TAMMY FOX

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Madison, WI ***** 608-***-****

SUMMARY

Results oriented professional with 25 years' experience in sourcing,

inventory planning, marketing, and managing personnel. Organized self-

starter that works well cross functionally, drives toward continuous

improvement, and maintains high levels of professionalism and ethics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BouMatic -1/2005-Present

1919 S. Stoughton Rd., Madison, WI 53711 608-***-****

Director of Sales Operations (1/13-present)- Responsibilities include

everything from the Customer Service position previously held, as well as

responsibility for the quoting team that quote all of the customer parlors

in the organization, the sales administration, and the Customer

Relationship Management (CRM) sales software. My team has been responsible

for rolling this CRM software out to our sales organization, including the

software implementation, training, metrics development, and compliance

assurance.

Director of Customer Service, Quality & Regulatory (2/11-1/13)- Customer

Service responsibilities include developing processes that are followed

globally by customer service so that orders can be entered anywhere any

time, traveling globally 35%, and mentoring account mangers to build

relationships with our dealers, training of employees to bring them to a

whole new level of product knowledge and customer interaction to help

support the sales efforts. The quality department was responsible to

ensure consistent quality of manufactured and purchased products, the non-

conformance process, and Design for Manufacturability. Regulatory

responsibilities included chemical registration, UL, and CE compliance.

Responsibilities also included managing the JD Edwards IT employees and

responsibility for the management of our Cognos BI reporting tool.

Director of Project Management and Process Improvements (2/10-2/11)-

Responsibilities included establishing a project management process that

would allow the organization to have visibility to the progress of new

product development, training project managers on organization and process,

and helping to guide the organization when new processes affecting multiple

departments needed to be put in place.

Director of Materials (3/08-2/10)- Responsibilities as outlined below as

well as managing the receiving department.

Purchasing, Scheduling, and Inventory Control Department Manager (8/05-

3/08)- Responsibilities include ensuring that the Buyers, Master

Schedulers, Order Analysts, Expeditors, and Inventory Control personnel

perform to the goals outlined by myself and executive management:

. Consolidated the purchasing, scheduling, and inventory functions from

several acquired companies into the departments at BouMatic.

. Implement Vendor Scorecarding for measurement and accountability.

. Enabled a new product distribution model with the establishment of

distribution centers in Canada, Idaho, California, Texas, Argentina,

and China.

. Traveled to China to meet with vendors and train the China sourcing

team to earn more cost savings and ensure quality product and on-time

delivery.

. Was on many new product implementation teams.

. Developed the standards in accounts payables regarding the

requirements of invoice accuracy to improve cost controls.

. Helped to implement a new forecasting system.

. Drove the system data integrity clean up.

. Established the product promotional campaign process along with the

marketing department to ensure the ability to deliver promotional

product on time.

Senior Buyer (1/05-7/05)- Achieved annual cost savings of $760,000. Reduced

inventory $1,000,000. Increased on-time delivery. Reduced vendor base

35%. Put a computer training manual in place for the purchasing

department. Helped to establish purchasing department guidelines.

Blain Supply, Inc. (Farm & Fleet's headquarters) - 12/98-1/05

3507 E. Racine, Janesville, WI 53545 608-***-****

Merchandise Manager/Lead Buyer -Within this position I had total authority

over product mix and inventory strategy for seasonal and non-seasonal,

display, supplier selection, negotiation of costs, margin integrity, and

advertising at all store locations. I was a training resource for store

personnel on selling techniques and product knowledge, as well as for the

development of personnel in my department and a number of other buyers

regarding process. I developed a buyer-training manual for Human

Resources, used for new employee hires. I organized and ran trade shows

and training seminars. I implemented a number of new marketing programs

that drove product sales such as Fish Days, Chick Days, Bunny Days, Farmer

booking program and Adopt-a-pets.

Orscheln Mfg./Orscheln Farm & Home -10/90-10/98

101 W. Coates, Moberly, MO 65270 660-***-****

Buyer (3/91-10/98) - Same responsibilities as position at Blain Supply,

Inc. as well as being on both the IT power user steering committee, and the

merger and acquisitions team to ensure a smooth transition as we doubled

our store count and assimilated 3 other retail chains into our

organization.

Purchasing Assistant (10/90-3/91)-I was responsible for product

reordering/sourcing, working with quality assurance, setting up new

products in the computer, and assisting the buyer in any projects.

Auto Meter Products - 5/88-5/89

413 W. Elm St., Sycamore, IL 60178 815-***-****

Purchasing Assistant-I was responsible for reordering of product, vendor

sourcing, expediting orders, and working with engineering and quality

assurance departments in a manufacturing environment.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

-MBA December 2007. University of Phoenix, Madison campus.

-Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis in Marketing May 1993. Columbia

College.

-Associates degree in Business May 1988. Kishwaukee Jr. College.

-CPM - Certification of Purchasing Management through the Institute for

Supply Management - August 2008

-Principles of Lean Manufacturing - December 2006

-The 4 Roles of Leadership - July 2006

-Certified trainer for 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' - Dr.

Stephen Covey Seminar-April 2006

-Various Negotiation, Leadership, and organization seminars.

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