Accomplished supply chain professional with end-to-end experience in driving change for my stakeholders. Expert in ERP implementation & digital planning projects; consistently delivering value via cost reductions, efficiency improvements, and streamlined process design. Experienced service leader, capable of working cross-functionally to deliver high-quality results on-time and at-cost for the customer.
• Conceptualized commodity strategy, sourcing goods at the best total value to both the internal & external customer.
• Managed $80 million in annual turbine casting spend; leading supplier contract negotiations, tracking market trends, and tailoring commodity strategy to mitigate risk to the supply chain across key spend, delivery, and quality metrics.
• Implements cost-reduction projects with suppliers, working collaboratively to remove cost from
the value stream with one project in 2021 yielding a projected savings of $1.4 million through life of contract.
• Leads sourcing process from procure-to-pay, compliantly managing RFQ's and contracts with the supplier per US government regulations and per customer requirements.
• Develops, implements, and maintains supply plans with vendors across several categories, mitigating potential risks to the continuation of supply and working cross-functionally with customer-facing programs, commercial teams, and engineering to meet demand.
• Forecasts demand upstream as well as manages supplier-level projects ranging from new part roll- outs to product transfers, “right-first-time” quality plans, and commercial initiatives.
• Managed $34 million of annual spend in 2019-20 across 28 suppliers, driving down past due orders by $4 million in the first 6 months of management supporting several Department of Defense programs.
• Mentor to new MRP Controllers at Rolls-Royce, training several teammates and acting as SAP subject matter expert for supply chain team.
• Performed weekly performance management tasks using Tableau, Excel, and SAP to pull data, monitor key metrics, and present conclusions to centralized procurement leadership. Designed and rolled out new “Performance Dashboard” tracking these metrics and reports over time.
• Managed internationally-based project team, leading 6 teammates across 3 continents to streamline supplier spend through the application of several KPI’s, reducing supply base by a projected 15%.
• Redesigned material replenishment system, reducing inventory gap by a projected $990k per year by implementing a just-in-time system. Additionally, performed several “Make v. Buy” analyses and presented these conclusions to plant management.
• Assisted in management of southern plant warehouse, redesigning work instructions to ensure proper inventory management.