SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATOR
Experience in multiple industries specializing in process improvement, KPI development, team collaboration, and delivering financial results to improve margin, cash flow, and bottom line performance.
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Family, leadership, fitness, and fun   those are my driving principles.  I believe in supporting others personally and professionally, providing leadership, and developing individuals and teams.  I drive those beliefs both by leading and stepping back to observe, coach, and allow for learning.

A Michigan native, I'm from a small town, about 20 miles south of The Motor City.  Beginning my career at Ford Motor Company was an amazing dream come true.  I enjoyed 10 years at Ford, holding a series of progressive leadership positions.  In the beginning I worked to develop a deep foundation in general operations, eventually progressing to complex supply chain principles.

While at Ford, I completed my MBA and started to expand my family.   In 2007, my family of 5 moved west.  I was reluctant to leave my advancing position at Ford, but excited about what new opportunities lie ahead.  My husband and I packed up our 3 small children, excited and nervous about starting a new chapter.  Almost immediately, I was hired at Carrier.  Launching and entire distribution network was both thrilling and exhausting, but such an amazing learning experience.

After 3 years, Carrier decided to exit west coast distribution. I landed an exciting position at Reyes Holdings as the Director of Demand planning.  This newly created position offered its own challenges.  The supplier relationships were different from any I had experienced in the past and required creative thinking for advancing business performance.  I quickly made Reyes a new home and worked to develop a shared service structure on top of managing the supply chain.

During my time at Reyes, I personally began to get very interested in fitness and specifically, Pilates.  I found a local studio and began training as an instructor. Teaching Pilates on the weekends, raising 3 young children, and working full time proved to be challenging, but it was also a time that I loved! I eventually purchased the studio where I was working, and with my husband's support, became a small business owner.

Unfortunately, the challenges of owning a small business during Covid-19 were substantial, and I closed my studio in 2020.  I also moved on from my position at Reyes, to a new and exciting opportunity at Coolsys.

Working from home has been an interesting change.  The challenges of managing a family and my work team, while learning a new industry (from my kitchen), is something I never would have imagined.  I'm grateful for the opportunity at Coolsys.  My background prior to this position had been primarily in warehouse and distribution.  Working in a service industry has been a unique experience and has offered so much career growth and education.

With every new position, I'm confident in saying I have absorbed so many takeaways and I have contributed uniquely and substantially to each organization.  Every person I've worked with, position I've held, and every challenge I have accepted and overcome, have left an impression.  These impressions have granted me the opportunity to grow as a leader and as an individual.  I'm eager to continue that path.  I value the experiences that I have been granted and know that I have so much to contribute and have only scratched the surface of opportunity.   I hope to continue to develop myself and my teams to drive organizations forward toward amazing change!

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Lawrence Technological University

University of Michigan