Supply Chain Manager

Rocio Schnell

**** ***** ***. **, ***** Rapids IA 52405

319-***-**** / *******@*****.***.**

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Industrial Engineer graduated from the GE

manufacturing leadership program. 12+ years experience in manufacturing.

Expert in supply chain, inventory control and resource management. Six

Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Project management and Sourcing tools.

Experienced in diverse production mix and volume environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

August 2007 to Present - Schneider Electric[pic]

Global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100

countries that offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments,

including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries &

Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centers & Networks

and in Residential. 130,000+ employees. Sales of $22.4 Billion Euros in

2011.

Purchasing Manager - Cedar Rapids IA & Lincoln NE Jan

2009 - to Present

Up to 12 salary direct reports. Accountable for supplier service, supplier

quality, inventory management and productivity. Total annual spend of ~$100

Million USD (Direct and Indirect). Responsible for rebalancing and

robustness project buyers.

Achievements

. Successfully implemented SAP in 2010 with no production

disruptions despite limited resources

. Improved Kanban - Reorder Point process. Implemented MRP in

cases where applicable.

. Vendor negotiations (2-8% productivity savings)

. Successful management of high risk vendors and product transfers

among different suppliers

. Managed internal line transfers and 2 new product line

introductions

. Experienced working with global supply chain (Europe, Mexico,

China and India)

New Product Development Purchasing Mgr - Cedar Rapids IA USA Aug

2007- Dec 2009

Up to 6 salary direct reports. Accountable for buyers assigned to new

product development projects that work in a cross functional environment as

part of a project team. Responsible to ensure new products are developed

and implemented in time to market and within budget. Part of the Board of

Change in charge to approve new projects, evaluate project stages and

resource management.

Achievements

. Accomplishments in early supplier involvement

. Identify new suppliers & technologies. Contract negotiations.

. Align project sourcing target with the current global strategy

. Time to market. Improvements on original product cost and budget

estimates

February, 2004 - July, 2007 - SIEMENS Energy and Automation [pic]

Pioneer in energy efficiency, Industrial productivity, Affordable and

personalized healthcare and intelligent infrastructures. 360,000+

employees. Revenue of 73 Billion Euros in 2011.

Procurement Manager - Cd. Juarez, Chih. MX & El Paso Tx USA

Aug 2006 - July 2007

Responsible for the implementation of productivity such as design to

cost/re-engineering. Accountable of supplier performance. Work with a cross-

functional team for productivity projects.

Achievements

. Implemented supplier performance evaluation system (purchasing,

quality, logistics & technology)

. Performed several supplier approval/risk assessments

. Develop supply chain strategies for existent and new products

. Implemented several Supplier Logistics Agreement for consignment

and JIT.

. Accountable for direct material productivity. Lead local

contracts-negotiations.

Materials Manager - Cd. Juarez, Chih. MX & El Paso Tx USA

Feb 2004 - Aug 2006

Responsible to manage operations supply chain (direct-indirect material),

production planning and Inventory-Warehouse Control. Accountable for the

supply chain of a total annual spend of $70 Million USD.

Achievements

. Implemented electronic Kanban/Reorder point system

. Shorter replenishment cycles, and implemented FIFO

. Physical inventory exception in warehouse due to 99% accuracy

levels

. Established new purchasing procedures and ordering rules.

. Lean Mfg Model implementation to schedule production

. Successful SAP implementation in 2006

September 2001 - February, 2004 - GE Industrial Systems [pic]

GE strives for the best people and the best technologies taking on the

toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home,

transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the

world. $14.8 Billion USD. 300,000+ employees.

Manufacturing Supervisor - Cd. Juarez, Chih., Mex (PROCON) Sept

2003 - Feb 2004

Responsible of the thermostat production line. 25hourly employees. Lean

Champion.

Achievements

. Lead Lean - Six sigma kaizen events

. Eliminated backorders and achieve 100% customer service by

balancing the line.

. WIP reduction of 70% by reducing batch sizes.

OMLP (Operations Management Leadership Program)

Deployed to 4 different assignments. Ranked high potential employee in

performance system.

Sr. Planner Buyer Reynosa, Tamp., Mex (SMD)

Feb 2003- Sept 2003

Sr. Quality Engineer Reynosa, Tamp., Mex (SMD) Sept

2002- Feb 2003

Shop Operations Supervisor Monterrey, N.L., Mex. (GEIMM) Feb

2002- Sept 2002

Materials Leader Monterrey, N.L., Mex. (GEIMM)

Sept 2001- Feb 2002

Achievements

. Inventory accuracy by Implementing a cycle counting program

. New production line introduction

. Reduce quality defect thru six sigma analysis

. Reduce inventory turns by readjusting lot sizes and removing

extra stock in production line

January 2001 - September, 2001 - LG Electronics [pic]

Global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile

communications and home appliances.

With 117 operations around the world, LG achieved global sales of $49

billion USD in 2011.

Planner buyer Refrigerators plant start up Monterrey, N.L.

Responsible of fasteners, carton, labels and Instruction sheets.

Achievements

. Price negotiations

. Supplier performance

EDUCATION:

MBA - Tippie Management School University of Iowa Cedar Rapids, IA

01/10-12/12

BS Industrial & Systems Engineering Monterrey Tec Monterrey, N.L.

Mex. 08/96 -12/00

Graduated with Honors for Academic Outstanding

Skills & Certifications:

APICS CPIM - Basics of supply chain

Six Sigma Green Belt

Several Leadership trainings

Finance for Engineers

Lean Manufacturing Champion / Schneider Production System (SPS)

Impact (Business management) in Crottonville-GE (Best practice for Harvard

Business School)

Karras Negotiations

German (Goethe Institute in Frankfurt - UACJ,)

Fully Bilingual: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent) and German (Basic).

Computer Software: MS Office, ERP/MRP Systems (SAP, Amaps, Gull, Omnis,

Mapics, Oracle)

Highly motivated, detail and goal oriented, strong analytical and problem

solving skills, aggressive learner and leadership skills.

References available upon request or can be found in LinkedIn.

AFFILIATIONS:

APICS, IIE, AHA (American Heart Association), WiSE (Woman in Schneider

Electric), National Association of Professional Woman

PERSONAL:

Willing to relocate and travel up to 30%

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