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Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Run S&OP meetings which improved the forecast from +/- 25% to +/- 10%.- Launched major products with Marketing, Sales, and Quality with revenue potentials of $10-20 million. - Brought on new Contract Manufacturers to increase capacity 45% and reduce freight $600K.- Manage and develop a team of planning managers and customer service. - Managed the supply.

Jersey City, NJ

·Managed supply chain for over 89,000 SKU’s within Home, Books, and Activities departments; including inventory, purchasing, Instock levels, inbound / outbound forecast, and special projects. Created aggressive KPI’s saving $975K in inventory, increased the Instock rate by 4%, and ended the year with our inbound/outbound forecast goal. ·Work.

New York City, NY

• Oversee 25 global contract manufacturers and 1 internal manufacturing site in China. Determine production planning, lead times, manage $25 million on-hand inventory, service levels. I have effectively reduced inventory.
• Work with regional S&OP managers on processes to formulate a global capacity plan for all new global launches and authorize the purchasing of tooling where necessary to support new products.
• Work cross-functionally with marketing, NPD, and sourcing on new product launches. Determine costing quantities, effective holding terms, and feasibility of vendor’s capabilities to have 99% on time launches.
• Manage $300 million in global buys using price break for cost reduction, create back up strategies to reduce liabilities, and continuously work with merchandising to reduce obsolescence with good sell through.
• Track suppliers’ performances with KPI such as schedule adherence, on time / in full, and service.
• Directly manage a group of 4 planners and 2 analysts. Act as an escalation point for day-to-day problem solving, a mentor, and continuously develop them to grown and succeed in their positions.

Montreal, Canada

·Successfully launched Oracle E1 in Montreal Canada on a tight six months timeline within budget. ·Created and implemented processes for indirect / direct sourcing, planning, and product line control.·Constructed best practices and standard operating procedures for the Canada team. ·Produced testing scripts and quality scenarios to improve the.

Greater Chicago Area

·Managed up to 46 associates with a $1.25 million labor budget at Avon’s distribution center. Balanced the need for temporary labor verses the 22 full time employees by maximizing staff efficiencies to deliver a labor cost savings of 23%.·Provided first in class customer service to by creating a tag zone for missing items, which improved order fill rate.

Greater Chicago Area

·Analyzed 12-16 weeks of demand then coordinated with material / raw planners to make an achievable weekly schedule. Aligned with manufacturing to utilize line capacity and maximize the batching quantity. ·Effectively managed new items by working cross-functionally with manufacturing and processing to ensure the item timing would be achievable and we would.

Greater Detroit Area

·Controlled $200 million in U.S paper spend for internal and external printing facilities. Negotiated lower costs per lbs, smaller lead times, more beneficial cost breaks, and longer payment terms giving a 10% cost reductions.·Drove collaboration among cross function teams such as marketing and sales. Piloted a program that harmonized paper used for.

· Created purchase orders, MRO’s, steel deviations, and other oracle based needs.· Worked with the accounting department and buyers to update the NAFTA account.· Helped find aftermarket steel through an assortment of suppliers that met our specifications.

Education record

Bachelors, Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: APICS and ISM