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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Maintain $120M of working, surplus, and emergency inventory across six business unitsCollaborate with Finance, Engineering, and Operations, creating strategies for inventory management, weekly and monthly reports, project timelines, work orders, and overhead accountsOversee inventory numbers across 100 locations with 100% physical inventory accountability per FERC/SOX regulations, including reporting cycle count progression and cycle count accuracy reportsManage and train… Show more Maintain $120M of working, surplus, and emergency inventory across six business unitsCollaborate with Finance, Engineering, and Operations, creating strategies for inventory management, weekly and monthly reports, project timelines, work orders, and overhead accountsOversee inventory numbers across 100 locations with 100% physical inventory accountability per FERC/SOX regulations, including reporting cycle count progression and cycle count accuracy reportsManage and train three new employees, focusing on development opportunities and constructive feedbackCollaborate with the Warehousing department to create best practices for both inventory management and efficient MRP leveling while developing an efficient flow of physical assets to promote lean inventoryManaged write-offs and disposals for inventory accounts of three processing locations with sales totaling$600KLed a company-wide training session on a specific third-party scheduling provider and their web portalSupervised the transition to a new office space, including coordinating the mailing system, providing PPEto ensure a safe working environment, coordinated setup of new building, assisted contractors, andmanaged facility deliveriesEstablished the Supply Disruption Initiative, a $1M purchase of pipeline valves and compressors, to avoida supply chain disruption due to scarcity of materials and coordinated transportation of materials acrossstate lines, established material stock codes and identification for upload to SAP, collaborated on fundingrequests, and created an inventory storage location for SAP Show less

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Collaborated on a cross-functional project with IT and Accounting on three liquid natural gas plantsManaged the acquisition team’s material requirements for three LNG plants and $1M of inventory,including conducting inventory audits and establishing inventory pricing for fixed asset accountingHeaded annual review of inventory at 80 inventory locations, coordinated with the finance team to budget write-offs, and completed necessary SAP transactionsSpearheaded the deal… Show more Collaborated on a cross-functional project with IT and Accounting on three liquid natural gas plantsManaged the acquisition team’s material requirements for three LNG plants and $1M of inventory,including conducting inventory audits and establishing inventory pricing for fixed asset accountingHeaded annual review of inventory at 80 inventory locations, coordinated with the finance team to budget write-offs, and completed necessary SAP transactionsSpearheaded the deal closure of third-party supplier; transferred $3.3M of pipe stock and coordinated 40 truckloads of inventory to a Sooner Pipe warehouse located in West VirginiaOversaw the business relationship with third-party supplier and addressed all inventory concerns fromMRP leveling and cycle counting to the development of material stock ordersLed biweekly meetings with on-site Operations personnel and Category mangers to ensure a smoothunderstanding of new supplier requirements and expectations Show less

Bsba, Operations / Supply Chain Management, Senior

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) In Administration, Operations Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: ISM member- undergraduate (Institute for Supply Chain Management) Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity 3.4 Grade Point.