Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Career Sourcing Professional impacting businesses by improving efficiencies in global supply chains. An aspiring influential leader in Sourcing and Strategy, I better my organization and community through creative and innovative thinking to find new and sustainable solutions for emerging problems.
Manage supplier relationships, contracting, and strategy for wireless and wireline telecom for North America and LATAM on behalf of WW Ops Negotiated over $5M in cost reduction and improved payment terms for VARs unlocking $1.5M+ in free cashflow
Oversaw Supply Chain structure for global VAR category accounting for $1B+ in spend across network, infrastructure, and end user equipment devices Drove risk mitigation efforts for FC network hardware preventing site impacts for 21 sites despite supply chain shortages Collaborated with engineering to identify alternative network solutions to improve supply flexibility and availability Owned supplier readiness for global VAR category covering inventory availability, order placement, new product launch, OTIF, and risk mitigation
Establish and implement strategy for $50M spend for machined cast components for all business units Champion engineering interaction to drive improved supplier capabilities and refined category strategy Generate over $1M in cost reduction through supplier projects.
Identify and develop suppliers for unique components to support launch of R2.8 Turbo Diesel Crate Engine Resolved over $500K backorders thru No Source resolution including 85% PN reduction for large customer Coordinate strategy, cost-reduction, and risk mitigation efforts for RPM & SSF category parts Provided more than $300K savings from customer focused 6 Sigma manage ongoing projects for supplier recovery and supply continuity
Teach sections of 30+ students on business analytics and problem solving techniques including data cleansing, statistics, dashboards, optimization, and simulation using Excel as a tool Provide input and feedback on course content including case studies and dashboard techniques Mitigate and resolve conflict among students students during group projects
Provided a channel of communication between teaching assistants and course coordinators Scheduled 15 TAs to meet office hour requirements incorporating preferences and skill level Hosted office hours to answer individual questions for an average of 20 students
Designed Excel files for integrated PPAP tracking Mapped Purchasing tasks in VPI process for workload balancing analysis Created a Supplier Selection and Scorecard interface to drive consistent sourcing decisions Developed Excel files for Distribution Business forecast sales and optimally allocate global inventory