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· Develop and manage cross-functional, fully-integrated planning process that incorporates Make versus Buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, and material and component costs at a multi-plant facility· Execute a sourcing strategy and vendor management process, including a supplier scorecard system, to meet the company’s business growth and sourcing requirements· Establish and implement Plan for Every Part process to support inventory forecasting, purchasing, and material control· Identify, develop, and manage effective relationships with existing and potential suppliers of goods and services to meet established cost, quality, and delivery targets· Collaborate with Quality, Sales, Engineering, and Machining and Assembly operations to ensure 100% on-time delivery by establishing and monitoring the schedule to proactively identify and address any issues· Utilize JobPack to supervise production scheduling activities by tracking progress of production and reviewing factors that affect schedules· Manage the efforts of one Supply Chain Specialist to facilitate material coordination for customer orders

· Managed demand planning, purchasing, logistics, and supplier relationships for Baler belting division, consisting of $14MM+ of purchases per year· Gained supplier relations skills, negotiations skills, international logistics experience, and product development experience leading collaborations with Taiwanese Baler belting supplier· Forecasted $70MM+ per year of purchases consisting of Heavy Duty and Lightweight conveyor belt, Hose and Tubing products, Cut Rubber bulk material, and other miscellaneous components· Overhauled belt forecasting methodology by creating DDMRP-based forecasting tools to handle complexity of planning for two-dimensional belt usage across 3 facilities· Led project to use forecasts to drive Build Ahead process on 200+ hose assemblies for Operations· Collaborated with Purchasing and Operations teams regularly to update planning parameters, including safety stocks and supplier lead times· Managed inventories across 5 facilities and conducted yearly physical inventories· Enhanced processes for maintaining master data of 100,000+ unique part numbers· Grew leadership experience through managing one direct report

Muscatine, Ia

· Drove strategic, systemic supply chain improvements for Muscatine Seating Operations in three primary areas: consistent, flawless daily execution, lean material flow excellence, and New Product Introductions· Helped Seating employees learn and troubleshoot new Oracle operating system during testing· Created Plan for Every Part analysis tools to highlight and drive out complexity from all commodities used on each chair family· Led transition of foam supply chain from discrete to Kanban delivery of parts, driving 15% material handling reduction· Re-designed Arm packaging into bulk containers via collaborations with foreign suppliers, reducing costs $80k per year while maintaining part quality· Implemented smaller, more frequent deliveries of chair kits to plant from warehouse 40 miles away, freeing up floor space and leading to faster reactions to parts outages· Led or co-led 25+ Rapid Continuous Improvement events regarding value stream mapping to logistics to standard work creation all based on Lean methodology· Launched 12 new Seating product lines with fully implemented material flows· Managed 9 different rotational engineers and interns, gaining invaluable leadership experience

Muscatine, Iowa

Gained manufacturing experience through one month rotations at each HON facility in Muscatine and three month rotations in Product Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing groups

Oversee Miscellaneous supply council for Deere supplier network and provide general support to other members of Supply and Cost Management teams

Tutoring in University's Student Success Center for students taking classes in Math (through Calculus level), Statistics, Physics and Chemistry

Working for University's Advancement Office researching and organizing scholarships to assess available information and/or status and/or viability and developing electronic records management system to maintain information for the future

Worked for University's Alumni and Advancement Office filing documents and organizing donor files for easier use by the directors of the office