Experience

Celera Motion, A Novanta Company

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NPI Buyer and Compliance Lead

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Supply chain liaison for new product introductions. Identify suppliers for new products. Create drawing and spec packages to RFQ and negotiate pricing before product launch. Work with current suppliers to complete updates when components or products change. Identify and propose replacement components to alleviate supply chain risk. Risk planning to identify long term supply risks with suppliers or components. Create and execute parallel paths to minimize project timeline slip. Manage multiple projects at once and maintain time lines. Problem solve build constraints and propose design changes to better suit supply chain movement. Place PO's for prototypes and expense items to facilitate projects.



Inmotion

• Sweden
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Master Scheduler

  • Jan 2020 - Feb 2022

  Managed and planned demand across all product lines based on current capacity. Created Excel macros to extract and convert forecast data to a SAP friendly format. Inserted and manipulated forecast data. Customer support rep for internal orders; receiving, entering, modifying sales orders. Review and confirm all incoming orders against forecast and product line capacity. Manipulated planned orders. Converted planned orders to production orders. Change\solve production order related problems. Run reports to identify inventory discrepancies. Identify and solve production orders with errors.



Kollmorgen

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buyer/Planner

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2020

  Oversee daily on-time delivery goals. Create new purchase orders and maintain blanket purchase agreements. Plan and execute on customer expedite requests. Ensure suppliers deliver on-time. Identify and execute on PPV opportunities.

• Shipping Administrator

  • Apr 2008 - Jan 2017

  Team leader in the following areas: ITAR and EAR controlled exportsQuality improvementsEfficiency improvementsCost reductionsDepartmental flow Filing and paperwork reductionSoftware and hardware implementationsMachine maintenanceSupply replenishmentCorrective actionsProduct identificationHazardous material shipments both domestically and internationally



Danaher Corporation

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Test and Final Inspector

  • Sep 2006 - Apr 2008

  Testing products to customer specificationDocumenting failuresRoot cause analysisMeasuring and recording physical product specifications per customer specificationsWriting non-conformance reportsTroubleshooting testing failures on the fly

• Receiving Associate

  • Nov 2005 - Aug 2006

  Receiving incoming material Working with production on the receipt of priority productReducing paperwork errorsImplementing 5SInspection of incoming material to meet specificationsWriting discrepant material reportsLeader on process improvements