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• Accountable for and oversees all program operations activities and execution of the program within the franchise• Establishes key elements of strategic and tactical operational plans• Directs and coordinates the sequencing of work, such as build and delivery, to ensure smooth operations and optimal use of resources• Facilitates and directs scheduling activities to ensure smooth operations and optimal use of facilities as required• Routinely present program status and overview to program leadership• Develops recommendations for cost reduction and process improvement opportunities to ensure efficiency of operations and cost effectiveness• Collaborate with supply chain and logistics to drive on-time delivery of critical material

Department of Defense Security Clearance: Secret• Manage production demand and supply requirements in support of achieving MRP schedules derived from contractual requirements• Coordinate MRP requirements with program management, operations, and manufacturing• Plan, prepare, issue, and control production schedules and material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of material to meet production and customer requirements• Execute procurement of purchased materials through purchase requisitions to support the release of work orders to the manufacturing floor• Create Bills of Materials identifying program configuration requirements• Analyze program and metric goals while following company procedures and command media• Collaborate with quality assurance, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and contract administration to manage stores and inventory to keep components at customer-requested quality

• Manage production demand and supply requirements in support of achieving MRP schedules derived from contractual requirements• Coordinate MRP requirements with program management, operations and manufacturing• Plan, prepare, issue and control production schedules and material requirements to ensure controlled flow of material to meet production and customer requirements• Execute procurement of purchased materials through purchase requisitions to support the release of work orders to the manufacturing floor• Create Bills of Materials identifying program configuration requirements• Analyze program and metric goals while following company procedures and command media• Collaborate with quality assurance, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and contract administration to manage stores and inventory to keep components at customer requested quality

• Plan, prepare, issue and control production schedules and material requirements to ensure controlled flow of material meets production and customer requirements• Align gov’t contract requirements to meet program production requirements for engineering, quality assurance and supply chain• Analyze and visualize production metrics to communicate program deadlines to management• Collaborate with quality assurance, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and contract administration to manage warehouse and inventory to keep components at customer requested quality• Consult scheduling, engineering, supply chain and manufacturing staff on best production practices, inventory requirements, and customer requirements.• Experienced hands-on involvement with manufacturing and operations to support process improvement throughout the facility.

• Championed company talent acquisition policies to extract top talent from the labor force • Forged outstanding inventory management practices, ensuring maximum satisfaction• Analyzed KPI models to track store’s performance, including customer service scores• Established relationships with 3rd party vendors and D.C. to drive top retail sales • Lead district in employee engagement by utilizing Frontier process improvement

- Implemented the hands-on techniques required to succeed in a Distribution Center environment. - Created a daily forecast for the Team Member workday, created an hourly budget, and successfully stayed on the budget by allocating resources when needed- Established daily history of total product count sent out during the work day to create an accurate number of worker hours needed for future forecasting- Initiated a Kaizen event and Gemba walks with Team Members and management throughout the D.C.- Mentored a team and communicated company objectives in an orderly fashion-Successfully reduced D.C. inventory shorts by 37%, and inventory mark outs by 31%.

- Facilitated Team Members for daily operations involving skus of up to 10,000 on average -Conducted store operations using concepts such as inventory management and continuous improvement to increase in-stock availability. - Identified and managed potential risks to minimize losses and shrinkage- Learned how to manage the store using “One-Box” focus operations and procedures to drive sales in the Pharmacy and Front End of the store

- Rang up 100-150 transactions daily with no error- Helped 20-30 customers daily to ensure maximum customer satisfaction- Managed 10,000 SKUs of different departments, ensuring 100% product availability

- Analyze, aggregate, and visualize over 2 millions data points to identify unintuitive trends to support managerial decisions.- Oversee the facility's storage, rental operations, and data records to develop and consult possible solutions for the facility.