1. Judith A. Joseph
813 Willow Street
Lake in the Hills, IL 60156
(847) 513-1596
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A results oriented contributor with extensive experience in financial forecasting and analyzing
results. A creative strategic thinker with high energy, business savvy and very strong relationship
building skills that can translate vision into results.
DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS:
Twenty five years of business analytical experience in fast-paced environment working for large
Telecommunications company. Key strengths include:
• Project Coordination • Process Automation
• Interpersonal Communication • Financial Analysis
• Forecasting • Multi-tasking
• Documentation • Inside Sales
Professional Experience
Bradford Exchange LTD. – Niles Illinois - Present
Senior Materials and Production Scheduler 2014 to Present
• Place product and component purchase orders and schedule production with suppliers to
fulfill sales forecast and customer demands.
• Build strong relationships with domestic and international suppliers to resolve delivery and
quality concerns.
• Coordinate multiple product shipments to Bradford’s regional distribution centers in a
timely fashion.
• Coordinate and communicate across multiple departments to problem solve and manage
production and QC issues, and then provide recommendations and resolutions to the team.
• Present status updates at weekly meetings with internal teams (including department
heads).
• Problem solve on the fly and utilize resourcefulness to seek out answers.
• Maintain accurate and reliable records and reports.
• Update and maintain accurate production planning systems information (i.e. update system
dates, product quantities, and other vital system information).
• Audit vendor invoices, and expedite product manufacture and shipments as needed.
Motorola Solutions Inc - Schaumburg, Illinois 1988-2013
2. Supply Chain Analyst 2013-present
• Balanced customer demands with vendor capabilities. Maintains strong customer and
vendor communications.
• Managed supplier performance and deliverables, ensuring outsourced services are meeting
customer needs. Addresses delivery issues with supplier.
• Worked on a variety of projects in the analysis and development of materials management
efficiencies.
Business Manager, January 2003-2012
• Responsible for forecasting a $220M high tech start up division per upper management
request.
• Monitored discounts and warranty accounts effecting the profit and loss statement.
• Forecasted product order backlogs, releases, and shipments on a weekly, monthly and
cumulative basis, based upon continuing historical analysis and interaction with sales.
• Analyzed material requirements and monitor inventory levels based upon forecasts and actual
performance.
• Maximized shipments through proactive efforts of pulling in business, and expediting the
factories.
• Created the long range plans while gaining consensus with Finance, Marketing, and
Operations input and approval.
• Communicated to upper management the assessed risks and opportunities in achieving the
financial forecasts.
• Prepared summarized historical data for the Brand function to aid in developing new products
for emerging markets.
• Lead ship maximization meetings with factories and the regions of the world.
• Analyzed and published shipping linearity and plan attainment metric.
Quality Manager, January 2001-2003
• Responsible for driving on-time delivery metric down to 10%.
• Paretoed the results and drove to resolution.
• Interfaced with and presented to sales, supply chain, and upper management.
• Proposed the expedite process for the North America region.
• Responsible for achieving cycle time metric goals.
• Generated metrics to communicate improvement and identify systemic issues.
Product Planning Manager, May 1997-2000
• Coordinated all aspects of the cancellation of the Forte data terminal.
• Introduced the MW300/350 data terminal; entailing ordering set up, new price pages, product
announcement, and catalog sheets.
• Developed complete and detailed product descriptions for the latest model MW520 data
terminal.
• Responsible for all of the data modems including new product releases, customer beta
evaluation, and day-to-day field assistance.
• Productively interfaced with distribution, engineering and other internal groups.
• Managed the 2.0.3 system release for the MWCS II middleware product.
3. Business Analyst, May 1994-1997
• Forecasted the sales and revenue for the subscriber radio portfolio.
• Interpreted historical data and built relationships with sales to gain insight into new orders.
• Assessed the risks and opportunities associated with the forecast and communicated them to
upper management.
Inside Sales State and Local and Fortune 500 customers, 1988-1993
• Conducted cold calls to determine the validity of leads.
• Promoted to inside sales representative with assigned territory.
• Promoted to sales team leader responsible for attaining both sales and quality goals.
Education:
Marquette University
Major: B.S. Business Administration, Specialization: Finance, 1985
References available upon request