
Lynn Ladouceur
Supply Chain Specialist | Purchasing Professional
Summary
Supply Chain Professional with vast experience in purchasing management and material/supply sourcing, capital, projects, environmental, quality, health & safety, purchasing, manufacturing, and logistics. Builds and leads highly skilled teams. Handles multi-site responsibilities. Manages inventory, data, customer service, analysis, projects, manufacturing, and vendor relations.
Experience
Purchasing Manager
Epiroc (formerly Atlas Copco) / North Bay, ON / Langley, BC
Secured dual sourcing of raw materials/finished goods to mitigate risk of a single source to avoid disruption in supply while remaining price competitive. Carried out multi-site responsibilities in North Bay and Langley. Masterminded and executed a local category mapping and purchasing strategy for North Bay, ON and Langley, BC facilities. Reported to: General Manager. Direct reports: 1 Strategic Sourcing, 2 Buyers
Managed purchasing for two production facilities in Canada. Oversaw yearly supplier site audits.
Supported colleagues with operational and tactical assignments.
Key player in three system upgrade projects as a superuser/BKU (Business Key User).
Created user manuals for the new systems, and provided staff training and support.
Approved purchases over Prokura levels, championed and maintained process and policy development.
Worked with R&D to support design requests, RFQ's, NDA's, contract negotiations and supplier agreements
Pricing Administrator
Atlas Copco Exploration Products / North Bay, ON
• Develop and update work instructions for price administration processes
• Assist Marketing team in setting reference price, calculation of transfer price and special price agreements
• Meet with Product Managers for pricing issues / updates
• Set up new customer accounts and ensure up to date accounts
• Lead ARP Pricepoint Project for Exploration, Ground Support and Geotechnical Drilling product lines
• Support Marketing team with product portfolio management process
• Create and maintain product codes for Exploration, Ground Support and Geotechnical Drilling product lines
• Pre-Study Product Registration Solution Project
• Assist customers with inquiries through Acign, ComActivity
• Movex Superuser for Customer Service functions
Customer Service Supervisor/Pricing Analyst
Atlas Copco Exploration Products / North Bay, ON
• Communicate daily with Atlas Copco customer centers
• Create and track KPI’s - Deliver to First Promise Report daily/ weekly / monthly
• Ensure even workflow per customer service representative
• Promote continuous improvement within customer service team with building efficient workflows
• Meet with Warehouse Supervisor daily
• Assist with production planning/purchasing to meet customer demand
• Meet with Product Managers for pricing issues / updates
• Prepare and maintain pricing for GDE Division
• Movex Superuser for Customer Service functions
• Follow up with Customer Centers on quote offerings
• Monitor freight invoices for accurate billing rates
• Offer assistance to problem solving with customer inquires
• Offer training to Customer Service Team and Warehouse on Movex functions as required
• Maintain Shipping Schedule for North Bay and Belgium warehouses
• Negotiate and communicate with freight forwarders
Senior Customer Service Rep/Pricing Analyst
Atlas Copco Exploration Products / North Bay, ON
• Export documents
• Communicate daily with Atlas Copco customer centers
• Assist customer service team with daily activities
• Assist customer service team with building efficient work process and work flows
• Prepare and maintain pricing for GDE Division
• Movex Superuser for Customer Service functions
• Track Deliver to First Promise KPI’s daily
• Support for problem solving with customer inquires
• Offer training to Customer Service Team and warehouse on Movex functions as required
• Maintain Shipping Schedule for North Bay and Belgium warehouses
• Negotiate and communicate with freight forwarders
• ISO Internal Auditor