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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts

Greater Boston Area

Supervised Inventory Operations functions including Stock Transport Order Management, Inventory Destruction Management, Third Party Management, Warehouse and Vendor Inventory Management.• Directed approval, execution, and reconciliation of inventory destructions, supporting vendor and HMH distribution center locations.• Converted archaic, manual destruction process to robust database that allowed Supply Planning to visualize life cycle of any destruction request in centralized location, eliminating inquiring phone calls, emails and saving precious time, money, and effort.•Developed, tested, and implemented Winshuttle application, significantly streamlining processing time and effort for larger stock transport order shipment requests.• Oversaw vendor inventory reconciliations and storage approval processes, ensuring inventory accuracy and storage savings of thousands of dollars annually across multiple vendors.• Supervised tracking and timely resolution of SAP information document (IDOC) errors for physical movements of inventory from vendors, depositories, and warehouses, saving HMH thousands of dollars in lost revenue daily.• Partnered with Distribution, ensuring that shipments were tracked, received, and accurately interfaced from warehouse LogPro system to SAP, ensuring orders could be fulfilled.• Led management and reconciliation of purchase order data from subcontracting vendors, including advanced shipping notices (ASNs), Consumption, Print and Hold, and Drop Shipment activity.• Presented Inventory Control Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Inventory Transaction Reporting to Senior Management, utilizing SAP, SQL, and Access data extractions.• Designed and coordinated Inventory Control SAP 1.0 and 2.0 UAT conversion testing and partnered with Procurement, Supply Planning, Cost Accounting and Distribution, achieving positive test results within strict timelines.

Greater Boston Area

Supported Distribution, Procurement and Supply Planning Departments. Analyzed and resolved information document error (IDOCS) within SAP resulting in significant savings. Managed millions of dollars of inventory through stock transport orders and inventory adjustments.• Partnered with commodity functional teams, ensuring best practices for maintaining accuracy of financial and physical inventories.• Developed Stock Transport Execution Log, allowing supply planners to request physical movements of product in one central location for consolidation, and expedited shipping requests, saving shipping costs and time for critical demand.• Coordinated inventory transactions, reconciliations and the prioritization of critical shipments at vendors and distribution centers, maximizing order revenue and improving customer fill rates.• Formed robust relationships between internal and external business partners regarding Inventory Control processes maximizing efficiencies.

Greater Boston Area

Supported the Oral B and Braun Finished Goods Planning Departments. Contributed to improvingorder fill rates from the 70% to 90%. Managed millions of dollars of redeployed inventory within North America to ensure timely delivery for Braun, OralB Power and Oral B Manual dental products totaling over $1B in sales. Successfully prioritized and tracked Braun/Oral B imports, reducing transportation lead-times and costs while increasing sales and profits.• Analyzed APO recommended shipments, forecasts and product inventories on a daily basis and deploy product to resolve current or anticipated out of stock situations.• Built excellent relations with North American Distribution Centers, freight forwarders, and customs to communicate priority shipments to ensure timely deliveries. • Controlled warehouse transfers within North America utilizing most cost efficient means of transportation for meeting required ship dates. • Facilitated discussions between four Distribution Centers, the Customer Service Center and North American Inventory Planning Departments to ensure the clear and accurate interchange of shipping information.• Spearheaded redeployment functions for all Braun/Oral B product launches including the Syncro Shaver, Crossaction, and Tassimo achieving 100% fill rates levels for these programs.• Presented Tassimo Hot Beverage Recognition Award 2005 . Awarded for exceptional execution meeting launch requirements and time constraints.• Awarded Gillette Collaborative Cup 2005 Cross Action Withdrawal Team for timely launch.• Established and planned finished goods inventory levels for the Thermoscan Ear Thermometer product line from manufacturing centers in Germany and Ireland.