deborah morris

* CIRCOR CORP - $900M Company * Instrumentation Technologies Division - $55M * Increased inventory accuracy by 12% by coaching and implementing best in class practices and problem solving methods. Reduced inventory by $900K dollars. * Supervised Purchasing, Logistics and Inventory managers, two analysts and 25 hourly employees * Lead three Kaizen events to optimize purchasing supermarkets, improve customer return process and reduce obsolete inventory. Implemented lean concepts in purchasing.

* SEALED AIR CORP. - $5B Company * Specialty Products Division - $800M * Participated on a Green belt team that resulted in an approximate saving of $900K dollars at the Texas plant that supported annual sales revenue of $25M dollars * Led a team focused on reducing customer returned inventories and achieved a $200K dollar reduction, from an average of $460K dollars Jan 07 – Sep 07 * Implemented statistical forecasting using SMART forecasting and SAP – APO software. Implemented a Demand Consensus process that engaged Field Sales and Product Managers, and improved forecast accuracy by 5% in 2007 and 2008 * Implemented SAP 4.7 PP & MM Jun – Dec 08, by working on master data accuracy, educated schedulers on MRP in SAP, and MRP concepts. SME for Chesapeake MIMI Finite Scheduling tool.

* ALCAN INC. - $25B Company * Alcan Packaging: Beauty Business Unit - $280M * Reduced transportation costs by $288K on an annualized basis in 2005, versus a $4.5M dollar budget * Led a 6 Sigma team that reduced inventories by $5.7M dollars versus a total inventory of $27M dollars * Managed a diverse staff of 8 direct reports and 25 functional reports at 5 plant sites in the US, CN and MX * Implemented Supply Chain metrics: On-time shipments, inventory-days of sales, inventory accuracy, supplier performance, forecast accuracy and S&OP measures * Improved the Sales and Operations process that supported the inventory reduction, implemented a Demand Consensus process, and upgraded the forecasting software: Demand Solutions

* ALBEMARLE CORP. * 2B Company * Catalyst and Additives Business Unit * 150M * Increased SAP 4.6 utilization by 40%, by implementing the use of SAP 4.6: Flexible Planning, Forecasting/Demand Planning-S&OP module, Planning Tables (capacity planning), Bills of Materials and Routings/Work Centers

* Carpet Business Unit - $300M * Materials Manager/(Business Operations Planner - Atlanta, Georgia (06/97 – 04/99) * Reduced finished goods inventory by $400K without impacting customer service, from an overall inventory of $22M dollars * Led successful team to reduced production changeovers by 30%, through reductions in the product portfolio * Functional team led for the implementation of SAP 4.0, Chesapeake MIMI (linear program) and Demand Solutions (forecasting software). Developed and implemented key process improvements in: forecasting, master scheduling and inventory accuracy (cycle counting) at three plant sites

* Heat Transfer Fluids Business Unit * 180M Supply Chain Supervisor * St. Louis, Missouri (08/95 – 06/97)

Integrated Planning and Scheduling, Logistics, Warehousing and inventory control

Research and Development LLDPE