Elizabeth Oppenlander Email & Phone Number

Hurst, TX, US

Grand Prairie, TX

• Manage Purchasing activities for Customer Owned Repairable Materials, act as liaison between Customer Service Representatives and the Purchasing Department, establish metrics as requested by Senior Management and.
• Issue repair/exchange purchase orders; research invoice discrepancies; follow up on past due purchase orders, coordinate supplier quotations, update SAP purchase orders, establish purchasing metrics to include vendor….
• Issue repair/exchange purchase orders; research invoice discrepancies; follow up on past due purchase orders, coordinate supplier quotations, update SAP purchase orders, establish purchasing metrics to include vendor.
• Manage and direct Customer Support Repair activities via daily reports and bi-weekly metrics.
• Report and Resolve Work-In-Progress delays and discrepancies. Show less

Grand Prairie, TX

• Plan, organize and provide managerial direction to personnel performing repair activities in the support of customer and company operations. Interface with cross-functional teams in the resolution of procedural.
• Created departmental KPIs and ad hoc reports for the 7 Repairable Business lines: Consignment, Excess Sales, Warranty, PBH, Exchange, Equipment, Rental.
• Increased the return of rotable assets by 50%… Show more Plan, organize and provide managerial direction to personnel performing repair activities in the support of customer and company operations. Interface with.
• Increased the return of rotable assets by 50% through the use of SAP reports, customer status reports, and focused customer meetings.
• Documented department procedures to standardize processes and facilitate cross-training. Show less

Grand Prairie, TX

• Evaluated supplier opportunities and risks; developed purchasing strategies; participated in the development of new providers and new technologies.
• Green Belt Lean 6 Sigma Awarded for developing a standardized process to manage, measure and address feedback from quarterly customer surveys.
• Developed and implemented a Strategic Purchasing pricing tool to support pricing activities surrounding the Pre-Dock and NHC Configurator Projects.
• Identified and documented a process to align… Show more Evaluated supplier opportunities and risks; developed purchasing strategies; participated in the development of new providers and new technologies.
• Identified and documented a process to align US and European commodity assignments thereby standardizing and streamlining work assignments while also decreasing department response times to AOG requirements.
• Identified $300K-$500K cost reduction opportunities on electrical materials that Airbus Helicopters could not purchase directly from manufacturers because of high minimum order requirements. Show less

Grand Prairie, TX

• Ensured Purchase Orders aligned with technical bulletins; system generated demand and available inventory; coordinated with suppliers to expedite material deliveries to meet AOG (Aircraft on Ground) requirements.
• Reduced report preparation time by introducing the Material Planning… Show more Ensured Purchase Orders aligned with technical bulletins; system generated demand and available inventory; coordinated with suppliers to.
• Reduced report preparation time by introducing the Material Planning team to an SAP report that showed number and cost of Buyer Purchase Orders by week.
• Established and managed a serial number tracking system to prevent duplicate aircraft purchasing requirements, ensuring company warranty resources were not duplicated. These activities directly contributed to zero.

Iving, TX

• Communicated and coordinated the resolution of material imbalances at global, regional, and factory levels; prioritized the allocation of constrained materials to factories and production. Analyzed and reported root.
• Managed DMAN and SAP updates in accordance with demand & supply planning and balancing activities.
• Researched global… Show more Communicated and coordinated the resolution of material imbalances at global, regional, and factory levels; prioritized the allocation of constrained materials to factories and production..
• Researched global inventory levels to ensure a strategic balance existed between global factories.
• Established weekly Risk Review meetings with program managers, buyers, and internal/external production personnel to harmonize corrective actions on critical materials.
• Created training material and trained program managers, material sourcing managers, buyers, and factory planners on the Global Material Risk Review process.

Irving, TX

*Established automated report showing gaps between forecast, plan confirmation, and supply.*Globally communicate and coordinate resolution of material constraints. *Analyze and report root cause, and total impact to both internal and external customers. *Ensure immediate implementation of corrective actions.*Trained Material Sourcing Managers on the.

*Trained the Latin American team to be self sufficent with regard to reporting needs within 60 days. *Coordinate with other groups to develop a format for managing the planning of materials in the ramp down life cycle. *Track 'unmapped' customer orders and follow up with the sales planners to correctly map the accounts. *Develop and implement Project to.

*Developed/analyzed the Sales Long Range Planning Tool, which assisted Sales Managers and Plant Focus Teams to identify major issues, focus corrective actions and determine long range planning strategies.*Streamlined Gap Analysis Reporting process to significantly improve distribution and data integrity of reports.*Modified cross regional, (Brazil, Mexico.

*Coordinate with other Master Schedulers, Sales Order Management Reps, Production Control, Packaging, Purchasing, and Engineering to achieve forecast integrity.* Assign allocation for forecasted shortages. *Align sales orders with forecast and make other necessary forecast adjustments to ensure forecast integrity on a weekly basis. *Established and.

*Decreased overall value of my portfolio by over 5.5 MUSD in a 3 month period. *Was an active member of 3 Total Quality Management Programs. *Was key player in Oracle 10.5 conversion. *Modified existing process of working the (SAPR3) Daily Open Orders report, by providing ALL buyers with increased visibility and control of their portfolios. *Coordinated.

*Responsible for 10 full-time employees, 60MUSD inventory. *100% invenotry accuracy on transceivers and A-class accessories. *Phone orders pulled within 12 hours and accessory orders picked/packed/shipped within 48 hours.*Enforce housekeeping, safety, and maintenance procedures. *Empower employees to take responsibility for their jobs by enouraging.

Bachelor Of Science, Economics

A.A., Logistics Management

Certificate, Training On The Use Of Requlations, Catalogs And Other Tools To Determin Fit, Form, And Function

Certificate, Intensive Upeer Level Instruction On Counseling, Organization And Communication

Certificate, Mid-Level Instruction On Counseling, Organization And Communication