Experience

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  Highline community college

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

  Tutor
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  United states army reserve

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2021

  Human resources officer

  ▪ Captain, Adjutant General▪ Create, coordinate, execute, and revise monthly training events for over 120 employees▪ Manage, update, and analyze personal identifiable information and certifications for 50 employees ▪ Create, authorize, and approve individual awards▪ Counsel, teach, support, and provided resources to employees▪ Prepare monthly personnel readiness status reports▪ Equal opportunity leader

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  Aerotek

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Business analyst
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  Nordstrom.com

  Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  Replenishments item analyst (contractor), supply chain

  ▪ Provided support to full line and rack replenishment buyers and assistants▪ Produced and modified various contribution, sales, and inventory reports for replenishment buyers▪ Proficiently navigated through Nordstrom report center and RDW▪ Conducted item maintenance in Retek Merchandising System and Enterprise Product Management, and Oracle software▪ Keyed product orders and transfers to full line, n.direct, and rack stores▪ Collaborated with buyers, office assistants, assistant buyers, and item analyst to trouble shoot item and system issues Show less

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  Zulily, inc.

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Transportation routing specialist (contractor), logistics

  ▪ Managed the transportation providers being used for deliveries inbound to Zulily fulfillment centers▪ Managed carrier (TL & LTL) performance to financial and service goals▪ Recommend changes to carrier base and carrier selection to improve supply chain performance▪ Developed and maintain effective relationships with third party carriers▪ Participated in carrier negotiations▪ Worked closely with internal customers to develop and maintain goals and processes that support the overall goals of Zulily merchandising teams▪ Identified and implement process improvement opportunities▪ Developed and implement cost and performance reporting▪ Challenge assumptions to drive the best possible experience for Zulily’s customers Show less

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  Amazon

  May 2015 - May 2023

  ▪ Responsible for maintaining account relationship with the top 5 textbook publishers Pearson, Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, McGraw-Hill, and their legal counsel and ensuring their intellectual property concerns were resolved in a timely manner▪ Conducted root cause analysis on intellectual property notices of violation from rights owners and created long term solutions and scalable solutions in order for notices to be processed seamlessly within internal automated systems▪ Reviewed intellectual property submissions for trademark and copyright violations in accordance to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and internal requirements. Enforced products and sellers that contain infringing products for top retail brands such as Lululemon and Philips.▪ Conducted bi-monthly intellectual property case submission review calls with American Apparel & Footwear Association members (AAFA) Under Armour and Adidas▪ Worked cross functionally with legal counsel to ensure Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) were met and actions did not violate company polices ▪ Managed team’s annual $40,000+ expenses which included creating and issuing POs, budgeting, forecasting, account reconciliation, and year-end closing Show less ▪ Responsible for ensuring over 20,000 products are compliant with all safety, voluntary, and regulatory standards for more than 18 countries in North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia▪ Conduct root cause analysis on product safety issues and defects and provide design change recommendations to product managers, manufactures, and quality engineers▪ Collaborated with legal counsel to program manage notice of violations escalations from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission▪ Developed scalable product safety and compliance program to meet 100% year over year product growth by creating a product taxonomy that grouped similar ASINs into product types in order to drive scalable test requirement assignment and metrics▪ Worked cross functionally with regulatory compliance teams in Mexico, India, China, Japan, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to enable US developed product into their respective countries▪ In-depth safety and regulatory knowledge for hardlines (furniture, home goods, home office, computer accessories, batteries) and softlines products for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, European Union▪ Developed product compliance test programs for private brands apparel and non-ingestible consumables▪ Advanced knowledge in complex process flow mapping (swim lane, fish bone, value stream map, Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, and Customers (SIPOC)) ▪ Worked cross functionally with product and quality manager on design and commercialization improvements based on regulatory changes, third-party testing, and customer feedback▪ Created internal standard operating procedure documentation for regulatory escalations and compliance/importation requirements▪ Managed team’s annual $800,000 to $1,000,000+ expenses which included creating and issuing POs, budgeting, forecasting, account reconciliation, and year-end closing Show less ▪ Managed Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management database for over 7500 products▪ Review regulatory testing documentation and ensure products meet compliance▪ Developed and produced transportation withholding reports▪ Collaborated and communicate with third party testing laboratories for product protocols and testing▪ Maintained product attribute updates ▪ Correspond with quality managers on compliance and shipment inquiries▪ Developed and maintain tracking system for project workflow▪ Ensure products met compliance for all relevant safety, regulatory, and quality guidelines▪ Enabled compliant product into the US, CA, MX, DE, ES, FR, IT, UK, JP, IN Show less

  • Intellectual Property Risk Manager

    Feb 2022 - May 2023

  • Private Brands Product Safety and Compliance PM

    Oct 2016 - Feb 2022

  • Private Label Product Compliance Specialist, Global Trade Services

    May 2015 - Nov 2016
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  Boeing

  Jun 2023 - now

  Procurement agent

  ▪ Provide supplier oversight, inventory forecasting, and production consumption for over the $20 million of structural aircraft parts by creating excel data models and maintaining Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) databases▪ Lead supply chain process improvement initiatives to and saved Boeing over $1 million in freighter forwarder costs in 2024▪ Evaluate and critique supplier’s capacity assessments for staffing, capital equipment, rate tooling, manufacturing and assembly to ensure supplier can meeting Boeing’s demand and future rate increases for 777 and 787 production▪ Work with industrial engineers to create multiple swim lane process maps, value stream maps, and fish bone diagrams▪ Work cross functionally suppliers, external, and internal stakeholders to resolve supplier performance issues▪ Interpret and enforce supplier contract terms and conditions▪ Audit and correct supplier contract pricing, purchase orders, and the part level data in internal databases▪ Conduct annual and quarterly onsite/virtual supplier audits that target 11 different performance categories to ensure provider is capable to provide perfect products on time for Boeing▪ Review and the interpret engineering drawings, engineering change requests, and deep dive quality issues▪ Review supplier cost assertions and claims with contracts and legal Show less