Katie Porter
- Role
- Sr Manager, Network Strategy & Analytics (Services & Logistics) - Supply Chain Operations at Cisco
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Katie Porter
Katie is an experienced People Leader with a demonstrated history of driving efficient…
Experience
Sr Manager, Network Strategy & Analytics (Services & Logistics) - Supply Chain Operations
Oct 2022 — Present
Inspires and mentors team of 15 analysts to contribute to VP level strategic vision, by delivering sustainable business value through insights, analytics, and automation. •Designs, implements, and governs an overall strategy for Logistics ESG initiatives and Invoice Audit and Payment for Cisco, across 55 Third Party Logistics Partners and a combined $1B+ in Logistics Spend. •Leads spend optimization initiatives, including creation of a Total Landed Cost forecasting model to identify and investigate cost savings opportunities as well as cost anomalies. •Leads strategic business case analysis using unbiased data-driven supply chain optimization, with the end goal of a creation of a Logistics Digital Twin (powered by Coupa Supply Chain Modeler). •Communicates highly-complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at executive leadership levels, to adopt a different point of view in a rapidly evolving environment. •Partners with business leaders to proactively provide technical expertise in constructing forecasts, recommendations and strategic plans, anticipating business needs based on business data and market knowledge. •Designs, evaluates and selects organization-wide process improvements for business analysis function based on a thorough understanding of business needs and industry trends.
Education
Drexel University
Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration: Finance, Accounting, and Legal Studies
Skills
- Presentation Design
- Oral & Written Communication Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Public Speaking
- Strategy
- Reliability
- Bloomberg Terminal
- Pivot Tables
- Consumer Products
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Finance
- Time Management
- Microsoft Office
- Project Management
- Financial Analysis
- Management
- Microsoft Publisher
- Logistics
- Data Mining
- Microsoft Word
- Customer Service
- Databases
- Oracle Scm
- Presentations
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Data Analysis
- Research
- Strategic Planning
- Metrics
- Financial Services
- Sap Erp
- Strategic Decision Support
- Data Entry
- Microsoft Excel
- Metrics Reporting
- Access
- Project Planning
- Projects
- Professional Communication
- Powerpoint
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