Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
Supply Chain Manager with 15 years’ experience in dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing, and supplier environments. Proven leadership with the ability to manage projects in cross-functional team settings. Committed team player who is driven, accurate, and dependable, with an uncompromising work ethic.
• Supports cross-functional manufacturing and fulfillment teams by leading daily operational demand meetings for emergent parts/standards/raw materials. • Maintains daily/weekly part shortage data via ERP LN and eTrac systems. Utilizes pivot tables and V-Lookup functions within Excel to help generate reports accordingly. • Works with strict deadlines to analyze and identify potential inventory gaps and presents data to management and stakeholders via web meetings. • Manages purchase orders and maintains strong business communication with suppliers daily. • Utilizes business/data analytics to monitor and maintain health of current production system.
• State Audit Project Manager. Coordinated with Washington State Auditors to successfully perform Business Center annual audits. No findings for 7 years as Project Manager. • Identified and reported suspect problems to Financial Controller regarding contract violations of suppliers. • Maintained daily communication with both internal groups and suppliers regarding invoicing, delivery delays and order delinquencies. • Verified orders and invoice status for products and services. • Identified key inventory problems within the supply chain and communicated findings to management to help address with suppliers. • Communicated with multiple functions to identify risks in product delays. Improved on-time deliveries by 15 percent. • Participated in new business acquisition process of health care organization. Reviewed and combined revenue, contracts, and operations into current organization processes.
• Participated in development of proprietary information agreements between vendors and company. Identified issues and risks, then communicated across functions and provided translations for all internal and external stakeholders. • Provided assistance during bidder conferences including translation of production processes and personnel training. • Lead regular weekly meetings with suppliers to maintain open lines of communication regarding capability and supplier health during factory construction. • Participated in weekly supplier performance reviews. Prepared reports and translations of equipment commissioning and schedule adherence issues for factory startup. • Worked with supply chain management for enforcement of contract terms and conditions when vendor failed to meet manufacturing line startup milestones. • Released test product orders for introduction into construction market. Maintained order inventory for scheduled trade conferences. • During product certification, conducted marked research for product construction applications. Helped identify sources of supply and demand.
• Lead monthly inventory reviews of raw materials. Identified stock shortages and overages, then based on results, reported suspect problems, schedule impacts, and risks with management team. • Prepared detailed reports and translations of customer requirements including delivery terms and pricing for staff and management review. • Verified delivery documentation of raw materials and finished products including Material Safety Data Sheets. Ensured all documentation conformed to import and export requirements. • Participated in monthly root-cause analysis workshops to identify and reduce vendor related defects. Shared ideas for process improvements and ways to resolve order delinquencies and inventory plans. • Communicated with vendors and customers regarding delivery delays, wrong stock shipments, and violations of delivery terms.