Experience

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  Trillium Health Care Products

  • Canada
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Senior Procurement Specialist

    • May 2020 - Present

    • Responsible for procurement of all raw materials used in manufacturing. Annual spend of ~$40-$45 million.• Source new suppliers/raw materials.• Manage relationships with all suppliers. Provide regular forecast information to ensure supply and reduce lead times. • Negotiate pricing.• Regularly work with customers and senior management.• Member and contributor to multiple supply chain and project management teams.• Regularly recommend and implement procurement process improvements.

  • Demand Planner/Supply Chain Analyst, Master Scheduler, Buyer

    • Mar 2010 - May 2020

    • Master scheduler for all solid dose and semi-solids manufacturing and packaging operations.• Raw material buyer for all pharmaceutical solid dose bulk tablet manufacturing.• Primary responsibility of role to achieve 100% customer service, while optimizing operational efficiencies (minimizing changeover time), and balance labour and machine centre capacity. When I started in 2010, the customer service level across our facility was only 30%. As a result of process improvements and demand and scheduling management, our customer service level is now 100%.• Conduct regular analysis and reviews of short and long-term capacity with management.• Key member of project teams including new product introductions and lean initiatives.• Function as a key bridge between supply chain, operations, engineering, quality, and customers.

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  St. Lawrence Parks Commission

  • Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  • Fort Fright Scare Actor

    • Sep 2018 - Present
    • Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Seasonal scare actor at Fort Fright.

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  Haunted Walks, Inc.

  • Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  • Tour Guide

    • Jul 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Lead ghost tours dramatically sharing stories about haunted hotels, hidden burial grounds, grave robbings, hangings at the old courthouse, and Kingston’s famous haunted courtyard.

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  Ludlow Technical Products Canada Limited (Tyco Healthcare/Covidien)

  • Gananoque, Ontario

  • Planner/Buyer

    • Jul 2005 - Feb 2010
    • Gananoque, Ontario

    • Planned production of finished goods to meet customer requirements.• Purchased raw materials to meet production and inventory goals (Just In Time).• Developed and monitored key metrics for process improvement and supplier management.

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  Empire Life

  • Kingston, Ontario

  • Business Communications Specialist

    • Mar 2004 - Jul 2005
    • Kingston, Ontario

    • Wrote articles, head office circulars, promotional materials, and web site copy.• Coordinated the creation, production, and distribution of the monthly “Focus” newsletter.• Edited and approved external marketing collaterals prior to publication.

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  Sanmina

  • Pointe-Claire, Quebec

  • Production/Material Planner

    • Aug 2003 - Oct 2003
    • Pointe-Claire, Quebec

    • Managed production to satisfy customer demand and meet inventory objectives.• Worked with production to gain agreement on delivery of critical customer demands.• Expedited critical materials needed to meet customer’s year-end objectives.

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  Sanmina

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

  • Product Transfer Coordinator/Master Scheduler

    • Jul 2002 - May 2003

    • Managed 250 active product codes (equivalent to $24 million in annual sales) considering customer forecast requirements, safety stock levels, and manufacturing capacity.• Worked to ensure a seamless transfer of production from Canada to Guadalajara, Mexico.• Trained Sanmina-SCI Mexico employees and helped to develop processes and techniques needed to successfully manage the Nortel Networks business portfolio.

  • Planner/Buyer

    • Apr 1999 - Jul 2002

    • Created the master production schedule respecting forecast, capacity, and material constraints.• Managed daily meetings to gain agreement on delivery of critical customer demands and ensure that production had enough work to meet output and productivity objectives.• As a buyer, responsible for material procurement to satisfy production and inventory objectives.• Negotiated pricing and delivery requirements with suppliers.• Established VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) relationships with suppliers.

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  Nortel Networks

  • Brockville, Ontario

  • Marketing Communications Specialist

    • Feb 1998 - Apr 1999
    • Brockville, Ontario

    • Created marketing and sales collateral to support account objectives.• Administered and updated the Liberation Headset external and internal web sites.• Coordinated collateral and catalog production and advertising with outside vendors.• Conducted competitive research and communicated this information to the marketing team.• Prepared and distributed press releases and wrote articles for magazines and trade shows.• Arranged and directed product and application photography.• Ensured consistency of external communications with Nortel Networks standards.

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  Queen's University

  • Kingston, Ontario

  • Project Coordinator

    • 1994 - 1995
    • Kingston, Ontario

    Working within the Department of Alumni Affairs:• Conducted benchmarking research of the Queen’s Alumni Association against the world’s best.• Produced a variety of newsletters, brochures, press releases, and programs.Project Accomplishments:• Managed project entitled, Queen's Alumni: A Legacy of Achievement, presenting Queen's graduates as role models for current students.• Designed and edited The Volunteer Voice, a regular newsletter sent to Queen's Alumni. • Conducted interviews and wrote several articles for the Queen's Alumni Review magazine.• Wrote, edited, and designed the layout of the Queen's Alumni Branches Handbook.• Designed activity guide and class reunion planning guidelines for Queen’s Alumni Weekend.