RAE WELSH-LAVIERS

advasu@r.postjobfree.com :• 253-***-**** • Cumberland, WA 98022 • linkedin.com/rae-welsh

Highly seasoned strategic sourcing and procurement professional with 10+years of experience. Strong skills, knowledge and experience in supply chain, inventory management, production planning, contract and project management. Skillful at negotiations, supply line diversification, sustainable process, policies and ERP/MRP/CRM platforms, including SAP, NetSuite, Epicor and MS Dynamics GP. Currently seeking a new career opportunity with a dynamic and growing company managing Procurement, Supply Chain, Inventory, Contracts or Vendor Relationships within the Seattle, WA area.

WORK EXPERIENCE

EZ Access Homecare Products; Algona, WA Dec 2015 - Oct 2022

Strategic Procurement Manager / Sourcing Specialist

●Reduced costs from $21.57 to $2.56 on 40,000 units annually by altering part designs and sourcing production item suppliers.

●Mitigated costs from $8.00 per unit to $.90 by changing the material on connectors for completed units from aluminum to injection molding.

●Limited costs on 300,000 units annually while creating a better supply line for raw materials and avoiding production slow-downs.

●Accelerated average delivery time from 8 weeks to 2 weeks.

●Vetted new suppliers to create additional domestic and international supply chains to stabilize supply lines at various production plants during COVID operations.

Wounded Warrior; Seattle, WA Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

Procurement and Contracts Manager

●Secured strategic alliance partnerships to improve shipments by 2 weeks and eliminated damage and expedited costs. Reduced COGS by 12% while improving customer satisfaction with an improved network/communication platform.

Cobia Systems; Seattle, WA Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

Controller and Human Resource Manager

●Grew revenue by 800% and increased startup headcount to 35 by relieving 4 partners from administrative functions, allowing them to focus efforts on market product launches. This included setup of accounting, sales, purchasing and administrative software, recruiting all talent, creating policies and procedures, procuring all equipment and supplies, providing financial statements to ownership including daily summaries.

●Sold the company within 2 years for over $45M.

Prior Experiences: PAC Iron & Metal, SR Metal Buyer & Analyst; Building Blocks, Global Procurement Manager; Transtar Metals, Regional Branch Manager, TW Metals

EDUCATION / TECHNOLOGIES & CERTIFICATIONS

B.S DEGREE: Business Administration – California State University, Long Beach CA

MBA: University of Phoenix, Phoenix AZ – Currently enrolled, Graduate October 2023

TECHNOLOGIES: ERP Sys Mgmt., MS Dynamics GP, SAP, NetSuite,, MS Office, SolidWorks

CERTIFICATIONS: Production & Inventory Management, CPIM;Purchasing Professional Mgmt., CPPM; Strategic Alliance Professional, CSAP; Supply Chain Management Professional, CSCMP-SCPro; SAP Application Associate-SRM 7.2; SixSigma Green Belt

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