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Orchestrated end-to-end business operations, including procurement/purchasing, accounts payable, recruiting/staffing, onboarding, scheduling, client management/engagement, and event logistics, for the $426.3MM organization providing proctored global testing centers and services. ▪️ Coordinated a testing initiative to administer the state bar exam to 10,000+ professionals (team Effort). Milestones: ✔️ Recruited, Interviewed, and onboarded 1500+ proctors.✔️ Transitioned proctors to 1099 employees within an aggressive 30-day deadline. ✔️ Reviewed/approved floorplans and logistics to meet the diverse needs of all testers while ensuring ADA compliance. ✔️ Served as the liaison between the organization and the third-party staffing and payroll vendor/supplier. ▪️ Managed Invoices/accounts payables (AP) while ensuring timely/accurate payments. ▪️ Initiated Procurement/purchase orders and agreements with vendors/suppliers to secure event sites, materials, supplies, and services while capitalizing on cost savings opportunities▪️ Sourced and secured locations/sites for one-off testing and special events. ▪️ Established/nurtured positive relationships with clients as a trusted point of contact while answering their questions, assessing needs, communicating progress/activities, liaising between clients/vendors, and ensuring a long-term business partnership. ▪️ Recruited, scheduled, and onboarded 40+ proctors each month.▪️ Planned and scheduled testing for an average of 1000 globally dispersed testers each Month.

Oversaw activities to source, procure, allocate, and maintain supplies, materials, tools/equipment, and services from third-party vendors and suppliers. Forecasted/identified plant needs, tracked usages/shortages/excess inventory, forecasted demands, negotiated pricing, terms, and conditions, prepared purchase orders, built supplier relationships, and assessed/ analyzed shipments for accuracy and quality while balancing inventory levels, controlling costs, and maximizing spending ROI (return on investment). Promotion from Maintenance Planner. ▪️ Managed a $5MM procurement/purchasing budget. ▪️ Reduced Inventory outages by 90% while decreasing downtime and capturing significant cost savings through an integrated approach. ▪️ Fostered loyal global partnerships with vendors/suppliers to secure quality resources within timelines (including critical and scarce resources during the global pandemic and manufacturing/supply chain disruptions).▪️ Reduced plant burden costs/expenses by spearheading the project to identify and transition unused inventories to partner plants across the region. ▪️ Launched the initiative to sell scrap metal to area recyclers. ▪️ Tracked all procurement/purchasing and inventory activities, including inventory balances and orders.▪️ Reviewed invoices for accuracy and partnered with finance to initiate payments and resolve billing discrepancies. ▪️ Defined optimal reorder points and qualities that maintained proper inventory levels, prevented out-of-stock events, and ensured continuous plant operations.

Columbus, Indiana

Planned, organized, and coordinated maintenance activities, including preventative maintenance (PM), corrective maintenance, and emergency repairs while monitoring inventory levels, creating purchase orders/work orders, tracking tool usage/PM completions, building vendor partnerships, reconciling tooling/supply requests, and prioritizing tasks/projects based on equipment criticality, safety requirements, and production schedules. Promotion from Continuous Improvement Leader. ▪️ Steered a major maintenance/update project to partner with vendors in redesigning/enhancing lifting fixtures for improved safety and operability. ▪️ Served as the administrator of the MCR system to implement manufacturing changes, monitor reminders, and track completions. ▪️ Selected as a member of the emergency response team.

Columbus, Indiana

Led projects/initiatives to improve equipment uptime, production efficiency, safety, and quality while coaching/mentoring employees, orchestrating housekeeping activities, and empowering teams to meet production goals. ▪️ Managed projects to rework/resurface the engine block cylinder bores, expanding their use/lifespan and reducing scrap/disposal losses. ▪️ Oversaw a right-first time project to assess, troubleshoot, and resolve sealant leaks before assembly and installation, reducing rework and overtime. Presented the project to executives and collaborated with safety, manufacturing, and maintenance professionals.

Ags - General Studies, General Studies

Activities and Societies: The National Society of Leadership

Continuous Improvement Leadership