L.J. Millick

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong quantitative and analytical skills

Financial and statistical analysis; GAAP; FINRA

MRP/Demand Planning/Forecasting/Logistics

Supply Chain/Procurement

Project Management

ISO9001:2015, AS9100 Quality Management

LEAN/Six Sigma/5S

Computer/System savvy

Exceptional communication skills

Creative thinker

Well-organized, self-directed

Committed to getting the job done

SOFTWARE:

MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook; Oracle, JD Edwards, SAP IBP, Sage, Netsuite, ERP/MRP; Kinaxis, Advanced Planning/APO; COGNOS; COUPA; Salesforce, CRM; Sharepoint; EDI (EzCom/SPS), . Tableau, PowerBI/SQL, Wineship.

EXPERIENCE:

Northrup Grumman Sunnyvale, CA (Remote) 11/22 – 10/23 (LAYOFFS)

Principal Supply Chain Procurement Specialist

●Collaborate with program management and other multi-functional teams to develop requisition strategy and implement purchase of goods and services in support of winning contracts.

●Utilize SAP IBP and planning software to determine correct demand and prepare needs analysis to align with inventory needs.

●Conduct all procurement activities in adherence to FAR/DFARS and associated Federal Contracting regulations and with conformance to procurement policies, procedures, and regulations.

●Develop subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for the procurement of services, specialized materials, and/or equipment. Negotiate and coordinate additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts.

●Prepares bid packages, conducts bidders conferences, analyzes and evaluates proposals, performs price/cost, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes awards, and administers resulting subcontracts.

●Participates with program functional areas to review and approve supplier payments; coordinate subcontract funding, invoice processing and program reviews.

●Coordinates and collaborates with key stakeholders such as contracts, engineering, quality, supplier development, planning, operations, program and end-users

●Manages and develops strategic/key suppliers in conjunction with quality organization, evaluates and monitors supplier quality and reliability, as well as supplier ability to support required delivery schedules.

●Identifies strategies and opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and manage risk through strategic and targeted negotiations

●Manages performance of subcontracts, ensures compliance with all public law requirements as well as company (and business) policies and procedures including import/export regulations.

●Utilizes process tools such as Lean Six Sigma with suppliers to drive quality, efficiency and continuous improvement.

IDEX Health & Science Rohnert Park, CA 10/21 – 6/22 (Contract)

Planner/Buyer

●Use Oracle JD Edwards to monitor ERP signals for planning actions; develop and maintain production schedule which best meets firm & forecasted customer demand and balances supply capability/capacity.

●Analyze current and future production needs and develop forecast for demand, determine budget requirements, and report on common trends, adapt forecast to changing conditions and test “what-if” scenarios on financial and operational impacts.

●Communicate gaps in supply vs. demand over the planning horizon. Understand value stream and/or work-center capacity utilization and identify make/buy opportunities.

●Create Work Orders for internal production execution. Coordinate to create Purchase Orders for external production and/or materials.

●Participate in Daily Management Meetings to provide Supply Chain input to cross-functional team and to help prioritize production.

●Collaborate with Production Team & Warehouse Team to define and implement stocking practices that ensure supply reliability and balance inventory objectives.

●Performs quality checks on material planning master data (lead time, order quantities, etc.) taking action to support Plan for Every Part (PFEP). Works with Quality to disposition non-conforming material in a timely manner.

●Maintain ERP system master data & transactional data to have correct systematic supply signals and manage MRP messages as appropriate.

●Make recommendations for and participate in Continuous Improvement Initiatives.

●Monitor material inventory levels and manage obsolescence, non-conforming material, etc.

●Identify cost, quality, & lead-time drivers and work with IDEX teams and suppliers to meet or exceed objectives

●Monitor supplier service & quality performance and partner with Quality Team to support supplier development.

●Support sourcing activities (supplier identification, qualification, supply agreement negotiation, and performance tracking) including the development of strategic relationships with appropriate suppliers.

●Support key success factors by monitoring and managing On-Time Delivery, Quality, Cost, & Reliability metrics as measured by the business.

