• Manage material planning, procurement and fulfillment for multiple production areas • Assist in determining make/buy strategy for machined parts and assemblies factoring cost, lead time, quality, and capacity• Work with manufacturing and design engineers to translate new part and process requirements into supply plans and implementation• Review supply plan fluctuations from variables such as demand and BOM changes between MRP runs to identify errors and ensure MRP integrity• Manage design and configuration changes based off of unique mission requirements by establishing new part numbers interchangeability considerations• Reviewed and updated lead times based on historical production or vendor performance• Establish a critical part inventory strategy at various BOM levels to reduce WIP and balance out of stock vs. obsolescence risk• Review cost, quality, and delivery performance to select the optimal vendors in the quoting process

Responsibilities• Schedule production for Co-Manufacturers in non turn-key partnerships• Work with supply and demand planning to ensure production plans support inventory position targets• Set up new products and bill of materials between R&D and third party warehouses and manufacturers• Work around material and capacity constraints to minimize impact for customer fulfillment• Manage packaging revision changes and minimize obsolete write offsProjects• Find meaningful cost saving opportunities by reducing unplanned downtime caused by inventory inaccuracies• Help measure and reduce production related material waste by analyzing trends and finding efficiencies• Represent the production team in a cross-functional climate committee to find and implement ways of reducing the companies carbon footprint

Happy Family Organics is an organic baby food company that started out with the vision of making healthier, and more nutritious food that parents can trust to feed to their babies. Responsibilities• Manage manufacturing daily operations and foster relationships with various co-manufacturers• Work cross-functionally with quality and customer service to ensure quality standards are hit, and customers receive product on time > 99% of the time• Oversee finished good flow through final distribution• Find opportunities to reuse obsolete packaging and expired raw materials to reduce lbs. to landfillProjects• Gather data and calculate Happy Family's first carbon footprint including scopes 1-3 through first tier suppliers• Research alternative energy options for key business partners, and find resources regarding energy reduction and water efficiencies• Conduct carbon impact analyses for new product ideas• Work with suppliers to discuss fair pay and maternity benefits for employees• Reduce full scope emissions from all production facilities• Find carbon savings in transportation, both domestic and international

Boise Urban Garden School (BUGS) is a non-profit program partnered with the City of Boise that teaches kids about eating healthy, growing fruits and veggies, and environmental responsibility through organic gardening.

As a supply chain intern at Healthy Pet, I improved the setup of SAP B1 to improve accuracy of MRP suggested production and purchase quantities. I worked cross functionally with marketing, sales, IT, purchasing, planning and logistics.Accomplishments• Used root cause analysis to find and eliminate processes that caused excess raw material inventories of 60%• Developed solutions that reduced touches and material costs during a B2C shipping initiative, which increased margin and brand visibility• Utilized analytics to assist with a product and packaging transition that ensured customer requirements were met while reducing scrap and excess inventory• Initiated a sales forecasting system that gave production planning visibility to create more accurate production plans and schedules• Played an instrumental role in the development of a standardized lead time report for customers• Constructed a capacity analysis to gage feasibility for upcoming promotions and increasing demand• Developed production plans and schedules considering multiple products, plants and labor schedules

Aim Aerospace is a mid-sized company that manufactures interiors for various customers. I worked as part of the purchasing team to support the production floor. My initial responsibility was vendor-follow up. But, as the Summer progressed, I took on different projects, and my responsibilities grew in complexity and number. I proved that I can meet deadlines in a high stress environment and break through ambiguity to find answers. I proved I can think creatively to problem-solve, and work proactively to find solutions.Accomplishments• Increased on-time deliveries by more than 30% by negotiating at-dock delivery dates and communicating clear expectations with vendors• Reduced time waste for buyers by improving the open PO report; lean tools of standardization and bottleneck analysis of delinquent orders were applied to help eliminate duplicate follow ups with vendors and provide concise information for executive management• Established critical purchasing KPIs for vendors such as reliability, quality, lead-time and pricing to provide management with the necessary information to identify preferred suppliers• Made profit-driven decisions by ordering parts from vendors that were economical, reliable and offered a lead time within our planned production schedule• Worked directly with the VP of Operations and VP of Engineering to identify and solve issues that effected the test schedule for Boeing’s first article inspection• Implemented a standard follow up process to foresee shortages and improve traceability of incoming parts• Improved supplier management by establishing and maintaining meaningful relationships that drove towards vertical alignment of Aim’s supply chain