LAUREN

WALZ

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9041

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acqh24@r.postjobfree.com

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Rd,

Worcester,

VT,

05682

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Nov’13

–

Jun’14

Abbott

Vascular

–

Sr.

Supervisor,

Menlo

Park,

CA

• Managed

department

of

25

inspectors,

including

hiring,

performance

management,

and

growth

planning,

while

monitoring

daily

schedule

and

commitments

in

a

fast

paced

environment

• Proactively

identified

risks

and

drove

action

within

the

department

to

mitigate

and

resolve

issues

that

would

impact

our

ability

to

deliver

on

commitments,

updated

procedures

and

trained

team

on

changes

• Developed

team

through

cross

training

responsibilities

and

utilizing

their

unique

skill

sets

to

be

more

effective

as

a

department

• Built

a

data

collection

system

to

track

department

trends

and

workload,

which

allowed

for

data

driven

decisions,

increased

department

performance,

and

continuously

improve

performance

Apr’12

–

Nov’13

Abbott

Vascular

–

Sr.

Supply

Planner,

Menlo

Park,

CA

• Created

S&OP

process

during

product

launch

increasing

production

170%

over

first

12

months,

met

with

leaders

of

all

departments

to

gather

department

data

and

escalate

issues

based

on

forecasts

• Established

collaborative

partnerships

with

department

stakeholders

to

recommend

business

solutions

based

on

forecasts

and

business

priorities

and

presented

business

scenarios

to

site

directors

• Developed

a

proposal

for

sales

leaders

to

modify

current

practices,

resulting

in

saving

$2.0M

of

FG

inventory

• Worked

closely

with

marketing

team

to

understand

requirements

at

affiliate

distribution

centers

and

any

special

requests

to

assure

order

fulfillment

for

all

scheduled

cases

Dec’10

–

Apr’12

Abbott

Vascular

–

Buyer

&

Planner,

Temecula,

CA

• Managed

$4.4M

of

raw

material

inventory

of

critical

components,

reduced

inventory

by

$1.4M

in

12

months

to

hit

divisional

inventory

reduction

goal,

saved

$500k

through

negotiations

and

vendor

forecasting

• Developed

methods

for

pulling

data,

calculating

and

reporting

on

24

supply

chain

metrics,

while

driving

team

accountability

to

achieve

goals

through

aggregated

reports

Jan’09

–

Dec’10

Abbott

Laboratories

–

Professional

Development

Program

• Two

year

leadership

training

program

consisting

of

four

six

month

projects

in

various

business

divisions

ADDITIONAL

EXPERIENCE

• Visited

medical

center

in

Haiti,

brought

supplies

and

portable

blood

analyzer

to

help

improve

clinic’s

reach

• Created

two

triathlons

in

San

Francisco,

raising

$10k

for

non

profits

and

allowing

many

people

to

participate

in

their

first

triathlon

• Completed

year

long,

around

the

world

trip,

visiting

15

countries

(June

’14

–

June

’15),

visited

local

start

ups

in

Quito,

Ecuador

with

University

students

and

defined

semester

projects

for

students

• Volunteer

at

College

Connect

–

organization

to

help

first

generation

high

school’s

apply

to

college

EDUCATION

University

of

Illinois,

Champaign,

B.S.

Industrial

Engineering,

with

honors

Dec

2008

SKILLS

• Data

Analysis

/

Modeling

• Excel

/

PowerPoint

• Web

Design

• Business

Strategy

• Continuous

Improvement

• Statistics

(JMP)

• Lean

/

Six

Sigma

• Supervision

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