• Conduct thorough audits of inventory, subsequently providing expert recommendations on items for procurement or restocking.• Assess potential suppliers based on multiple factors such as price, quality, and availability, conducting comprehensive interviews to gain insights into product offerings, services, negotiations, request for quotations, and pricing structures.• Validate purchase orders against a master list, suggesting cost-effective alternatives for high-priced or irrelevant items.• Liaise effectively with suppliers to mitigate potential schedule disruptions, devise recovery strategies, coordinate delivery times, rectify shipping errors, and expedite materials and parts delivery.• Oversee financial transactions including authorizing payments and maintaining comprehensive records of purchase orders, contracts, receipts, and inventories.• Facilitate interdepartmental communication to ensure timely product shipping.• Manage the online storefront, handling tasks from product photography and listing to pricing, packaging, shipping, and providing customer service action

Develop, measure, and execute a production schedule that will provide, Ship date accuracy and on time deliveries. Review open order reports to determine requirements and required inventory levels. Review new order demands and compare against existing requirements in order to produce a schedule that optimizes efficient use of all resources, while minimizing changeovers and production machine down time, without negatively impacting OTD expectations. Notify of any schedule impacts to factory, provide an explanation / root cause as to why the production plan has been disrupted, and a detailed recovery plan with quantities and ship dates. Develop, implement, and maintain production scheduling within the ERP system to include all resources. Goal is to utilize the ERP system to create system generated work orders based on the production scheduleCreate SAP work orders based on daily production plans to drive daily output and Interface suppliers; from order entry, to forecasting lead times, to order fulfillment. Review and manage inventory levels, schedules and availability of selected items either manufactured or purchased, to meet production delivery schedule demands AND optimize inventory levels to meet the required inventory metrics established by the executive team.● Resolved schedule impacts by finding disruption root cause and detailing a recovery plan, saving company $10,000,000+.● Facilitated ship date accuracy and on-time deliveries by developing a production schedule, achieving 98% on-time deliveries.

Maintaining material requirements list, inventories, bench stock (expendable items), critical items list, receipt, storage and issue records, coordinates, processes and expedites supply transactions.Ordering of parts and determining and forecasts material requirements and establishes minimum stock levels. Determined the methods of storage, identification and stock location, considering temperature, humidity, height and weight limits turnover, floor loading capacities, and required space andpreparing the documentation necessary for turn-in or repair of repairable components.Tracking each requisition from cradle to grave and through delivery to the end user, and updated status in database. Preparing and editing supply requisitions and documents including; 1149s, 1250s, and 4200s in support of the acquisition and requisition of parts and supplies. Refined relationship-building skills and experience working collaboratively with vendors, internal and external customers, item managers, purchasing and budgeting department.● Tracked over $10,000,000 in requisitions from initiation through end-user delivery by updating status in database. ● Supported acquisition and requisition of parts and supplies by preparing and editing over 2500 documents.● Ordered and tracked timely parts delivery, supporting maintenance requirements and policies, reducing aircraft down time by 65%● Processed 80+ daily supply requests from maintenance technicians and assisted with parts requests.● Researched and validated backorder non-filled issue requests and established delivery priorities and production schedules, saving the company $5,000,000

Assisted in the research and update of Configuration Status Accounting list, and Allowance Equipment List, while corresponding with Original Equipment Manufacturers, Suppliers, Material Item Managers and SUPSHIP/Navy to obtain Vender Furnished Information. • Surpassed daily targets, achieving over 150 shipboard sight validations daily, significantly above the required minimum of 90.• Completed 45% of shipboard sight validations ahead of the established timeline, demonstrating efficiency and time management skills.• Demonstrated a high proficiency in problem-solving, achieving a 98% success rate in researching and assessing issues utilizing SAP and Merlin ERP systems.

Oversaw all hazardous material functions and receiving for 100,000sqft+ complex; receiving, storage, inventory, ordering, issuing, labeling and disposal, as well as all receiving functions.Managed hazardous material issue center including; Ensuring proper receiving, storage disposal, issuing, and record keeping of incoming and outgoing material.• Managed a vast inventory exceeding $15,000,000 and enhanced the organization of over 2,500 hazardous material items, achieving a significant 60% boost in efficiency through the implementation of streamlined functionalities.• Successfully reduced receiving time by a substantial 25% by adopting efficient time management strategies, thereby improving overall operational productivity.• Successfully provided training and mentorship to 15 new employees on the usage of the HMMS ERP system, enhancing overall productivity.

Identified critical material from vendors and ensuring these items are flagged for priority receiving and on-time delivery. Scheduling and planning of materials to meet production schedules including; procurement, purchasing, receiving, storage, inventory/stock control, and record keeping• Surpassed the Supply Management Certification (SMC) in 2007, 2008, 2009 maintaining 99% material and inventory control, correcting discrepancies, and maintaining storeroom cleanliness• Yielded the Navy over $40,000,000 by overseeing the management, inventory, record keeping and accountability and turn-in over of 400 Depot Level Repairable while also managing $100,000,000 in inventory and overseeing more than 10,000 line items• Mentored, trained, and supervised up to 15 junior sailors in inventory and stock control, storage, procurement, record keeping, and use of R-Supply ERP computer system