Supply Chain Project Management
Resume:
Kelly L. Mitchell, MBA
Fairview Oregon
CAREER PROFILE
Qualified by 15+ years of cross-functional experience in strategic materials planning and procurement with strengths in inventory management, process development, supply / demand analysis, supplier management, forecasting and EDI implementations. Solid knowledge of best practices for project management, risk assessment and resource allocation. Able to analyze trends, manage multiple projects / priorities, support management decisions, and ensure parts are delivered on time. Experience with ITAR bid process, rules and regulations.
•Well-developed analytical skills: Process-driven with ability to perform in-depth analyses, prepare ad hoc reports, and collaborate with cross-functional team members to meet supply chain goals. Skilled in conducting, analyzing, and determining KPI’s and key inventory drivers, and using various analyses methodologies.
•Results-driven/Self-starter: Successful in designing and establishing processes to improve performance, resolve inventory discrepancies, and optimize inventory levels to ensure material availability.
•Certified Supply chain expert: Advanced training and experience in SAP for global supply chain mapping processes, including Lean and continuous process improvement and EDI/ ERP systems. Advance experience with physical logistics and international trade compliance and documentation. 1 year experience with API Application programming interface.
•Effective communicator: Dedicated team worker / collaborator with well-developed negotiation and presentation skills. Able to establish positive relationships with team members and managers at all levels, across multiple departments.
•Computer and ERP applications: SAP/ERP/MRP Expert, SAP PR, Purchase orders and Invoice processing. (System, Application & Product in Data Process), EDI Implementation (Electronic Data Interchange). Experience in EDI/XML. WebFocus application experience. MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Visio and Logistics carrier transportation system, for trucks, expedited air shipments and railroad shipments. Experience in Transportation Management tools: TMS, ARTA, SAP, FA&P. 1 year experience with JIRA testing and PeopleSoft. 16 years of experience using WebFocus, creating reports, password updates and securities, pulling warranty data and analysis and analysis of large data.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Warner Pacific College – Bachelor of Science/Business Admin. (September 1999 – July 2001)
University of Phoenix – MBA Business Administration (Jan 2009 – July 2010)
EXPERIENCE
Sortis Holding, Inc. Dec 2022 – Nov 2023
Inventory Control & Cost Analyst Specialist
Help gather financial data and analyze it to drive efficiencies in inventory and cost controls for our portfolio of business, while driving standardization to the portfolio, and supporting daily operations by while building strong relationship with the brand team. Key member of the Finance organization and is an integral part of ensuring profitability and business success.
Monitor, analyze, and report on inventory valuation, production, and various other costs. Analyze daily, weekly, and monthly inventory integrity queries to modify transactions, solve reporting issues or root cause, and ensure the perpetual inventory records are accurate. Add, modify, and delete items in the inventory system including master file information, bill of material, routings, work-centers, and standard cost. Collect and analyze financial data for coast analysis results to assist senior leadership in decision marking or other financial initiatives.
•Review reports/data files and make recommendations.
•Estimate costs and compare budgets with actual expenses
•Monitor coast after significant changes in products or processes
•Create PO’s system for delivery of goods from Commissary to Portland metro locations.
•Perform year-end cost updates and associated cost rolls
•Track and trend compliance with expectations/forecasts
•Review labor, overhead, and material variances to standards and forecasts.
•Drive accountability and process improvements including automation of manual processes.
•Assist Finance &Accounting team with coordination of physical inventories accuracy.
•Update standard cost models for process changes and variance trends.
•Product Manager for New Inventory Control System implementation.
Nike - Oct 2021 – Sept 2022 US Tech Solutions (Contractor) June 2021 – Oct 2021 Business Systems Analyst (BSA)
Responsible for actively monitoring Nike existing Transportation Operations System for first mile operations. Partner with the middle, and final-mile operations teams to identify system issues and provide recommended resolutions. Monitors
Transportation Systems Performance and data flow to ensure data accuracy from LSP/Carriers. Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for Transportation Systems troubleshooting including validation of EDI message receipts and error message review and resolutions. Analyst current business processes and make recommendations for improvements based on Industry trends and professional business knowledge. Create and present reports to executive team members and shareholders to support recommendations.
