Kara Steffen Email & Phone Number

United States

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Logan, Utah, United States

• I led a team responsible for material procurement, raw material inventory management, strategic replenishment initiatives, and supply strategies.
• Managed team of buyer/planners with a scope of 6500 SKUs and $170M of material
• Led sourcing workstream for product transfer involving 250 SKUs and $15M inventory
• Designed warehouse layout optimization strategy and implemented in 2 warehouses, coached team to deploy in additional warehouse
• Coached team in the creation of 25+ standards for regular and abnormal material processes enabling team to add additional tasks for inventory & material availability targets, including buyer-managed Kanban
• Implemented a material planning tier board to achieve promise date increase from 46% to 86%, purchase order late release decrease from 300+ to 35, and regular warehouse gemba walks

Logan, Utah

- Managed 2300 SKUs and $7M worth of material availability and inventory accuracy- Coached 2 interns through implementing a Kanban system to save $750K in inventory - Charted project A3 to increase inventory turns by 1pt in a year through PFEP, facilitated correction of 85% of RM parameters

Issaquah, Washington

- Guided team of technicians through an new product release, an increase from 80% to 85% in on time delivery, and an increased service spare output of 20% with 0 recordable injuries - Developed written expectations of behavior and output for my team – held team and individuals accountable to expectations through monthly 1:1s and line-side standups- Drove a.

Greater Milwaukee Area

- Drove an new product line to Lean Line Certification from a score of 125 to 172 by promoting single piece flow, standard work, and facilitating 60+ idea implementations- Organized a 3P team to eliminate an ergonomic risk and save over $42K in packaging and $120K in shipping a year- Improved the daily production walk by adding action item tracking and an.

- Supervised 30 Production Associates to ensure material delivery in the shop while upholding safety and quality standards- Managed overtime, staffing plans, and attendance to fully support production with a union workforce- Developed a training matrix and created standard works to increase flexibility in staffing- Collaborated with a team to design a.

Executive Mba

Bachelor'S Degree

Engineering Term Abroad