Experience

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Licensed Real Estate Agent

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Real Estate is a Service Industry. I take pride and pleasure in providing clients my absolute best. Every day I find myself leveraging my many years of experience in industry combining problem solving and customer service skills. As a trained engineer and longtime corporate leader, I bring an attention to detail for the transaction as well as a nurturing customer-centric experience to your real estate needs. Call me for assistance on your next real estate opportunity! DRE # 02032915 Real Estate is a Service Industry. I take pride and pleasure in providing clients my absolute best. Every day I find myself leveraging my many years of experience in industry combining problem solving and customer service skills. As a trained engineer and longtime corporate leader, I bring an attention to detail for the transaction as well as a nurturing customer-centric experience to your real estate needs. Call me for assistance on your next real estate opportunity! DRE # 02032915



Equinix

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Procurement Governance & Systems

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Led global deployment team for Coupa as corporate Source to Pay solution in EMEA region. Coordinated issue tracking and resolution to ready the single instance solution for North American and APAC deployment in 2020. • Managed The Hackett Group as system integrator for Coupa design, configuration and EMEA deployment. • Directed the team that generated requirements, implemented and supported the use of Microsoft Power BI for Procurement Spend Analytics and Scout for Procurement Savings tracking. • Oversaw the transition and rewrite of Corporate Purchasing Policy from Finance to Procurement. Show less



Sabbatical: Professional

• Greater San Diego Area

• Exploring Opportunities

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2018

  Traveling the US in an Airstream When I made the decision to leave Honeywell in 2016, I did a lot of soul searching to understand what my next move might be. My husband and I decided to take a well deserved break and enjoyed traveling in our Airstream. Along the way, I accomplished some goals in real estate as well as satisfied my appetite for international travel before returning to the corporate workforce. • Obtained Cal DRE license, managed the marketing and successful rental of two luxury properties in Coronado. • Two-week Spanish immersion in Granada and Seville, Spain • Travel to Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Cuba, Iceland, France, Spain and Portugal. Show less



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, IT Business Partner - Global Supply Chain Functions

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2016

  • Developed and led a global IT team supporting corporate supply chain functions, including a logistics organization of 90+ distribution centers, transportation and trade operations, global sourcing, quality and sales, inventory, and operations planning. Continued leadership of the deployment of systems selected in previous role.· Competitively sourced and supervised Ernst & Young as professional services provider for SAP Enterprise Inventory and Service Level (EIS) deployment and knowledge transfer.· Led technical and functional team that developed requirements and design for inventory optimization project, including SAP EIS and E2Open for multi-echelon inventory planning and execution in Honeywell’s first cloud-based supply chain solution resulting in 3.2% improvement in on time shipments. Show less

• Director, IT Business Partner, Global Manufacturing Planning

  • Feb 2011 - Dec 2014

  · Completed 15-month international assignment in Eindhoven, Netherlands supporting the global supply chain team to better appreciate cultural differences and specific business requirements in EMEA.· Established blue print for Manufacturing Planning Solutions software to supplement ACS’ SAP functional design. Sourced SAP EIS and E2Open E2PR, satisfying multi-echelon supply planning requirements.· Led project to develop business intelligence (BI) reports for finished goods and raw material inventory calculations that recommended material replenishment strategy and enabled $30M inventory reduction.· Introduced monthly user forums for structured knowledge transfer within supply chain for demand and supply planning functions. Show less

• Director, Source to Pay Systems Solutions

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2011

  · Developed a team to establish source to pay governance model to capitalize on corporate scale and synergies across Honeywell’s four strategic business units.· Led cross-business unit team in developing common source to pay processes and systems. Included implementation of SAP’s Enterprise Buyer Professional (EBP) and other Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) modules in corporate-wide single instance architecture, interfacing with 6 different legacy systems.· Generated annual savings of more than $200M on $1.79B in spend throughput as second-level manager for SAP eSource corporate-wide deployment using reverse auctions.· Developed strategy and global implementation plans for common marketplace tool accessed via SAP and Oracle legacy systems, and managed corporate relationship with marketplace provider. Show less

• Process Leader, Automated Replenishment Systems

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

  • · Implemented electronic kanban systems in east coast production facilities in aerospace industry.· Generated inventory reduction and increased buyer productivity with inventory savings of $2.3M.· Defined SAP variant, enabling pull systems that supported low-volume, high-mix production environment.



General Motors

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, General Assembly Supply Chain Operations

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  · Led team accountable for planning and implementing material delivery processes to two automotive assembly lines, including responsibility for 100+ material handlers in General Assembly.· Conducted indirect labor analysis, implementing job element changes that resulted in $2.5M material handling labor reduction in a union environment.· Directed Lean materials program utilizing GM’s Production System (modeled after Toyota Production System), including visual shop floor controls and pull system implementation. Scored highest among all GM Assembly plants in internal audit.· Developed General Assembly supply chain business plan. Allocated higher level goals at team-level for accountability and developed tools to track progress using Hoshin planning methods (plan, do, check, act). Show less

• Manager, Service Parts Operations, Business Process Support

  • Sep 2001 - Jun 2005

  · Supervised team of 19 people tasked with designing, coding, and testing decision support systems using Microsoft tools for engineering, purchasing, inventory control, forecasting, warehousing, and distribution. · Represented Saturn on GM Service and Parts IT Council that developed GM's IT strategy. Developed and approved business cases for IT spending and ensured alignment with IT governance model.· Secured $10M project to implement common GM systems as SSPO participant in business process and systems integration project, a multi-year enterprise-wide systems convergence plan for Saturn.· Traveled to Japan to facilitate cooperative program between Saturn and Honda; focused on system modifications that enabled proper inventory tracking and payment of engine and transmission parts procured from Honda. Show less

• Additional Relevant Positions

  • Jul 1998 - Sep 2001

  · Manager, Vehicle Sales Analysis & Forecasting, responsible for S&OP for two automotive manufacturing plants.· Manager, Production Control & Logistics & Supply Chain Systems, managed two two teams that created the long-term capacity constrained supply plans for General Assembly, created the detailed scheduling and were responsible for the supply chain systems for all of Saturn’s integrated supply chain.· Team Leader, Supply Chain Systems, led team representing assembly and component manufacturing supply chain systems requirements development and IT vendor management.· Supply Chain Systems Analyst, General Assembly.· Material Scheduler, General Assembly. Show less