Manager Accountant

DEBBIE SHELTON

Roaring River, NC ************@*****.*** 336-***-**** linkedin.com/in/debbie-shelton-47513940

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER

Experienced in all areas of supply chain management, planning, inventory control and accounting. Driven to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

COMPETENCIES

Project Management Production Understanding Budgeting

International purchasing Negotiation Inventory Tracking

Staff Management MRP/EPR superuser Problem Solving

EXPERIENCE

Kaba Dormakaba, Winston Salem, NC 11/2007 - 2/2021

New Product Introduction Buyer (4/2020 – 2/2021)

Managed Strategic Sourcing projects for various plants within Dormakaba working with suppliers on new products, product changes, tool transfers, etc. working with Engineering, Purchasing and Quality teams.

Purchasing Manager (2014 – 4/2020)

In addition to managing Purchasing team in Winston Salem, managed several strategic commodities for North America traveling to China and Mexico and participated in many cost savings and VAVE projects.

Due to closure of Winston Salem plant and move to Nogales Mexico, managed outsourcing of hundreds of components formally made in Winston Salem to new sources, primarily zinc die casting, plating and metal stampings, resulting in over $800K / year landed cost savings.

Trained, mentored and daily monitored the purchasing team in Nogales while serving as Site Lead for the remaining Winston Salem facility.

Materials Manager (11/2007 – 2014)

Managed Purchasing, Production Planning, Inventory Control and Shipping and Receiving.

Increased OTD to 98%, eliminated millions of dollars in obsolete inventory, and saved millions of dollars in cost savings projects.

Implemented a Cycle Counting program to eliminate physically inventories and increase accuracy to 97%. Helped facility move to a Lean Manufacturing organization by training in Kanban, Kaizen, PFP.

Takata, Greensboro, NC 3/2006 - 11/2007

Commodity Manager

Partnered with suppliers on various commodities used in steering wheel and airbag production for plants in Mexico.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Lydall, Hamptonville, NC

Customer / Vendor Relations Manager

Senior Accountant / Cost Accountant

EDUCATION

Undergraduate Coursework, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Bachelor of Science, Business Management, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC

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