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Florida, United States

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Aerospace: Program & Project Management; FAA/EASA Part145: liaison between entity and governing municipals, FAA, Building & Planning, DERM - works with entities to remain in compliance; Develops Work Instructions and.
• Supplier Surveillance: monitoring suppliers and/or establishing recovery plan/track milestones for delayed production; work with suppliers with bottlenecks and schedules for Global Partners Solutions – Honeywell.
• Luxury Retail/Corporate: Vendor Relations; Supply Chain; Inventory; Bill of Material development; Promotional Pricing Retail; Configures and manages SKUs in ERP for existing and/or new store launch; Analyze historical.
• Marine, home, and mobile audio speakers: Capacity and demand planning for the entire production; Selects assortment for production based on forecast, trends and sales; Resolves material shortages; Determines safety.
• E-Commerce - Fulfillment/Distribution Center (B2B, B2C): Inventory/Materials monitoring; Vendor Relations; Purchase Orders - Supply Chain; Configures and manages SKUs in ERP; Analyze historical data and trends; issues.

Medley, Florida

• Supply Chain Optimization Manager (07/2011 - 02/2012)
• Appointed by the General Manager and Vice President of Operations to drive process change and develops strategies for Supply Chain that directly impacts Operations;
• Project Management: Utilizes management skills and knowledge of industrial and process engineering principles to oversee change management in order to achieve corporate initiatives;
• Works with a team to assist in business process improvement alongside other departmental partners within the company to resolve inefficiencies and reduce costs;
• Introduces strategies and oversees projects throughout all stages of implementation via coaching and documentation of sustainable solutions;
• Projects include Back-To-Stock and Reconciliation programs, Inventory Access Restrictions, Purchase vs. Inventory Balance Variances, Systems/Software Modifications, Engineering Changes and Controls for Production.

Port Saint Lucie, Florida

• Manages and develops processes for operations with aim to improve on-time delivery, quality and cost reduction across Production Control, Inventory, Supply Chain/Procurement and Shipping/Receiving Department;
• Compile, develop and analyze reports for scheduling and budgeting/P&L;
• Collaborates with supervisors and schedules production areas and reviews inventory demand and partake in developing reorder points;
• Analyzes process deviation with Quality Control to determine corrective action;
• Negotiates pricing, availability, and delivery schedule with suppliers based on company’s demands;
• Monitors raw material inventory activities and conducts cycle counts as needed;

• Reports directly to Manufacturing Engineering Manager and Quality Assurance Director; Oversees and monitors all data entering MRP/ERP system;
• Works with Finance and Cost Engineering to establish proper Cost Standards for Set-up, Labor, Materials, Routing and Operation Sequence of fabricated and sub assembled parts;
• Member of “IS Round Table” – Corporate and Local Information Systems Team for Applications and Data Management as it relates to the Business Unit and/or the Medley Facility;
• Ensures data integrity in regards to part number, drawings and other documents; Performs integrity checks on all data in the Item Master and Item Branch by way of Bill of Materials, Routing, Locations, General Ledger.
• Works with Supply Chain and Production by managing implementation of changes on build releases complete accuracy;
• Writes and implements all departmental procedures.

Medley, FL

• Oversees and directs Daily Cycle Count activities: sort and assign count sheets to cycle counters, investigates and identifies root cause of variances;
• Monitors inventory by commodities such as Hardware, Raw Material, Finished Goods, Supply/Demand Discrepancies, Excess & Obsolete - Aging Inventory and Part Usage; Liaison between Inventory and Production Control.
• Member of Change Control Board: approves/rejects engineering changes on jobs already in production; Generated KPI's for Inventory and Materials movement for the facility;
• Implemented standard processes for Physical Inventory in Miami and Arizona facilities;
• SME (Subject Matter Expert) for Inventory Management and IS Applications as it relates to Supply Chain; Performed in Kaizen events on behalf of Production Control and Inventory;
• Maintains and ensures 6S - Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, ISO practices and partakes in Kaizen events;

• Assist in managing system integrity as it pertains to work order processing and/or input of data;
• Responsible for inputs in Master Schedule for manufacturing (Seating, Cabinet and Spares);
• Strategize with supervisors, managers, and engineers to handle modifications to active jobs in process;
• Team with Vice President of Operations along with Manufacturing Supervisors to ensure Spare parts order deliveries in alignment with Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, JIT and ISO practices;
• Formulates flow of information from the Office of the Vice President of Operations to all other *Handles the Operations Department’s Human Resource issues as it pertains to time off, time sheets and miscellaneous legal.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Urban & Public Affairs

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration - Global Management