Jeff Dougherty Email & Phone Number

Fredericton, New Brunswick, CA

Enabling a talented team to support SomaDetect's growth in the areas of Finance, HR, Manufacturing/Assembly, Supply Chain, Field Operations, and Customer Success.

Waltham, MA, US

• Lead cross functional back-order reduction process improvement efforts. Achieved back to back year-end records: o 20% reduction YoY for 2016 year-end. o 12% reduction YoY for 2017 year-end.
• Identified and lead initiatives resulting in a 10% improvement of line item fill rate within 6 months.
• Contributing to development of site SIOP process.
• Supply Chain representative for My Green Lab pilot program – an initiative to reduce environmental impact of products.
• Develop item-level and aggregate forecasts for multiple business units on a monthly basis.
• Maintain and update re-order point calculator for finished goods inventory for all Laboratory Consumables Division warehouses.

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

• Established relationships with various functional groups including order management, manufacturing, suppliers, purchasing, marketing, new product development, forecasting, and pricing in order to anticipate and respond.
• Applied knowledge of business requirements (both internal and external) to assess the demand forecasts and supply requirements.
• Negotiated changes to production schedules with manufacturing and global suppliers to ensure product availability while optimizing finished goods inventory.
• Active in Xerox Young Professionals group.

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

• Selected as only analyst for short-term assignment assisting in corporate inventory reduction. Reported directly to VP of Inventory Optimization.
• Developed a model to support product rationalization decisions. Reported impact of substitute products on inventory and revenue estimates.
• Worked cross-functionally to optimize SKU counts for new product launches.
• Estimated inventory carrying costs for new product launches.
• Monitored accessory penetration rate data and provided quarterly report of low penetration rate accessories to product teams. o Identified 124 accessories with low market penetration rates and recommended.
• Developed multiple activity based cost models showing the impact of different overhead structures on inventory to ensure current structure and strategy were aligned.

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

• Managed relationship between Xerox and six international IT suppliers that provided Xerox with application development, maintenance, and support. Annual spend in excess of $50 million.
• Achieved over $4 million in savings and avoidance over two years by using benchmark data to renegotiate contracts and facilitating competitive bids.
• Transitioned on-boarding process for new global suppliers to a paperless SharePoint workflow - increasing transparency, ensuring audit compliance, and reducing input errors with $0 budget.
• Cognos Business Intelligence tool super user; created ad-hoc reports for managers within organization.
• Aligned IT sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and contracting activities with corporate procurement policies.

M.B.A, Global Supply Chain Management

B.A, Economics