Supply Chain Management Specialist

Elizabeth Abban

Address: **** ********* ***, **********, **

Email: ******.*****@*****.***

Tel: 779-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

** ***** *********** ****** ***** Professional with expertise in supply chain, material handling, logistics, transportation, production, manufacturing and quality management.

Seeking an senior level opportunity in supply Chain and logistics help an organization drives process improvements, efficiency, and output.

Over 5 years of leadership experience leading cross functional teams of over 30 employees in ISO 9000/14000 high volume manufacturing environments. This included overseeing all facility operations including but not limited to warehousing, shipping / receiving, production, assembly, and quality selected to oversee the launch of a Tier One operation.

SKILLS:

Negociation, Cost Reduction Strategy, Supply Chain Distribution, Inventory Control, Sourcing, Quality Controls and Relastionship Management.

WORK HISTORY:

John Deere (SGS Consulting), Dubuque, IL

Supply Management Planner, June 2023 - Current

Schedule and expedite the delivery of purchased materials to support the production plan, including recommendations for premium logistics alternatives when appropriate.

Resolve 99% of shipping and receiving problems to ensure prompt and accurate payments to suppliers.

Work with Supply Management Specialist to maintain an ongoing relationship with assigned suppliers to monitor and improve supplier performance; measure the performance of the supplier and defines corrective actions; may negotiate with suppliers to resolve short term performance problems.

Execute inventory plans using systems using system parameters and material replenishment strategies to achieve inventory/asset management and material flow goals.

Drives continuous improvement in terms of performance with supply base Achieving Excellence process and criteria.

Execute 98% of logistics requirements for supplier concerning containers, packaging, methods and parameters, arrangement agreement with the suppliers on appropriate logistics processes.

Works with Supply Management Specialist managing low-to-medium complex commodities and supply base.

Ryder Systems, Inc.; Naperville, IL

Site Logistics and Supply Chain Specialist, September 2022 – June 2023

Managed, balanced, and forecasted tank levels against production plans/demand.

Coordinated daily domestic and international pickups / deliveries with 3PL carriers, which included TL, LTL, container, ISO container, rail, and barge shipments.

Streamlined a daily loading schedule to optimize yard operations, alleviate carrier constraints, and minimize transit time.

Developed work instructions for the outbound process, which raised shipping accuracy by over 99.9%.

Directed and designed facility layouts, shelving strategy, and material flow to optimize storage capacity and efficiently utilize available space.

Raised inventory accuracy over 99%, decreased material handling costs by 66%, and reduced delivery discrepancies by more than 99% for returnable customer packaging.

Improved storage plan by implementing the best practices to rotate stock and maintain FIFO after daily deliveries.

Utilized a Kanban strategy to reduce customer backlog / surplus and assembly downtime by performing daily counts and ordering material from upstream partners.

NIROSAC Group, Accra, Ghana

Sr Supply Chain Specialist, May 2014 - August 2022

Streamlined a daily loading schedule to optimize yard operations, alleviate carrier constraints, and minimize transit time.

Developed work instructions for the outbound process, which raised shipping accuracy by over 99.9%.

Ensured compliance with customer and company policies and procedures.

Traced history of items to determine reasons for discrepancies between inventory and stock control records and recommend remedial actions to resolve discrepancies.

Assisted in maintaining the physical properties of the warehouse.

Submitted weekly, monthly, and other special services billing to customer services representatives.

Help raise total inventory accuracy by over 97% by taking physical inventory counts and cross-referencing SAP for suspect bins.

EDUCATION:

Cranfield University, United Kingdom; 2013-2014.

Master of Science Degree, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Central University College, Ghana 2009-2012

Bachelor of Science, Human Resource Management

RELEVANT MODULES:

3GTMs, SAP, JD Edwards, QlikView, Business Statistics and Forecasting, Warehousing, Procurement Management, Manufacturing and Operations Management, Management Science Techniques, Logistics and Supply Chain Concepts, Accounting and Finance, Supply Chain Process Re-Design, Freight Transport, Project Management,

Supply Chain Game, Information Systems & E-Business, Sustainability, Demand and Inventory Planning, Logistics Outsourcing, Master Data in Supply Chain, Physical Network Design, Demand Chain Management, Humanitarian Logistics and Six Sigma.

COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

REFERENCES - Available upon request

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