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 manage work-in-progress for Customer Owned Materials.• 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… Show more 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 manage work-in-progress for Customer Owned Materials.• 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 performance analytics, OTR ad OTD.• 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 problems. Implement and facilitate weekly production status meetings.• 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 cross-functional teams in the resolution of procedural problems. Implement and facilitate weekly production status meetings.• 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% 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.• 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 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; reconciled past due purchase orders with invoices, receipts and proof of deliveries and closely coordinated with Customer Service Representatives to align best possible delivery dates with customer 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 expedite material deliveries to meet AOG (Aircraft on Ground) requirements; reconciled past due purchase orders with invoices, receipts and proof of deliveries and closely coordinated with Customer Service Representatives to align best possible delivery dates with customer requirements. • 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 backorders due to Service Bulletin Purchasing delays. Show less

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 causes and total impact to internal and external customers. Trained sourcing managers, buyers, and factory planners on the Material Risk Review process.• 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. Analyzed and reported root causes and total impact to internal and external customers. Trained sourcing managers, buyers, and factory planners on the Material Risk Review process.• Managed DMAN and SAP updates in accordance with demand & supply planning and balancing activities.• 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.• Streamlined the Regional Material Gap Reporting Process from six hours preparation time to 30 minutes, thereby ensuring timely delivery of DSB reports. Show less

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 Material Risk Review Process.*Enhanced Material Risk Review process in America by establishing risk review meetings with… Show more *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 Material Risk Review Process.*Enhanced Material Risk Review process in America by establishing risk review meetings with factories. Corrective actions are completed by Thursday, 6pm.*Develope summary report showing the current and rampup risks with the Min/Max committments.Ensure DMAN is correctly updated. Show less

*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 document Regional Logistics Processes on the internal America's Logistics Intranet. *Process coverage included Customer… Show more *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 document Regional Logistics Processes on the internal America's Logistics Intranet. *Process coverage included Customer Collaboration, Sales Planning, Channel Inventory Visibility, Demand Supply Process, Capacity planning, Product Launch, Variant Creation. *Developed and automated a reporting tool to identify production BOM and configuarion errors to item numbers which caused MP to ignore planned volumes. This report allowed the configuration team to go into the system and correct errors. Show less

*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, North America), material constraint reporting process to provide audit trail, on going actions and specific point of contacts… Show more *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, North America), material constraint reporting process to provide audit trail, on going actions and specific point of contacts. *Facilitated a consolidation of reporting requirements incorporating data from tools such as SAP, DMAN, ADP, Flash and Syncro and Business Objects..*Developed/analyzed 30/60/90 Day Forecast Accuracy Tool with Reason Code Analysis to identify and specifically target corrective actions at customer, product, and protocol levels.*Managed activities between culturally diverse Latin American regions (Brazil, Mexico and LTA Export), to ensure timely distribution of sales plans. Show less

*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 implemented a process to ensure additional 'in box' accessories are planned for IAW unforecasted transceiver capacity. *Reduced… Show more *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 implemented a process to ensure additional 'in box' accessories are planned for IAW unforecasted transceiver capacity. *Reduced obsolete inventory from 15% Jan 98 to 4.7% Feb 99. Coordinated with Accounting to establish/implement an effective Days of Supply measurement. *Reduced Accessory Packaging Days of Supply from 49 days Oct 98 to 44 Days, Jan 99. Reduced accessory backorders by 93% from Jul 98 to Jan 99. *Improved coordination with purchasing to improve product availability and avoid purchasing erroros. *Counseled with VP Manager to insure process improvements covered all aspects of the business. Show less

*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 with other departments to reconcile missing purchase orders.*Through monthly tracking and MRP suggested messages… Show more *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 with other departments to reconcile missing purchase orders.*Through monthly tracking and MRP suggested messages, successfully managed inventory levels of 6 categories of accessories and reached the goal of 12 inventories turns on active product. *Developed 3 JIT suppliers w/n 6 months. *EDI Project Lead for the development and implementaion of EDI for Purchasing. *Developed a system generated report of active/Inactive items-distributed monthly. *Reduced excess/obsolete inventory by 5% thru close coordination of multilevel departments. Show less

*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 teamwork.*Coordinate storage and receiving activities with purchasing, inventory audits, accounting, order status and customer… Show more *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 teamwork.*Coordinate storage and receiving activities with purchasing, inventory audits, accounting, order status and customer service requirements.*Structured 3 shifts to facilitate cohesive teams, by establishing weekend shifts to reduce extreme overtime. *Coordinated with MIS personnel to develope 3 modified reports to reduce inventory research time. * Managed 3 major warehouse projects (AMR, ID, TPC). *Established Nokia forklift training for previously experienced drivers.*Researched inventory dynamics at Nokia's off site full service warehouse. (Recommendation was accepted) Show less

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