Perla Ponce
Victorville
Summary
Results-driven Supply Chain and Operations professional with 6+ years of experience supporting logistics, inventory optimization, vendor coordination, and cost control. Strong analytical background using Excel, ERP/WMS systems, and reporting tools to improve service levels, reduce lead times, and support data-driven decision-making across functional teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain & Indirect Procurement Analyst
Dentsply Sirona
09.2021 - Current
- Led Logistics process mapping for work-in-progress flows, identifying transportation inefficiencies and recommending site consolidation that improved fulfillment SLA from 50% to 100% within five months.
- Analyzed shipment status, delivery performance, and warehouse allocation to maintain end-to-end supply chain visibility and proactively address service risks.
- Coordinate with vendors to validate lead times and transit performance, supporting inventory planning and reducing delivery delays through improved data visibility.
- Prepare and distribute monthly expenses, shipments, and material reports including executive summaries to divisional leadership & suppliers.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify process improvements and implement solutions like logistics and material handling Optimization to improve lead times from 2-month SLA to 2 weeks while still maintaining 100% SLA fulfillment.
- Lead corporate travel online booking tool administrations, ensuring accuracy, policy compliance, and cost efficiency.
- Analyzed travel cost discrepancies by comparing contracted and non-contracted rates, identifying cost-saving opportunities and ensuring compliance with corporate travel policies.
- Respond to 10+ travel support requests via email and/or global ticketing system daily, providing efficient support and resolution for 3,500 global travelers, all tickets acknowledged within 24 hours of receipt.
- Complete time-sensitive projects, consultations, and/or 1-on-1 calls with team members to ensure and enforce our open-door policy to enable positive communication.
Lab Account Specialist
Straight Smile- Byte(Dentsply Sirona)
11.2019 - 01.2021
- Daily communication (Remotely) via conference calls to find solutions and input ideas for better manufacturing. Daily status emails to dentists, Doctors, Headquarters, and manufacturing partners.
- Evaluated global manufacturing partners across multiple regions to identify cost effective and reliable sources, improving production efficiency while maintaining 99% SLA compliance.
- Coordinated aligner production across China, Australia, Germany, Mexico, and the U.S., supporting global manufacturing allocation and delivery timelines.
- Compose manufacturing live Excel sheets to organize patients' work in progress.
- Submit patients' dental requests and communicate with patient care.
- Managed flow accuracy and completion by building graphs and charts via Salesforce.
Outbound Coordinator
Global Brands Group
04.2015 - 01.2019
- Flagger & Auditor- Systematically and physically counted and totaled all Cartons being shipped.
- Trainer- Trained new crew members on shipping and receiving S.O.P.s using RF Scanners, WMS(Manhattan) and Cognos.
- Responsible for sending managers the employees' attendance, hourly input tracker, delegated tasks, emailing out our daily CPU tracker, units shipped, units loaded, hourly trucks arrival schedule, end of the day report, and daily 2nd shift hand-off report, communicating with managers and supervisors.
ELD Coordinator (English Language Development)
Redlands Unified School District
10.2014 - 01.2016
- Providing Students with in-class assistance, translating another teacher's Subject.
- Tutoring Before and After School Program- Subjects certified but not limited to Biology- Anatomy, Algebra 1– Trigonometry and math analysis, Trained and specialized in the Core program.
- Teaching students how to grammatically speak, read, and write in English.
- Helped more than 50 foreign exchange and refugee students Graduate.
- Coordinated special events for foreign-speaking parents to get them more involved and aware of their child’s education in school.
Redlands Police Explorer
Redlands Police Department
06.2013 - 01.2014
- Provided Officers assistance during Ride-Alongs when requested.
- Composed and volunteered shoulder tap operations to stop selling alcohol to minors.
- Filing Reports, Hand-off emails, Incident reports, and communicating with dispatch.
- Surveillance of any city event, including Independence Day, bicycle classic, car shows, and air shows.
Education
LinkedIn Learning
01.2025
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Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa, CA01.2014
Skills
- Inventory Control & Logistics coordination
- Advanced Excel
- Cost Optimization & Process Improvement
- WMS: Manhattan
- Vendor Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- AP Automation & Spend Management(MediusFlow)
- Salesforce, SAP Analytics Cloud
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- ERP: Dynamics AX, QuickBooks
- Lean Six Sigma Foundations: Yellow Belt
LANGUAGES
Spanish (Native)
English
Timeline
Supply Chain & Indirect Procurement Analyst
Dentsply Sirona
09.2021 - Current
Lab Account Specialist
Straight Smile- Byte(Dentsply Sirona)
11.2019 - 01.2021
Outbound Coordinator
Global Brands Group
04.2015 - 01.2019
ELD Coordinator (English Language Development)
Redlands Unified School District
10.2014 - 01.2016
Redlands Police Explorer
Redlands Police Department
06.2013 - 01.2014
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Crafton Hills College
LinkedIn Learning