Lorrie Brown Email & Phone Number

North Carolina, United States

Customer Collaboration Team

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

• Completed Off-site Warehouse Project start-up tasks including the movement of materials and ongoing operations with the off-site storage for $3.5 million total project cost• Received Operational Excellence Award as Offsite Warehouse Project Supply Chain Lead, for Winston Cable Plant • Lead Team to create and implement tools used to identify warehouse discrepancies between offsite warehouse locations and WCP Plant. (Minimum man-hours saved per day 2-5 hours * Inventory Accuracy improved to 95%) • Lead Team to develop and implement a Scrap Inventory Reporting System - while implementing SOPs and automated reporting. (identified scrap MRP A items: $135k, MRP B items: $ 870k)• Lead Blocked Stock Clean Up Project, resulting in weekly physical scrap and disposition by Production Coordinators. Weekly clean up value = $3k - $8k• Serve as department liaison with the Purchasing, Production, Engineering, Warehouse, and Lean Departments.• Analyze demand and drive production through order dating, scheduling and releasing orders to operations, in SAP for raw materials and finished goods valued at $10 million quarterly• Analyze and maintain appropriate inventory levels for natural and colored fiber optimum efficiency.• Engage in materials coordination and capacity facilitation with divisional and plant procurement.• Work closely with production coordinators and team leaders to establish short-term and long-term expectations and execution of the production plan. • Proactively Identify potential roadblocks that could jeopardize Corning from reaching optimal production and billing goals.• Resolved Invoice issues for indirect suppliers with purchase orders valued at $5 million + annually • MR11 – payables or billed not received totaling $1.2 million • Worked directly with key suppliers to update critical supplier data within SAP • Coordinated interactions between end-users and suppliers to avoid overpayments• Philanthropy Chair -Leading Corning's Winston Plant

• Secure and analyze quotations, negotiate prices and terms with suppliers with respect to cost, quality, and delivery.• Managed the logistics of daily material flow and inventory levels through regular supplier communications.• Expedite deliveries to support production, evaluate Bill of Materials and ECA/Oversee sub-contract machining• Initiate purchase orders and amendments for parts, services, and or special tools. Arrange for submission and inspection of sample products as needed. Coordinate with plant engineering to ensure timely execution of engineering changes and sourcing activities.• Executes routine processes on a regular timely basis order placement, RTV disposition, invoice match audits, shipment discrepancies. Assure preventative and/or corrective action is taken to eliminate the cause of actual or potential nonconformities.• Develop and implement inventory pull-systems to include Supplier Kanbans and In-Plant Consignment Programs • Lead time reductions for bearings from 90 to 60 days or less, by establishing SOMI warehouses.• Implemented blanket purchase orders on key bearing suppliers resulting in a reduction in the number of PO's as well as the piece price.• Work with Engineering for sourcing requirements of all new programs, as well as lead-time reduction.• Ensure compliance of all purchased parts with safety and environmental practices.• Resolves part shortages. Analyzes inventory levels, build schedules, and assesses the availability of new parts• Oversee plant visit to supplier production facilities whenever the situation warrants.• RTV Reduction – reduced items in my responsibility from 30 days to 10 days return to the vendor by coordinating with the quality department to streamline the existing process and worked with the suppliers on the new RMA expectations.• Developed Work Instructions for job duties.

Advance, North Carolina, United States

• Manage the generation and execution of manufacturing plans from the development of Master Schedule through the packing of units on the Assembly lines.• Drive key materials and inventory management programs. Report on Inventory levels, Inventory Accuracy, Capacity, Daily Production, on-time Delivery, etc. Maintain database with current capacity, efficiencies, and utilization data.• Lead and implement strategies to improve utilization by increasing throughput, inventory turns, and reduction of cycle time. Continuously improve systems, methods, procedures, people, and computer systems. • Responsible for planning, MRO, warehouse and cycle counting accuracy, Coordinate root cause analysis of inventory discrepancies, BOM, and routing errors.• Implement onsite VMI for hardware. Reduce poly WIP from 6 hours to 2 hours.• Manage 14 hourly employees Conduct Interviews, Performance Reviews, and mentor employees. Enforce company policies and procedures, including disciplinary action, when required.

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

• Schedule customer orders through- Sales Order using SAP, considering requested delivery dates, expedites, demand on production facilities, capacity, and material availability.• Work closely with suppliers to make sure they are utilizing and implementing forecasts and acknowledging orders immediately and accurately within established lead-times. • Take the lead with the supplier on excess and obsolete items and lead the internal evaluation of liability.• Identify/track/communicate/manage shortages with internal personnel, lead 'recovery' actions to ensure suppliers drive buffer strategies, and backlog with their supply chain. • Capacity analysis across multiple work centers, tools, and labor shortfalls.• Liaison for manufacturing with the implementation of new product launch and product line transitions.• Strong focus on DOH inventory, inventory turns, cost savings, customer delivery results up to 98% on time.• Analyze production report accuracy, execution of production orders, and monitor plant performance metrics.• Lean manufacturing participant to create/streamline new/existing manufacturing practices.• Interdivisional Planning in support of Automotive SAP manufacturing processes.• Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Sales in support of contract JIT customer support.• Participant in Kaizen/TEOA initiatives in support of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.• Review performance goal results and improvements in line with Division Strategy.• Physical Inventory audit, mentor to junior planning associates. Warehouse & Operations support.• Value Stream Leader Solar Lock- Supply Chain Meetings & S&OP updates.• Schedule and execute product migration domestically and internationally.• Tactical purchasing responsibilities for domestic and international suppliers.• Collaborate with Procurement, Product Management, Finance, and Engineering.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Hotel, Motel, And Restaurant Management

Education record

TRAINING & WORKSHOPS – TE Connectivity Professional Materials Management Training & Certificates • TE/ TEOA Training- Lean Manufacturing •.