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Kathryn Lewis

Kathryn Lewis

Fullerton,CA

Summary

Experienced Senior Associate Material Manager with a strong background in project management, planning, scheduling, and oversight. Skilled in building and maintaining positive customer relations while ensuring accurate documentation. Over 16 years of experience in the field, ready to leverage skills and expertise in a new role.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Associate Materials Manager

Stellant Systems
11.2021 - Current
  • Analyzing and confirming material requirements and inventory on hand or in transit in order to optimize overall supply chain planning
  • Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing and process execution
  • Responsible and accountable for material continuity for assigned programs including On-Time to SIOP, material budget and problem resolution within job scope
  • Provide cost and material availability input to program proposals for Business Development
  • Coordinating planning decisions from end users and information from suppliers to reduce material shortages, working with personnel from departments such as Manufacturing, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, and Inventory Control.
  • Streamlined operational efficiency by identifying areas for improvement and proposing actionable solutions.
  • Effectively managed multiple competing priorities while maintaining focus on delivering exceptional results for clients and the organization.
  • Consistently maintained strong relationships with clients, ensuring clear communication and timely updates on project progress.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive successful completion of complex projects within deadlines.
  • Identified potential risks to develop mitigation plans and minimize impact on project timelines.
  • Remained solutions-oriented in face of complex problems to assist management and overall business direction.
  • Managed data and correspondence to secure information across complex landscapes of organizational departments.
  • Conducted regular inventory audits to maintain accurate stock levels and minimize excess or obsolete inventory.
  • Coordinated with production planning teams to ensure timely availability of raw materials required for scheduled productions runs.
  • Reduced lead times for critical materials through strategic supplier partnerships.
  • Leveraged data analytics tools to identify trends in material usage patterns, helping inform future purchasing decisions more effectively.

Materials Planner

Zodiac Inflight Innovations aka Safran
12.2018 - 03.2020
  • Participates in developing strategies for materials planning
  • Participates in the development of standardized processes within materials planning in order to optimize the utilization of business resources and meet customer expectations for delivery
  • Supports the development of indicators that enable visibility to short and long-term market trends and demand
  • Identifies appropriate demand streams and supports in establishing data relationship linkages
  • Worked with product development leaders and sales and marketing teams to develop demand forecasts
  • Supports in planning capacity and fulfillment demand with plant manufacturing operations
  • Worked with manufacturing team and participates in the development of monthly production volume planning using the business forecast, inventory position, actual customer orders, and the defined capacity parameters
  • Participates in identifying and developing new technologies to improve materials planning capability, sustainability, and reliability
  • Supports in the development of processes and plans to improve supply capabilities
  • Participates in establishing clear and robust metrics to measure progress through process improvements
  • Creates and executes plan for every part and maintain master data for purchased parts, sub-assemblies, end items and other parts as required
  • Facilitates the capacity management process, including identification and escalation of long term capacity gaps to ensure successful execution of customer demands in support of
  • Executes continuous management of the master demand schedule, including adherence to all required validations using the best information available, in order to provide long range OE and aftermarket demand visibility in support of financial planning, internal and external capacity management, and the overall process
  • Monitors the transportation and delivery of inter/intra-plant parts and outbound finished products
  • Tracks and manages inter/intra-plant work in process (WIP), promise dating, expedite orders to ensure on-time delivery and flow
  • Oversee command center and drive part shortage resolution
  • Monitors tracking and shipping
  • Performs escalated expediting when required to ensure on time delivery of material
  • Mitigates risks for short term shortages with internal suppliers to ensure successful customer delivery.

Material / Inventory Planner

Cascade Pump
12.2017 - 09.2018
  • Devise ways to optimize inventory control procedures
  • Inspect the levels of business supplies and raw material to identify shortages
  • Ensure product stock is adequate for all distribution channels and can cover direct demand from customers
  • Record daily deliveries and shipments to reconcile inventory
  • Use software (made2manage) to monitor demand and document characteristics of inventory
  • Acts on order releases action and exception messages from the company system
  • Analyze data to anticipate future needs
  • Evaluate suppliers to achieve cost-effective deals and maintain trust relationships
  • Collaborate with warehouse employees and other staff to ensure business goals are met
  • Work with planning manager on planning schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and best utilize the company’s productive capacity
  • Analyzes sales order releases with respect to capacity planning and material requirements
  • Manages inventory levels, schedules and availability of selected item, either manufactured or purchased, to meet production schedules
  • Completes shipping information and delivery date input during sale order reviews
  • Answer termination or cancellation requests from sales
  • Receives and reviews sales orders against current requirements and work in process using the material requirement planning report
  • Interfaces with manufacturing personnel, the purchasing department and supervisors on material status
  • Maintain positive and proactive relations with managers and employees, as well as our customers and regulatory agencies.

