Supply Chain Scrum Master
Resume:
Laura Volshonok, MBA, CSM
McKinney, TX 75071
Cell: 562-***-**** / E-mail: **********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Finance-, analytics-, PMO-, risk-and-compliance-focused professional. Rich experience in global manufacturing, retail, distribution, and global supply chain arenas. Core competencies found in
• Analytics • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) • Forecasting
• Project & Program Management • Process Improvement • Training & Execution
• Global Supply Chain • Contract & Vendor Management • Spend Management
• IT Compliance • Cross-Functional Team Development • Cyber Security
• Statistics (6 Sigma, Lean) • Solution Design & Build • Strategy
CERTIFICATIONS
SCRUM MASTER, MS EXCEL EXPERT 2013, MS EXCEL EXPERT 2016, ACCESS EXPERT 2013, ACCESS EXPERT 2016
EDUCATION & TRAINING
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Harvard Analytics Certificate (Accepted) 2020
Master of Business Administration 2006
Bachelor of Business Administration 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant 2014–2019
Project Consultant
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles,
Filled in for Executive Director of Strategic Sourcing
Project Management Responsibilities:
Led courier outsourcing project for executive management that will lead to ~$1M in savings in 2018
Developed project strategy, project plan, risk log, and communication strategy
Led current and future state process mapping workshops
Developed future state inbound and outbound courier process
Created and finalized contract inclusive of pricing and terms and conditions supporting business, legal, finance, and procurement executives
Supported savings estimates of outsourcing vs. insourcing
Deployed leadership transportation project that will lead to $300K in savings in 2018 and $1.2M by 2020
Analyzed $30B+ in spend data
Deployed carrier rationalization strategy and plan
Created RFP/RFQ pricing templates
Led negotiations to onboard preferred carriers
Created contract draft inclusive of pricing and terms and conditions supporting business, legal, finance, and procurement executives
Led global savings initiative reporting to senior executives
Created ground-up analytics providing current and future outlook of savings and cost avoidance
Worked with finance executives to validate savings and cost avoidance
Created plan to clean up backlog
Drove backlog savings bookings from $.5M to $6M in 3-week period
Time Warner/Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA
Built ground-up reporting based on total year and YTD global spend
Created the following from scratch:
oAutomated reporting and executive reporting deck
oTrending analytics
oDashboards (departmental and account outlooks)
oHeat maps (departmental and account outlooks)
oOpEx reporting analytics
oForecast performance analytics
oVariance waterfalls
oMonthly executive and YTD dashboards
Analyzed global spend using statistical methodologies to present to executive team opportunities for cost savings and avoidance
BCBG, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Project Manager
Project Management Responsibilities:
Led disaster recovery project for mission critical systems from point of project initiation to deployment while managing in-house and outside personnel (~$4M in CapEx/OpEx)
Led PCI compliance audit and remediation project (224 controls; ~$6M in CapEx/OpEx)
Led contract management consolidation and storage project
Management Responsibilities:
Responsible for providing oversight and status reporting to executive management for all PMO-led projects ($8–$12M in CapEx/OpEx)
Developed policies and corporate governance procedures for cross-functional organization alignment (finance, legal, IT, and business)
Developed and pitched QA strategies, testing plans, and PMO methodology and frameworks
Led change management/quick win workshops to identify organizational opportunities for executive management review and strategic planning
Developed steering committee templates and agenda and reported on project status reports
Boston Beer Company, Allentown, PA
Consultant
Conducted plant level observational studies to increase efficiency and reduce down time in bottling facilities.
Chep Pallets, Canada
Consultant
Traveled to all Chep Pallet locations to conduct operational observational studies, document current “as is” process in an effort to adopt best practices and plant standardization to increase operational efficiency and reduce down time.
Option Care Walgreens, Chicago IL
Consultant
Supported Madison Dearborn in analytics and process documentation and implementation of Option Care Merger from Walgreens
Harley Davidson,mMilwaukee, WI
Project Lead/Financial Analyst
Led dealer benchmarking and reporting initiative to help quantify and prioritize targets for headquarter reporting and analysis
US Foods, Rosemont, IL 2013–2014
Senior Logistics Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst
Process Improvement & Project Management Responsibilities:
Business Process/Visio process flow development, execution, and training
oFootprint/mapping, RFQ sub process, bid-or-no-bid decision-making process
Responsible for weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting of national accounts customers
Developed customized customer strategies and project plans to lead to reductions in overall cost to customers
FP&A/Reporting Responsibilities:
With use of advanced statistics and analytics, developed, executed, and tracked predictive forecasting analytics methodology and reporting of future income; modeling resulted in 95% accuracy
Developed FY14 annual operating plan (AOP) for logistics support/national accounts
Conducted pricing audits for national account customers
Developed, executed, and reported of actual vs. plan
oNational-account-related pricing and sourcing deviation from vendor contractual agreements
oPlan vs. actual business results by distribution center
oRoot cause deviation analysis
Molex, Inc., Lisle, IL 2011–2013
Senior Financial Analyst, Global Supply Chain
Process Improvement & Project Management Responsibilities:
Developed the corporate business process inclusive of Visio process flows and training for EDI deployment, global freight payments, monthly accrual, global forwarder payment audit, and GL posting of invoices
Built GL payment posting logic and system infrastructure for global entity systematic freight payment
Successfully completed 17 global EDI deployments in 2 months
Headed SharePoint supply chain finance website development
Designed and deployed working capital payment business warehouse solution
FP&A/Reporting Responsibilities:
With use of advanced statistics and analytics, developed and executed global and regional reporting for Asia, Latin America, North America, and Europe
Developed and was responsible for supply chain warehouse global reporting
Responsible for reporting over $100M value of inventory on monthly basis
Accountable for global freight and duty monthly expense and savings reporting
Developed global trade compliance savings and expense reporting for customs, duty and brokerage
Implemented regional and plant reporting by business function
Budget, Plan and Audit Responsibilities:
Responsible for global budget planning and development, business ownership alignment, and system budget loading
Accountable for freight forwarder pricing audits resulting in identification of over $500K in savings
Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, WI
Senior Financial Analyst, Global Supply Chain 2008–2010
FP&A Responsibilities:
Gathered, analyzed, and managed $1.8B of global procurement spending
Analyzed supply chain and logistics by category to support commodity global managers
Researched and implemented cost-saving strategies, which led to $1M in savings
Led Department of Justice audits of global ERPs
Responsible for commodity hedging reporting
oFormulated statistical forecasting and historical analysis for hedging strategy development; reports included time-series modeling
oManaged all third-party supplier hedging contracts, reporting, and payments
oCarried out auditing of supplier contracts and due diligence roadmaps for on-boarding of suppliers
Process Improvement & Project Management Responsibilities:
SME and business owner for SAP deployment and integrations of purchase-to-pay initiative
Responsible for SAP system deployment of global manufacturing plants
Created all training materials for new SAP module implementation
Led on-site training and system deployment in for Hong Kong, Latin America, and Europe
Consolidated monthly global supply chain reporting
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