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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Provide comprehensive operational and strategic support to the management teams of assigned American Oceana Region’s Sales Finance Companies, serving as the SME to ensure alignment with management objectives. Create an environment conducive to the success of Sales Finance Companies, acting as a second line of defense to provide peace of mind to shareholders. Drive performance at Sales Finance Companies to achieve targets, aligning with both regional and global Toyota expectations while meeting local market demands. Assist in setting metrics, targets, and objectives for Sales Finance Companies, guiding them through the planning process and defining operational guidelines and parameters to ensure consistent performance. By collaborating with Sales Finance Companies to clarify and share best practices related to TFS strategic initiatives, enhance the overall value chain.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Senior Retail Experience and Field Marketing Analyst for Lexus MONOGRAM. Lexus MONOGRAM is a complete and seamlessly integrated online and in-store SaaS digital retailing solution for Lexus’s guests and dealers. Work with Lexus dealers and Field personnel to coordinate and manage the MONOGRAM dealer launch process, from initial dealer kickoff meeting through dealer launch week training. Lead and facilitate remote MONOGRAM dealer training sessions as part of the MONOGRAM Pre-Launch dealer activities. Lead and facilitate dealer training as required during MONOGRAM launch week. Conduct demos of the MONOGRAM product suite for Lexus dealers and region personnel as required. Manage a portfolio of between 5-10 dealers at any one time through various stages of the MONOGRAM launch Lifecyle. Facilitate and communicate resolution of dealership technical and systems issues with MONOGRAM Technical Support team. Communicate MONOGRAM program as required to dealers and regions. Work with Lexus dealers and Field personnel to identify critical business metrics to measure the overall success and dealer adoption of MONOGRAM. Assist MONOGRAM dealers and Lexus Regions with ongoing training, change management, and process improvement activities as required. Serve as a MONOGRAM SME for MONOGRAM product suite. Learn and demonstrate mastery of new MONOGRAM product functionality. Provide timely communication and feedback to MONOGRAM Retail Training consultants. Follow up with dealers and drive completion of MONOGRAM launch activities to ensure adherence to MONOGRAM launch schedule.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Project Management for North American Produced Vehicles and Powertrains: creation and management of project Master Schedule including management of milestones; coordination of activities among multiple Toyota functions, suppliers and global headquarters; visualization of project status, risks and issues for management summaries and project dashboards. Coordination of Engineering Change Instructions (ECI): organize team to manage and communicate all technical information associated with changes; lead team to negotiate with all critical stakeholders’ best implementation timing matching designers’ request. Production Strategy: Region-wide commodity and platform supply strategies, make vs. buy for each major model change, capacity setting and adjustment. Executive Summary and Escalation: summarize project conditions including risks and concerns based on project KPI; lead project condition presentations to acquire executive direction and proper escalation.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Daily management and processing of multiple sources of demand and types of orders from order receipt through schedule issuance. Assess all incoming orders for adherence to lead time and volume constraints. Feedback and negotiate any orders that do not meet guidelines. Process orders timely and accurately. Create and process updated order documentation when set lots are shipped short. Develop detailed understanding of assigned destinations, supply chain, lead times, problem parts, production issues. Confirm products and order timing for new launches with destinations, complete system setup of model master to facilitate order processing of new models. Manipulate and input data to provide accurate forecast to ordering system. Evaluate forecast fluctuations and trends for potential concerns. Work with Purchasing for supplier supply concerns and coordinate recovery schedules directly with destination to support their production schedule. Complete troubleshooting when supply issues arise - identify destination orders that exceed allocation, investigate forecast concerns and resolution.

Gilbert, Az

Manage the execution of all incoming validation testing for the engineering team. Collaborate daily with Marketing, Sales and Operations teams to identify ways to improve products. Key role in managing products from inception to launch while presenting potential issues to management. Helped develop the 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Fog Light and other products for OEMs. Managed OEM Projects at outside test houses. Streamline various validation processes after upgrading testing capabilities/equipment are implemented. Attended trade shows and industry events. Helped produce the below video.

Gilbert, Az

Manager over several manufacturing commodities. In charge of planning, purchasing, negotiating contracts and pricing and managing raw material needs. Experience cutting POs and executing Work Orders. Experience in addressing and resolving manufacturing issues efficiently. Promoted to Project Manager after demonstration of adapting well to challenges and changing priorities. Increased company savings by reviewing current supplier expenses and evaluating additional sources.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Operations Management And Supervision

Associate’S Degree, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

AAS in Computer Technology from Maricopa Community College