Shawn Baker Email & Phone Number

United States

Flock Safety is a public safety operating system that helps cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement in thousands of communities work together to stop crime, protect privacy, and mitigate bias. We build hardware and write software that captures the objective evidence police need to solve crime.

United States

Atlanta, Georgia

Track product movement, sales and optimize future purchase order creation; responsible for utilizing existing systems and inventing new, innovative techniques to make processes more efficient and accurate; ensure that products are properly accounted for and reception into inventory for fulfillment; highly attentive to sales volume, proactively adjusting demand planning. Accurately report available product quantities and styles for ongoing sales efforts; analyze historical and real-time sales, and inventory discrepancies.

Roswell, Ga

Providing Visual Management dashboard for business KPI's • Improving Performance through Supply chain integration • Optimizing sourcing & make-buy decisions • IT& decision support systems • Deploying an effective logistics network • Strategic partnering and supply contracts • Integrating supply chain design with concurrent engineering • Assist in development of top caliber franchise lines and channel partners • Support Supply Chain Management programs to reduce intrinsic costs • Analyze “cross” options and customized designs with leading suppliers and design engineering companies • identify second sources for risk mitigation and cost savings initiatives • negotiate second sourcing options with high quality, shortened lead times and competitive pricing • Promote consolidation of supply chain to customers • Develop and train new processes and procedures for sustainable business activities

Rockmart, Ga

Coordinate the efforts required to bring in raw materials and supplies and then ship the finished product made by the company to wholesalers or distributors; Establish or monitor specific supply chain-based performance measurement systems; Create policies or procedures for logistics activities; Plan or implement material flow management systems to meet production requirements; Train shipping department personnel in roles or responsibilities regarding global logistics strategies; Implement specific customer requirements, such as internal reportingor federal regulation compliance; Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them in order to determine product availability and terms of sales; Control purchasing department budgets; Interview and hire staff, and oversee staff training; Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy and FAR/DFAR; Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability; Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials; Resolve vendor or contractor grievances, and claims against suppliers; negotiate contracts and formulate policies with suppliers; Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids; Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies; Prepare bid awards requiring board approval; Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs; Administer SAP purchasing systems; Arrange for disposal of surplus materials. Warehouse management of both inbound and outbound goods, quarantine management, replenishment activities, and kitting.

Duluth, Georgia

Works to improve the organization's market position and achieve financial growth; defines long-term organizational strategic goals, builds key customer relationships, identifies business opportunities, negotiates and closes business deals and maintains extensive knowledge of current market conditions.Specific responsibilities included pursuing sales leads and prospective clients, delivering presentations and proposals; developing business plans that include marketing strategies; maintaining extensive knowledge of current market conditions and reporting this to key staff; and building and maintaining important client relationships.*Increased previous year's revenues by 30% with clients such as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Navy, and General Services Administration (GSA)

St. Paul, Minnesota

Coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services, such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, and advertising, for establishment: Reviews requisitions. Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule. Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items. Estimates values according to engineering knowledge. Prepares purchase orders or bid requests. Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority. Maintains manual or computerized procurement records, such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories. Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action. Expedite delivery of goods to users.Directed data population and led training on SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) system at 5 sites for steel producer. Worked with purchasing to identify/input vendor information, items to be contracted; requested quotes of grouped items from vendors; selected/negotiated with winners; input contracts in system; trained 300+ personnel from VPs to laborers on system.Introduced best practices for 18 functions of procurement. Analyzed practices; noted each had individual method for procurement; broke out each function and wrote procedures in ISO Level II format.Reorganized available vendors providing MRO materials to the site thereby leading to closer relations with strategic partners; increased timeliness and correctness of material delivered; created informational tools to allow greater contributions from the organization and suppliers. Reduced stock-outs due to late deliveries; reduced inventory discrepancy rate from 45% to 20%; increased availability of strategic partners in support of organization objectives.

Provided supervision, training, and evaluation of staff as a civilian contractor at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Installed wiring, fixtures, and equipment for all avionics systems for the CH-53E Heavy-Lift Helicopter platform; utilized blueprints and wiring diagrams. Identified repetitive failure issues and developed solutions in coordination with engineers, outside sources, and upper management. Improved work productivity by 20% after modifying maintenance efforts in accordance with project changes.

Provided customer assistance and support for using and repairing modifications installed on the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter platform. Installed wiring, fixtures, and equipment for all electrical systems on the aircraft. Coordinated labor and equipment resources. Trained customers on avionics troubleshooting. Developed relationships with internal departments to meet production goals. Finished aircraft modifications in 80% of required time.

Served on several assignments with increasing complexity and responsibility involving aircraft operations, quality assurance, personnel training, and management. Repaired avionics navigation components utilizing schematics and technical publications; completed modifications in accordance with engineering directives. Managed the overall production efforts of a maintenance squadron with 750 personnel in support of six Marine helicopter squadrons—supporting and facilitating the achievement of dynamic mission objectives. Performed quality assurance on repairs at the communication/navigation work center. Prepared monthly progress, evaluation, and annual summary reports. Utilized the aircraft itself to repair needed components while in hostile territory; devised procedures using the aircraft as test equipment (since there was no equipment available) for component testing and repair. Developed work around procedures to address test equipment shortages. Worked with other military branches, technical representatives, and manufacturers to replicate diverse equipment functions with equipment on-hand. Expanded skill set to include communications/navigation equipment; communication security; electronics, electronic communications, calibrations, and instrumentations; and organizational level aircraft maintenance (CH-46E Medium-Lift Helicopter, CH-53E Heavy-Lift Helicopter, and H-1 Helicopter platforms). Drove high operational readiness by supervising quality, productivity, safety, and training for a 250-person augment during operations in Iraq. Was part of the Leadership Team that successfully implemented Theory of Constraints and LEAN concepts into the Standard Operating Procedures of a Marine maintenance squadron—exemplary results led to the introduction of these concepts throughout the Navy and Marine Corps fleet.

Masters, Business Administration

Received Master's in Business Administration.

Bs, Business Adminsitration

Graduated Cum Laude