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Riceboro, Georgia, United States

Established Professional with a proven track record of success stemming from effective communication, detailed follow through and practical decision making.

Swainsboro, GA

• Manage global strategic sourcing, contract development, and negotiations for Machined Components, Sheet Metal Fabrication and Outside Operations Vendors.
• Initiated and led strategy to reduce domestic machined component supply base from 44 suppliers to 26 over 18 month period.
• Reduced risk by minimizing single and sole sourced items through collaboration with Engineering and Operations cross functional teams.
• Optimized purchasing process through use of blanket agreement POs, reducing number of transactions for high frequency items.
• Responsible for ~$650k in annual savings for FY18 through a combination of negotiation, re-source, and project related initiatives.
• Ensured Quality through use of FAI and statistical sampling.

Swainsboro Ga

• Led production team of ~30 employees. Responsible for all aspects of the production environment including engineering, equipment, process control, and talent management.
• Hire to Fire responsibility for production team
• Cultivated talent through mentoring and review process
• Developed Value Stream KPI tracking sheet that was reviewed by multiple facilities and adopted by one
• Optimized utilization of production resources to reduce cost per earned hour by ~20%

Swainsboro, GA

• Responsible for complete management of material flow from component procurement through finish good completion.
• Issue orders for component material in accordance with production requirements
• Utilized ABC analysis to determine optimal order quantities
• Manage component revision updates through Engineering Change process.
• Scheduled production to meet customer demand

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.5 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

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