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Indianapolis, IN, US

Manage, develop, and implement projects to reduce or control costs of products. Significant cross-functional collaboration, budgeting, project management, and strategic planning.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• Responsible for ensuring identified strategic level risks are translated through the tactical into operational projects to fill the supply gap mitigation funnel with over 500 projects per year across all global.
• Continuous Improvement leader developing Lean Manufacturing tools and global processes
• Global Sustainability Council member to plan and implement improved sustainability across the company; creation of metrics for suppliers, implementation of Design for Sustainability with R&D and Value Engineering.
• Project Manage the development and release of 5 custom software applications for improved data processing capabilities, process automation, and data collection for global operations
• Developed a Geo-graphic risk identification and assessment process to leverage available tools to identify supply constraints caused by natural disasters and geo-political activities

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• Manage a team of up to 8 engineers to mitigate hundreds of supply shortages requiring engineering to mitigate impact to Operation KPI's
• Continuous Improvement leader hosting numerous kaizens and workshops to develop standard work, perform value stream mapping, transactional process improvement, and perform problem solving processes
• Lead decision making and supplier management with dozens of electronics, electro-mechanical, and key technology commodity suppliers as needed to ensure the best relationships for the long-term strategic health of the.
• Regulate inventory spikes and limit Spot Buys due to component shortages, a 14% decrease in 2021 year over year, through increased supply chain awareness through multiple tiers of supply and early detection of gaps in.
• Ensure supply continuity and multi-million-dollar revenue contracts for legacy products by developing multi-year forecasting and supply strategies
• Collaborate across several departments including R&D, New Products, and Value Engineering for project resource and subject matter expert sharing, and risk/opportunity identification that identifies problems early and.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• Data analyst and Project Manager supporting multiple supplier transitions and over 100 component engineering projects
• Conducted supplier viability, performance, and strategy building research to develop purchasing and negotiation strategies in 2018 and 2019, and lead multiple supplier transitions
• Participated in multiple kaizens about product life cycle management to develop processes to develop and enact product strategy in operations, reducing held inventory by 4%.
• Authored over 30 Engineering Design Changes that were approved and implemented by R&D/Manufacturing/Quality Engineering leads, securing over $100,000 in revenue that would have been lost without mitigation.

• Responsible for all Supply Chain Management for a commercial construction company during a 4x expansion in company size
• Includes all purchasing, warehousing, distribution, strategic supplier decisions, tool management, and fleet management
• Double digit Operating Margin Expansion due to cost reduction efforts from '13-'17

Record, analyze and interpret large quantities of dataProvide historical, socio-economic, and cultural reference to findingsArticulate and craft discourse of possible and probable theories substantiating findingsSupervise laborers and supply direction/communication in multiple languages

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Data Analytics

Bachelor’S Degree, Biblical Studies, Preaching

Diploma, General Studies