Nadine Turner

Nadine Turner

Strategic Sourcing Manager at Parmount Farms, a Roll International Company

Greater Los Angeles Area

Current
  • Strategic Sourcing Manager at Paramount Farms, Inc. (A Roll International Company)
Past
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Deployment Leader at Health Net, Inc.
  • Business Analyst at WellPoint, Inc.
  • Process Improvement Engineer at 21st Century Insurance Company
  • Strategic Sourcing Project Manager at HealthNet, Inc.
Education
  • The AIT Group
  • Pivotal Resources, Inc. - Six Sigma Black Belt Training (DMAIC)
  • Pasadena City College
Connections
243 connections
Industry
Insurance
Websites

Nadine Turner’s Summary

I value relationships and am open to connecting with folks from the same or different verticals who believe in networking to generate opportunities, share experiences and to just help one another through life. I’m eager to be of aid , even if you haven't been in touch with me for a while, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
I am a Six Sigma Black Belt & Strategic Sourcing professional and enter my role with the understanding that there is a great deal of improvement just on the horizon...I lead enterprise initiatives to desired changed states. Along the way, I identify metrics and build needed processes, policies, and collaborate with and mentor others to achieve success and maximize deployment strategies.

• Six Sigma Process Improvement: Transactional Black Belt, DMAIC methodology, change management, enterprise deployment champion, Six Sigma PMO oversight, Business Intelligence/Metric/Performance Dashboard development and reporting.

• Strategic Sourcing: Management of indirect spend of goods and professional services in excess of $184MM. Full cycle sourcing from business requirements/charter development through post-implementation management.

Nadine Turner’s Specialties:

- Six Sigma, Black Belt, ASQ, ISSSP, DMAIC, Lean, Deployment Champion, AIT Group, Pivotal Resources, Instantis, Blanced Scorecard, Strategic Alignment, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management

- Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing, including Human Capital/Labor Management Solutions and Software applications.

- RFx initiatives, analysis, negotiations, SLA & contract development, vendor performance management. Root cause analysis, process flow development, project management.


Nadine Turner’s Experience

  • Strategic Sourcing Manager

    Paramount Farms, Inc. (A Roll International Company)

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

    February 2008Present (6 months)

    Managing Supply Chain selection and performance with annual spend of $20MM+.

  • Six Sigma Black Belt Deployment Leader

    Health Net, Inc.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HNT; Insurance industry)

    April 2007January 2008 (10 months)

    • I have an open-minded and collaborative style and am focused on the vital few areas that alter the outcome and have successfully led several cross-functional teams through complex projects with triple constraints (time, cost, quality) and delivered substantial bottom-line savings results.

    • My charge includes the establishment and leadership of a Lean Six Sigma focused pilot deployment within a business unit as well as to champon and lead all aspects of the infrastructure including project selection, tracking and reporting, communications, resources, policies/procedures, etc.

  • Business Analyst

    WellPoint, Inc.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WLP; Insurance industry)

    October 2006March 2007 (6 months)

  • Process Improvement Engineer

    21st Century Insurance Company

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TW; Insurance industry)

    20022006 (4 years)

    Process Improvement Engineer

  • Strategic Sourcing Project Manager

    HealthNet, Inc.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HNT; Insurance industry)

    December 2000September 2002 (1 year 10 months)


Nadine Turner’s Education

  • The AIT Group

    Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Training 2007

  • Pivotal Resources, Inc. - Six Sigma Black Belt Training (DMAIC)

    2005

  • Pasadena City College


Additional Information

Nadine Turner’s Websites:

Nadine Turner’s Interests:

Evolving scientific constructs that offer organized explanations to the system we live in such as: “Personology”, Meyers-Briggs Temperament Indicator test and Predictive Index. (I'm an ENTJ" most of the time, and a situational "INTJ" depending on the need). In PI terms, I am a Highest B with a high A. IQ and other “intelligence” aptitude tests, psychological astrology, universal symbology, and quantum physics theory particularly the study infinite possibilities and more recently, the metrics group of RNIA. Material & artistic-based interests: Cooking, singing, motivation, selling, and sometimes even writing. Six Sigma, process improvement, strategic sourcing, business intelligence, black belt, peformance dashboard

Nadine Turner’s Groups:

American Society for Quality (ASQ), International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP), AccessPI Worldwide Member, Relationship Networking Industry Association (RNIA), MLPF

  •    CyberSleuths member
  •    SCN International member
  •    GoSecure member
  •    Economist Group member
  •    Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, & Lean Group member

Nadine Turner’s Honors:

Certified Predictive Index (PI) Analyst, 2007.


Nadine Turner’s Contact Settings

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