Zachary Niemi
Cary
Summary
Motivated and results-oriented emerging professional demonstrating a strong work ethic seeking a full-time position in supply chain or sales operations management for a globally integrated enterprise with a focus on driving tangible improvements and efficiencies to the business.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Order Fulfillment Specialist
Lenovo
06.2024 - Current
- Collaborated cross-functionally with logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to resolve order fulfillment challenges and improve operational efficiency across Lenovo's Infrasture Solutions Group
- Managed the manufacturing backlog for Lenovo's eCommerce and Top-Choice program, playing a key role in facilitating $20M in shipments across the ESMB segments for FY24 & FY25
- Managed the end-to-end approval and loading process for Lenovo's Build Ahead and FOE orders, ensuring optimized supply readiness for firm demand
- Assisted sales teams by providing accurate ship date estimates, deal sizing insights, and customer feedback to enhance decision-making and improve client satisfaction
- Completed as final role of GSCRP (Jan '24 - Jun '24) and was placed on the team full-time after graduation of the program
Global Supply Chain Rotational Program
Lenovo
06.2022 - 06.2024
Global Commodity Manager
Lenovo
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Partner with the GCM team and suppliers to maintain and optimize the cost tape for key components and strategic sourcing
- Collaborated and negotiated a third-party reseller contract, enhancing Lenovo’s future procurement partnerships
- Managed the agenda for monthly interlocks with a key Lenovo supplier, ensuring strategic alignment across commodities
- Analyzed and track all key contracts for the team, identifying critical KPIs and ensuring compliance with contractual obligation
CSP Materials Planning Specialist
Lenovo
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Developed a BMS framework to optimize part planning and procurement for Lenovo’s CSP business
- Maintained >90% supply health for Lenovo-managed parts while keeping E&O below 5% of total value
- Implemented a 4-week supply target for three key CSP product families, improving inventory efficiency
- Built and developed a Power BI dashboard for GSM teams to track key part shortages across all CSP product families
Order Execution Specialist
Lenovo
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Managed ISG Build Ahead orders for Lenovo’s CSP and ESMB customers to optimize supply allocation for future orders
- Conducted bi-weekly CSP Options analysis, providing BOM/build status insights to fulfillment teams
- Delivered weekly reports on shipments to Canada from Lenovo’s Monterrey, Mexico facility
- Tracked and managed eCommerce backlog, monitoring PSSDs and RPSSDs for the MTY factory
Global Supply Chain Intern
Lenovo
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Managed day to day operations of Lenovo ISG's premium full truck load (FTL) rack shipments out of Monterrey, Mexico to achieve 96% On Time Delivery customer experience KPI
- Successfully booked and shipped 30 customer orders across the United States and Canada
- Leveraged an internal and external visibility platform to track and measure each FTL shipment utilizing Lenovo's RoamBee IoT devices
- Communicated directly and externally with Lenovo's market and intelligence partner, Gartner, to provide analysis on the methodology and historical ranking data across Lenovo's Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings
- Led and collated the end-to-end monthly business management system of 13, Tier 1, Supply Chain KPI's for the executive team, required matrix management of various supply chain functions such as fulfillment, manufacturing, finance, and procurement
- Through operational excellence, contributed to Lenovo's record $16.9 B in Q1 revenue, and record #159 Fortune 500 ranking
Sales Intern
NWN Corporation
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Generated lead lists and prospected for account executives in the Raleigh and Charlotte office locations
- Managed two email marketing campaigns that lead to nine client meetings and gained twelve leads for NWN
Education
Bachelor of Science - Supply Chain Management
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN05-2022
Skills
- Customer & client-focused
- Advanced Excel (Pivot tables, Lookups, Index/match)
- Executive level PowerPoint development
- PowerBI
- SAP (ECC & S4 Hana)
- Attention to detail
- Collaborative
- Deadline management
- Manufacturing operations
- Order tracking
- Golf
- Hockey
- Traveling
Timeline
Global Commodity Manager
Lenovo
07.2024 - 12.2024
Order Fulfillment Specialist
Lenovo
06.2024 - Current
CSP Materials Planning Specialist
Lenovo
01.2023 - 06.2023
Order Execution Specialist
Lenovo
06.2022 - 12.2022
Global Supply Chain Rotational Program
Lenovo
06.2022 - 06.2024
Global Supply Chain Intern
Lenovo
06.2021 - 08.2021
Sales Intern
NWN Corporation
06.2018 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Supply Chain Management
University of Tennessee
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