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Raleigh, Nc, Us

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Provided Project Management leadership in integrating the €7.6 billion Bayer Seed Treatment Product acquisition and Global Supply Chain leadership over the €50 million Coatings product family. • Includes developing and managing project scope, schedules, project plans, resources, and communications across 4 global regions and 65 countries.• Defining the global supply chain role focused on improving the customer experience, optimizing inventory, and minimizing supply risk.

Greater New York City Area

Senior Operations Executive whose leadership, adherence to best practices, and commitment to lifelong professional education has supported quality work processes in a world-class manufacturing environment. Expert at executing enterprise resource planning systems and processes, implementing operational excellence initiatives, while enhancing performance, improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable revenue/EBITDA gains. A strategic thinker known for optimizing operational efficiency through process redesigns, leading change management initiatives and possessing particular expertise in lean, demand planning, statistical forecasting, production scheduling, shop floor management, procurement, supply agreements, contracts, and production and inventory management.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Synergy HomeCare of the Triangle is proudly serving Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, and Johnston counties in NC. We are an affordable, compassionate choice for family caregivers considering nursing homes or assisted living facilities, and our attentive, dependable caregivers can offer comfort and relief. We offer customized in-home care for seniors and other people limited by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, patients recovering from surgery – even new mothers. Our team specializes in providing a friendly, helping hand around the house, from basic housekeeping and companionship to personal or memory care services. We are a non-medical home care provider serving people of all ages All Synergy HomeCare Caregiver's skills are matched with the needs of our clients through our extensive screening process. Our caregivers are: experienced, criminal background checked, referenced checked, bonded and insured, and W2 employees.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Managed all global supply chain and plant operations in a multi-site bio-device manufacturer. Responsibilities included; manufacturing, planning, procurement, materials management, manufacturing engineering, and quality.• Established an Operational Strategy focused on Operational Excellence, Accountability, Strategic Vision, and Safety. • Implemented a strategic sourcing strategy that delivered $1,271,000 in saving on $18,000,000 in spend.• Developed a lean manufacturing strategy that generated $2.5 million in annual cost savings, reduced customer cycle time by 70%, while maintaining current levels of labor and quality.• Championed the $2.4 million, 20,000 sqft manufacturing facility expansion in London Ontario.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for coaching 4 project teams in support of the Sanofi Pasteur Right First Time initiative. These teams include Cycle Time Reduction, Sales and Operations Planning, Independent Demand, and Supply Chain Execution.• Each project was broken into 4 major milestones and is based on Operational Excellence and Lean Manufacturing principles. Each project focuses on reducing inventory, reducing operating expenses, and increasing throughput. • Provided coaching and subject matter expertise to the cycle time reduction team with a goal of reducing the cycle time of the products manufactured in Toronto by 25% and WIP inventory by $4.5 million. Initiative focused on the elimination of non–value added activities within the documentation and quality control process streams. • Coached S&OP, Supply Chain Execution, and Independent Demand teams on delivering standardized processes across both the Toronto and Swiftwater, PA manufacturing sites.

Direct supply chain and procurement activities to support a $150 million medical device manufacturer. Manage key customer and supplier relationships protecting the financial performance of the business and executing the strategic sourcing strategy. Develop material control processes in support of ISO 13485:2003, ISO 14001:2004, and GMP compliance. Execute global sourcing strategy, supplier continuity program and certification process, and managed key subcontractors.* Played a leading role in the successful implementation of JD Edwards OneWorld ERP system completing project on-time and under budget. * Contributed to the successful transfer of Dermabond Topical Skin Adhesive production from Raleigh, NC to San Lorenzo, PR resulting in a $10 million improvement in net income.* Developed and implemented plant performance metrics / dashboards focused on quality, delivery, and productivity improving customer on-time delivery 10% and reducing labor cost 8%.* Implemented a cycle count program increasing inventory accuracy from 85% to 98% and developed a sales and operations planning (S&OP) program reducing forecast error 50%.

Managed supply chain and procurement activities to support a $120 million contract biotechnology pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Advised the executive team on maximizing the use of available capacity, implemented material practices to minimize plant downtime, monitored working capital to achieve economic value added (EVA) targets, and managed capacity constraints to maximize revenue. Developed a plant master schedule assuring customer supply requirements were fulfilled while maintaining targeted inventory levels, developing long-term supply agreements, and supporting drug development.* Negotiated a major partnership agreement with a third party chemical provider that consolidated 54 active suppliers into a single outsourced solution reducing labor requirements and saving $400,000+ annually. * Participated in the integration of Covance Biotechnology into Diosynth-RTP supporting the alignment and consolidation of Supply Chain and Purchasing operations to leverage the purchasing power and assets of Akzo Nobel.* Partnered with Pharmacia to successfully launch Somavert® (pegvisomant for injection) used to treat acromegaly. * Implemented material strategies reducing material costs 8.8% and improving inventory accuracy to 99.9%.

Oversaw 16 materials staff associates for a $100 million electromechanical equipment manufacturer, managing annual material purchases of $28 million and inventory of $9 million. Controlled total inventory, executed engineering change orders, monitored work order variance, managed the materials budget, and developed material control processes.* Played a key role in the selection and implementation of Oracle Manufacturing ERP system completing project on time and under budget.* Co-led the relocation of COPE Systems’ manufacturing plant located in Tucson, AZ to Bell & Howell’s Durham, NC manufacturing location ― delivered project on budget with no customer impact. * Championed the development and implementation of lean manufacturing processes (KanBan, 5S) resulting in a 25% reduction in cycle time and 20% inventory reduction.* Re-engineered the BH 6000 mail-processing machine from an engineer-to-order design to a configure-to-order design resulting in 80% reduction in work-in-process inventory ($7.2 million) and a customer cycle time reduction from 16 weeks to 4 weeks.

Mba, Operations Management

Bs, Electrical Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: Rowing, Volleyball