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Chicago, IL, US

Mount Prospect, Illinois, US

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Leading a team of Program Managers responsible for 4 Supply Chain Excellence Pillars:
• Data Management, Warehousing Management, Master Scheduling and Purchasing.Accountable to KPI’s that are defined for Supply Chain Excellence Pillars.
• Responsible for deployment and adherence to Supply Chain Excellence functional standards at all levels of the organization.
• Analyze, identify, and create functional standard work documentation to address existing gaps in standard work.
• Review, maintain and update existing standard work documentation to ensure established work meets best practices.
• Be the primary source for standard work guidance for assigned Supply Chain Excellence Pillars.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Leading PMO activities of global Supplier Development & Fulfillment Delivery teams and functional workstreams while identifying, planning, and implementing mid- to long-term sustainable people, process, and technology.
• Leading a team of 10 Supplier Fulfillment Leaders that identify and track problem suppliers, complete root cause analysis and drive alignment between Procurement, Product Management, Engineering and Operations holding.
• Facilitating weekly S&OE cadence with report outs to CEO, CFO, CSCO, CPO, CMO.
• Driving short term tactical improvements to mitigate revenue risk created by delinquent suppliers.
• Driving root-cause analysis into mid & long-term projects to correct internal and external systemic supply risks.
• Stretch Assignment- Leading intercompany coordination between Global Products and Building Solutions w/ daily war rooms to drive shipments from GP to BSNA to meet revenue commitments. With weekly report outs to JCI’s.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Responsible for minimizing Medtronic’s O & E inventory across all MDT business units. Developing programs and tools, influencing business leaders to shift go to market strategies that result in significant impacts to.
• Developed a Short-Dated Inventory Trending and forecasting analytic tool allowing Supply Chain and Finance to proactively and simplistically manage obsolesces reserves against the P&L.
• Designed a Consignment Return on Investment analytic tool which allows visibility into the profitability of field inventory in all business units.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Supported Medtronic’s Coronary and Interventional Radiology business units by designing a successful inventory optimization strategy. Designed new and improved existing data reporting resulting in improved visibly and.
• FY19’s programs optimized $4M (6% over plan)
• FY18’s programs optimized consignment inventory $8.22M (12% over plan)
• FY17’s results were a $2M optimization of U.S consignment inventory while still supporting business unit revenue growth by running a program that reduced unproductive inventory.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Supported Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure Sales Districts with tailored inventory strategies while owning and evolving supply chain analytics and leading customer engagement projects. ★ Designed and implemented.
• Created and executed a unique inventory analytics database allowing for visibility of Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure inventory movement over time.
• Partnered with Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure sales and service leadership to reach annual inventory performance targets.
• Collaborated with Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure sales and service leadership on customer engagements. Focusing on supply chain, inventory, and process optimization.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Supported product category teams with data analysis. While owning multiple DC integration and optimization projects. ★ Developed and executed an inventory management strategy for two Walgreen distribution center.
• Led a $25 million low performing inventory reduction project by creating a standard process, a detailed analysis identifying poorly performing inventory to be removed from distribution centers, partnering with Supply.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Managed a staff of 40 hourly employees and 2 function leader servicing over 900 pharmacies. Led inbound RX operations and Outbound RX operations. Responsible for an inventory of $120 million.★ Maintained order.
• Designed and implemented a Microsoft Access Database which collected and calculated productivity rates for the RF stocking function within the Windsor DC.
• Successfully led a process mapping and enhancement project to optimize internal replenishment flow.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Managed a staff of 25 hourly employees and 1 function leader. Responsible for monthly receipts averaging $300 million worth of inventory. ★ Cross-functionally collaborated with corporate purchasing and accounting to.
• Key member of a support reduction team that examined all areas of support within all distribution centers in Walgreens distribution network finding a reduction of labor of over $500,000 annually.
• Led a team of peers that researched and corrected a system problem with the “Receiving Blue Tote” parameter.

Deerfield, IL, US

Managed a staff of 250 hourly employees and 4 function leaders. Responsible for the performance of 20 picking areas. ★ Consistently exceeded order fulfillment accuracy KPI of 98.2%

Minneapolis, MN, US

Promoted from team leader to manage a team of 27 to 38 hourly employees in the distribution center. Responsibilities included daily staffing decisions, maintaining production volumes, and interdepartmental production coordination. ★ Maintained store level of service KPI of 98%.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Operation Supply Chain Management, Major: Finance