Margery L. Welch

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Summary

Accomplished warehousing professional with 22 years’ experience working with SAP in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge of inventory control practices, documentation control processes, and material planning experience. Excellent project management skills and ability to multi-task and think critically and strategically to complete multiple complicated projects on time. Detail oriented and highly organized with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Skills

-SAP - Deadline oriented problem and troubleshooting specialist.

-Ensur electronic document control system. - Highly organized and detail oriented.

-Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook. - ISO and FDA guidelines and regulations.

Accomplishments

-Created a production document control area in the documentation process where one did not exist.

-Improved inventory accuracy at Allergan from 65% to 95%.

-Successfully eliminated yearly physical inventory at Allergan and Smith & Nephew with cycle count program.

-Re-organized Alere naming convention of finished goods and raw materials for ease in searches and more logic.

-Took over build specifications during a time of short staffing at Alere and improved the creation and maintenance process as well as format design.

-Streamlined the process of new item set up and maintenance at Alere by implementing the use of simple to follow forms. An additional benefit is more complete item files showing the history of changes.

-Managed several artwork transitions at Alere that impacted all finished goods in SAP and ensur – change to vendor, change to “made in” statement, change to cover a new stick design.

Experience

Operations/Production Document Control Manager

Alere – Waltham, MA – ISO 13485, FDA compliant medical device manufacturer

2005 – Present

Created a sub department within documentation control where one did not exist to document activities in production and item maintenance.

Implemented the use of SOP governing the new item set up and maintenance process.

Implemented the use of unique forms to manage all new SAP and controlled document set up.

Implemented a process using change forms to manage revisions to build specifications and SAP BOM’s.

Create obsolescence SOP and forms to monitor and mark unused or discontinued items.

Liaise with various personnel in Waltham, New Jersey, Ohio, and Switzerland during the performance of daily responsibilities.

Work with the production facility on special projects to improve production capacity and kits per hour rates.

Review and approval artwork specifications, deviations and waivers as well as other documents in the Ensur document control system.

Drive projects to design and manufacture display items for multiple finished goods.

Create purchase orders for 3rd party stick orders as well as purchase orders for trade shows and other marketing requirements.

Review and approve international freight invoices.

Inventory Analyst

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy – Andover, MA – ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA compliant medical device manufacturer

2000 – 2005

Created and managed cycle count program for $6 million finished goods inventory and $500 thousand raw material inventory. Improved accuracy in finished goods inventory from 95% to 99%.

Created and managed cycle count program. Eliminated the need for yearly physical inventories.

Managed weekly and monthly headcount, productivity, and receiving metrics.

Implemented and maintained scrap process to reduce $90 thousand of excess and obsolete inventory.

Assisted with shipping issues in order to maintain our 100% order fulfillment goal.

Coordinated and managed move of all finished goods and raw materials inventory from the warehouse in Wilmington, MA to two new locations in Mansfield, MA and Andover, MA. Maintained 100% order fulfillment during planning and execution of move.

Coordinated bin number logic in the new Andover facility for more efficient pick/pack process.

Inventory Control Coordinator

Allergan – North Andover, MA – ISO 9001 medical device manufacturer

1996 – 2000

Implemented and maintained cycle count program for $4 million inventory. Improved accuracy by 30%.

Implemented and maintained weekly, monthly, and yearly cycle count metrics reporting.

Assisted with the testing and implementation of SAP.

Assisted Materials Manager with yearly physical inventories and reconciliation.

Worked with Master Planner and production personnel to solve inventory discrepancies as they related to work in process.

Processed daily material movement paperwork with less than 1% error rate.

Assumed responsibilities of the Warehouse Supervisor and took a supervisory role over raw materials stockroom. In this role assisted with shutdown procedures to assure timely and correct inventory movements to new warehouse locations across the country and into Mexico facility.

Material Planner

Zoom Telephonics – Boston, MA

1994 – 1996

Administered work order system based on forecast added by Master Planner.

Maintained production schedules.

Assisted with yearly inventory reconciliations.

Document Control Coordinator

Zoom Telephonics – Boston, MA

1993 – 1994

Authored engineering changes orders.

Created new items.

Assisted with monthly and yearly closings.

Biohazard Assessment Office Manager

Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, MA

1989 – 1993

Oversaw the daily activities of the office and performed clerical functions for the four staff scientists.

Office Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Medical Department – Cambridge, MA

1985 – 1989

Entered patient appointment forms into medical database and assisted with patient record preparation.

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