Shawn Simmons, Mba Email & Phone Number

United States

Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas Area

•Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for fulfillment Inventory Control, providing support to both the Project Management and Fulfillment organizations.•Responsible for reviewing new processes for accuracy and Global standardization•Member of core team, responsible for integrating multiple mergers and acquisitions into the company; focus on Inventory Control Policy and Procedure.•Perform Physical Inventory and Policy Audits at M&A sites and their 3PL partners.•Monitor existing Inventory Control Processes and recommend necessary changes regarding procedures or alignment that affect Transactional Integrity or Inventory Accuracy •Provide assistance and support to Inventory Control Managers to accomplish departmental goals•Assist other functional areas with Inventory Control issues and communicate process change recommendations.•Promote, support and recommend continuous improvement activities.•Set and communicate clear Inventory Control expectations during project define phase through implementation.Selected Accomplishments•Created a comprehensive set of Global Process Flows that allow the Global team to see and understand process differences by region, then take action to standardize where possible.

• Execute the booking of inventory variances that affect company financial statements and provide root cause analysis information to the senior Inventory Control and Finance Teams.• Collaborate with the IT team to identify and resolve issues affecting inventory transactions between accounts.• Create and implement inventory control processes to efficiently track, audit and reconcile system of record to actual on hand inventory.• Investigate and audit operations and materials processes to ensure work instructions are being followed to minimize risk of inventory variance.• Perform manual inventory transactions while maintaining all documentation required for tracking the financials involved.• Test and validate inventory movement through 3PL locations.• Lead weekly meetings between Operations/Materials and Inventory Control to identify and address issues affecting inventory accuracy.• Execute quarterly audit of the finished goods stockroom including a full physical inventory • Analyze inventory reports to determine if and where transactional issues exist.• Monitor and audit manual shipments for loss prevention.Selected Accomplishments• Created a sustainable process for monthly financial adjustments of inventory in the Finished Goods space that has been rolled in several facilities.• Initiated the creation of a critical process in order to monitor and track inventory in virtual in-transit stockrooms as it flows between facilities.• Developed a sustainable process to count inventory in the Finished Goods space allowing the team to perform a full cycle count and audit of over 350,000 systems in one shift.

• Monitored product flow through the facility by monitoring line volumes in order to adjust on the fly.• Maintained production flow in a high intensity, critical area of the facility minimizing slow-time when capacity bursts occur. • Executed the oversight of the Q4FYO8 Materials CSA testing and results. • Mentored and supervised a team of 25+ associates in the daily materials processes supporting the operations team.• Collaborated with the production control team to maintain Lean inventory levels while delivering supply Just in Time.• Lean Change Agent, leading Kaizen teams that helped drive lean process improvements throughout the facility.• Held monthly one on one meetings with each associate to discuss performance and career development.Selected Accomplishments• Lead a team to redesign the layout and material storage in a critical pass through inside the distribution facility that increased efficiency by 25% by reducing complexity and cycle time.• Developed several employees into leaders of the organization by empowering them to make decisions and bringing their strengths into their daily routine.

• Managed and led 20+ personnel in various areas including Shipping, Operations and Boxing.• Improved quality in the SPAMS area to lead the facility in Missing Wrong and Damaged: 32% improvement.• Recognized for preventing team performance and behavioral problems before becoming irreversible, as well as, thoroughly documenting employee disciplinary actions.SIT Candidate (2005)• Participated in the Supervisor in Training program during the Summer of FY06. • Managed 20+ personnel at an off-campus location – International Shipping and EOM distribution.• Lead the team to 100+ percent of commits on a consistent basis.

• SME on a cross functional team implementing a new distribution process for OEM product.• Co-lead a cross functional Business Process Improvement team implementing a plant wide paper recycling initiative.• Point of contact for Maintenance and IT when resolving issues in the OEM area.

• Maintained a constant flow of material with minimal downtime.• Performed part number changes critical to maintaining inventory accuracy levels.• Gained extensive knowledge of Dell material management systems.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Cpim And Cscp, Certified In Production And Inventory Management And Certified Supply Chain Professional

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