·   A.S. – Criminal Justice, Dyersburg State Community College;Dyersburg, TN

o        APICS-Basics of Supply Chain, 1 of 5 national tests taken

o Machinist Certification (Company certified)

o Six Sigma Green Belt (Company Certified)

o CPS Green Belt (Company Certified)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Caterpillar. – Mossville, IL                                                                                                  January 2012 – Current

Supply Chain System Planning Engineer

Responsible for supporting training and executing the deployment of Material Replenishment Collaboration Software to 80 facilities

·   Led training on how to utilize MRC, within MAMM, CBS SAP, Mach 1 SAP, MFG PRO CGM SAP and Glovia

·   Conducted training to assigned 11 facilities on Material Replenishment Collaboration software and worked on system upgrades from 6.0 to 7.8 release

·   Worked closely with Supply Chain personnel at facilities in Mexico, Poland, China and the US. Providing training and support.

Project Management – Projects

·   Led the Polish Translation deployment for MRC (JDA software)

·   Led the CPS MRC Integration team with responsibilities for integration SAP into MRC for CGM South Milwaukee

·   CPS Project lead with responsibilities for deploying MRC to Torreon Mexico, Franklin NC, CPPX Xuzhou China, CWL Wujiang China, Sosnowiec Poland, NAOSF-Monterey Mexico

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Caterpillar. – North Little Rock, AR                                                                                    March 2010 – January 2012

Supply Chain Material Planner

Responsible for developing suppliers and working with demand and orders team to insure material availability at the facility to support build rate. Implemented supporting  supply chain systems and trained other material planners  in order to meet the manufacturing schedule to meet customers’ needs and insure assembly continuity.

·   Key member of the material planner process that drove the manufacturing and supply plans at North Little Rock manufacturing plant using SAP, MRC.

·   Key member in new facility startup with responsibilities for training new material planners.

·   Led discussions with Global Purchasing, Supply Chain, the North Little Rock business unit’s management, and Operations management on the Plant’s capacity planning to meet the World Wide customer demand  

·   Key member on the implementation of the new Product Motor Grader facility in North America

·   Developed strong analytical skills as a key contact to report the supply chain past dues weekly and monthly. Created a plan for the logistic unit’s ability to maintain transportation to support the facilities operations.

·   Worked with S&OP to meet their machine configurations by reviewing and communicating the plant’s material and attachment availability to meet their Motor Grader order fulfillment.

Caterpillar. – Dyersburg, TN                                                                                                  April 2004 – March 2010

Supply Chain Material Planner/Assembly Scheduler

Responsible for developing suppliers and working with demand and orders team to insure material availability at the facility to support build rate. Developed supporting supply chain processes and trained other material planners in order to meet the manufacturing schedule to meet customers’ needs and insure assembly continuity

·   Developed Processes for supply chain and logistics to insure material availability for operations.

·   Key member as a six sigma green belt and a CPS Green belt in implementing cost savings projects facility wide.

·   Created reports to communicate to the operations teams and Management on the progress of past dues and build rates

·   Was a Six Sigma Green Belt on a new process to efficiently reduce lead times in assembly operations

Caterpillar. – Dyersburg, TN                                                                                                  November 1996 – April 2004

Machinist/Quality Support/Team leader/ Test stand Operator

•                                                  Began career as a machinist operating lathes, and drilling centers.

•                                                  Worked as a quality support member teaching print reading to new associates.

·   Team leader in shipping department, responsible for packaging and shipping finished products to customers worldwide, and arranging transportation to meet the on-time delivery dates.

·   Test stand operator, responsible for calibrating and operating a transmission test stand on NPI transmissions.

SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, SAP, MAMM, DCC and Primavera