Karen Cardone Email & Phone Number

Managed $60M digital equipment inventory from factory to end user through cross functional teams to support $500M in revenue -Created Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for inv.11 markets WW -Identified process improvements, outlined projects and led global teams to implement changes in Europe and Asia. -Reduced platform locations in Europe saving $1M in.

• Managed supply chain functions for Latin American Region (LAR) while supporting Demand/Supply Management for WW digital equipment business.
• Responsible for all supply chain issues in LAR including: inventory levels; customer service; transportation; distribution and logistics. Used GDW/SAP/VFS and DSM.
• Re-engineered and implemented a robust S&OP process.
• Forecasted for Americas digital equipment business.
• Created wkly supply plan for Digital Radiography Bus w/OEM

• Managed S&OP and D&OP processes for single use camera business. Responsible for WW Demand Management functions while supporting Supply Management functions for several different models.
• Responsible for aligning demands with mfg. build plans to support $770M WW sales - approx. 140M cameras while maintaining 98-99% Item Level Delivery.
• Creatively placed 6M slow moving inv. to customers in two years.
• Exceeded FGI/Raw/WIP Inv. goals by 20% resulting in $30M reduction at year-end.
• Responsible for master production schedules in Rochester, China, and Mexico.
• Reduced Fixed Zone by 2 wks in Roch and 2 months in China.

• Created new internal product billing processes that resulted in est. savings of $3M.
• Created and analyzed monthly financial statements for each country in region and monitored against operating plan. Including, tracking all capital expenditures and SADA costs.
• Sales forecaster for Caribbean countries
• Controlled warehouse inventory levels, defined safety stocks, maintained regional performance measures ○ installed a new warehouse system in Puerto Rico. ○ re-located and consolidated warehouses in Panama ○.