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Austin, Texas, US

• Drive critical server and network rack ordering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Collaborate with service teams to determine feasibility and timelines
• Create reports to communicate project status across the organization
• Identify technical impacts and risk as they relate to business requirements

Seattle, Washington, US

• Direct teams to achieve the organizational goals of Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Logistics.
• Lead new product development roadmap, introduction and execution for the Home and Pro businesses.
• Evaluate new programs, systems and strategic partnerships, to enhance overall company performance.
• Perform detailed operational analysis to determine sourcing, manufacturing and distribution strategy for product.
• Coordinated technical product details and specifications to move manufacturing operations to new contract manufacturers.
• Assisted with the company, culture and product integration of the acquisition.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Manage teams to execute the operational goals of Materials, Manufacturing and Logistics.
• Optimize labor and material costs, while supporting annual sales, production and shipping growth.
• Govern global supply chain to provide the highest possible quality product, at the most economical cost, on time.
• Responsible for ERP system roadmap, enhancements and inventory planning.
• Oversaw the integration of the AAMP Global acquisition, and transition to NetSuite ERP in less than three months.
• Coached team to deliver 40% annual sales growth in 2020 and 2021, while navigating Covid-19 pandemic.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Managed purchasing and materials department with over 2,500 active part numbers.
• Responsible for new product material sourcing; obtaining quality resources, at minimal costs, delivered on time.
• Led mobile packaging redesign, resulting in fewer SKUs, improved cosmetics and 15% cost savings.
• Evaluated new vendors, and reduced clamshell packaging BOM costs by over 70%.
• Developed forecasting tools to project cash flows to ensure material availability while minimizing inventory.
• Successfully launched over twenty new products, coordinating with engineering, sales and production.

Bellingham, Washington, US

• Supervised receiving, warehouse operations, and material flow at Altair, Mercer and North facilities.
• Implemented new kanban system to provide continuous flow of materials to production while reducing inventory.
• Upheld 100% on time delivery for customer orders as interim Prod. Supervisor at the Mercer plant. (Apr 14-June 14)
• Created new analysis tools to determine appropriate kanban criteria; and how to coordinate deliveries ensuring99.73%, or better, on time delivery of materials.
• Directed cycle counting, inventory control and facilitation of financial auditing for multi-million dollar warehouse.
• Managed employee hours, wages, training, job duties, attendance and performance records.

Bellingham, Washington, US

• Designed custom reusable packaging capable of generating cost savings of over $5,000 annually.
• Created and distributed weekly, vendor-specific demand forecasts to nine of our biggest suppliers for AT&T projects.
• Proposed and outlined new processes when rewriting the Kanban QSWI to the current practices at Alpha/Altair.
• Updated entire Vendor Managed Inventory system by identifying and modifying appropriate materials in program.
• Negotiated pricing with packaging suppliers to ensure the best possible prices, while maintaining exceptional quality.
• Assisted the quality team with creation and implementation of new supplier evaluation system.

• Absorbed highly technical production skills while filming, editing and distributing videos across the Northwest.
• Fostered strong patience and a keen eye for detail while editing videos to accurately reflect the client’s vision.
• Composed original soundtracks and synced them to video in both iMovie and Final Cut Pro.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management

Education record