Derrick Banks

- Procured internal and external parts to support 737 (1G001, 1G002, 1G003, UKE7, 1G202) and 777 (WH002) airplanes for Flight Testing

- Worked with material management personnel to ensure each testing phase had the necessary parts to support installation

-Team lead for Flight Test SCA group for 3 months and trained 2 supply chain interns during their internship in procurement that lead both of them receiving an offer upon their graduation

-Utilized ERP systems to place purchase and sales orders for numerous aircraft (domestic and international)

- Created BESSY shipments to coordinate having parts available for remote site work at different locations (United Kingdom, Curacao, Alaska, Hawaii, etc)

- Lead our team in conduction an inventory reduction of parts in our warehouse that hadn't been done in 10 yrs, that lead to ~$300,000 in holding cost savings

-Supply Chain focal for 737 EAI Inlet project that will implement inlet changes on future 737 production aircraft

- Tracked inbound products from manufacturing facilities to 3PL distribution centers, and outbound products from 3PL distribution centers to distribution partners to ensure customer order fulfillment and support Talking Rain case fill KPI targets.

- Served as the primary point of contact for customers, managed transportation partners, and 3PL distribution centers.

- Oversaw the Talking Rain customer order process, including order creation (order portal, EDI, and manual), release, planning, and delivery.

- Conducted a lean project to eliminate waste in our procurement operations that helped save 10 hours of waste each week