Greater Philadelphia
Dedicated Supply Chain professional with a successful history of working in the produce and automotive industries. Excels in inventory management, demand planning and forecasting, purchasing and logistics. I am a trustworthy and reliable procurement professional with an MBA focused in Finance from DeSales University.
-Develop and manage strategic initiatives that monitor and improve supplier performance by executing continuous improvement plans to achieve goals which include fill rate, inventory reductions, cost savings, and sales -Develop solutions to complex problems that require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovation utilizing business and data management tools. -Execute supplier relationship management program to ensure alignment with company and product strategies. -develop and negotiate with suppliers to provide the best pricing, serviceability, and quality leveraging tools such as commodity trends and market conditions. -Evaluate and recommend suppliers to support new product development and cost savings initiatives. -participate as cross functional team actively working toward successful implementation of team goals and objectives.
-Responsible for maintaining product fill rates on key product lines. -Maintain processes to provide data to management in a timely manner regarding fill rates and logistics of purchase orders -Assess and improve supply chain processes and communication with vendors. -Analyze current inventory levels and evaluate the need to expedite or de-expedite purchase orders. -Place replenishment orders based upon reorder requirements and manage inventory levels on a sku by sku basis. -Assist SAP system implementation and integration testing.