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San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco, California, Us

San Mateo, California, Us

San Mateo, California, Us

- Strategize and execute planning, sourcing, and logistics of end to end supply chain supporting Verkada’s fastest growing electronics product line- Improve product line margin 2% (>$1M annually) through projects targeting logistics, procurement, and planning inefficiencies- Create standard process’s to support sustaining products and drive resolutions for ECOs (FW&HW), corrective actions at JDM, and material shortages while maintaining 97% inventory service level- Building strong relationships and robust reporting with external JDM partners and cross-functional internal teams to consistently support product launch and mass production ramp 9 months after RFQ - Establish new supply chains to support product portfolio growth from 3 to over 20 products that diversify geographic risk and reduce costs- Lead and improve format of weekly discussions with Asia-based JDM’s, biweekly S&OP updates to HW leadership, monthly Product manager updates, and QBR’s with executive team- Minimize material scrap costs by engaging engineering, efficiently planning, and negotiating with JDM

Newark, Delaware, Us

Leverage my broad supply chain experience in the Operations Leadership Rotational Program to forecast cardiac implant demand, quickly respond to market shifts, and guide global team- Collaborate with Product Specialists to guide global teams through product launches/conversion, market exits, and inventory shifts- Leverage statistical models and o9 demand planning software to plan for variances in mix- Collaborate with teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia as part of the S&OP process to produce forecasts for $200 million in annual revenue- Successfully coordinated inventory movements for $30 million global recall with no back orders

Newark, Delaware, Us

Created and implement analytics strategy for direct procurement function- Created an analytics strategy that balanced business strategy, day to day metric needs, and headcount constraints with an impact of 20% - 30% reduced workload for category managers by creating/centralizing self-service spend information- Trained, mentored, and managed MBA/MIS intern through implementation of the strategy- Developed dashboard that identified over $500,000 in immediately actionable savings opportunities- Used SQL to identify procurement data tables and filters with actionable information

Newark, Delaware, Us

Fourth rotation of operations leadership rotational program- Conducted a competitor product analysis resulting a presentation of manufacturing cost estimates and manufacturability insights to divisional leadership - Prepared and presented project ROI models to monthly business leadership meetings- Modeled purchased component costs for use in supplier negotiations and financial models

Newark, Delaware, Us

Third rotation of operations leadership rotational program- Led team through creation and implementation of system to collect enterprise logistics data, cleanse the dataset, and visualize in PowerBI Dashboard- Worked with external freight forwarding partners to improve quality and consistency of shared data- Provided SKU analytics support for integration of external 3PL WMS with internal ERP system- Led training for 20+ employee global team on effective use of PowerBI dashboards

Newark, Delaware, Us

Second rotation of operations leadership rotational program- Created and implemented approval/documentation process for strategic inventory positions- Created and presented NPV business cases for raw material changes- Provided analytics support for pricing negotiations that resulted in $3 million in annual savings- Created Purchase Price Variance dashboard to measure sourcing savings for leadership

Newark, Delaware, Us

First rotation of W.L. Gores operations leadership rotational program- Optimized raw material inventory targets and safety stocks for 100's of SKU's- Owned planning master data for raw materials in MRP system- Led discussions with suppliers to resolve material issues- Reviewed monthly MRP forecasts with suppliers as part of S&OP process- Created dashboard for tracking finished good month to month planning variance to actual- Created raw material issue dashboard monitoring current supply risk for weekly stand ups

Newark, Delaware, Us

Evanston, Il, Us

Evanston, Il, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Austin, Tx, Us