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North Carolina, United States

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States

Columbus, Indiana, United States

• Strategy development: Led the strategy development and execution plan to build $50M strategic inventory for tier-2 electronics components globally to mitigate supply constraints. This is the first time tier-2 component.
• Managing ambiguity: Transformed the Purchasing Hub initiative from an ambiguous data analytics idea to a clearly defined strategy, prioritized use-cases, and phased implementation plan with approved funding that will.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Led the establishment of a structured process to proactively review and prioritize supply chain risks for the Supply Chain Leadership Team, by collaborating with supply chain leaders.
• Executive communication: Frequently presented to senior business and supply chain leaders with recommendations to improve supply chain resiliency and address functional capability gaps

Columbus, Indiana

• People management: Led a team of 70 employees responsible for improving manufacturing efficiency and reducing operating costs with an annual operating budget of $25 million
• Capital management: Responsible for the manufacturing strategy, execution, and capital management for new product launches valued at over $100 million
• Cost reduction: Streamlined the plant indirect materials purchasing process and optimized on-hand inventory through internal and external stakeholder collaboration, resulting in annual savings of over $2.6 million
• Productivity improvement: Led the introduction of innovative I4.0 technologies such as collaborative robots, machine learning vision systems, and predictive machine health analytics, resulting in a 10% throughput.

Columbus, Indiana

• People management: Led a team of 30 employees responsible for customer quality, manufacturing quality, and supplier quality for five manufacturing lines with an annual operating budget of $1.5 million
• Customer relationship management: Primary face of quality to the customer. Led planning activities and managed execution of projects that resulted in reducing customer disruptions by 30%
• Cost reduction: Led cross-functional initiatives to achieve record low cost of poor quality, resulting in annual savings of over $220,000

Columbus, Indiana

• New product introduction: Established the Quality Management System and developed quality plans for the successful launch of a new 5.0L engine
• Problem-solving: Managed multiple cross-functional quality improvement projects that reduced customer defects by 75%
• Six Sigma/Process Improvement: Led Six Sigma projects with combined annual savings of over $750,000

Greater Atlanta Area

• Collaborated with the Technical, Sales, and Purchasing teams to gather VOCs for new packaging tooling RFQs.
• Facilitated the supplier selection process with cross-functional teams through the use of selection matrices and in accordance with the firm’s sourcing strategy.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Created simulation models of the logistics network to diagnose bottlenecks and increased operating capacity by 5%.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed the supply chain readiness process for new product introductions in the electromechanical braking division.

Austin, Texas Area

Developed and implemented tests to validate performance of network processors.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Management Consulting Club

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: President, Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical Engineering Honor Society