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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

Bba, Management