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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Provide program manager and director support by producing and analyzing reports that assess the current situation and drive upcoming program decisions. Brought in as a material SME to assist a second program with assessing material outlook for current year as well as identifying additional opportunities to keep program on track to meet forecast and/or surpass forecast to make up for other shortcomings (such as full-time equivalents).

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Area

Strategically managed the schedule and flow of the material (mtl) and services for 2.5 programs, valuedat $26M. Worked with program managers, finance, engineering, and suppliers daily.- Material Forecasting Tool: Built tool that when given historical lead times and internal processcycle times it generated the internal procurement timeline needed to meet programs’ scheduleand forecast sales.- SCM Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Calculator: Produced first revisions of tool to estimate hoursrequired to support new, proposed work. Later, put on team that expanded the tool’s capabilities so couldbe used across all GD SCM to increase efficiency and consistency.- Strategic Supplier Relationships: Continuously investigated and implemented new strategicvendor relationships and procurement strategies to better serve programs’ needs. This includesVendor Managed Inventory (VMI), Not to Exceed (NTE) Procurements, and procurement cardpilot program.- SCM Team Integration: When hired, PPM was a new role and was not yet integrated into theprogram teams. Through relationship building, I quickly identified gaps and introducedsolutions to accelerate the process: open commits, mtl forecasting, accounts payable process anddependencies, etc.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Rotational program to help future leaders build well-rounded understanding of Manufacturing to furthermake connections of best practices and improvements.- Program Procurement Manager: Assisted with mission critical material savings of over $4Million. Supported Supply Chain proposal valued at $3.5 Billion. - Product Development Lab Supervisor: Utilized lean principles to clean and reorganizemachine shop in effort to reduce muda. Coordinated daily design and production efforts betweenengineers and technicians.- Supplier Quality Assurance: Member of team that produced the Material Request EnhancementTool, which assisted with the tracking of material needed by ship hulls, defects, and reduction ofredundant efforts across departments.- Special Project (OP3): Built electronic sign in board system for classified labs to track employeeand guest activity (built in Python). Directed assembly training videos for future engineers andassemblers, assisted with error mitigation and the sharing of best practices.- Manufacturing Floor Shadow: Assisted with numerous operational improvements centeredaround implementing lean principles and improved data collection. Wrote TEST Defect Databasewhich allowed for quick capture of First Pass Yield failures.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Area

Designed automated tools utilizing Visual Basic (Excel) to improve operations- Common Budget Status Tool: Detailed dashboard that allows users to select and analyze actual and forecasted data pulled from three sources. Will save 700+ hours per year- Audit and Findings Tracking Tool: Extracts data from database and tracks number of times dates are changed and modification explanations. Will enable Quality team to identify historical patterns and problems based on seasonality and sector- Supplier Directory Tool: Enables users to insert, modify, and delete supplier information- Trained Quality Engineers how to utilize new tools- Assisted with updating T90001B Requirements (government requirements)

Elburn, Illinois

- Trained in warehousing, inventory, distribution, finance, and accounting- Assisted Warehouse Coordinator in redesigning warehouse: utilized warehouse blueprints, researched fire codes, analyzed previous year’s sales, and sought insight from warehouse associates-Coordinated a team responsible for developing a sales pitch to become a supplier for W.W. Grainger Inc; potentially tripling business within five years

Master Of Professional Studies In Supply Chain Management, 4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Management With A Minor In Supply Chain And Information, Science, And Technology, Major Specific :3.95

Activities and Societies: National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) THON (pediatric cancer) PSU move-in parking crew Penn State Outing.