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Redmond, Washington, United States

New Jersey, United States

Manage all supply chain and planning activities pertaining to engineered wood flooring products• Develop and manage MPS (master production schedule) reports with the goal to improve service, reduce backorders and maintain acceptable levels of inventory • Oversee and supervise all supply chain and purchasing activities for both domestic and international wood suppliers • Provide performance metrics and planning reports to internal and external stakeholders • Present production plans and service level updates to business leaders

Greater Seattle Area

Supporting user testing and documenting system instructions related to the upgrade of multiple customer facing applications in the supply chain, logistic and repair order management sector.• Responsible for documenting current and future business processes through the development and deployment phases of projects• Follow up with business SME’s and stakeholders to ensure application performing as designed• Generate application testing plan, perform application testing and communicate results to all stakeholders both domestic and international • Coordinate with the development team and project team defects discovered during testing of application• Follow up with developers on the defects and retest defects to confirm application working as designed

East Hartford

Supply chain project leader for new technology initiatives and process improvements related to procurement, planning, supply management and logistics.• Facilitated resolution >1000 SAP help desk tickets through management of third-party team• Collaborated with purchasing teams and suppliers utilizing SNC application achieving improved delivery date compliance from 70% to 95%• Deployed companywide data analytics dashboard (Qlik)• Managed project budget and obtained approval from key stakeholders and executives

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Responsible for purchasing small machined parts and distributors managing supplier relationships, delivery, cost and inventory management. Yearly spend of $75M• Sustained yearly spend of over $75 million through managing team of buyers ensuring timely order placement• Reconciled 30% reduction number of critical parts to customers utilizing analytics to forecast delivery problems • Established delivery date compliance to 95% conducting internal training and supplier visits • Strategic sourcing cost reduction project achieving an estimated cost reduction savings of $78M

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Key team member managing purchasing activity for Auxiliary Power Units (APU) and business acquisition from Hamilton to Pratt & Whitney• Responsible for purchasing parts from domestic and international suppliers required to build APUs • Provided oversight and direction transitioning 300 plus Long Term Agreements (LTA) as part of business transition from Hamilton Sundstrand to Pratt & Whitney.• Negotiated and acquire signatures of Non-disclosure agreements between suppliers, Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton•Instituted and organized 300 plus suppliers information transitioning from JD Edwards to SAP

Radnor, Pa

Orchestrated procurement activity for orders shipping directly to customer supporting $45M worth of safety apparel, scientific equipment, and chemicals. • Determine risk levels of suppliers which include performance of delivery, quality, cost and inventory management• Responsible past-due orders and invoices older than 60 days by 50%

Bridgeport, Nj

Source and manage purchasing activity with total spend of $22.3M of lab suppliers, chemicals and scientific equipment• Authorized purchasing of $20 million of chemicals and scientific equipment through ARIBA Supplier Network• Served as liaison between Novartis scientists and suppliers while maintaining positive relationships• Coordinated with Novartis scientists and suppliers to resolve delivery issues, manage orders and meet specifications

Seaford, De

•Responsible for analyzing product movement and quality control relating to HACCP•Acquired Firsthand knowledge of the entire supply chain related to Chicken production.•Gained insight on the management of agriculture industries operations including USDA inspections and certification requirements.