Associate Procurement Program Manager at ThermoKing

Supervised a line of up to 80 hourly employees and 6 hourly group leaders

Communicates with manufacturing plants to identify material/component shortages and develop a strategy to address the shortages in the short and long term.Works with suppliers to negotiate prices, production schedule, and build relationships for future endeavors.Lead project with productivity savings amounting to ~50% of category spend

Was responsible for managing raw materials and component purchases and their timely delivery to the manufacturing plant to support assembly operations.Responsible for maintaining inventory for visually managed/Kanban components as well as manual components with lead times ranging from 3 days to 240 days.Responsible for conducting Cycle Counts to confirm inventory accuracyAssisted in complete overhaul of Stock Room to better utilize space and make flow of materials more efficient.Lead team of 5-6 individuals during physical inventory and ensured all components and raw materials were accounted for.Used Alteryx to automate daily clear to build and past due PO reports.Participated in multiple phase-in/phase-out project associated with design changes, value-engineering, supplier sourcing changes, and product lifecycle.Ensured that all orders released to production had the necessary materials.Created database of all orders held for lack of materials to reduce noise and increase awareness around where in the manufacturing process orders were.

Worked with programs like Alteryx and Tableau to automate daily information across multiple manufacturing plants throughout the united states.Held training sessions to onboard area general managers on new data quality tracking program.Automated daily goal tracking email using Alteryx to help track goals for a team of 10+ people.Helped to create lookup program to track quality defects and find location of defective units.

Help to peer mentor freshman and help them smoothly transition to college. Coordinate a large group to lead in class and out of class discussion sessions.

Drove a 5% efficiency improvement in 2 assembly cells through 5S, parts presentation, and load management. Worked to establish standard work in the fluid power department. Worked as a support for a rapid improvement event that improved cycle time through parts presentation, improving part picking time for the warehouse as well as part assembly time. Received inventory into the warehouse. Updated Bill of Materials for parts to account for floor stock and obsolete items. Lean management. Resized Kanban flow racks to improve inventory on hand and reduce amount of inventory kept. Worked on multiple assembly lines. Engineered assembly kits to improve build time and part picking time. Adjusted tact to increase efficiency and load management.