•Maintain master data within transportation systems such as LSP allocations, etc.
•Evaluates and recommends new opportunities for enhancing our software, hardware and IT processes.
•Responsible for password updates and securities for Nike employees.
•Support Testing for System Enhancements such as new LSP integrations and capabilities.
•Maintain required documentation to support system processes.
•Lead and train new systems users on User interface and reporting functionalities.
•Oversee implementation projects from beginning to completion.
•Use a variety of systems and data analysis and organization tools to discover the most impactful insights.
EPIQ Legal Services (Adecco)
EPIQ is a legal service company serving large customer in the banking industries
Sr. Financial Analyst – Contractor Oct 2020 – April 2021
Create reports in SAP for EPIQ personnel and worked directly with their largest customer. Manages hundreds of line items quoted by upper management on invoice discrepancies on monthly invoices. Create Ad hoc reports for Audit to determine billing hours work on an audit project. Report directly to Finance manager on updates and corrections to monthly invoices and make sure invoices are sent out and complete by month in deadlines. Review and correct past contracts and line items for EPIQ largest customer to make sure customer was billed correctly. Update, analysis and make changes to invoices as necessary to ensure accuracy of past invoices. Responsible for EPIQ largest customer for monthly invoice reconciliation.
•Work directly with EPIQ Directors, Project Managers and Program Managers on issue with invoice reconciliation.
•Created Ad hoc reports for EPIQ audit on billable hours charge to invoices
•Responsible for EPIQ largest customer for monthly invoice reviews, updates and corrections with-in the time allowed for completions.
•Work as a dual roll reporting to the PMO group but worked directly for Finance.
•Create reports in SAP and send to excel for analysis
Daimler Trucks N.A.
Daimler Trucks is a global trucking company, building Class 8 Truck
Sr. Supply Chain Analyst Feb 2016 – Jan 2020
Analysis to determine key KPI’s for tracking department goals. Key areas include supply change strategy, revenue forecasting, demand vs supply planning, logistics, distribution, customer fulfillment and delivery and product lifecycle planning. Order, forecast and expedite truck components to support truck plant in building 30 trucks a day. Work directly with SAP in creating Ad hoc and excel reports to update upper management on shortages and late deliveries. Work directly with quality and engineering on parts defects, BOM updates and quality issues. Work directly with EDI transmission for all transportation, back orders, and late shipments. Ad hoc reports for upper management on creating time studies for certain jobs in production. Onsite responsibilities include working directly with vendors/suppliers, supervisors, and material managers to review bill of materials, sourcing issues, disposition of obsolete and excess inventory. Plan and forecast for new products working directly with Engineering, suppliers, and quality. Make changes to BOM’s, standard work instructions and time studies, as necessary.
•Responsible for all SAP PR’s and purchase orders created for the truck plant and reconciliation for invoices billed against those purchase orders.
•Responsible for all updates and graphs to the office floor management daily meetings.
•Responsible for updating upper management on storages, late arrivals, and EDI updates.
•Key in the implementation of doing time studies and creating all standard work instructions.
•Work directly with suppliers, engineering, and quality to ensure that BOM are accurate and updated.
•Improved OEM spare part management process excess/obsolete inventory for correct disposal.
•Work directly with supervisor and managers on the plant floor to inform employees on safety rules and regulations.
•Work directly with 5 manufacturing plants, 5 PDC’s and 5 consolidation centers to make sure that product/parts are received with in a timely manner.
•Took ownership of the repair and programming for all the modules used in the trucks and updated BOM’s accordingly.
•Responsible for ordering all the oils, gasoline, lubricants, and fluids for the Truck Plant.
Daimler Trucks N.A.
