Jeanette Pardon

Lead strategic sourcing for direct materials, managing a $75M supplier portfolio while driving cost, quality, and delivery improvements. Coordinate cross‑functional teams to execute sourcing projects, APQP milestones, and launch readiness activities. Strengthen supplier performance and inventory alignment to ensure supply continuity and support plant operations.

Lead strategic sourcing for direct‑materials portfolio, driving cost, quality, and delivery gains. Align cross‑functional teams to meet APQP, launch, and supply‑continuity targets while strengthening supplier performance and inventory readiness to keep production running smoothly.

Lead customer and supplier PPAP teams while steering the full APQP process to ensure flawless launches and disciplined execution. Serve as the quality lead for new product introductions, part moves, plant transitions, and change control, driving alignment across engineering, operations, and supplier partners. As a certified ISO/IATF auditor, I champion compliance, operational readiness, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Lead the plant’s change control process, ensuring disciplined execution, cross‑functional alignment, and seamless implementation of engineering or production changes. Oversee the New Product Launch Process (RPS), driving readiness, quality, and on‑time execution across teams to support successful introductions and sustained operational performance.

Led MP&L operations for a three‑shift plant, directing a 21‑person team and shaping strategy across material flow, scheduling, warehousing, and delivery performance. Oversaw master scheduling, capacity planning, inventory strategy, and supplier management while driving sourcing initiatives that strengthened continuity and reduced risk. Served as the senior interface for customers and suppliers and governed ERP master data to standardize processes and elevate operational discipline across the plant.

Led an 8‑person Supply Chain organization, elevating team capability and strengthening performance across materials, planning, logistics, and supplier management. Delivered major improvements in quality, delivery, and cost—including a 30% freight reduction—while overseeing planning, launches, engineering changes, and ERP data governance to drive operational accuracy and continuous improvement.

Led all customer and supplier management to ensure smooth material and production flow. Strengthened planning, inventory, and logistics performance by governing ERP data, managing the master schedule for a three‑shift operation, re‑establishing JIT and Kanban systems, and improving warehouse and inventory accuracy.

Strengthened shipping and logistics performance by managing off‑shift order processing, standardizing international shipment procedures, and redesigning the expedite process to reduce delays and cost. Improved accuracy and reliability across the supply chain through tighter ASN management, enhanced warehouse oversight, and disciplined inventory controls including cycle counts, audits, and Kanban‑driven replenishment.

Managed daily purchasing for 25 service‑part suppliers while strengthening performance through scorecards, corrective actions, and cost‑reduction support. Improved logistics efficiency and cost control by standardizing international shipments, cutting customs delays by 30%, redesigning the expedite process, and ensuring accurate outbound flow through disciplined warehouse oversight.

Led supplier performance and compliance by coordinating scorecards, administering corrective actions, and managing the supplier diversity database. Partnered with buyers to expand diversity spend and facilitated supplier diversity events and training to strengthen engagement and organizational alignment.

Dual Major: Management and Computer Information Systems.