Michelle Watts
Portland,,Oregon
Summary
Seasoned Director with background in strategic planning, team leadership, & performance optimization. Known for driving company growth by developing efficient operational strategies & fostering professional relationships. Demonstrated abilities in problem solving, decision making, & communication skills to influence key stakeholders. Proven record of delivering innovative solutions & achieving organizational goals.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Footwear Innovation Sourcing Director
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
03.2020 - 06.2024
- Based on manufacturing requirements shared by Innovation, decided where Innovation projects would be manufactured
- Required understanding of the new technologies & validating future demand expectations
- Managed the extremely long supply chain for all of our knitted uppers
- Note: this was at the same time as the Footwear Sourcing Director
Footwear Sourcing Director
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
09.2017 - 06.2024
- Led the Sourcing team in the seasonal process of balancing 600M annual pairs, while driving profitability for both Nike & our Factory Partners
- Responsible for creating a long-range category source strategy
- Drove calendar changes & worked upstream with the Product Category Development team
- Created operational metrics for the Sourcing team to follow, along with creating reports to track the progress
- Developed & implemented comprehensive strategies to improve operational processes & organizational efficiency
- Collaborated with senior leadership to set long-term objectives for the company
Footwear Supply Planning Operations Director
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
06.2013 - 08.2017
- Managed all the Performance categories in the end-to-end planning horizon
- Created key KPI trackers for the team
- Lead Director of the Go Live of the new ERP SAP planning system
Footwear Sourcing Manager
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
09.2010 - 06.2013
- Lead manager for the Go Live of the updated factory sourcing tool & responsible for communicating the tool challenges to IT & working through potential solutions
- Managed a team of four Sourcing analysts who covered all the Performance categories in the long & mid-range planning horizons
- Hired 5 out of the 7 Sourcing analysts & one Sourcing Manager as the team went through major turnover
Footwear Sourcing Analyst
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
02.2006 - 09.2010
- Aligned production loads to factory capacity & profile from Relative Sourcing to Product Alignment often with controversial transfers
- Created plans that supported on time delivery, costing, quality & developed dual source strategy for large volume models
- Created Sourcing Analyst manual for the Global Footwear Planning Department
Footwear Supply Chain Analyst
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
01.2004 - 02.2006
- Created & revised global supply plans for Categories
- Created balanced & executable initial seasonal supply plans
Senior Master Production Scheduler
FEI Company
Hillsboro, Oregon
02.2002 - 01.2004
- Converted sales forecast into a production plan based on availability, rough-cut capacity planning, & manufacturing lead times
- Facilitated monthly build plan review & weekly production schedule meetings
- Implemented new inventory weekly cycle count parameters & processes, replacing weekly physical audit
Demand & Inventory Planner
IBM
Beaverton, Oregon
02.2000 - 02.2002
- Managed 3 monthly meetings with Finance, Manufacturing, Marketing & Sales to obtain approval of the forecasts
- Forecasted demand for both Revenue & Internal for 2 separate Configure-to-Order product lines
- Developed queries for ad hoc report requests including backlog, shipments, forecast, inventory, wip, internal demand using BRIO
- Project Manager for transfer of European Repair Center from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Montpellier, France (lived in Amsterdam from March 2001- June 2001)
- Managed two weekly inventory meetings comprised of Finance, Supply Management Team (SMT) managers and Buyer/Planners
- Set quarterly inventory goals by product & Buyer/Planner
- Updated monthly inventory data for conference call with head of IBM Server Group
Materials Plan Coordinator/Senior Planner
IBM/formerly Sequent Computer Systems
Beaverton, Oregon
04.1999 - 02.2000
- Developed new processes within Forecasting to support Oracle 11 upgrade
- Mediated between Corporate Forecasting & SMT
- Created a ship plan based on forecasts
Inventory Planner
Sequent Computer Systems
Beaverton, Oregon
08.1997 - 08.1999
- Forecasted returns of up to $30M/quarter of Internal Rotating material used for Customer Benchmarks, Evaluations and hardware/software testing
- Coordinated timely return of Internal Rotating material based on product transition schedule to keep obsolete material to a minimum
- Negotiated early return of material with Internal Channel owners to support Revenue orders at end of each quarter
Demand Planner
Hewlett Packard via Volt
Vancouver, Washington
02.1997 - 08.1997
- Forecasted sales of all InkJet business printers for build & capacity planning
- Analyzed sales trends, reseller inventory levels, market situation, price trends, competitive environment & incorporated results in sales projections
- Presented & explained forecast monthly to senior management
Strategic Planner
Freightliner Corporation
Portland, Oregon
01.1994 - 02.1997
- Prepared monthly marketing reports for senior management using MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Access
- Developed & updated 10-year market sales forecast reports for Freightliner and the trucking industry by product line
- Collected & reported monthly sales data to external organizations
Cost Standards Technician, Cost Analyst I and II
Freightliner Corporation
Portland, Oregon
08.1990 - 12.1993
- Collected & reported the manufacturing plants' Monthly Activity Overview Report for senior management
- Analyzed data for 'make vs buy' studies
- Responsible for training new cost analysts
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Economics -
Stanford University
Stanford, CaliforniaSkills
- Strategic Supply & Demand Planning
- Operations Management
- Inventory Management
- Negotiation, Collaboration & Mediation
- Data Analysis
- Costing Analysis
- Rough-cut Capacity & Production Planning
- Project Management
- Staff Development
- Organizational Development
- MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, PowerBI & Tableau Veteran User
- Training new team members
- APICS certified
Timeline
Footwear Innovation Sourcing Director
Nike, Inc.
03.2020 - 06.2024
Footwear Sourcing Director
Nike, Inc.
09.2017 - 06.2024
Footwear Supply Planning Operations Director
Nike, Inc.
06.2013 - 08.2017
Footwear Sourcing Manager
Nike, Inc.
09.2010 - 06.2013
Footwear Sourcing Analyst
Nike, Inc.
02.2006 - 09.2010
Footwear Supply Chain Analyst
Nike, Inc.
01.2004 - 02.2006
Senior Master Production Scheduler
FEI Company
02.2002 - 01.2004
Demand & Inventory Planner
IBM
02.2000 - 02.2002
Materials Plan Coordinator/Senior Planner
IBM/formerly Sequent Computer Systems
04.1999 - 02.2000
Inventory Planner
Sequent Computer Systems
08.1997 - 08.1999
Demand Planner
Hewlett Packard via Volt
02.1997 - 08.1997
Strategic Planner
Freightliner Corporation
01.1994 - 02.1997
Cost Standards Technician, Cost Analyst I and II
Freightliner Corporation
08.1990 - 12.1993
Bachelor of Arts in Economics -
Stanford University
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