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Material releases to steel & aluminum suppliers, purchase order process w/up to $100K approval, non-conforming material returns, forecasts

Houston, Texas, US

• Oversaw production planning, purchasing and inventory management activities while executing best practices and measuring performance for Well Service Products Division (WSP). Promoted from Production Planning Manager.
• Reduced open work orders from 350+ ($907K) to 100+ ($273K)
• Decreased safety stock from $1.2M to $320K for 2 manufacturing sites and 8 service centers
• Reconciliation of November physical inventory closed at favorable $173K; down from $1.3M unfavorable count in September. Active vendor list cut from 4,000 to 1,200 in 3 months
• Inventory value at $48.1M in July ’21 lowered to $36.8M in January ’22 = $11.3M trimmed
• Receiving/inbound inspection cut list from 300 to 106 (64.6%) less part checks required

Cary, North Carolina, US

Part of plant operations team leading overall supply chain strategy, warehousing, planning, and procurement.Procure all raw materials (glass, vinyl, hardware, etc.) & services, physical distribution. Plan JIT inventories. Recruit, hire all Receiving Material Handlers (25) & Buyers (5). New part intros. Inventory, vendor management. Relocated Purchasing.

Princeton, New Jersey, US

MATERIALS MGR -- OCT '18 - JAN '19CONTRACT ADMIN -- APR '19 - FEB '20

Secaucus, NJ, US

 Schedule and manage material availability of product to satisfy customer demand and meet OEM/Service part production goals to accomplish JIT requirements; 21-23 turns/month. Hourly shipments to GM-Arlington. Set up and maintain SAP system parameters (lead time, safety stock, min/max, etc.) for MRP scheduled parts to increase service to Customers (GM.

Fort Worth, Texas, US

 Identified and initiated process improvements, and resolved production inventory issues using SAP. Drove inventory accuracy through stringent data analysis in Excel, SAP IM, and WM systems within distribution center. Created KPIs and weekly/monthly scorecards, including cycle count process documentation. Documented root cause analysis by bin/part for.

Uxbridge, West London, GB

 Drove and directed change from Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) and spreadsheets to SAP System for production planning & purchasing along with service level metrics and reporting in under 4 months. Managed site sourcing workflow, including purchasing of finished goods, production/capacity planning, raw material purchasing, master data management.

Munich, DE

 Point of contact for Maintenance-Repair-Operations (MRO), Facilities, and freight strategic purchasing of $54M spend maintaining $100K spending authorization, covering multiple sites. Developed RFXs, SLAs, SOWs, and managed contract negotiations for short and long-term subcontracts. Reduced inbound/outbound shipping costs by $175K through detailed.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

 Maintained inventory accuracy through analyzation and management of 12 international and U.S. after-market service sites with inventory totaling $35M. Improved financial control at 8 locations, through development and implementation of new cycle-count policy. Significantly reduced delivery time from 18 days to 4 days on special key account project.

London, England, GB

PLANNING & SCHEDULING SUPERVISOR (2002 - 2004) Drove shipping accuracy in U.S., Canada, and Mexico assembly plants, resulting in zero part shortages. Developed weekly master production schedule based upon BOM and S&OP reporting. Reduced scrap losses on production parts by 15% through development of Excel monitoring reports. Managed $92M, 500 production.

Carrollton, GA, US

 Cost effective traffic functions (FTL/LTL/3PL) including negotiating rate structures; maximizing transportation dollars 10% below target.  Maintained monthly service level of 99.3%  Shipped 6.8 million pounds per month on average  Coordinated all shipping activities along with supervising and training 4 shipping clerks Created all shipments for.

 Carbide and diamond tooling, computers, fasteners, lumber and services  Some contract negotiation  RFQs  Computerized aluminum inventory, Excel cost control reports On time shipments in or outbound1990-1990 Sales Correspondent

Master’S Degree, Management

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration

Associate Of Science, Finance

Master Certificates (2), Commercial Contract Management & Government Contract Management