Kate Howland, Cpim Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Senningerberg, Luxembourg, LU

New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

• Own the supply planning function for ~2500 SKUs purchased overseas through weekly PO placement and expediting to support $30 mil in monthly revenue; resolve issues through interface with buying team and suppliers
• Project lead for supply chain team during start-up of new warehouse; identified/executed required tasks, resolved potential gaps, and continue to coordinate with project & extended teams to ensure processes smoothly.
• Manage product transitions resulting from engineering changes by coordinating with vendors and cross-functional internal team to manage effectivity dates and ensure inventory accuracy
• Analyze inventory levels and demand trends to develop quarterly list of excess or obsolete products, provide disposition recommendations, and drive approved actions to completion with product management and warehouse.
• Develop processes to identify and resolve data integrity issues within ERP master data to ensure accurate purchasing parameters. Developed and trained employees on new product creation process that reduced rework for.
• Support Lean / Continuous Improvement projects to meet company objectives. Contribute to TPI / Kaizen events, and PDCA cycle activities to improve processes and achieve cost savings

New York, New York, US

• Analyze and forecast demand for components and finished goods to support customer demand through daily exception management activities; coordinate with purchasing team to replenish inventory and expedite to meet.
• Interface with customer service representatives and sales managers to find creative solutions to meet customer delivery expectations and manage large orders
• Develop and own inventory and order fulfillment metrics during daily stand-up meetings collaborating with cross functional teams to drive continuous improvement within the organization and improve customer service levels

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Lead team of 6 test technicians to meet monthly and quarterly financial goals to achieve annual sales of $80M while concurrently decreasing turn-around time on warranty repairs by 20% during a 6-month period
• Operations lead for product recall of 600 electronic products, executing Green Belt project to minimize cycle time and increase customer satisfaction by managing steady flow of products throughout repair and testing.
• Created inventory aging analysis report in Excel to categorize 1000+ line items by product family, age, and cost account and present data to management weekly, resulting in $1.4 mil write-off of obsolete material

Melbourne, Florida, US

• Lead team of 12 assemblers/QC personnel to achieve monthly production targets while managing 500+ WIP assemblies from circuit card builds through finished goods deliverable to DoD customers. Achieved 100% on time.
• Slashed weekly status meeting prep time from nearly 2 hours to 30 minutes for peers by creating Excel Macro that uses real-time data to automate a previously manual process, resulting in annual cost savings of $26k
• Cut production control labor costs and downtime between shop order release and start of build through implementation of point of use kanban pull system and then leveraged to 8 other work areas in the factory
• Managed MS Access database of 1000+ units returned units, extracting and analyzing data to produce slides presented during monthly Operations Management Reviews; led the migration of 2 additional programs’ data into.

Master Of Arts, International Business

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Economics