Libby Abbott, MBA, CPSM

- Strategic sourcing of services to support needs of CAPEX projects and several departments: Facilities & Construction, Visual, and Store Operations - Support initiatives including supplier diversity, working capital reduction, and payment term transformation. - Develop and implement sourcing strategies for internal stakeholder specific needs - Communicate sourcing strategies and risk mitigation to internal business partners and leaders to encourage execution - Negotiate, review, and execute competitive long term purchase agreements to ensure cost competitiveness while managing a diverse supplier base and maintaining effective supplier relationships.

- Strategic sourcing of services to support needs of several departments: Facilities & Construction, Visual, and Store Operations - Support initiatives including supplier diversity, working capital reduction, and payment term transformation. - Develop and implement sourcing strategies for regional specific needs - Communicate strategies and activities to internal business partners to encourage end to end processes - Perform risk mitigation activities to ensure security of supply which include driving approvals of new suppliers and eliminating single source situations - Conduct RFP / RFI to support business needs utilizing the Ariba online global sourcing platform - Negotiate, review, and execute competitive long term purchase agreements to ensure cost competitiveness while managing a diverse supplier base and maintaining effective supplier relationships.

-Provide friendly and professional customer service on the sales floor and while operating the register -Train new team members in customer interaction and multiple systemic applications

-Managed customer accounts while simultaneously assisting team members on account management, customer support, and communications leveraging Oracle EBS to ensure accurate order specifications, dimensions, and pricing within our mill production limits - Sustain and enhance customer relationships, focusing directly on their current and future demands -Led internal and external customer communications driving strategic relationships and business growth -Ensured all customer orders in process from commencement to completion driving customer satisfaction and sales growth -Analyzed inventory and shipment data to drive the highest on-time delivery metrics in the company and further derived operational insights to support senior leadership communications. -Championed the Freight Savings Team, found savings of over $150,000 in 2016

-Determined most optimal mode for shipments and export requirements -Cooperated with country liaisons to fulfill border-crossing requirements -Developed process to incorporate intermodal shipments to increase carrier options for shipping internationally Managed Certificates of Origin: NAFTAs, AALA, and CAFTA requests -Collaborated with EDI team to ensure that EDIs (electronic data interchange) for domestic and foreign rail shipments generated properly and developed new automation process for foreign rail shipments -Guided customer service representatives in order fulfillment to ensure all proper border-crossing requirements and regulations were met

Managed routes for ~100 rail and ~30 barge contracts simultaneously Collaborated with railroads daily to resolve concerns such as rail routes, route pricing, payments, etc. Acted as a functional analyst, assisting in the creation and transfer of current and historical data to new ERP system

-Classified Shipment Coordinator -Analyzed and ensured the authorized inventory levels at Naval & Commercial shipyards were fulfilled at all times to meet fleet needs -Resolved discrepancies for Naval shipyards concerning inventory, defective assets, and emergent fleet needs -Designed and developed the ability to gain historical data in inventory system to support assets by supplier

- Collected, organized, and analyzed data relating to orders, weights, and delivery times - Arranged appointments to confirm order deliveries to meet end of month quota - Calculated from sufficient space forecasted to actual space utilized to validate optimum inventory levels - Analyzed inventory monthly to monitor the mix by brand currently in warehouses - Generated and ran queries to collect historical data then utilized in demand forecasts - Participated and succeeded in Yellow Belt training with Continuance Improvement team

Supply Chain Management (Health Care)