive voice picking adoption.
• Optimized new Distribution Center Inventory slotting, combining all necessary supply chain data to increase efficiency, quality, and safety.

Renton, WA, US

• Led a team responsible for forecasting, reporting, and surplus management of $158 million in inventory, utilizing advanced analytics and technology to drive accuracy and efficiency.
• Spearheaded Six Sigma projects impacting ERP planning systems, focusing on system upgrades, forecasting algorithms, business development, and integration with new technologies.
• Prepared and led forecast meetings for senior leadership, compiling and analyzing comprehensive business data to align forecasts with company strategy.

Renton, WA, US

• Materials department business expert for an 8 month international SAP implementation project. Duties included full time responsibility and support for business portions of blueprinting, functional specification.
• Administer, enforce and execute S&O policies and processes for PPD including interactions with Materials, Marketing, Change Control, PDC Personnel, and Systems & Accounting with regard to: Supplier Returns/Schedules.
• Strived towards the reduction and profit maximization of PPD surplus and obsolete material through all disposal methods, participation in monthly meetings for all Strategic Business Units, and concise effective.
• Champion and execute six sigma projects process improvement, streamlining and automation of all S&O activities. Special emphasis on: systems design, advanced analysis/reporting, and problem solving.

Renton, WA, US

• Responsible for complete supply chain analysis resulting in daily inventory suggestions for 35 dealers, representing $20 million in inventory
• Analyze and adjust forecasting and replenishment parameters on 70,000 SKUs proactively to meet turn and availability goals and solve business problems
• Provided customized training to dealers on the MDI inventory planning system, inventory management best practices, and capabilities of the department
• Project Lead for a department Six Sigma project with the main goal of increasing retail availability through increased efficiency of replenishment strategy.

Renton, WA, US

• Coordinate activities with marketing, sales, administration, customers and suppliers as necessary to build exceptional customer relations and meet team goals.
• Designed, developed, and maintained 20+ MS Access databases aimed at increasing efficiency, data integrity control for inventory management, and key metric reporting for senior management. Generated monthly reports for.
• Co-project manager for a $1M JDA/Manugistics planning system upgrade designed to decrease purchasing lead time for dealers, increase ordering efficiency, and increase employee effectiveness. Responsibilities included.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Manufacturing And Supply Chain Management