Natalie Bailey

Results-driven professional with an entrepreneurial spirit and 10 years of diversified operations management experience including 6 years in a startup environment. Thrive in a fast-paced environment with the ability to learn quickly and strong communication skills. Analytical and collaborative leader with a strong ability to understand complex challenges.

Employment History

Consultant, Independent

03/2023- Current

Liminova Outfitters

• Developed a comprehensive business plan outlining goals, budgets, target market, revenue projections, and marketing strategies

• Conducted market research to create product roadmap for parenting and baby essential products

• Designed products, identified suppliers, negotiated prices, ordered samples, and purchased inventory

• Researched and evaluated off-roadmap products to identify the best options for parents and authored informative blog posts to provide transparent, detailed insights, assisting parents in making informed decisions.

Pinnacle Heating and Air Conditioning

• Developed website and had pricing calculator developed for instant free quotes

• Created marketing strategy, developed ads, and launched 4 ad campaigns

• Wrote weekly blog posts to increase traffic and add more SEO keywords

• Optimized SEO to increase web traffic from 0 to 250 views/month

• Identified opportunities to offer additional products and services for energy efficiency optimization

Java Pearl Mobile Coffee Cart

• Developed identity, branding, messaging and brand guide

• Developed marketing strategy and product roadmap for future product and service additions

• Identified, evaluated and negotiated with suppliers to create custom coffee blends

Gina Lancaster Insurance

• Developed website including iconography and brand guide

• Created individual service website pages to optimize SEO for each product offered

• Designed business card and logo

Program Manager, Zippin

12/2021- 03/2023

• Create Supplier Scorecard and ensure metrics for reliability and quality meet expectations

• Created New Product Introduction process in Jira for tech start-up and managed supply chain/operations portion of product rollouts

• Created process and tools to streamline RFQ process and Supply Chain portion of NPI process with all stakeholders (engineering, product management, supply chain)

• Built a tool to automate product label creation saving an estimated $50K annually

• Created a form to request and track all purchase requests and shipping requests reducing missed orders and shipments by 100%

• Moved installation processes to staging process to save an estimated $100K annually

• Created performance metrics dashboard to track KPI goals live and track current savings achieved through continuous improvement initiatives

Supply Chain Manager, Zippin

09/2020-12/2021

• Built Supply Chain and Logistics processes and teams from scratch

• Negotiation with transportation vendors to reduce costs by $300k annually

• Manage inventories, cycle counts, and inventory reconciliation

• Identified, evaluated, and negotiated with suppliers and contract manufacturers

Supply Chain Manager, Sigma Pro Engineering & Manufacturing

08/2017-09/2020

• Grew team from 40 to 120 team members and improved processes through Six Sigma principles and process automation resulting in 400K increased profitability

• Developed and refined inventory system for a 30-million-part inventory reaching 98% accuracy from 86%

• Created Demand Forecast Model to drive inventory levels reducing overtime costs $250k annually

• Reduced rework rate from 5% to 1% rework/QA failure rating

Assembly Supervisor, Sigma Pro Engineering & Manufacturing

06/2016-08/2017

• Manage 40-80 employees in both assembly and audit departments

• Ensure assembly schedule of 2 million products are completed efficiently each week

• Ensure maintain and help develop training program for assembly and quality inspection

• Develop leads and trainers for the operators and audit

• Develop reports in excel and using SQL to evaluate and forecast capacity

Vice President, Gearhart Companies

01/2014-06/2016

• Led operations during turnaround increasing margins from 0 to 40% resulting in $800k net profit in year 1

• Led strategic initiatives to improve the Operations team by creating and implementing systems to increase efficiency and reduce overhead costs by 30%

• Negotiated with suppliers and identified new suppliers resulting in a 15% reduced cost to build tool

• Created SKU system and inventory system to track and forecast inventory accurately

• Managed P&L and capital expenditure program of 500K

Natalie Bailey

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Skills

Education

Managers to Leaders Program XM Performance for Executives

Agile Scrum Training: Scrum Master & Agile Project Management

Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

Bachelor of Arts

Software Skills

Design Tools

Office Suites

Communication and Collaboration

Software languages

Video Tools

Logistics and Supply Chain- Fundamentals, Design, Operations

Program Management Fundamentals

Other

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