Production Planner / Buyer / Safety Officer

Sign Specialists Inc
09.2015 - 11.2016
  • Acts on order releases action and exception messages from the company system
  • Plans and manages production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and best utilize the company’s productive capacity
  • Analyzes sales order releases with respect to capacity planning and material requirements
  • Manages inventory levels, schedules and availability of selected item, either manufactured or purchased, to meet production schedules
  • Completes shipping information and delivery date input during sale order reviews
  • Answer termination or cancellation requests from sales
  • Orders floor stock with shelf life material for production
  • Reviews work in process material sweeps from production floor
  • Receives and reviews sales orders against current requirements and work in process using the material requirement planning report
  • Releases purchase orders for production material, floor stock items and all purchases to support the business unit
  • Interfaces with manufacturing personnel, the purchasing department and supervisors on material status and production planning issues
  • Assist in compliance reviews, general risk assessments and other safety assessments to support Health, Safety and Environmental management
  • Participate in detailed incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis & promote incident prevention for the benefit of employees and visitors
  • Observe HSE regulations, wears all required safety equipment, encourages safe working practices, corrects obvious hazards immediately or reports them to the proper personnel
  • Maintain positive and proactive relations with managers and employees, as well as our customers and regulatory agencies
  • Walk the manufacturing floor on a regular basis to establish HSE presence and provide support & conduct daily/monthly HSE meeting/trainings and as needed
  • Help Write, implement, and manage HSE Programs, Policies and Procedures & Perform facility HSE Inspections
  • Ability to evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE
  • Have knowledge and enforce compliance of Regulatory requirements (i.e
  • OSHA, CalOSHA, EPA, etc.), including company HSE policies and procedures
  • Ability to oversee Hazardous Waste Storage area and ensure regulatory agency compliance i.e
  • Labeling, containment, proper disposal, documentation, etc.

Manager of Production & Warehouse Operations

Progressive Suspension
02.2012 - 09.2015
  • Run open orders report each morning to verify open orders and orders pending
  • Plan & direct manufacturing operations for Production, Shipping and Receiving
  • Purchasing of materials, supplies, and other materials as needed (back up to buyer)
  • Directly managing the production staff, shipping and receiving
  • This includes ensuring, correct workload planning for the day, accuracy and goals and met
  • Communicates goals to departments for each day
  • Ensure proper training in functional & safety areas
  • Monitoring staffing levels necessary for the workload
  • Sets yearly budget (staff) needed to meet our goals
  • Run production report to schedule and release work orders throughout the day
  • Close all completed work orders and follow up on any work orders still open and pending
  • To verify stock levels works with buyer to endure stock levels are kept
  • Check in with shipping and receiving to make sure product is put away so it can then be shipped right away
  • To monitor bin locations on material to pull orders in a timely manner but safe
  • To make sure all employees are trained properly, certified if need be for use of equipment and company safety standards are met
  • To conduct weekly and Bi-weekly meetings on safety issues to ensure the company standards are met
  • Conduct weekly meetings with upper management in regards to any issues that might be holding up Receiving, Production and Shipping
  • Work close with Customer Service on issues or shortages of materials that may hold up orders
  • Checking all machines making sure they are working properly and maintenance is being kept up on them
  • Weekly phone Operations meeting(s) with overseas team
  • Work closely with Long Beach and Los Angeles freight forwarding to ensure on time delivery
  • To make sure all work instructions in Production are current and up to date
  • Work close with engineering on any changes to BOM’s and ensure product is being built with the proper and most current rev in place
  • Perform annual, 90 day and new employee reviews
  • Hire, fire, let go and handle any employee issues.

Purchasing Manager & Operations Coordinator

MAG Manufacturing
03.2007 - 01.2012
  • Run open orders report each morning to verify open orders and orders pending
  • Plan & direct manufacturing operations for Production
  • Purchasing of all raw materials, supplies, and other shop materials needed
  • Directly managing the production staff, this includes ensuring, correct workload planning
  • Ensure proper training in functional & safety areas
  • Monitoring staffing levels necessary for the workload
  • Run production report to schedule and release work orders throughout the day
  • Close all completed work orders follow up on any work orders still open and pending
  • To verify stock levels on raw material
  • To help in the manufacturing department and shipping throughout the day to make sure
  • To monitor bin locations on material to pull orders in a timely manner but safe
  • To conduct weekly and Bi-weekly meetings on safety issues to ensure the company standards are met
  • Conduct weekly meetings with upper management in regards to any issues that might be holding up Receiving, Production and Shipping
  • Work close with Customer Service on issues or shortages of materials that may hold up orders
  • Checking all machines in the machine shop and warehouse to make sure they are working properly and maintenance is being kept up on them.

Education

Rancho Alamitos High School
Garden Grove, Ca

Extended Education (Supply Chain Management) -

Cal State Fullerton
Fullerton, Ca

Skills

  • Operations
  • Manager/Supervisor
  • Production
  • Planning/Coordinator
  • Inventory Control
  • Materials Management
  • Purchasing
  • Syspro
  • Sage
  • Epicor
  • MAS 90 & 200 ERP (Manufacturing Modules)
  • Word on Multiple Levels of BOMs
  • MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
  • Adobe Complete
  • Windows XP
  • Type 50 WPM
  • UPS/FEDEX Online Shipment
  • LN Software
  • Teams

Timeline

Sr Associate Materials Manager

Stellant Systems
11.2021 - Current

Materials Planner

Zodiac Inflight Innovations aka Safran
12.2018 - 03.2020

Material / Inventory Planner

Cascade Pump
12.2017 - 09.2018

Production Planner / Buyer / Safety Officer

Sign Specialists Inc
09.2015 - 11.2016

Manager of Production & Warehouse Operations

Progressive Suspension
02.2012 - 09.2015

Purchasing Manager & Operations Coordinator

MAG Manufacturing
03.2007 - 01.2012

Rancho Alamitos High School

Extended Education (Supply Chain Management) -

Cal State Fullerton

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