Responsible for the purchase of electronic components and assemblies to support various commercial and military programs with on time delivery, high quality service and cost savings.• Successfully transitioned new product capabilities from OEM to After Market MRO. Improved repair turnaround time by 30 days. • Provided supply chain management utilizing SAP MRP ensuring expectations were met relative to delivery, quality, cost, inventory targets, and customer/vendor relationships.• Increased on-time delivery to 98% by implementing Supplier Scorecards. Escalated lead times to progress resolutions. • Managed Lighting and Sensors Integrated Systems Value Stream by partnering with quality, engineering and management to procure the right part at the right time to achieve 15 day turn around time leading to timely execution.• Practiced ACE/Six Sigma lean continuous improvement procurement methods reducing inventory levels while not impacting production.

Acted as first-level liaison between company operations teams and indirect vendors / contract manufacturers.• Supported and trained section leads, engineering, and operations teams with SAP/SRM functions.• Requested quotes and issued purchase orders to approved Goodrich vendors based on price, lead times, and QA codes. Expedited and followed up to execute performance improvements.• Collaborated with accounts payable to resolve issues between invoices and purchase orders.• Partnered with supplier quality engineer to add Goodrich approved vendors to increase quality standards, reduce price and lead times.

Managed domestic and import product life cycles of licensed NASCAR merchandise. • Analyzed industry trends and controlled margins.• Managed current inventory levels with MRP and determined all forecasting and replenishment functions.• Reduced excess inventory by $6M from the previous year.• Established strong relationships with vendors, negotiated costs, reduced lead times and minimum order quantities to improve optimal inventory levels.• Created strategic promotions with sales directors to maximize incremental sales and gross margin dollars.

Acted as the primary contact to Lowe's Home Improvement and Home Depot for the manufacturer of professional grade power tools and accessories. • Managed sales and service operations for over 100 home centers in North Carolina providing the highest level of customer service on Hitachi's behalf.• Increased sales revenue by 25% over same period previous year. • Added 32 new SKUs to Lowe's Home Improvement resulting in $5M in new business.• Organized state-wide sales blitz including 20 high impact events that increased Hitachi's visibility within the retail market and set a record-breaking sales quarter by $750K.• Conducted product knowledge classes and quarterly tool demonstrations.• Implemented merchandising displays, plan-o-gram integrity, correct SKU mix, and cross merchandising opportunities.

Worked as a project manager that lead electrical and mechanical design engineers to resolve customer issues. • Promoted to assist field engineers with the technical application of products for the electrical control and distribution equipment company. • Identified top quality issues to operations management and planned solutions. • Developed and implemented an Access tracking system to increase spare part orders on-time delivery rate from 75% to 99%.• Reduced warranty cost by an average of 31% per month. • Developed a database to track areas of opportunity. • Quoted and sold Square D technical repair services and products.

Accountable for production planning, quality, production efficiencies, and safety. • Managed 35 production associates and conducted employee hiring, performance evaluations and reviews. • Created and implemented efficiency reports for each associate to increase department production 20%.• Managed Just-In-Time production flow. • Accountable for production planning, quality, production efficiencies, and safety.• Trained and developed new employees with a 3-month program.• Maintained expense and scrap budget to meet company goals.• Assessed rework levels and resolved process capability problems through root cause analysis.• Trained and developed employees in a start-up operation. • Implemented new policies to improve quality and productivity.