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Waukesha, Wi, Us

Generac Energy Technology’s residential battery energy storage system + the associated battery technology global supply chain SME.

Brown Deer, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for master planning and procurement strategy.Brought novel & strategic supply chain concepts into TAPCO and built dynamic tools to focus upon and highlight the criticality of data-fed monthly & quarterly SIOP performance.

Alpharetta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for demand and supply planning for the industrial battery and transportation (automotive) battery businesses with Stryten in the US.Drove sustained planning growth and execution in both businesses.Created revived supply chain visibility toolset.

Glendale, Wisconsin, Us

**Position eliminated in May 2020 following a supply chain planning team restructuring**Formerly Johnson Controls Power Solutions.Lead regional planning team through centralized planning implementation of Logility SP and normalization of business processes.Empowered and mentored a team of five regional planners in the US supporting all plants in the US & Canada with connection points in EMEA & Mexico. Drove consistent overall customer orderfill to >90% across the US network.Maintained inventory supply to demand mix at 94%+.Monitored the US network, sought opportunities for supply line efficiency, and developed repeatable, proactive supply interruption plans.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Scope expansion to all inventory in the US at the strategic level.Responsible for inventory mix, inventory strategy (prebuild, safety stock, and age management), and inventory information accuracy for all of the US plants. Overviewed throughout the supply chain from components to customer-finished batteries.Lead development of Excel-based inventory tool with senior inventory analyst to create inventory target inputs for Logility SP.Inventory target model built on inventory ABC classification, demand seasonality, and customer-specific inputs.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Scope expansion to all inventory for all customers in all channels in the U.S. with direct contact with our Mexico supply chain team.Responsible for quality of inventory, aging inventory mitigation actions, current inventory review, inventory mix decisions, and start-of-life/end-of-life inventory consumption strategic planning.Bridged marketing / sales with customer service / operations / and supply chain to direct business operations and influence customer behavior.Reviewed monthly forecast / true demand signals to make data-driven decisions for cross-country inventory moves for thousands of batteries each month to better serve our customers.Made centralized allocation decisions to best utilize overseas batteries at the U.S. shipping plants.Negotiated and implemented inventory consumption projects with various account leaders to minimize obsolescence risk of aging and stranded inventory – OE, OES, and aftermarket impacts.Planned and optimized nearly 800,000 units in stocking orders at truckload quantity / truckload weight to give plants throughput gains in June, July, August, September, and October 2017.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Scope expansion to largest aftermarket customer and all OE customers.Piloted and utilized the FourKites freight-tracking application between Power Solutions and Interstate Batteries.Earned front-line supply chain responsibility for our largest aftermarket customer and all original equipment customers in Power Solutions.Planned obsolescence assessment actions with three large OE accounts to keep larger organization informed.Supported supply chain efforts for a successful GM OE battery launch project involving the US, Germany, and Korea.Fielded concerns from our customers’ headquarters to keep business focused on key initiatives.Planned inventory for U.S. plants to be ready for Honda OES launch in March/April 2016.Reported and executed on recovery efforts for a European-supplied battery constraint from November 2016 through March 2017.Arranged targeted, direct truckload shipments from our plant in Toledo and one of our East Coast warehouses direct into customer distributor locations during winter season 2016/2017.Coordinated and executed on a special project with our largest customer, their distributors across the U.S., and our Yuma Distribution Center on site in Yuma, AZ, in December 2015 and January 2016.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Scope expansion to battery inventory, VMI customer management, and OES customers.Achieved first through sixth highest point-of-sale at AutoZone, in terms of battery sales in 2014, through vendor-managed inventory.Collaborated with account management and our external customer supply chain/category management team to anticipate and plan detailed execution strategies.Measured my performance by DC Outs at AutoZone’s eight distribution centers and brought total DC Outs to a three year low of 144 units in November 2013.Successfully launched Lawn & Garden stocking program ahead of yearly sales spike in March 2014.Extended Life battery program was a coordinated effort to ramp up and ramp down 20 SKUs in five AutoZone distribution centers supplied by four Johnson Controls plants.Part of team to win AutoZone’s ‘Extra Miler Award’ in May 2014 and May 2015 and part of team to win the Johnson Controls ‘Chairman’s Award’ in December 2014.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Began career scope with all customer battery labeling needs for all U.S. plants.Procurement support for SAP implementation in our Geneva, IL facility spending the month of July 2012 onsite in Geneva.Responsible for lead-acid battery label commodity which included labeling needs for all Johnson Controls Power Solutions aftermarket and original equipment customers.Developed label suppliers to equal levels of manufacturing capability to create supply network flexibility.

Dulles, Virginia, Us

Responsibilities:- Machine shop scheduling and monitoring- Capacity planning of bottleneck workflow process- Relationship creation with each area floor manager- Reconciliation of inventory and location verification

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Hard & Soft Trim Department- Trained on more than 40 line responsibilities during second summer of employment- Worked with a large variety of individuals requiring the need for effective communication- Did not have more than two consecutive days of any one job to perform

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Hard & Soft Trim Department - Mobile amongst line responsibilities on a daily & weekly basis.- Classified as a ‘multi-functional employee’ and recognized by various line managers for consistent work output.- Referred by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for a second summer of employment.

Janesville, Wisconsin, Us

Responsibilities:- Gas inventory recording for 10 grocery stores & data entry prep for manager.- Gift card & coupon sorting and filing.- Employee document filing.- Trash collection and removal to main grocery store trash facilities.