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Tucker, Georgia, United States

Tucker, Georgia

• Developed master data governance ownership for customer, vendor and material master data. • Lead item data migration from Legacy system to SAP, assisted with customer, vendor and formula data migration.• Created and implemented training program for master data creation and maintenance, including troubleshooting.• Developed processes and procedures to implement GDSN data synchronization with external customers to improve data sharing. • During business intelligence implementation, played a key role to work with IT department on developing a process to update non ERP system records accurately.• Developed product hierarchy which is maintained in ERP system. Prior product hierarchy was not maintained in the ERP system and this led to numerous errors and delays updating information. Implemented additional product attributes in ERP) system for reporting.• Developed processes for data review and validation for customer and item attributes. This has led to better data sharing with our customers and improved reporting for marketing and finance.• Developed standardization processes for customer and item set up. Improving data integrity and enabling data cleansing.

Division Steward for leading quality initiatives.• Led and directed Quality Assurance Team in Cellulose Esters and Specialty Plastics division to provide excellent service to customers and ensure compliance to Food/Pharmaceutical cGMP and ISO 9001 regulations. Supported product development and validations. • Hosted 5-10 customer audits annually. These customers produced pharmaceutical, food and medical products. No non-conformance's were identified.• Responsibility for training and enabling professional development of 10 employees. Successfully advanced two employees and changed career ladder for another. Reduced department turnover rate to zero.• Successfully utilized new company on-boarding process to recruit and develop three employees who are recognized as high performers.• Led the reduction of customer complaints by 30% by implementing CAPA plans to track RCFA actions and ensure completion, and more effective communication with customers. • Developed Share Point sites to manage data and collaboration with internal and external customers and suppliers.• Division trainer for QM modules of SAP to insure division users were skilled in using advanced toolsets.

Leadership role in material master development and migration from legacy systems to SAP. Developing and delivering process improvements to global supply chain and providing SAP support and developments.• Project management leader to install and integrate third party software for NAFTA documentation and certification into company ERP Systems. This permitted the reduction of personnel to support the NAFTA program and improved the response time to the customer.• Project management leader to develop and implement NAFTA and export program product compliance. This project insured that the company was in compliance with federal export programs.• Traveled globally to train supply chain personnel in material master set-up and configuration to better understand integration with other modules such as planning, purchasing, SD, finance, quality and manufacturing. This insured seamless startups with few issues on day one of the cut-over from the legacy systems to new corporate systems.• Project Management Leader for data cleansing and migration of material master and inventory from multiple legacy systems to SAP R/3 for multiple US and European acquisition sites to insure seamless startups with few issues on day one of the cut-over from the legacy systems to new corporate systems. Included were the acquisition of Lawter, Hercules, ABCO and Jaeger. Worked closely with Information Technology to ensure project goals were achieved and timelines kept. This effort saved 10MM per year in maintaining five different computer systems and the costs associated with the consolidation of quarterly financials.

Leadership role in business model development and migration from legacy systems to JDEdwards OneWorld for European acquisition sites, and for integration of company into Eastman and their SAP system. • Core Team member to develop key business requirements for supply chain, manufacturing and finance, then to evaluate and select an ERP system to replace AS400 legacy system. This effort saved 1MM per year in maintaining five different computer systems and the costs associated with the consolidation of quarterly financials.• Core Team member during European acquisition site visits for business process and manufacturing process documentation. This lead to the successful implementation of JDEdwards at several European plants. • Developed ERP business model, using the North American and European business requirements, for customer and vendor master, material master, purchasing, receiving and inventory for implementation of JDEdwards.• Led cross module integration testing for purchasing, sales, logistics, manufacturing, inventory and financials to ensure that the business model was fully developed and there were no gaps. Developed and documented system configuration and developed training manuals for purchasing and inventory modules. • Led material master development, configuration, classification and migration from legacy systems to SAP R/3 for McWhorter’s North American plants.

Leadership role in corporate purchasing department.• Negotiated annual contracts on $200M spend for key raw materials for eight McWhorter locations. • Project Management Leader to develop and implement purchasing system enhancements. This included a raw material forecasting system to provide accurate monthly and quarterly raw material forecasting for sales to forecast finished product costs. • Corporate trainer for purchasing and inventory systems.• Achieved annual cost savings of $8.4M through building and utilizing supplier relationships to build partnerships and create win/win situations.

Responsibility for contracting, forecasting and inventory management of raw materials of over $5M. Managed daily purchasing for two West Coast plants (Portland and Los Angeles) in Portland. Responsibility for Physical Inventory process for Portland, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia sites.• Reduced inventory levels by 20%.• Increased inventory turns by 10%.• Reduced obsolete inventory by 50%.• Responsibility to ensure adequate raw material inventories to support manufacturing requirements while ensuring corporate inventory goals are maintained. • Management of daily inventories including BOM completions, and raw material receipts for Portland and Los Angeles plants. • Responsibility for Bi-annual physical inventory process and reconciliation for Portland, Los Angeles and Philadelphia plants.

Responsible for inventory reconciliation and accounts payable. Responsible for developing new products and scaling up in production.• Daily inventory responsibility including BOM completions, raw material receipts and customer shipments.• Monthly inventory reconciliation of product inventory cards.• Manage annual physical inventory process and reconciliation.• Develop new products in laboratory, develop initial production BOM’s and follow initial production run, then develop final BOM for production,

Master Of Information Systems, Data Administration And Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Chemistry, Political Science