MELISSA T. STALLINGS
Belvidere,NC
Summary
Highly skilled Supply Chain Specialist with comprehensive experience in managing end-to-end supply chain processes. Strengths include optimizing inventory control, analyzing procurement needs, and implementing cost-effective logistics solutions. Previous roles have demonstrated success in streamlining operations, improving supplier relations, and enhancing overall supply chain efficiency.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Specialist III
HII/Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, VA
08.2022 - Current
- Established relationships with key vendors to negotiate competitive pricing for materials and services.
- Sourced vendors, negotiated prices and set up delivery schedules.
- Led supplier relationship management efforts, fostering partnerships that enhanced supply chain resilience.
- Analyzed data from multiple sources to identify cost reduction opportunities within the supply chain.
- Enhanced supply chain processes, strengthening planning procedures, organizing schedules and maintaining records.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards across all supply chain processes.
- Resolved conflicts between vendors or customers quickly and efficiently.
- Coordinated with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods.
Senior Operations Manager
Hoffer Flow Controls
Elizabeth City
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Manage overall operations and make major decisions affecting the organization
- Strategize pricing on custom flow products/projects
- Meet with board members monthly to review the companies financials
- Ensure the company follows its policies and procedures that are in place, and is profitable
- Recommend base compensation adjustments as part of the firm's compensation process
- Supervise 72 employees
Purchasing and Inventory Control Manager
Hoffer Flow Controls
Elizabeth City
01.2001 - 08.2022
- Negotiated contract terms and conditions of the supply arrangements for standard products with each vendor seeking to optimize the balance across quality, pricing, and delivery schedules
- Identifying planning needs for future procurement of parts and evaluate vendors bids/offers
- Analyzed bids/proposals for conformance with customers/government contracts such as FAR/DFAR requirements
- Analyzed sales orders for cost/price analysis
- Monitor contracts until final delivery to ensure payments can be completed and the contract can be closed
- Responsible for a wide range of pre-award and post award procedures to plan and conduct the acquisition process from description of the requirements through final delivery
- Identify and qualify vendors to supply the raw materials supplies, and services to support the manufacturing operation and the main office
- Wherever possible, identify and utilize multiple vendors for each item to optimize the supply flexibility while optimizing the balance across quality, delivered price and supply lead-times
- Seek to negotiate vendor stocking agreements to reduce the supply lead-times to minimize the raw materials and supplies inventories that the firm needs to maintain
- Process the purchase orders and follow-up/expedite with vendors to ensure the delivery dates are met
- Establish performance standards for the vendors
- Track and monitor each vendor's performance and work with them to improve their performance to remain an approved vendor
- Maintain a vendor problem log as per ISO 9001
- Enter all purchase orders into the firm's information system
- Maintain the Purchasing files - vendor files
- Working with the Comptroller to design and implement the processes and procedures, to control the inventory and maintain its book integrity
- Working with the Stockroom Supervisor to organize the stockroom to optimize its ease of use and control of the inventory
- Oversee the periodic cycle counts to maintain the integrity of the inventory
- Working with the Comptroller, investigate and reconcile and substantive disparities between the book and physical inventories
- Periodically update the inventory replenishment parameters - minimums, reorder quantities to optimize the inventory investment by using data analytics of each item
- Provide final sale prices to the sales team along with delivery
- Handled all nonconformances from outside suppliers and trucking companies
- Oversee the scheduling for all jobs going to the shop floor
- Supervise six departments which include Shipping, Stk Room, Maintenance, Repairs, Procurement and Work Order Coordinator
Associate Buyer
Hockmeyer Equipment
Elizabeth City
08.1996 - 01.2001
- Secure price quotations along with the delivery lead-time for materials and services
- Process the purchase orders and follow-up/expedite with vendors to ensure the delivery dates are met
- Review the inventory low list on a regular basis to determine purchasing needs and to adjust inventory control set point levels
- Enter purchase orders into the firm's information & filing systems
- Monitor vendor's performance
Education
Information Systems -
College of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City05.1999
Some College (No Degree) - Contract Law Program
College of William And Mary
Williamsburg, VASkills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Ability to Work in a Team
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Effective Time Management
- Ability to Multitask
- Fast Learner
- Leadership Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills
- ISO 9001-2015
- PED
- Sage 100 MRP/ERP and Sage Inventory Advisory System
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- QuickBooks
- SAP
- Vendor relations
- Materials management
- Supply chain analytics
- Managing inventory
- Production scheduling
Timeline
Supply Chain Specialist III
HII/Newport News Shipbuilding
08.2022 - Current
Senior Operations Manager
Hoffer Flow Controls
09.2021 - 08.2022
Purchasing and Inventory Control Manager
Hoffer Flow Controls
01.2001 - 08.2022
Associate Buyer
Hockmeyer Equipment
08.1996 - 01.2001
Information Systems -
College of the Albemarle
Some College (No Degree) - Contract Law Program
College of William And Mary
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