Supply Chain Project Manager

GRACE ANDRILIUNAS, MBA

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Poquoson, Virginia 23662

Home: 757-***-****

Cell: 757-***-****

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Logistics / Supply Chain Management / Materials Management Specialist /

Project Manager with 15 years experience. Outstanding research,

organizational, analytical, and strategic planning skills. Expertise with

global sourcing, international logistics, progressive operational

experience, Lean Manufacturing and MRP/SAP/ERP/LRP/Oracle systems.

Experience with ITAR/DFAR/FAR requirements. Active Security Clearance.

Worked on multiple teams, global projects of varying difficulty and

duration and managed staff and budgets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADS, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Program Manager, Integrated Programs April 2009 to April 2010

Primary liaison between ADS (Prime Contractor) with the government

program officer and Contract Specialist on the contracts assigned and

interfaces with all internal departments and manufacturing suppliers

to ensure successful program implementation and execution. Key

contributions include:

Implementation and execution of a new $875M Contact - ADS as

the Prime Contractor. Develop integrated supply chain of

manufacturers and raw material suppliers to support contractual

delivery requirements; this includes physical testing and shade

requirements, First Articles, DFAR, and Berry Amendment

requirements.

Lead Role in First Article Testing - Managed and coordinate

with manufacturers and suppliers to successful pass their First

Articles - a requirement for all sub-contractors for end-product

units and all raw material suppliers to pass before normal

production can begin.

Develop secondary source suppliers - to reduce risk and develop cost

reduction opportunities throughout the supply chain; secondary

source suppliers and manufactures are identified to support

delivery demand flow.

Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, Virginia

Adjunct Faculty Member, Business School Division Jan 2009 to May

2009

Developed interactive lesson plans to lecture and instruct Northrop

Grumman Apprentice School students on the fundamentals of

Developmental Leadership

MEASUREMENT SPECIALITIES, Hampton, Virginia

Demand Services/Supply Chain Manager, PVG Division 2007 to Nov 2008

Manage purchasing, planning and major OEM accounts for a leading

global designer and manufacturer of sensors and sensor-based systems.

Develop, coordinate and execute all program material objective and

supply chain objectives. Supervise a staff of eight; manage $18

million in annual purchases and $59 million in sales for Position,

Piezo Film and Vibration products. Monitor and manage the status of

purchases and sales to support field sales and serve as primary point

of contact for sales managers and director for PVG group. Project

Management duties include meeting weekly with key customers to manage

logistics of inventory and resolve product issues. Review orders,

shipments and production. Coordinate with production to meet

forecasted sales and projected monthly and quarterly budgets. Key

contributions include:

Global Sourcing Plan - As the North American representative,

collaborated with the Global Sourcing Director in France to

centralize purchasing, take advantage of economies of scale and

standardize procedures for a vendor base of over 5,000

suppliers. Achieved overall reduction in material spending;

identify a group of dedicated suppliers, and achieved

collaboration among global sites.

Purchasing - Led project to fully automate the purchasing

function. Consolidated cost reduction opportunities, generated

vendor score cards, optimized production inventories to support

demand flow production lines, met inventory levels/turns

objectives and ensured customer satisfaction. In less than one

year, increased on time delivery from 79% to 90% and also

increased inventory turns.

Demand Management - Analyzed customer forecasts and their

requirements, supplied with agreements or wrote supplier

agreements. Wrote Kanban agreements to include best value,

price, quality, delivery, communications and supplier support to

reduce company liability. Managed departments ISO/AS

9101/NADCAP to company's certification goals.

FOB / INCOTERM Freight Standardization -Led project to

standardize freight terms and charges for four counties.

Streamlined import/export process making it easier to identify

problems and take immediate corrective action. Standardized

procedures at all sites saving time and vastly improving

customer service.

