Kaylea LaBee

Supply Chain Manager with 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, materials planning, transportation, customer logistics, and manufacturing supply chain operations. Proven advancement from administrative operations through supply chain leadership, with hands-on ownership of suppliers, carriers, raw-material availability, freight costs, forecasts, and supply risk. Skilled in vendor negotiation, truck and rail logistics, ERP systems, cost analysis, process improvement, and executive reporting.

Supply Chain Manager at POLYCO (2022-05 – Present)

• Lead raw-material procurement, supply planning, and logistics coordination for 3,000–4,000 tons of critical manufacturing inputs per month, including asphalt, process oils, polymers, and other raw materials supporting continuous production operations.
• Develop rolling demand forecasts and align suppliers, inventory, production requirements, lead times, and purchasing activity with plant demand.
• Manage supplier and carrier relationships; evaluate pricing, freight rates, service performance, lead times, and alternate sources to control cost and mitigate supply risk.
• Oversee truck and rail logistics, including scheduling, carrier performance, freight-cost analysis, service issues, and supply-chain disruptions.
• Partner with Operations, Sales, Finance, Quality/Lab, suppliers, and transportation providers to maintain material availability and support customer demand.
• Prepare raw-material costing, freight comparisons, forecasts, supplier evaluations, and executive-level market and supply-chain updates to support business decisions.
• Lead contingency sourcing and high-volume production planning during supplier disruptions, transportation constraints, material shortages, and production campaigns.

Customer Service & Logistics Manager at POLYCO (2020-06 – 2022-05)

• Managed customer logistics, scheduling, order fulfillment, and communication to support reliable on-time delivery of finished goods.
• Developed shipment-coordination SOPs and oversaw carrier performance, freight-rate negotiations, transportation delays, and customer delivery issues.

Customer Service & Logistics Coordinator at POLYCO (2016-08 – 2020-06)

• Coordinated customer orders, transportation, scheduling, and cross-functional communication to streamline order fulfillment and improve customer service.
• Managed Accounts Receivable activities, including invoicing, collections, overdue-balance tracking, and follow-up to support timely payment.

Administrative Assistant at POLYCO (2014-06 – 2016-08)

• Supported order-processing data entry, inventory updates, documentation, customer communication, and monthly reporting while building foundational knowledge of manufacturing operations.

Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain and Operations Management – Western Governors University (WGU) (2028)