Danielle L Williams
Aurora,IL
Summary
IT and Supply Chain Manager with a proven track record of optimizing operations and driving technological solutions. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, streamlining processes, and leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and deliver results. Experienced in overseeing complex projects, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring seamless supply chain operations. Seeking to leverage knowledge in IT and supply chain management to contribute to a forward-thinking organization's success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
IT/Supply Chain Manager
Timken Aurora Bearing
01.2022 - 12.2023
- As part of management team, plan and set future state goals and projects to drive growth.
- Determine and track various production key performance indicators for monthly report outs.
- Collaborate with shop floor operations team to identify constraints, staffing needs and capacity.
- Develop leader standards of work for all direct reports and conduct yearly performance and wage reviews.
- Manage team of 6 planning and 2 IT staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, network implementations, ERP management and IT support for users.
- Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory and meet customer demands.
- Monitored, analyzed and troubleshot hardware, software and network problems focusing primarily on ERP system.
IT Manager
Aurora Bearing Company
01.2016 - 01.2022
- Manage and drive all initiatives pertaining to IT infrastructure and security camera systems
- Directly responsible for ERP system enhancements implementations and contract reviews
- Conduct yearly reviews of direct reports
- Oversee development and implementation of improvements to support and network operations.
- Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop and execute technical strategies to achieve organizational goals.
- Identified computer hardware and network system issues, performing troubleshooting techniques for remediation.
- Coordinated IT operations activities to deliver smooth flow of daily business needs.
IT Administrator
Aurora Bearing Company
01.2004 - 01.2016
- Plan and manage all aspects of IT projects to support business objectives of a manufacturing company serving commercial, industrial, military, and aerospace clients.
- Collaborate with multiple departments to assess their needs, evaluate document and workflow systems, and implement solutions that streamline processes and improve productivity.
- Hire, train, manage and evaluate performance of senior and junior systems analysts.
- Procure and manage all wireless and wired telecommunications, hardware, and software for the organization
- Implemented, upgraded, and managed all aspects of the organization's ERP system.
- Restructured and brought discipline to project proposal process, evaluating necessity, cost/benefit, impact on multiple departments, and alignment with business mission and vision.
- Developed and documented network policies, procedures and standards.
- Researched and recommended new technologies and strategies for improving system performance.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Management -
University of Phoenix
Skills
- Epicor Avante ERP administration
- Vendor relationship management
- Lean management operating systems
- Telecommunications
- Production planning
- Bill of material
- Relationship Building
- Problem-solving abilities
- Team leadership
- Documentation and Reporting
- Network Administration
- Database Management
- Active Directory
Accomplishments
- Planned, organized, and executed a major facility relocation, consolidation and acquisition, moving networking and computer operations from a 48,000 sq. ft facility to a 274,000 sq. ft facility.
- Merged ERP system with master costs and external parts databases, decreasing quote development cycle time from 1 week to 5 minutes while increasing accuracy.
- Developed an effective solution to a lack of data visibility issue at 40% below budgeted cost.
- Negotiated and replaced originations telecommunications package, reducing the cost by $35K.
- Led IT initiatives for network integration required to ensure seamless merger of resources with no downtime during process.
- Held a key role in providing support for major acquisition including data pulls, report writing, sales and quoting analytics.
Work Availability
monday
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Quote
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw
Timeline
IT/Supply Chain Manager
Timken Aurora Bearing
01.2022 - 12.2023
IT Manager
Aurora Bearing Company
01.2016 - 01.2022
IT Administrator
Aurora Bearing Company
01.2004 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science in Business Management -
University of Phoenix
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