Sales Supply Chain
Resume:
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L eslie Walker
Supply Chain Management Professional- Have over ten years’ experience in cost
reduction and process improvements throughout entire supply chain. Maintained excellent
customer relationships. Streamed lined product portfolio while driving sales growth. Work
experience in Buying, Component, and Finished I tem Planning. Worked closely with
manufacturing, scheduling, sales team and management.
A reas of specialization:
Accounts Payable Kaban Management
Transportation Domestic and Export Planning
Vendor Managed Inventory Dock Management-Shipping and Receiving
Sub Contract Planning Quality Management
E xperience: Champion Photochemistry I nc. R ochester New York
10/30/2006-11/9/2012
Buyer:
Cor rugated Cases, Closures, Bottles, Foil and Labels. Selected and managed new
suppliers that provided quality on time delivery of products negotiated at the best
possible cost.
• P roject management moving US bottle supplier to Canadian bottle supplier due to
h igh cost products. $200,000 dollars savings.
• Selected and managed 8 suppliers with an a nnual spend over $6.6 million
dollars.
• Closed corrugated supplier and moved to new vendor due to poor quality defective
p roduct.
A ppraised final defective stock and negotiated $9K for accounts payable.
Got amount owed reduced to $4K for a savings of $5K.
Component Planner : 10/30/2006-11/9/2012
P urchased raw materials in high volume manufacturing environment.
• Suggested reduction of HDPE resin in high volume 20 Li ter plastic pails. Saving
$60K.
• Stopped Canadian HST TAX from being charged on account payable invoices.
Requested charges to be exempt. Supplier agreed. Total savings $1,662.99.
• Saved $13K for unused closure inventory. Directed sale to one of their existing
customers .
• I mplemented dock schedule for product deliveries. Increased on time delivery, help
organize t raffic, stopped t rucks from being late.
• Tracked annual spend for UN Hazmat corrugation for Champion to recoup cost from
Kodak for testing their products. 4K-5K per year.
• Kodak Bankruptcy – negotiated and worked with comptrollers, presidents, and vice
p residents on new payment terms, payment arrangements, and release of purchase
orders on hold.
Results provided Champion more time and money to pay outstanding invoices.
Q uality Assistant: 10/30/2006-11/9/2012
Conduct monthly conference calls with management, quality managers, vendors,
a nd sales reps.
• Safe Walks – found over stock corrugate cases not showing in system. Had system
u pdated and sold cases. $4K in sales.
• Improved product quality with 2 out of 3 vendors in 2012. One vendor had 23%
i mprovement from the previous year and the other had 100% improvement.
• Pareto Quality Issues, obtained root cause corrective action from suppliers. Could
see what i tems were defective and why.
• Created 4up charts: Quality, Delivery and Price. Could see t rends at a glance.
• Updated Quality Data Base to have history on all defective product s and their
suppliers
Finished item Planner : Eastman Kodak Company 9/9/1995-
10/30/2006
Procured Batteries from two outside manufacturing plants through sub contract
p rocess. Managed 4 warehouses in the US for direct sales to the customer.
• Catalog Rationalization: 100 to 52 i tems
• Warehouse consolidation from 4 to 3
• Managed and set up consignment warehouses: Inventory reduction & less cash
payable
• Create purchase orders
• Set up shipments to respective warehouses in USA and overseas
• Collect, analyze, and summarize inventories data tends
• Work with suppliers on delivery issues: damaged, short, and overages
Education
B.S. Business Administration, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester New York
Graduation May 1981
Volunteer/Community Service
Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge, Rochester New York 6/03/2010
Network North Star, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester New York 2004 - 2006
Technical Skills
SAP and ERP Demand/Supply Inventory Management Systems
RSWIFT Warehouse system
Excel and M icrosoft Word
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