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Greater Omaha Area

Develop and implement business strategies with the Executive Team to support growth projects.Interface with Customer on a daily bases to address any issues that obstructs business Develop and Present Project Quotes and Timelines to Key Share Holders. Oversee Projects to insure cost and deadlines are achievedInterface between Engineering, Project and Purchasing Team Manage Customer Rollout Schedule and Production PlanEngaged with Asian Engineering and Operations TeamCustomer P&L Responsibility and Lead for any Financial issues.Implemented and Manage a Quality Process that Reduced in Coming Supply Fallout from 11% to 1.5%.

Greater Omaha Area

Developed and implemented short and long term demand and supply planning strategies with International suppliers to meet Sales and Financial Plans.Interface daily with Sales and Marketing teams to insure demand and supply plan will meet short and long term needs.Manage multi-faceted team located in China, India, Mexico and US to develop strategies to meet and exceed monthly, quarterly and yearly volume and financial goals.Restructured communication flow between Sales and Supply Chain that increase supply forecast accuracy to rolling three month average of 79%.Managed New Product Introduction and End of Life processes for Americas Region. Initiated and developed a team to review and improve the entire “Customer Service Experience” from beginning to end, an operational initiative that requires collaboration from all areas of the organization.Provided expertise in communicating estimates in obtaining monthly and quarterly goals to executive’s management.Lead Sales, Operations, Order Management and Procurement to manage orders to maximize revenue attainment.

Greater Omaha Area

Responsible for all aspects of chassis, and small mechanicals material to support HP’s North Americas Desktop Computer business.Utilized multiple software systems for coordinating information and operations; SAP, AS400, Spies (forecasting system), EDB (Engineering Data Base), ICON (Planning and Supply Data Base).Team lead that developed process and metrics which lead the transition of a purchasing team that managed a distribution model into an actual manufacturing model. Worked with a team off four to establish processes and metrics to transition a purchasing team from managing a distribution model into managing a manufacturing model. ISO9000 North Americas Supply Chain representative. Developed and maintained relationships with Far East Suppliers

Greater Omaha Area

From 1997 to 1998 Managed a team that purchased IBM Mid-Range RS6000 Servers, working closely with Sales and Customers to ensure Service Level Agreements were met. Developed and implemented processes that streamlined Procurement and Supply Chain resulting in increased sales margins by 2% equating to 1.2 million dollars. From 1998 to 1999 Managed a team responsible for procuring Compaq Portable Computers and Extended Warranties. Collaborated with Sales and Customers to ensure forecast and demand were met while increasing customer satisfaction. Lead a team that developed, designed and implemented software enchantments allowing for auto registration of extended warranties.

Greater Omaha Area

Developed a Business Strategy for Specialty Products divisionManaging P&L Statement for the divisionManaged Sales, Operations and Marketing staff