Six Sigma Manager

Debra Murphy

Email: abp9j5@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********* **** *****

City: Chesterfield

State: VA

Zip: 23832

Country: USA

Phone: 804-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $150,000

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Job History / Details:

Debra A. Murphy, MBA

9618 Waterfall Cove Drive, Chesterfield, VA 23832

E: abp9j5@r.postjobfree.com

Purchasing and financial professional, who is a self-motivated, collaborative and results oriented team player, driven by a passion to achieve company objectives, with over 25 years of experience. Areas of expertise include manufacturing, energy, facilities, IT, capital infrastructure, equipment, distribution, material and supplies.

Major accomplishments:

Spearheaded early purchasing involvement, as part of the capital appropriation process, to align the cost savings objectives of purchasing with project objectives of the business (~$6.2M cost savings)

Led two Six Sigma Service Manufacturing Efficiency Teams, which generated savings of $5.1M.

Chosen as 1 of 5 top employees (from ~250) in the MeadWestvaco Comptroller's Department

Key Skills

Contract Management; Process Improvement; Supply Chain Management; Distribution and Logistics; Global Strategic Sourcing; Teambuilding & Staff Supervision; Vendor Management; Negotiation; ERP, EDI & Financial System Technologies; Change Management; Supplier Diversity; Six Sigma

Professional Experience

ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES, INC. [Formerly Philip Morris, USA]

Richmond, Virginia, January 2005 - December 2010

Staff Purchasing Specialist, Information Technology (1/07- 12/08); Machinery and Infrastructure (1/09 to 12/10)

Led sourcing and purchasing for all ALCS and Philip Morris USA IT (software and hardware), energy, facilities and capital infrastructure projects, including sole responsibility for the Marlboro Ranch Facility. Facilitated, led and mediated supplier negotiations, with key stakeholders, to prepare and execute contracts. Monitored and managed supplier performance by developing metrics to quantify compliance with company policies and procedures. Conducted supplier business reviews and managed third-party audits. Collaboratively drove value, lowered costs, reduced risk, created efficiency and access to innovation for all parties. Managed service level and master agreements.

Key Results:

Created a sourcing strategy infrastructure for capital projects, which reduced procurement time by 25%.

Launched 10-member purchasing team to roll out implementation of new purchasing policies and procedures to the organization and worked closely with clients to ensure a smooth transition.

Senior Business Analyst, Employee Perks Department, 1/05 to 12/06

Prepared operating budget and capital forecasts. Analyzed monthly budget deviations, evaluated variances and made recommendations to minimize deviations. Developed financial and performance tracking reporting mechanisms and summaries of operational changes and improvements. Managed supplier contracts (~$112M spend), job orders, bid waivers, purchase orders, asset disposals and transfers. Performed supplier audits to ensure contractual compliance adherence. Conducted operational benchmarking for all contracted services.

Key Results:

Led highly visible project to reconcile all contracted services fixed assets (~$7M). Accomplished by allocating resources from property, law and facilities departments. First time a project of this magnitude was designed and implemented, which earned the department top rated significant recognition.

Restructured and automated key financial monthly management reports, which reduced unnecessary preparation time by 46%.

Meadwestvaco corporation, Richmond, Virginia, July 1989 - December 2004

Global Distribution Supervisor, Packaging Resources Division, 5/02 to 12/04 - (Promotion)

Supervised five exempt and one non-exempt employee. Managed distribution activities for over 100 domestic and international warehouses. Conducted distribution contract negotiations and instituted a contractual compliance program. Made recommendations to department manager for improvements to existing programs and development of new ones.

Key Results:

Hand selected to train in Six Sigma. During training, I led two Six Sigma service manufacturing efficiency teams. Resulted in reduced transportation costs ($5.1M), design and rollout of the first monthly executive dashboard summary. Demonstrated exceptional capability to adapt, master new roles, systems, processes and workflows. Instrumental in design and development of improved, streamlined procedures and methods. Accomplished by shadowing employees in their roles, taking online classes on my own, researching and reading professional literature.

Standardized monthly management reports for all three operating plant locations, which improved processing efficiency by 35%. In order to understand what needed to be accomplished, I created process flow charts and evaluated each step for accuracy and necessity in meeting its intended goal.

Took initiative to become ISO Auditor Certified to lead, train and prepare distribution department personnel to during ISO audits. As a result, this led to zero findings in every audit for the department.

Senior Tax Accountant, Tax Department 7/89 to 5/02 - New York, NY and Richmond, VA (offered transfer)

Researched complex tax issues, law changes and court decisions to introduce methods to reduce taxes imposed, which resulted in significant tax liability reductions (~ $752K). Served as an agent for MeadWestvaco to all levels of tax authorities, outside tax consultants and auditors. Prepared complex tax filings for Federal Consolidated 1120, state and local income, property, sales and use, gross receipts and business license.

Key Results:

Successfully negotiated a reduction in a California sales and use tax audit from $386,384 to $24,000. Accomplished this by thoroughly researching tax law, conferring with our inside tax attorneys and providing supporting documentation for each proposed finding.

Requested additional responsibility to become a member of the SAP R3 "Train the Trainer" team. This required 40% increased working hours to travel, learn new material, plan and conduct training classes. Resulted in becoming a SAP subject matter expert for the tax department.

Took initiative to partner with the property department to learn their intricate tax reporting system. This effectively reduced the tax department wait time for critical reports by 84%. Accomplished by shadowing property department Manager one day a week for 6 months.

Additional Experience

Senior Tax Accountant, Public Accounting Firm, Kandel, Schaeffer and Schwartz, PC, Valley Stream, NY

Tax Accountant, Public Accounting Firm, Schooler, Weinstein, Minsky and Lester, PC, East Meadow, NY

Accountant, Cosmetics Manufacturer, Del Laboratories, Farmingdale, NY (Direct report to Assistant Comptroller)

Education

Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, Master of Business Administration, Marketing and Finance

State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification; ISO 9001 Auditor Certification

Technology Summary

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) ( SAP R3/R2 (Also a trainer)( EDI Systems ( Windows (all)

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