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Niskayuna, New York, US

Schenectady, NY, US

• Define and lead strategies to optimize cost, cycle & reduce risk through aggressive logistics schedule management techniques, and leverage these techniques globally across regions
• Lead development of a central, standardized logistics management web application, allowing for first-time portfolio visibility and status of all global equipment (supporting early risk mitigation and cost optimization.
• Standardize the business process for vessel planning globally across all regions, allowing for improved productivity and a portfolio forecast plan (utilized in business negotiations to secure a volume buy resulting in.
• Create standard global reporting to forecast early risk detection of future logistics challenges/bottlenecks
• Develop methods for continuous improvement, drive system and process changes, and act as the subject matter expert of cost optimization planning for the global logistics community
• Drive organizational leadership through creation of key logistics metrics, and conduct statistical analysis for global logistics optimization (ensuring data quality, schedule improvement, and opportunities for cost.

Schenectady, NY, US

• Developed and institutionalized a standard Global Planning Process to all regional planning teams, allowing the ability to reduce 2 ERP systems and enable one single view of all material planning across the.
• Drove global system and process changes resulting in increased productivity due to automation, and allow for real-time visibility of material status to mitigate early risk & LD exposure
• Coached and mentored peers on industry standard best practices, fostered change and encouraged adoption of new processes
• Led and supported global training opportunities within planning regions; created and implemented training documentation to support process adoption
• Partnered with key stakeholders to develop and implement global reporting tools that supported and drove: Visibility to real-time material status; Project Percent On-Time Delivery (Customer & Functional); LD Risk.
• Drove organizational leadership and ownership of key planning metrics, leveraging best practices globally for scalability and improvement of schedule quality

Schenectady, NY, US

• Developed, analyzed, and highlighted project schedule variances from order release to fulfillment of contract deliverables, utilizing expertise in Oracle Primavera
• Drove consistent communication and processes cross-functionally, with a focus on all aspects of equipment delivery (specification, order, manufacture, release, ship, receipt), including proactive management of cost and.
• Implemented "early warning" identification of potential issues and drove RCA functional ownership to reduce "Cost to Recover" exposure
• Presented project leadership strategies and execution plans to drive projects to customers
• Evaluated and continuously monitored P6 integration logic, to assess impact as systems and tools evolve, influence change for continuous improvement of the project schedule, while increasing productivity

Schenectady, NY, US

• Responsibilities included managing the fulfillment of critical long lead material components, ensuring on time delivery and superior quality. Responsible for a multi-million dollar buy through management of both.
• Responsible for sourcing and managing the fulfillment of $50MM in critical long lead material, including castings and forgings for both Steam Turbine and Generator
• Insure supplier quality and on time delivery
• Interface between engineering, suppliers, project management, and manufacturing for design and supplier/customer related issues to ensure project schedules are met
• Support Global and Site Commodity Leaders in approving strategic suppliers, negotiating long term contracts, and supplier recovery
• Support customer witness points executed at supplier sites, acting as a liaison between the supplier and projects team

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Childhood Education And Special Education

Master Of Science (M.S.), Curriculum And Instruction M.S. Ed.