Jennifer Nichols
Rotterdam
Summary
Results-driven Manufacturing Specialist skilled in product quality assurance, production optimization, and lean manufacturing. Led teams in continuous improvement initiatives that enhanced workflows and reduced costs. Expertise includes implementing innovative strategies to boost productivity and efficiency.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Manufacturing Specialist
GE Vernova
Schenectady
01.2023 - Current
- Directed daily operations in Wind Department, overseeing shipping, receiving, indirect material movement, and cycle counting to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Ensured timely delivery of parts, contributing to uninterrupted manufacturing operations.
- Managed daily operations of 22 warehouse employees, ensuring effective workflow and resource allocation.
- Managed daily GEMBA board, work orders and indirect material ordering.
- Ensuring reconciliation and cycle count completed daily.
- Verified crew's compliance with safety protocols and 5S standards daily.
Supervisor Warehouse
Ball Metal
Saratoga Springs
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed daily operations of 27 employees in the warehouse department.
- Supervised 7 employees in shipping operations, ensuring timely dispatch of full trailer loads to customers.
- Oversaw daily SQF and GMP operations in the department within a food grade facility.
- Ensured safe work environment for crew and compliance with 5S standards on a daily basis.
- Ensuring pallet reconciliation and cycle count completed daily.
- Managed removal of class 1 and 3 scrap from plant, maintaining minimum inventory levels for month-end reporting.
- Ordering and maintaining accurate levels of all dunnage and raw materials for the plant.
Supervisor Distribution and Logistics
SI Group
Rotterdam Junction
01.2014 - 01.2021
- Supervised 14 union employees and 1 nonunion employee in shipping tasks for all customers using LTL, FT, bulk trucks, ISO tankers, and rail shipments.
- Managed daily operations of 15 union and nonunion employees in the distribution and logistics department.
- In charge of 20 rail car spots that are located in the plant. Ensure all rail cars are ordered from vendors. In charge of shipments of rail cars to customers.
- Facilitated receipt of bulk and non-bulk raw materials, supporting uninterrupted production flow.
- Ordered and maintained packaging levels for chemical intermediate production, optimizing resource availability.
- Managed yearly budget for department, aligning resource allocation with operational needs.
- Ensured safe work environment by implementing hazard observation practices daily.
- Meeting monthly KPI of the department and plant.
Logistics Coordinator for Field Services
General Electric
Rotterdam
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Oversaw daily international and domestic shipments for two global businesses, managing temporary and permanent importation processes.
- Facilitated 500 international temporary importation shipments each year to streamline operations and support business needs.
- Collaborated with international business leaders to ensure on-time delivery of shipments to meet high demand.
- Implemented a single broker for logistics, resulting in annual savings of $500,000 for the division.
- Coordinated with Calibration Supervisor to ensure timely return of test equipment for recalibration.
- Fully certified to ship Hazardous Material IATA, DOT and vessel.
Shipping Planner
Atlas Copco
Voorheesville
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Designed a comprehensive shipping strategy to meet unique job specifications.
- Coordinated shipments with freight forwarders and scheduled packing manpower to optimize shipping timelines.
- Coordinated scheduling with ACCI production and vendors for major shipments of loose materials, ensuring timely delivery.
- Maintained shipping plan and provided weekly status during production meetings.
- Analyzed contract specifications and customer purchase orders to identify shipping needs; organized and streamlined shipping activities across relevant departments.
- Generated all customer specific shipping documentation; coordinated all shipping correspondence with customer.
- Followed all Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
Education
CPC Certified Medical Coder -
Bryant and Stratton
Albany, NYCourses in Business Administration -
Fulton-Montgomery Community College
Johnstown, NYAssociate in Applied Science - Logistics
Community College of the Air Force
Skills
- Inventory management
- Supply chain management
- Production planning
- Lean manufacturing
- Quality assurance
- Project process improvement
- Operational leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Efficiency and quality work
- Oracle, Word, Access, Excel, SAP, Kronos payroll
- Time management
- Team facilitation
Military Service
- United States Air Force National Guard, Scotia, NY, 01/01/09, 12/31/13, Medical Administration, Honorable Discharge
- United States Air Force, 01/01/91, 12/31/97, Inventory Management Specialist, Honorable Discharge
Timeline
Lead Manufacturing Specialist
GE Vernova
01.2023 - Current
Supervisor Warehouse
Ball Metal
01.2021 - 01.2023
Supervisor Distribution and Logistics
SI Group
01.2014 - 01.2021
Logistics Coordinator for Field Services
General Electric
01.2010 - 01.2014
Shipping Planner
Atlas Copco
01.2008 - 01.2009
CPC Certified Medical Coder -
Bryant and Stratton
Courses in Business Administration -
Fulton-Montgomery Community College
Associate in Applied Science - Logistics
Community College of the Air Force