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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 &.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.