Description
Areas of Expertise: - Purchasing, Contracts, and Administration - Strategic Planning - Contract Negotiations - Production and Operations Planning - Materials Control - Supply Chain Management - Financial Management - Process Improvements CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS * Strategic Enhancements * Identified and implemented key changes to scheduling coordination between plants and international facility operations, reducing pipeline, eliminating a costly inventory system, and increasing on-time performance from 64% order fills to 93%. * Impacted the bottom line by over $3M annually with successful negotiation of reduced price and contract terms with principal vendors on equipment, spare parts, and supplies. * Spearheaded the implementation of an online order entry/forecasting system for a company's $10M European service parts business. Saved $20M in inventory. Organizational Restructuring * Principal role in the restructuring of products/services for a $9Billion medical supply firm. Generated over $2M in overhead reductions and process improvements for two foreign affiliates. * Orchestrated the reorganization of distribution processes, decreasing inventories by 30% and storage requirements by 33% without negatively impacting services. * Successfully reduced inventories by more than $90M through improved planning of production, and resale of excess inventories. Reduced materials staff by 30%.