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Boise, Idaho, United States

• Reduce zero bin occurrences by verifying usage, lead time and factory risk so reorder points are set more accurately for 12,000+ parts during the CoVID crisis.• Ensure stakeholders requirements are met and sustain effective communication with internal and external stakeholders. • Identified IT gap where vendors were not receiving electronic purchase orders (PO). Short term SAP correction was put in place. Micron now developing, at high priority, a closed loop PO verification system. • Proactively streamlining the communication process with vendors. Vendors are expected to actively verify lead times. Vendors will gain visibility to scheduled quantity versus the open quantity on POs.

Nampa, Idaho

• Established and monitored production schedules to ensure customer commitments are met for three multi-national clients. • Collaborated with factory manager, customer program manager, financial analyst, material procurement manager to meet the demand forecast.(Departed to care for family member.)

Windsor, Colorado

• Managed factory production of a 6000+ square foot facility including supply chain, international order management, logistics, and warehousing.• Implemented 5S process improvement strategies, and developed the company's first Material Requirement Planning (MRP) system.• Developed ABC priority planning strategy which purged slow moving SKUs and increased production time for top moving SKUs• Planned demand for rapidly growing customer base. • Procured raw material internationally and monitored customs clearance.• Earned annual targeted efficiency improvement bonus within five months of starting with the company• Achieved 30+% growth in revenue while eliminating numerous back-orders

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Director of Operations for a start-up spirits beverage company• Coordinated, managed & monitored the production, warehousing, shipping / receiving, and inventory.• Developed production plan and determined production work schedules.• Managed the movement of materials into and out of the production facility.• Optimized inventory levels and executed materials requirement & resource plan.• Oversaw staffing, hiring and training of employees.• Ensured compliance with applicable state & federal laws and company policies.• Assisted with the initial manufacturing process design and bringing up the in-house manufacturing and bottling.

President: National Charity League, Inc., Fort Collins, 2011• Led 220+ mother /daughter members in philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development and cultural experience with an annual budget of $21,000.Founder/Manager: Established & managed high school concessions program, 2011- 2015 Program Manager: Coordinated “Liturgy of the Word for Children” program, 2011-2015Commissioner (publicly elected): Represented Gurnee Park District in Illinois, 4 yearsLeader: Facilitated and guided mothers group with 35+ members, 2 yearsFounder/Operator: Set up an English book ordering club at the International School of Stuttgart in Germany, 3 yearsTeacher: Taught religious education classes for elementary students in USA and Germany, 6 years

Diagnostics Division

• Managed $7 MM of inventory consisting of 400 codes.• Planned and coordinated Production Activity Control for AD/TOX and TDM Business Units.• Collaborated with R&D, Marketing, and Manufacturing to ensure 99.5% product availability.• Abbott Laboratories' Chairman's Award recipient, 1994.

Pharmaceutical Products Division

• Supervised 20+ production operators and 4+ line supervisors.• Reduced re-inspections by 19%.• Improved labor and equipment efficiency and decreased downtime.

Abbott Park, Illinois

Production Foreman, Pharmaceutical Products Division • Interfaced with Quality, Safety, Engineering, and Planning to improve production operations.Production Activity Control Scheduler, Diagnostics Division• Scheduled kit-pack production with 10 day operating horizon using “theory of constraints” resulting in 99.6% on-time delivery and improved customer satisfaction. Inventory Controller, Pharmaceutical Products Division• Managed $800,000 of commodity inventory for Ross Murine consumer products to meet division loss prevention and turn-over goals.Industrial Engineer, Hospital Products Division• Designed a new layout of Liposyn Finishing Line saving $98,000 per year in production costs.