Artificer Systems Consulting Santa Rosa, CA 04/14 – 12/2022

Chief Consultant/Owner (Own Consulting Business)

Focus on helping companies achieve high success by creating efficiencies within Operations & Supply Chain by effectively utilizing data for insights and strategic decision making.

●Developed a weekly report to recognize new products not showing up in costing prompting a revision to the New Product Development procedure and resulting in a savings of $5000 in labor costs.

●Oversaw the redesign of Operations Department to drive efficiencies in order fulfillment, eliminate superfluous organizational structure, and drive order capacity growth.

●Develop strong demand planning tools based on analytical data from multiple sources;

●Performed procurement activities for ITAR/DFAR compliance Defense Contractors, developing long term buy strategies for COTS commodities, managing vendor relations, coordinating logistics and best delivery, QA/QC and receiving functions. Responsible for expediting orders to meet budget/schedule needs. Providing support for strategic initiatives focused on operational savings.

●Lead, or contributed to, the design and execution of end-to-end supply chain solutions and strategy including planning, material information and financial flows, manufacturing and logistics.

●Participated in the design, development and implementation of end-to-end supply chain designs, strategies, models, processes, business intelligence and tools to support business growth.

●Identified gaps and recommended opportunities for improving efficiency, effectiveness and capabilities of the supply chain.

●Lead or participated in multi-function supply chain projects with an emphasis on project planning, supply chain modeling/analysis and optimization of cost, service and inventory.

●Worked in conjunction with Information Technology partners to ensure system framework addresses business requirements. Implements, tests, troubleshoots and improves Master Data Maintenance systems to increase manufacturing quality, efficiency and volume.

●Creating a presenting high level reviews to SLT and C level utilizing Tableau and PowerBI, Powerpoint, other presentation tools.

Arcturus UAV Sonoma County, CA 03/19 – 10/19 Contract)

Supply Chain Manager

●Supported the manufacturing process of a $100+ million government contracted business thru the management of highly data driven tools focused on creating a robust, risk-averse, budget conscious supply chain.

●Directed the Procurement and Inventory Control teams by providing valuable reports to establish optimum levels of inventory across all key production areas and sites.

●Manage procurement activities for NPI/R&D team, coordinate bid/award and prototype runs of new parts.

●Created tools and methods to track all purchase orders to ensure that the supplier meets schedule delivery dates in adherence with forecast.

●Coordinate with Master scheduler, to ensure adherence to plan, inventory replenishment

●Manage relationships with suppliers to maintain the quality of goods, timely delivery and compliance to terms of contracts; manage RFQs, negotiate all cost saving initiatives

●Creates and maintains the vendor scorecard process to evaluate and improve supplier relations.

●Maintains and reviews the approved/qualified vendor list, vendor on-time performance analysis, and vendor capacity evaluations

●Establish and monitor all supply chain metrics/KPIs, S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process

●Manage Master Data within NetSuite ERP system; control Vendor data.

Keysight Technologies Santa Rosa, CA 02/17 – 03/18

Sr. Supply Chain Analyst

●Support supply chain and operational functions of production and NPI team thru Demand Planning.

●Use Oracle with Kinaxis Rapid Response to create work orders and purchase orders, inventory tracking, monitor receipts and logistics, balance jobs against capacity and business priorities.

●Communicate and deliver on complex production schedules by interacting with cross-functional teams. Drive order fulfillment by coordinating orders with production planning and sales.

●Release Purchase Orders to vendors, track to delivery dates, expedite when necessary, manage receipt and track ongoing inventory levels.

●Work with vendors to deliver on optimum cost levels and contracted quality, record any deviations to scorecard, and work on improvements that adhere to strategic goals in operational efficiency.

●Supports Master Data creation and maintenance within Oracle EBS systems and provide local support for master data related improvements.

EDUCATION:

San Francisco State University 2015 Santa Rosa Junior College 2002

B.S. - Corporate Finance, Minor -Economics A.A. – General Education; Business Management

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