Manager Sales

Sigrunn Brown

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Cypress, Texas 77429

281-***-**** *****@***.***

OBJECTIVE To join an organization that will utilize my 19+ years of

experience in S&OP planning, procurement, contract management, strategic

operations, and supply chain within the Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, High

Tech, and Medical Technology Industries

Management/Supervision Experience:

. 12 years of Supply Chain staff supervision/management

. Managed development, cost/benefit analysis and implementation of new

projects

. Responsible for departmental budgeting and cost control

Computer/MIS Skills:

. Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, and

Word), Procurement Pro, JD Edwards E1 9.0, Oracle 3.2, SAP

R/3,Explorer, TOPS, Voyager, and SAP APO, BW, GFM, Material

Management, Purchasing, and SDF Modules

EDUCATION

MBA in International Business, May 2004

Our Lady of Lake University, San Antonio, Texas

BS in Chemical Engineering, December 1993

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Six Sigma Master Black Belt (Expert Level) Certification

ExpertRating Global Certification

EXPERIENCE

TECHNIP Houston, Texas

06//2012 - present Senior Manager, Supplier Quality

Chain

. Lead the Supplier Quality Management Program and Processes for

Technip North America (~ 1.6 Billion Euro for North America Region )

. Develop and implemented several supply chain projects ranging from

Sourcing Strategies and Master Supplier Optimization to Supplier

Qualification Management

. Improved the appropriate control systems, policies, and procedures

for supplier management, purchases, and supply planning

. Lead and monitor all client and internal audits regarding supplier

quality and qualification

. Develop all KPI metrics and implement SQ Scorecard to track the Supply

Planning, Supplier Quality performance, Pre-Qualification, and

Supplier Cost of Non-Quality

. Managed, trained, motivated, and elevated staff of analysts

VICTORY GROUP Houston, Texas

11//2009 - 06/2012 Director, Materials Management and Supply

Chain Consultant

UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC (joint venture between Dow and Exxon Mobile)

. Lead and Implemented the Global Long Range Planning Strategies for $40

Million Catalyst Corporation (~ $30 Million Raw Material Spend)

. Develop and implemented supply chain projects ranging from Raw

Material Sourcing Strategies and De-blending Optimization to Global

Capacity Planning of Univation Manufacturing

. Lead and implemented a capacity planning tool for 7 product lines

globally both internal manufacturing sites and external toll

processors

PRIDE INTERNATIONAL INC

. Lead and Implemented the Global Materials Management Strategies for

$1.4 Billion Offshore Drilling Corporation

. Develop and implement inventory management projects ranging from

ROP/ROQ Optimization, Global Inventory Rearrangement, and Inventory

Planning Modeling

. Establish, implement, and enforce compliance with all policies and

procedures regarding inventory and material management along with

strategic sourcing and supplier management

. Lead the inventory analysis and initiated a management system to

improve inventory turns and inventory level globally

HEWLETT PACKARD CORPORATION Houston, Texas

5/2007 - 10/2009 Senior Business Planning Manager

. Managed the demand and supply plans for servers and options world-wide

($500 Million product line)

. Conduct and lead the Sales and Operations Planning Meeting for

Executives

. Managed and coordinated the forecasting process and its business

activities with cross functional partners (ie Marketing, Operations,

and Finance)

. Derive the annual gross-profit plans utilizing a hybrid of a

statistical forecasting model and business intelligence to predict the

future demand for domestic and international regions

. Develop metrics and manage reports to track forecast accuracy,

inventory effectiveness and demand trends

. Supervised, trained, motivated, and elevated staff of analysts

AKZO NOBEL Deer Park, Texas

7/2005 - 5/2007 Global Supply Chain Manager

. Lead and Managed the production, capacity, supply, and demand plans

for a $200 Million High Purity Metal Organics product lines worldwide

. Conduct and lead the Sales and Operations Planning Meetings for

Executives

. Report monthly and quarterly supply chain scorecard and business

results to Business Team.

. Developed an inventory management project that resulted in a 15%

reduction of working capital

. Negotiated annualized contracts and conducted the annual bid process

with raw material suppliers and technical equipment (for ~$100

million spend)

. Directed and executed the demand planning strategies for 4 plants

globally to ensure a smooth launch of new products through reducing

cost and maximizing international deployment

. Supervised, trained, motivated, and elevated staff of planners and

coordinators

MEDTRONIC INC Fort Worth, Texas

7/2004 - 7/2005 Demand Planning Manager

. Manage the short-term and long term demand and supply plans for a $100

Million product line (Midas Rex Disposable Tools)

. Conduct and lead the Sales and Operations Meetings for Executives

. Develop, implement, and manage key supply chain improvement projects

that resulted in a 8% reduction of raw materials

. Negotiated annual contracts/agreements with suppliers for $50 million

. Supervised, trained, and implemented team objectives for staff of

planners

LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Lexington, KY

10/2002 - 7/2004 Forecasting Manager

. Managed the world-wide forecast for a $4 Billion product line

(printhead and hardware)

. Conducted and lead the Sales and Operations Meetings for Executives

. Developed a statistical forecast process that utilized sell-through

information as a mean to predicting the future sales as well as

consumer usage

. Developed, implemented and managed demand forecasting procedures for

printheads that improved the forecast accuracy by 5%

. Supervised, trained, motivated, and elevated staff of analysts

COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION Houston, Texas

8/98 - 8/2001 Sales Program Manager/Business Planning

Manager

. Managed the strategic supply chain planning for a $20 million product

line

. Established and managed the Outsource Relationship with third party

vendors such Targus, Lexmark, and Xerox to incorporate the just-in-

time inventory strategy which reduced inventory costs by 20%

. Managed the entire lifecycle forecasting, supply positioning, and

inventory control for the product line world-wide

. Managed the supply operations for server options world-wide

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