Daimler Trucks is a global trucking company for building Class 8 Trucks
Manager/Supervisor, Parts Order Expedite (Order Fulfillment) Nov 2007 – Feb 2016
Managed the Parts Order fulfillment group in their daily customer support activities for parts, pricing, expediting critical orders and service inquires. I created and determined the department key KPI’s for tracking performance and goals. Created office floor manager board to show process improvements as well as goals not reached. Business owner for SAP data migration and did all testing for new aftermarket processes for SAP and logistics. Created and implemented EDI into the aftermarket working directly with productions, IT, suppliers, and consolidated centers. Hired and trained all new employees within the department. Work directly with suppliers, PDC, production plants on critical dropship orders for our customers. Implemented best practices EDI systems and lean tools for departments. Work on global supplier relationships to reduce costs and reduce lead times. Work directly with trade compliance and global suppliers to ensure accurate documentation was visible for parts coming into the US.
•Facilitated weekly Supply/Demand planning meetings to ensure inventory meets sales forecasts and market trends.
•Procurement lead in weekly Operations Management meeting with suppliers that provides strategic solutions to business operations related to improved resource allocation and work efficiencies.
•Managed 20 direct reports.
•Managed supplier performance metrics to ensure maximum service quality.
•Compiled and analyzed data to balance supplier service level, turn rates and inventory levels for product quality.
•Defined procurement requirements and business processes for a new EDI system.
•Use ABC analysis methodology to identify inventory management priorities and improve profitability.
Freightliner LLC
Freightliner LLC is a US trucking company that builds Class 6, 7 and 8 Trucks
Group Lead Warranty Aug 2006 – Nov 2007
Supervise paint claims for pre-approval operations. Provide daily guidance and expertise to assigned team members to ensure that pre-approval is prepared in a consistent, fair, equitable and timely manner. Created Ad hoc reports in focus to review duplicate claims and create charge back for all duplicates for financial reporting. Managed weekly meetings for vendor recovery for all paint claims. Responsible for all charge back reporting to finance department. Responsible for all WebFocus transactions for password protection, reset and disable. Provide operation support to all departments using WebFocus, warranty, administration, Audit and productions.
•Supervised 5 direct reports.
•Review all incoming paint claims and adjusted if necessary.
•Create all Ad hoc reports to ensure there were no duplicate claims for paint.
•Review errors and any discrepancies for all paint claims.
•Analyzed reports and sent to upper management for approval.
•Vendor recovery for 2005 over 1 million dollars.
Freightliner LLC
Freightliner LLC is a US trucking company that builds Class 6, 7 and 8 Trucks
Warranty Franchise Auditor Jan 2004 – Aug 2006
Assist in the development of an annual audit plan, assuring adequate and assess to arears of risk relative to each level of activity. Prepared and analyze warranty claims from dealer/distributors. Create Ad hoc reports to ensure my data was accurate. Audit all dealership/distributor and review all warranty claim on site. After audit is complete review audit reports and create financial paperwork for chargeback. I work directly with dealer principles/owners on all audit issue keeping them up to date on all issues. Work with dealer/distributors on setting up the parts area and their parts ordering issues.
•Audit were on-site at the dealership/distributor’s locations, United States and Canada.
•Work directly with the Finance department to ensure that all financial reporting was accurate, and report were delivered within the time allow from Freightliner LLC.
EARLIER EMPLOYMENT
Sr. Warranty Analyst – Freightliner LLC Dec 2003 – Jan 2004
Freightliner LLC is a US trucking company that builds Class 6, 7 and 8 Trucks
• Achieve established individual goal of $1 million in warranty cost reduction for 2003 while contributing to corresponding Trend Analysis team goal of $7 million.
Product Marketing Specialist – Freightliner LLC Mar 2001 – Nov 2003
Freightliner LLC is a US trucking company that builds Class 6, 7 and 8 Trucks
• Provide marketing and pricing support for Freightliner all-makes product line.
PERSONAL REFENCE
Joseph A. Smith
Lanita Lockhart
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