Engineer Supply Chain

Lynn R. Lewis, CSCP

*** ******** ****, *** ***, North Aurora, IL 60542.(630) 844-

****.**********@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications: Certified Supply Chain Professional graduate

with significant experience in various industry sectors has prepared me to

meet the challenges of today's global business environment. Broad exposure

from entry level to management positions has enhanced my critical thinking,

time management, people and leadership skills. Proactively identifies areas

for waste reduction and continuous improvement to drive increased

efficiency and achieve desired results.

Professional Experience

Material Planning Engineer: Caterpillar Inc. (Volt Technical Services),

Joliet, Illinois, April 2011-present

. Enabled Tanks value stream to increase throughput to paint line by 39%

. Drove actions to increase Tanks Customer Shipping Performance by 54%

. Material availability improvements converted Tanks value stream from

reactive to proactive by enabling a 10-day look-ahead approach

. Initiated and facilitated face-to-face supplier interactions leading

to improved Supplier Shipping Performance from 0 to 73% in 2H2011

resulting in zero impact to work order start dates

. Effectively collaborates with Purchasing, Operations, Quality, PFEP

and suppliers to improve point-of-use material availability.

. Achieved and sustained 95% Supplier Shipping Performance for 2012 for

purchased finished and rough components(ferrous castings-foundries).

Buyer: Whole Foods Market, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois, 2011

. Simultaneously managed inventory for the coffee segment while carrying

out daily procurement and sourcing activities for the Specialty Foods

Department

. Implemented new merchandising measures and streamlined product

offerings based on profit margins resulting in increased sales

Supplier Management Engineer: Navistar, Inc., Warrenville, Illinois, 2009-

2010

. Orchestrated the Supply Chain response for critical truck-down parts

orders by collaborating with suppliers, Engineering, Purchasing and

Inventory to decrease order-to-delivery time

. Significantly contributed to the ramp-up of the French-speaking

Critical Fulfillment Department by composing standard work

documentation and updating essential directories

. Interacted with suppliers on a daily basis to monitor shipping

performance and order fulfillment rate as well as initiated new

processes for performance improvement consequently decreased truck

downtime for high revenue account such as Pepsi, Estes and UPS.

. Participated in ERP-Oracle on-boarding process during ERP transition.

Customer Relationship Engineer/ Inside Sales Associate: Lamin-Art, Inc.,

Schaumburg, Illinois, 2008-2009

. Generated revenues in excess of $500,000 by actively engaging designer

and fabricator customer base

Education

M.A., French Literature and Language, University of Virginia,

Charlottesville, Virginia, May 2008

B.A., Modern Languages (French), Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, June

2005

Academic Study Abroad in France: Universit de Franche Comt , Centre

de Linguistique Appliqu e, Besan on, France, September 2004-March 2005

B.Sc., Chemistry/Physics (minor-Mechanics, Quantum, Electronic components),

St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India, June 2001

Language Skills

English (native); French (fluent); Hindi (fluent); Spanish (functional);

Russian (introductory), Italian (introductory)

Professional Certification & Membership

. Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), APICS - The Association

for Operations Management, 2011

. Professional Member, APICS - The Association for Operations

Management, 2011

. Six Sigma Green Belt

System/Software Skills

ERP (Oracle-SAP), MRP, MAMM, Lognet, MDS, Q-Net, Manrev, MRC, MTS, ISS,

Epix, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Unix, Tolas, Toolkit, PeopleSoft,

DRP, iKnow, Lotus Notes

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