Pamela Meadows
Buyer @ Shoals Technologies Group | Inventory Management, Kaizen
- Role
- Materials Planner Ii at Shoals Technologies Group
- Location
- Cross Plains, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Pamela Meadows
Buyer at Shoals Technologies Group with over 30 years of experience in material planning and inventory management. Contributed to updating and managing an Excel-based MRP system for multiple commodities while supporting procurement processes and resolving material issues. Coordinated supplier communications, maintained shipment data, and facilitated transportation solutions to optimize delivery timelines and minimize downtime. Adept at inventory control, purchasing documentation, and cross-functional collaboration to meet business metrics and ensure smooth operations. Demonstrates expertise in materials management, process improvements, and logistics support, leveraging strong organizational skills to align with company goals and customer requirements.
Experience
Materials Planner Ii
May 2021 — Present · Portland, TN, US
Update, control, manage and distribute excel based MRP system for all commodities with various parts used on simultaneous projects. • Creating and coordinating supplier contact information, SOP’s, fuse comparison data sheets and distributing to the team.• Presented a new transportation company to help with expedited deliveries and reduced downtime by 25%.• Work to resolve materials issues while achieving and maintaining inventory business metrics.• Plan, build, maintain and update purchasing/planning documentation.• Assist in controlling procurement files and BOM’s in GP (Great Plains).• Created and maintain ocean and air overseas shipment data, distribute to Business, Scheduling and Production teams for planning purposes. • Inventory reduction for multiple low volume commodities while creating a safety stock for high volume items which enabled the sales team to commit to more projects assisting in 50% growth for the year 2021.• Introduced and secured new freight forwarding company ensuring a cost reduction of half million dollars per quarter on oversea shipments and will reduce shipment transit time by one-third. • Reduced air shipment cost by $30k per quarter and decreased transit times from weeks to days.
Education
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
2008 — 2011
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