Inventory Build - Calculated the amount of inventory needed to

support customer demand while the manufacturing facility in

China was relocated to a new facility.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN NEWPORT NEWS, Newport News, Virginia

Senior Operations Coordinator 2003 to 2007

Coordinate a wide variety of complex detailed financial,

administrative, and management activities drawing upon a broad

knowledge of business management principles, including budget, project

management, property management, and labor demand. Coordinate,

research, and solve a wide range of problems and issues and work

effectively with others throughout the company to gather critical

information. Prepared assessments, reports, studies, forecasts, and

other tools used in making management decisions. Key contributions

include:

Program Resource Assessment - Prepared workforce analysis of

labor demand and skills requirements based on inputs from

workforce planners. Produced weekly and monthly analyses for

all current and future programs. Examined future needs,

contracts, workforce requirements, and supply strategies to

support manpower needs. Sole point of contact for gathering,

analyzing, and reporting information strategic to management

decision making. Interfaced collaboratively with many levels of

management within the organization and provided support for

future vision and strategies for the entire Northrop Grumman

Newport News business sector.

CAPEX FOR Virginia Class Submarines - Participated in multi-

million dollar, five-year program to support innovative ideas

for process improvements, new equipment, facilities

improvements, and software/hardware upgrades to reduce the

overall costs of the Virginia Class Submarine program and

improve efficiencies.

Inexperienced Labor Team - Analyzed the impact of green labor on

each program. Created a mathematical model to demonstrate the

increase or loss of productivity and efficiencies based on the

changes in the ratio of inexperienced to experienced labor.

Management Operating System (MOS) Lead Team - Played key role in

gathering information, goals, and responsibilities from eight

individual MOS teams. Led team analysis of feedback; designed

communication campaigns, and prepared monthly report to senior

staff.

Earned Value Management - Applied sound EVMS processes to the

department budget process and prepare management report of

monthly performance.

Special Projects:

Labor Supply Chain Application - Incorporated supply chain

theories as model for workforce demand forecasting. Interviewed

each program director to determine their demand process and

discovered that each was using a different approach. Sought to

standardize workforce demand forecasting across the company

Staff Studies - At the request Senior Corporate Executives,

analyzed hypothetical scenarios to determine risks and conflicts

on the facilities and the workforce; prepared forecasts for 10

to 15 years in the future.

ANHEUSER BUSCH, Williamsburg, Virginia

Product Supply Coordinator 1991 to 2000

Managed 19 Anheuser Busch wholesalers in two states. Managed

inventory, logistics, forecasting, production planning, and promotions

in coordination with the planning department and packaging. Key

contributions included:

Automated Inventory Planning and Distribution - Managed

inventory through Anheuser Busch's Legacy system, which provided

immediate response to product changes.

Bar Coding - Used bar coding to manage inventory on the plant

floor and in distribution centers. Tracked product from

wholesaler to consume through Point of Sale Software.

Third Party Logistics - Member of team that researched and

implemented outsourcing fleet to third party logistics group.

Transportation Process Improvement - Observed and analyzed the

length of time fully loaded trucks remained on the lot between

pickups; prepared a report and analysis, which was used by

corporate marketing to create the "Born on date" campaign to

highlight product integrity.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Hyperion LRP; SAP; Oracle, ManmanMRP; DataCube: Legacy Labor Resource

Planning; Cognos; and Cypress Data Warehouses; Advanced Excel, PowerPoint,

and Word; Intermediate Access,

MS Project, and Minitab

EDUCATION

STRAYER UNIVERSITY, Newport News, Virginia

MBA with a specialty in Supply Chain Management March 2007

Thesis: "A Study of Labor Demand Management Strategies for the Newport

News Shipyard"

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, Norfolk, Virginia

BS in Business Administration/E-Commerce with a minor in Economics

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CERTIFICATION

Certificate in TQM/Statistical Process Control

Certificate in Management

30 Hours of SAP training

Hyperion (LRP)

EVM Training

Lean Manufacturing (5S) Training

Trained to conduct statistical analysis, and use a quantitative approach

for decision making

AFFILATIONS

Member, APICS

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