Tamara Currier

• Purchasing direct materials in support of the manufacturing plan. • Maintain continuous material availability and minimize inventory (by placing purchase orders and monitoring supply levels for the product portfolio you are assigned). • Responsible for identifying, negotiating, and implementing cost savings initiatives and working with cross-functional teams to drive cost savings. • Responsible for assessing supply chain risks and working with cross-functional teams to reduce business risk by developing and implementing risk mitigation plans. • Monitor supplier and product performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations. Participate in supplier audits and business reviews. • Proactively communicates material availability updates to all levels of the Operations and Global Supply Chain teams. • Monitor supply chain key performance indicators, publish performance reports, perform root cause analysis, implement action plans, and strive for continuous improvement.

• Supported marketing, sales, factory, and, engineering in day-to-day operations to ensure that supply chain business results were achieved. • Managed a team for high customer, increased sales over 20% within 6 months, reduced operating costs by 10% in the same time frame. Personally presented with customer satisfaction award from distribution along with the end customer. • Executed Supply Chain activities such as stock, inventory accuracy in allocation and consumption, material demand, sales, order entry, and purchase order entry if needed. • Executed daily Oracle operations to assure timely responsiveness to changes in demand customer bookings, shipments, and master production scheduled material fulfillment. • Met with project managers, engineers, customers, and sales to provide delivery dates and shipping information, managed shipping and receiving, of products. • Successfully managed BOM accuracy, for any new BOM’s and BOM changes. • Accessed and managed inventory levels to ensure continuity of supply, updated ERP to make sure accuracy level was optimum. • Managed capacity planning, identified and resolved bottlenecks and routines issues. Along with that conducted "what-if" simulations and bottleneck analysis. • Managed all raw materials, production schedule, WIP and finished goods inventories, accessed and managed inventory levels to ensure continuity of supply. • Monitored, tracked, reported, advised, and conducted production planning processes in order to ensure the organization meets customer delivery requirements and expectations. • Successfully maintained both production and material plans, identifying risks, developing proposals and solutions, implemented required corrective actions. • Managed capacity planning processes ran regular production review meetings, provided departmental measures to allow monitoring and control of key activities.

• Managed and facilitated the New Product Introduction (NPI) meetings with representatives from Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing, and Sales. Coordinated manufacturing process development, pilot, and ramp-up of manufacturing. • Collaborated with multiple cross-function teams as a global planning representative, within the Logistics team and for NPI projects in the US and overseas. • Reviewed customer request for quotes against current manufacturing capability, based on information provided at time of quote request. • Worked with Purchasing and Engineering to ensure timely delivery of key components for manufacturing pilot run and mass production dates. • Ensured customer requirements were understood and communicated to all affected areas of the company. • Evaluated quality results of manufacturing activities during pilot builds.

• Created and maintained Load-Build Schedule-Plan in all areas (receiving, incoming inspection, stockroom, production) to support customer demand • Reviewed MRP requirement and available reports to determine material supply needs. • Monitored and reported to manager weekly metrics including, on time delivery, MRP trend tracking, process improvement plan and high/lowlight • Met deadlines to avoid material shortages and delays on assigned task from management • Partnered with internal warehouse, QA, Engineering and production to communicate changes in material demand. Facilitated effective material/WIP movement, and maintained the appropriate level load plan. • Communicated priorities to all respective departments to ensure all internal/external goals and objectives had been met. • Provided planning and scheduling support to the organization including close collaboration with Sales, Customer Service, QA, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing. • Maintained and continuously improved various Excel files utilized for effective management of system planning and scheduling capabilities. • Proactively pursued the elimination of shortages that impact or may impact production and shipments.