One Lexington 

Program Coordinator

● Summer Program for youth ages 13-17 impacted by gun violence. Help develop, plan, & implement program structure. Includes educational, career, & life skills development activities, coupled with recreational activities for the summer program
● Recruit, train, and manage program staff. Lead implementation of program goals and objectives.
● Assess program impact and make necessary changes.
● Manage expenses & budget. Prepare required program reports. Foster relationships with youth, parents, & caregivers.

Summer Program Director

Walker Reconstruction, LLC

Purpose:  "Reconstruction of the Mind" ~ *New Mentality, New Reality*
Goal: We transform "at-risk" youth to "at-promise" youth, by teaching them Personal Development Skills, to become mentally, physically, & spiritually fit/healthy.

Owner & Certified Life Coach

Full Circle Ministries - T4L 

Non Profit Social Services
Motto: Women Innovating Women - creating change through helping and healing one another. 

● Working directly with female clients overcoming trauma to help them identify their goals, find resources to help them grow, and help clients take necessary steps to reach their goals

Certified Professional Life Coach 

Rhema Word Foundation

● Liaison between the community for survivors of abuse, to receive the resources needed to improve their quality-of-life following trauma.
● Conducted outreach for medical personnel or health organizations to implement programs in the community that promotes, maintains, & improves individual & community health. 
● Assisted individuals & communities in adopting healthy behaviors.

Community Health Worker

RegO® Products

•Promoted to manage staffing for three different warehouse locations
•Responsible for managing all day to day activities of directing, & coordinating all phases of Warehouse & Distribution Operations.
•Responsible for reducing inventory levels by understanding proper inventory turns, slow moving, excess & obsolete inventory 
•Working with IT system programmer to make improvements to picking process for better transactional accuracy  
•Help design & implement replenishment process to improve material flow & reduce number of picks
•Re-developing material layout by evaluating product flow & product handling to increase picking efficiency within the warehouse & to the Production lines
•Monitor financial expenses for company interplant trucks, & recommending new equipment as needed
•Coordinated highly successful 2020 Physical Inventory (16.7K Items, $27K Inventory Dollars): Completed counts in 2 days vs 3 scheduled days, 90% count, location, & transactional accuracy, Zero Variances in all 3 facilities 
•Coaching, counseling, hiring, training, & holding employees accountable to achieve operational objectives & Key Performance Indicators

Warehouse Operations Manager (Elon)

•Responsible for managing all day to day activities of directing, & coordinating all phases of Fulfillment & Warehouse Operations.
•Responsible for managing all labor, outbound freight, & other operating expenses
•Develop overall team & individual performance for 20 employees – Includes Interviewing, selection, coaching & training process
•Reduced labor costs by 20% & improved picking rate through redesign of warehouse for better process flow & elimination of waste in year one. 
•Attained outbound freight cost savings of $70K by implementing consolidation process & standardizing expedite process in year one. 
•Improved shipping performance by working with IT to standardize pick list “order detail” for accurate pick/pack/ship execution in year one.
•Improved material flow for small parcel packaging by implementing new packaging machine to replace manually taping sides & corners of all boxes in year one. 
•Implemented new stretch wrap machine based on current cycle time & customer demand management - increased Stretch wrap cycle time by 50% in year one.
•Strong leadership improved overall Morale based on decreased absentee rate, turnover rate, & improved new hire rate. Improved temp to contract Ratio from 67% to 72%.

Fulfillment Warehouse Manager (Burlington)

•Managed global account with 7 million in inventory 
•Key in leading the Planning team to improve product & process flow via Supply Chain Strategies
•Increased schedule execution & accuracy by 50% by improving cross functional team relations
•Improved incoming material inventory accuracy by 80% by improving receiving process 
•Reduced account back log from $2.5 million to $300K by clarifying material requirements & replenishment structure/signal
•Improved process time for Outside Processing vendors through on-site visits, mapping entire process & lead times to better understand & eliminate non-value-added activities

Production Materials Planner

GKN Driveline

•Managed customer accounts, material flow, & new product launches 
•Improved new product launches by standardizing process to create consistency & efficiency 
•Improved customer on-time delivery by 40% working directly with key stakeholders
•Reduced customer back log by 90% working across departments to identify & improve constraints
•Reduced inventory levels by 40% understanding customer demand & improving forecast planning
•Improved supply chain flow through improved forecast planning throughout the SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations & Planning) process
•Earned Spot Award for exemplifying strong Leadership skills during interim of no team or departmental leadership
•Supervised third shift Production Teams & ensured Safety, Quality, & efficiency attainment 
•Supported Production team in exceeding shift performance target & received spot recognition award for performance.

Supply Chain Operations Planner

Toyota Tsusho America

•Managed account with 14million in inventory
•Managed Customer Demand & global Vendor Accounts
•Imported materials from international manufacturing and processing companies
•Performed on-site visits to improve customer & vendor relations
•Key in identifying & establishing new vendors for outsourcing processes
•Decreased aged & obsolete inventory by $38K by selling as scrap to local Businesses
•Standardized Quality process by improving traceability, accountability, & processing which in turn reduced financial loss with customers & improved gains from Vendors by 10%

Inside Sales Lead

Meritor

Promoted from within through a series of progressively responsible positions:
Material Control Specialist (12/2006 – 10/2008); Continuous Improvement (CI) Leader (10/2004 – 12/2006); Business Operations Coordinator (09/2003 – 10/2004); Operations Manager Assistant (07/2002 – 09/2003)

•Improved Supplier delivery performance by 5% by working closely with Vendors to better understand constraints & create resolution
•Facilitated 12 Process Improvement Events (PIE) consisting of cross functional teams & key stakeholders for successful buy-in on improvements
•FY05 identified $450K in potential savings in labor & equipment via Improvement Events 
•Lead Employee Involvement (EI) & team development projects generating 32% increase in participation & activity
•Team Development accomplishments lead to Corporate Staff selecting teams for Best Business & Best Performance Excellence Awards
•Managed annual operations & capital budget for Dept & Facility Projects
•Worked with Human Resources to perform New Employee Orientation training modules
•Facilitator for Regional Site Continuous Improvement Workshops & Training’s

Various Roles

Professionalism, Passion, Outreach & Experience

As a Youth Reform Specialist, I have the tools and understanding to help youth gain a renewed sense of self & create the life they envision & deserve! I'm here to help with Reform, Reentry, Repurpose. 

20 years Corporate America, Certified Professional Life Coach (2017), Certified Public Speaker (2022), also years of mentoring & personal development for others personally & professionally; via volunteer work and while working with my teams in Corporate. Currently taking everything, I've learned along my years in the Corporate Arena to be effective and successful doing what I have been called to do. Mentoring & working with youth is my purpose, passion, and obsession, to help get them prepared for life. 

Other skills: Strong strategic manager, planner, coach, and problem solver committed to continuous improvement. 20 years of progressive accomplishments in Operations, Supply Chain, Account management, Fulfillment, & Warehouse Management. Proven track record in leading Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives, cost saving workshops, and team initiatives that enhance employee performance & effectively streamline business operations to achieve company goals & objectives.

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