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Tampa, Florida, United States

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

• Joined forces with Supply Chain, Finance and Operations as Project Manager to lead initiatives involving freight collection, distribution center performance, order management lifecycle, product pricing, and vendor.
• Developed six BI dashboards for executive use to provide actionable data driven insights on initiatives with low quantitative visibility. Insights from applications and successful project management resulted in the.
• Worked at Distribution Center to understand processes, define KPIs, and provide data driven process recommendations.
• Assisted with data integration of two major acquisitions and managed processes for intercompany mergers.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Automated pricing maintenance utilizing Qlik Sense/VBA, increased margin by 2%, and reduced-price overrides by 50%.
• Focused on freight improvement initiative increasing net freight by 380 basis points via formalizing inbound policy, creating routing maps for correct carrier selection, standardizing outbound billable rates, and.
• Assisted with contract management and negotiation via evaluating product pricing, product mix, freight, and vendor rebates.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Commodity Buyer across three locations, overseeing weekly expenditures and order fulfillment models.
• Engaged in international purchasing operations and negotiations.
• Built new reporting structure via Power BI integrating forecasting models into decision making processes.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

• Worked under chemical and MRO buyer assisting with vendor setups, procure to pay process and supplier relationships.
• Responsible for timely and accurate maintenance of data for material and purchasing.
• Coordinated cross functionally with Supply Chain, Logistics and Plant Management to understand operational objectives.

Kalamazoo, Michigan

• Collaborated with Supply Chain team to track and complete new supplier/material approval.
• Perform product market test with supply base and quote analysis for sourcing initiatives.
• Capacity planned for small metal load, assembly items, and ISC welding.

Bachelor'S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: APICSThe Western Michigan University ISM program is been ranked by Gartner in the top 10 undergraduate supply.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance