Natalie Doerre
nataliedoerre[AT]gmail.com
720-660-7982
Supply Chain/ Procurement/ Planning/Analytics
A proven performer in the field of supply chain and operational support. Consistently strong customer
satisfaction results. Strategic planner with solid implementation skills. Leader and persuasive consensusbuilder
energized by a collaborative teamwork environment. Thrives on new challenges.
STRENGTHS:
• Highly suited for supply chain and analytics
• Large understanding of finance and has many years of experience with that side of the
business
• Communication and relationship-building skills with a genuine commitment to customer
satisfaction (internally and externally)
EDUCATION: Seton Hall University- BA
Major in Anthropology, Minor in Spanish
ORGANIZATIONS
& AWARDS: Member, Institute for Supply Management-Denver Chapter
Purchasing Fundamentals Course, Front Range Community College-May 2013
Dean’s List
Presidential Academic Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS: American Home Energy Inc- West Sacramento, CA 11/18-Current
Director of Supply Chain
• Create a brand new team for a new side of the business and will be managing a large
team including procurement and vendor managers and the teams under them.
• Research & implement a new ERP system for the better health and cohesiveness of the
company
• Develop a new inventory tracking system in conjunction with a new ERP system
• Create an AVL and develop the relationships with those partners including SPAs, POS
data, and installation and engineering support teams
• Implement a procurement plan based on no historical data and watch closely to ensure
optimal weeks of inventory
• Watch market trends and industry information to ensure compliance with all laws and
codes, understand market indicators of pricing and availability, understand tariffs and all
information solar related
• Temporarily oversee warehouse facilities, logistics, and fleet management
Director of Finance & Procurement
• Implement direct sales with manufacturers and consignment resulting in better health of
cash flow
• Negotiate pricing, SPAS, and terms for all categories of equipment with both distribution
and direct manufacturers
• Determine product line-up for sales originators and set up trainings for installation
crews, engineers, and originators
• Oversee costs, general accounting, accounts receivable, collection, accounts payable,
and risk management
• Develop job costing to ensure health of the organization
• Develop strategies which meet budgetary and other operational requirements of the
company
• Oversee all procurement and finance departments
Soligent- Acquisition of Conergy Petaluma, CA 1/18-10/18
Supply Chain Manager
• Manage all planners and buyers
• Implement KPIs for the supply chain team
• Develop processes and created process docs including flow charts to ensure smooth
operational flow with the team
• Create a rigorous sales inventory operations planning (SiOp) process
• Category management of modules and inverters, including taking ownership of all things
related to these products such as drop shipments, warranties, RMAs, placing POs,
improving lead time, negotiating pricing, and managing suppliers
• Work on price protections with suppliers when there are pricing changes. Then
negotiate and research until we come to an agreement with our supplier. This results in
better global weighted average cost of inventory
Soligent- Acquisition of Conergy Petaluma, CA 9/16-1/18
Category Manager- PV Modules & Inverters
• Plan and monitor all module and inverter inventory and accessories
• Responsible for providing suppliers with 12 month rolling forecasts
• Develop a sell thru/sell in/customer inventory/weeks of supply forecast model and
process
• Reports on inventory on aging and sell-thru
• Reports on trends in the market by looking at sales and the data trends throughout the
year based on different commodities. Determines seasonality and forecast factoring
based on this
• Control inventory levels by addressing and resolving problems with suppliers while
delivering product to meet demand and sales goals
• Category management of modules and inverters, including taking ownership of all things
related to these products such as drop shipments, warranties, RMAs, placing POs,
improving lead time, negotiating pricing, and managing suppliers
Soligent- Acquisition of Conergy Rohnert Park, CA 10/14-9/16
Senior Planner/Buyer
• Currently implement material and procurement plans for support of global demand
• Responsible for the global inventory scope, risk management and cost control
• Manage over 5,000 SKUs
• Create sales and planning forecasts to present on an executive level
• Analyze and implement numerous items- metric reports, weekly demand adjustment
processes, forecasting review reports
• Research pricing in the market. I find out pricing of other distributors and use that to
leverage our pricing and negotiate better rates. This has resulted in getting better
pricing with major cost savings and increased sales at higher margins
Conergy Inc Denver, CO 7/11-10/14
Purchasing Lead 09/13-10/14
• Managed more than half of the vendors including running requisition worksheets,
placing purchase orders, expediting orders when needed, following-up with lead times,
keeping current on all industry trends, and maintaining awareness of inventory levels
on a high level
• Responded directly to all escalated departmental issues in both purchasing and
logistic departments including product material issues, shipping problems, customs
questions, and general vendor disputes
• Negotiated terms, credit limits, and pricing on some material and items.
• Handled multi-million dollar international accounts working directly with vendors
in China on a foreign time schedule
• Worked directly with headquarters in Germany to align purchasing forecasts with
market conditions including sending weekly summaries of all North American business
units’ sales forecasts and matching purchasing forecasts
• Collaborated with accounting department on statement of cash flows providing cash
outs weekly based on invoices, current purchase orders, and purchase forecasts
• Assisted in compiling a weekly operations manager report, working with the
operations manager to ensure enough product is on hand to meet the sales
forecast and keep inventory at levels between 30-60 days on hand
• Helped push and implement consignment with multiple suppliers resulting in cost
savings with less inventory risk and better cash flow
• Worked with internal and external auditors on occasion of audits
Purchasing Agent 08/12-09/13
• Evaluated supply and demand for all sales project requirements.
• Ran requisitions and placed purchase orders
• Interacted with suppliers for accuracy in timely material delivery
• Responsible for ensuring invoices from vendors match with purchase orders exactly,
including freight, terms, and disputing and resolving any discrepancies
• Placed all drop shipment orders and monitored tracking to guarantee customers
received all material in a timely manner
Credit Specialist 07/11-08/12
• Managed all accounts receivable including processing incoming checks, crediting
accounts, and following up on past-due collections via delinquent notices, phone
calls, and emails
• Responsible for onboarding new customers including ensuring that all legal
documents were properly filled out, checking credit references, running credit
checks, and onboarding customers from SalesForce into ERP system
SKILLS: Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, NetSuite, Valogix, Microsoft Dynamics
NAV, SalesForce, IQ BackOffice, Google Apps for Work,