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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas Area

Key Achievements- Developed and implemented Inventory Projection Model with accuracy rate of 99%- Developed and implemented SMI/SLOB Analytical, Historical and Usage Model driving solutions to consume stranded inventory and rapidly identify dead weightAccountability Summary- Ensure inventory processes are aligned and executed to business goals with respect to customer needs, cost, delivery deadlines, and governance policies. - Identify unpegged and slow-moving inventory usage opportunities. - Environment conditions are low & high variability, low volume product mix of highly complex mechanical & electrical make to stock product with 65+ Week LT.

Houston, Texas, United States

Key Achievements- 100% Asset On Time Supply (OTS) of $97.7M for 52/60 weeks YTD up from 63% average in Q1 2020- 82% OFS OTS on shipments up from 66% in P1 2021- Aged WIP > 90 Days Reduced to $0 during Q3 2020 – Q1 2021 - $16 M Total Stock on Hand Reduction YOY; $7.4 M Post-Reclass & Adjustments Inventory Reduction (HFM) YOY- 500K SMI (Slow Moving Inventory) Reduction YOY Accountability Summary- Ensure planning, delivery and inventory processes are aligned and executed to business goals with respect to customer needs, cost, delivery deadlines, inventory management, governance policies and urgent requests/situations. Identify unpegged and slow-moving inventory usage opportunities. Environment conditions are low variability, low volume product mix of highly complex mechanical & electrical make to stock product with 50+ Week LT.- Ensuring cycle count adherence and progress milestones through monitoring and addressing issues using CAPAs & continuous improvement. - Manage the materials team including employee training, development, and career progression.

Houston, Texas, United States

Key Achievements- Unpegged Inventory maintained at less than 0.05% of total inventory.- Enabled and drove real time capacity management during Front End order loading process to determine make/buy ratio of product to ensure shortest & most cost-effective lead time commitments early.- Developed multi-departmental Customer Order Insertion Evaluation and Tracking Process- 3 Month Project with the New Product Implementation and Feasibility for Manufacturing TeamAccountability Summary- Ensure planning, delivery and inventory processes are aligned and executed to business goals with respect to customer needs, cost, delivery deadlines, inventory management, governance policies and urgent requests/situations. Environment conditions were high variability, low volume product mix of 70% engineer to order/ 30% make to order with a 47-week backlog. - Ensure schedule accuracy and execution by developing accountability structures within key departments, actively resolve delays, and communicate critical order progression clearly. Work with IT to enhance or resolve SAP APO PPDS and SAP ECC system issues related to scheduling or system CIF to correct schedule inaccuracies driven by software.- Restructure, and establish materials team including employee training, development, and career progression.

Houston, Texas, United States

Key Achievements- Unpegged Inventory maintained at less than 0.05% of total inventory.- Enabled and drove real time capacity management during Front End order loading process to determine make/buy ratio of product to ensure shortest & most cost-effective lead time commitments early.- Developed multi-departmental Customer Order Insertion Evaluation and Tracking ProcessAccountability Summary- Ensure planning, delivery and inventory processes are aligned and executed to business goals with respect to customer needs, cost, delivery deadlines, inventory management, governance policies and urgent requests/situations. Environment conditions were high variability, low volume product mix of 70% engineer to order/ 30% make to order with a 47-week backlog. - Ensure schedule accuracy and execution by developing accountability structures within key departments, actively resolve delays, and communicate critical order progression clearly. Work with IT to enhance or resolve SAP APO PPDS and SAP ECC system issues related to scheduling or system CIF to correct schedule inaccuracies driven by software.- Restructure, and establish materials team including employee training, development, and career progression.

Houston, Texas, United States

Key Achievements- Designed and implemented real time capacity plan and analysis with pooled resource capacity on machines physically separated. - Designed and implemented detailed master production schedule in excel merging information from 8 sources to create a one source information source for multiple departments. - % of lost orders reduced from 20% of orders to 0.5 %- Team Lead of Scheduling Kaizen, Assembly Layout and Throughput Kaizen, Production Floor Re-layout KaizenAccountability Summary- Responsible for Planning and coordinating Production Packers, and Intelligent Completion Systems which accounted for 50% of the facility’s order book. Created macros for department using Excel VBA to automate manual tasks in order to reduce task time and increase analysis accuracy and efficiency. Align product to master schedule & coordinate all other department to maintain alignment throughout life of product.

Houston, Texas Area

Achievements- Integral member of startup team taking the facility from staff count of 5 to 35; with a Revenue increase of 800% in 4 years- Created Traceability Program for a variety of product lines, which laid the ground work for ISO 9001 certification- Developed, implemented and maintained all customer service, order management, planning, purchasing and inventory proceduresDuties- Hired staff as required and led a 3 person team- Managed the product life cycle through master data from entry to master schedule- Managed the master schedule and key customer accounts to meet deadlines and take every opportunity to grow the business- Managed and coordinated customer service staff and inside sales activities- Managed the purchasing strategy, ranging from raw materials to CAPEX.- Managed Trade Compliance program for local personnel

Bba, General Business, Supply Chain Management, Gpa 3.5

Dean's List Fall 2007

Business

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