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Managing a team of 9 executing sourcing strategy and planning for flight grade hardware and all production related indirect procurement for our headquarters.

Managed a team of 7+ execute nationwide strategy on production consumables including industrial supplies, capital equipment, construction, chemicals, and raw materials as well as our e-commerce punchout platform and corporate card program

Directed the nationwide strategy for industrial supplies consumables

Managed capital equipment purchasing for metalworking, additive manufacturing, and electronics PCBA production as well as industrial supplies consumables including metalworking, abrasives, adhesives, chemicals and raw material

Managed the forecasting, contract negotiation, and delivery execution for a supply base supporting the contingent labor program as well as outsourced engineering services.

Utilize lean methodology and leverage best practices to improve our capital parts planning and allocation process for our global supply chain through implementing automated solutions, driving advanced analytics, and new process development to support both internal manufacturing planning and external component purchasing.Training Completed:• Oracle Demantra Real-Time Sales & Ops Planning Fundamentals• Oracle Demantra Demand Management Fundamentals• Project Management Fundamentals at GE (October 2014)• Influencing Skills at GE (September 2014)

Led a team in the procurement and deflation strategy of indirect material purchases totaling $7M for our airfoils manufacturing facility

Managed the creation of part production methods, while also working with cross functional teams to develop machining strategy for new product introduction, and responsible for root cause analysis of quality issues or part drawing updates and translating changes to processes in production.Training Completed:• Geomagic Control 2014 with Geomagic Wrap 2014 (August 2013)• NX7.5 CAD/CAM for GE (October 2012)• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (March 2013)• 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity by Franklin Covey (October 2013)

Manage payroll, production, quality, discipline, and safety in a manufacturing environment• Managed a shift of 40 hourly employees and 10+ contractors to deliver 250K airfoils per year• Designed an access database to reduce scheduling time by 50% for Ops Leaders and reduce WIP at our first two operations by >10%• Drove the creation and implementation of a contractor training program by designing operation specific training and successfully training over 20 contractors allowing us to bring new employees up to speed more efficiently

Worked with Quality Value Engineers to achieve deflation on current active parts by assisting in data analytics and margin evaluation of current supplier base, and performing full analysis and running onsite lean events with suppliers to reduce working capital while passing through savings to GE supplied product

Managed the release of engine production kits to the warehouse floor for picking and packing of multiple aviation engine lines. Prioritized orders based on internal customer demand and provided detailed schedule updates of shipping orders.