Supply Chain Specialist resume example

• Planning of procurement, production, inventory control, logistics and distribution for 14 million in inventory; Raw & Finished goods
• Liaison for international steel distributor purchases and domestic customer sales Managed customer and vendor financial accounts by assisting with late payments, price changes & price negotiation under manager's approval
• Lead in identifying and establishing new vendors for outsourcing slitting process to align with cost saving initiatives and maximize capacity Decreased aged inventory value by $38,000 in a month by reselling scrap and/or re-slitting inventory for sell to other customers Developed, standardized, & documented Quality claims process for non-conforming claims and return material for customers and suppliers
• Reduced financial loss and increased financial returns by 10% on claims by creating visibility and tracking within process to manage financials for returns and scrap
• Managed complex customer account requirements & objectives via process enhancements & on-site visits to deliver high quality customer service & improved customer relations I have been promoted through a series of progressively responsible positions with this multi-billion dollar Tier 1 global manufacturing supplier

I have been promoted through a series of progressively responsible positions with this multi-billion dollar Tier 1 global manufacturing supplier.

• Primary responsibility was 2.5 million in inventory start of FY07; reduced inventory by 40% by year-end Managed inventory control procedures, was accountable for a supply base of 30+ accounts and 1000+ materials on a daily basis Key player involved in initiating & establishing cost saving projects that targeted supplier cost savings of $50,000 to $100,000 annually by outsourcing Provided technical direction and managed supplier accounts through inventory controls and tracking to improve supplier delivery performance by 5%
• Instrumental in organizing Materials Employee Involvement (EI) teams which developed and implemented Safety, Quality, Increased productivity and cost saving activity that contributed to the sites initiatives to meet and or exceed all FY08 company performance goals
• Improved professional working relationships with suppliers by developing a partnership approach that fostered open communication
• Maintained open-purchase orders and system related functions using Oracle ERP database

• Assumed primary responsibility for Continuous Improvement Operations
• Instrumental in developing employees by increasing EI activity by 32%
• Facilitated 12 Process Improvement Events (PIE) targeting Safety, Quality, Productivity, process re-structuring by year end FY04 and FY05
• In FY05 PIE identified $450,000+ potential savings in total labor and equipment
• Succeeded employee suggestion goal by 40% by FY04 year-end; Succeeded FY05 goal by 10%
• Improved suggestion system through increased CI training and awareness, increased CI activity/employee involvement, implemented standard work processes for suggestion system, put into practice MS Access database and created template to track suggestion activity more efficiently
• Lead for Employee Involvement (EI) Team development.
• Improved EI team presence by training and supporting implementation of CI problem solving and improvement techniques; EI Teams increased from 29% of employees in FY04, to 46% of employees in FY05.
• In FY05 two of these EI teams were selected by Corporate Staff and awarded Best Business Excellence Team and Best Performance Excellence Team.
• One team was recognized for implementing several projects impacting customer satisfaction with the team producing minimal measurable savings of $310,000; The second team recognized for implementing various projects impacting efficiency of shipping and receiving operations
• Other responsibilities included managing annual operations, capital budgets (Labor & Burden), for CI projects as well as collaborating L&B initiatives' for the facility