Education

University of Southern California – Master of Science Global Supply Chain- Spring 2015

Completed in 1 year 2014-2105

Florida A&M University - Master of Business Administration – Spring 2012

Completed in 2 years 2010-2012

Shanghai International University – Certificate International Business Study Abroad Program – Fall 2010

Certificate 4 months

Florida A&M University - Bachelor of Business Administration – Spring 2009

Completed in 3 years 2006-2009

Employment

Fam Properties (August 2019-Present)

Sales Consultant (Villas & Plots)

Dubai, United Arabs Emirates

Managed 1.2 Billion AED Real Estate Portfolio

Accompany investors during visits to inspections of property, advising them of the suitability and value of the homes they are visiting based on the current market condition.

Lead weekly sales meeting across the Middle East.

Improving the company CRM processes that help agents become more efficient with following up with clients.

Contributing to the area team with 40% of sales in the area.

Enforcing an active marketing strategy that generated 20% more leads than the previous year.

International Paper

Supply Chain Manager

Krakow, Poland Jan-2018 - July-2019

Leading a team of 10 supply chain specialists

Improving organization service levels, inventory, and logistic cost by implemented continuous improvement solutions

Reducing working capital by $2MM by working with demand/supply management team by conducting various supply chain network analysis.

Standardizing information flow of the North American supply chain and working with cross-functional teams to improve the physical process from the distribution centers to the customer

Manage supply chain performance by creating key metrics, designing dashboards, and analyzing all facets of the supply chain.

Senior Supply Chain Specialist

Krakow, Poland April 2017-December 2017

Manage supply chain activities and forecast demand for North America customers

Serve as sponsor for all major process improvement projects.

Collaborating with our North American manufacturing facilities for best practices to prevent failures throughout the supply chain.

Creating a proactive communication vs reactive communication model to ensure customers are receiving proper communication in a timely matter.

Reducing customer late delivery chargebacks as result of improving on time delivery.

Proactive tracking of replenishments (Air, Land and Sea) from the manufacturing facilities to the distribution centers.

Johnson & Johnson (May 2016 –April 2017)

Global Shared Service Procurement Implementation Process Improvement Specialist

Tampa, FL May 2016 –April 2107

Implement the procurement centralization project for all Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries.

Customizing RF(X) systematic functionally within SAP Ariba

Identified and evaluated number of suppliers used by Internal Business Units resulting in a 60% reduction of suppliers.

Identified cross-business synergies on applicable categories

Assist procurement buyers during the go-live phase of the newly implemented sourcing operating model.

Trained a team of 10 requisition-to-pay employees on triaging requests from the business partners.

Update and maintain category cards within the SalesForce system.

Lead a series of process improvement projects within the Procurement Icertis contracting system.

International Paper (May 2012-April 2016)

Facility Procurement Specialist / Process Improvement Lead

Bogalusa, LA July 2014-June 2016.

Certified Manufacture (ME) Excellence Six Sigma Green Belt. Participated on various process improvement projects and established a facility Manufacture (ME) Six Sigma Excellence culture.

Manage $40 million dollars of capital project spend and improved facility cost savings by 90%.

Leading and executing MRO Strategic Sourcing Strategy across 24 facilities.

Lead an organization motor repair sourcing event that reduced the total cost of motor repairs by 15% across 24 mill facilities.

Led a series of Total Cost Ownership (TCO) trainings to all business unit leaders

Reduced facility fixed cost by 10% by implementing a new leasing process.

Global Sourcing Associate

Eastover, SC September 2013-Juy 2014

Assist on an $64MM MRO Industrial Supplies project that cover 20 facilities across the United States that resulted in a $10MM annual realized savings.

Conducted RFPs and RFQs to identify qualified suppliers and negotiate best rates.

Resolving procurement implementation issues by utilizing various Manufacture (ME) Excellence methodologies.

Consolidating various procurement categories to increase volume spend that will allow the organization to receive discounted pricing for the local facility.

Increase the number of facility minority suppliers by 2%.

Optimizing storeroom inventory with a reduction of 5% of $30 million of inventory.

Acquisition Implementation and Sustain Team Lead

Bogalusa, LA May 2013-August 2013

Trained facility Lead Team on the functionalities of SAP functions of procurement and stores.

Resolve invoicing and account payable issues that arose from system integration.

Trained suppliers on the new procure to pay process

Implement over 20 global sourcing agreements to the newly acquired facility.

Trained the local sourcing department on process improvement methodologies.

Test and troubleshoot SAP testing client before go-live

Global Sourcing Associate

Pensacola, FL May 2012-April 2013

Reduced working capital by increasing payment terms from 30 days to 90 days for all contracted services.

Certified Lean 6 Sigma White Belt. Trained on process improvement, participated in various Kaizen events.

Procured and negotiated pricing for Raw Materials (Caustic, Lime, Sodium Chlorate), MRO parts, and contract services for the Pensacola paper mill.

Managed storeroom inventory with vendors by reducing excessive inventory and selling off obsolete parts.

Reduce trucking demurrage charges by effective planning of chemical inventory.

Technical Skills

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, SAP ERP, Ariba, Salesforce, Icertis, ISNetworld, Ebix, Microsoft Office Suite, Minitab, C++, Business Warehouse, Quality Companion, Tableau

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