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Fortune Brands Innovations, with sales of $5.5 billion, is a brand, innovation, and channel leader (Moen, Master Lock, Sentry Safe, Therma-Tru and Larson Doors, Fiberon Decking, and more) focused on exciting, supercharged growth opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our newly aligned organization and 12,000 associates are positioned to accelerate growth and productivity.Responsible for Global Supply Chain Strategy for Fortune Brands Innovations. More than 250 degreed professionals report to this role globally across 19 companies, including the Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Data Analytics, Global Inventory, and Customer Service.

Fortune Brands Water Innovations with net sales of $2.6 billion, designs for water, delivering beautiful, innovative products to last a lifetime.Water Innovations is anchored by the powerhouse Moen brand with its industry-leading margins and exciting innovations in digital home water management. Additionally, we’ve created a strong collection of luxury brands – including Rohl, Riobel, Shaws, and more – under the House of Rohl. From traditional and artisanal styles to the latest in-home tech, our faucets, tubs, disposals, and kitchen sinks meet any consumer’s needs.Responsible for the Supply Chain Center of Excellence, Analytics, Sales & Operations Planning, Master Production Scheduling, Global Inventory, and Customer Service.

Canonsburg, Pa, Us

Venetia Partners' specialty is simplifying business operations and strengthening supply chains in relation to the time-critical financial outcomes associated with under-performance, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Performance Alloys & Composites (PAC) is a division of Materion Corporation (a $1.5 billion Advanced Materials company). PAC is a fully vertically integrated advanced materials manufacturer starting with a mine in Delta, Utah with seven North American manufacturing facilities and six sales and distribution facilities (Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; Stuttgart, Germany; Hong Kong; Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan) selling products into over sixty countries.Major worldwide markets served are Aerospace, Automotive, Bearings, Consumer Devices, Data Storage, Defense, Electronic Connectors, Fuel Cells, Industrial Equipment, Oil and Gas, Marine, Medical, Mining, Nuclear, Plastic Tooling, Resistance Welding, Solar, Space, Telecommunications Equipment and Undersea.Global responsibility for providing cross-functional leadership and continuous improvement in the following areas: procurement, sales & operations planning, service center/warehouse management, inventory management, production planning & scheduling, transportation/logistics, customer service, order management, strategic pricing, business system development, and data analytics.

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

Performance Alloys & Composites (PAC) is the result of combining three separate Materion divisions into one over the past five years. Initially, Performance Alloys was a stand-alone division in Materion for over 20 years. In 2014, Beryllium and Composites was merged with PA, creating a new division called the Performance Metals Group (PMG). In 2016, Technical Materials Inc. was merged with PMG, creating a new division called PAC.The goal of Supply Chain Management (SCM) is to profitably serve our customers with excellence by streamlining the flow of materials and information across three divisions and eighteen product lines from raw material procurement through shipment to the customer. PAC SCM manages 48 product families with 163 subfamilies sold across 20 markets into over 60 countries. The SCM group, comprised of over 130 associates, ensures that all daily activities of the global supply chain are executed accurately and efficiently.Select accomplishments:– Redesigned North American, Asia/Pacific, and European distribution networks, resulting in significantly lower operating costs and inventory reduction with no impact on customer service.– Completed the analysis, design, and implementation of SAP in seven North American facilities and five international facilities (England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore). – Established Sales and Operations Planning processes and software across multiple business units.– Implemented strategic pricing systems, CRM systems, advanced production scheduling techniques, and ShipERP (TMS) to optimize the usage of SAP.– Founding member of the Lead Procurement Council for the company, leveraging spend across all 39 Materion sites driving significant year-over-year cost savings.– Implemented Drum-Buffer-Rope/Buffer Management pull system across all product lines impacting RM, WIP, and FG inventory.– Serve as a Materion Internal Consultant providing expertise on supply chain best practices.

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

Responsible for sales & operations planning, master data management, inventory management, production planning and scheduling, forecasting/demand management, purchasing, business system development, and transportation and logistics. - Constructed the North American supply chain organization from inception to launch to execution.- Championed the implementation of the Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing along nine distinct supply chains within the Alloy division. - Implemented Drum-Buffer-Rope and Distribution Replenishment across three plants and seven service centers resulting in significant improvement in bottleneck changeover times, manufacturing cycle times, direct variable costs per pound, and on-time delivery.

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

Directed all planning and execution of a $12 million product line including sales, marketing, manufacturing, quality, engineering, purchasing, and accounting with full P&L responsibility.– Successfully developed a long-term growth strategy to ensure business profitability. – Increased sales from $6.7 million to $12 million by streamlining the product flow.

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

Implemented Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) across the division to improve the communication link between sales, marketing, manufacturing, and R&D. Specific areas addressed included forecasting, demand planning, inventory control, supply planning, logistics, production planning, and scheduling.

Senior Manager– Managed a Supply Chain Reengineering Diagnostic, Detail Design, and Implementation project for a $400 million manufacturer of specialty metals. Coordinated a team of ten to thirty full-time resources to redesign key supply chain business processes (Sales & Operations Planning, Order Management, Logistics, Customer Service, and Plant Material Flow) resulting in an identified one-time benefit of $25 million and $6 million in annualized savings.– Managed an Information Technology Strategy project for a specialty metals manufacturer to determine how information technology could be used more effectively to support the business strategy and anticipated future growth of the corporation.– Managed a Reengineering Diagnostic and Detail Design project for a $2 billion manufacturer of polyethylene resins. Coordinated a team of eight full-time and fifteen part-time resources to redesign essential manufacturing business processes resulting in an identified $18 million in annualized savings.Senior Consultant– Managed teams of two to eight individuals in the implementation of plant-wide production systems at a $1.5 billion multinational manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin and PVC compound. Reduced raw material day’s coverage by 40% and order-to-shipment cycle time by 30%. Established key performance measures to ensure continuous improvement.– Performed an operations review and productivity improvement study for a $2.3 billion consumer products company. Identified savings of $7 million annually.

Ms, International Logistics & Supply Chain Strategy

Mba, Finance / It

Bba, Marketing