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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Manage consensus S&OP forecasting for over 120 diverse items, contributing greater than $330 million annual revenue, which are packaged and imported from Nestlé facilities in more than 25 different countries (brands include La Lechera, Nido, Maggi, Abuelita, Milo, Damak, Carlos V, Media Crema, Nescafe, Nesquik)Use Nielsen, retailer Point-of-Sale data.

Greater Chicago Area

Developed optimized labor, production, and maintenance plans for a candy factory with 67 multi-tier production lines and over 300 SKU's that shipped 80 million pounds or $300 million net sales in 2014Delivered factory schedule attainment averaging over 93% for 2013 & 2014 through creative finite schedule planning and scenario analysis, while working.

Greater Chicago Area

Supervised a shift team of warehouse/manufacturing employees 1-2 weekend shifts per month.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Strategic planner and finite contract manufacturing scheduler for retail in-store displays packed at 8 different vendorsLed a cross-functional project workflow team that developed 35% shorter concept-to-market customer lead times, provided a concise definition of functional roles, and created a new vendor proposal and quoting systemMaintained over 98.7%.

Fairlawn, OH

Led inventory sensitivity analysis for an inventory reduction initiative that projected a 5 days-of-supply annual decrease in nationwide inventory levels, reduced salvaged goods waste, and increased inventory turnsAnalyzed and managed the nationwide distribution and storage for over 70 seasonal items out of two production facilitiesOptimized distribution.

Findlay, OH

Evaluated, analyzed, and corrected contractor invoices identifying $10,000 dollars of yearly savings through redundancy charge eliminationWorked with a cross functional team to develop and negotiate contractual terms, develop job orders, and audit 3rd part rate invoicingCollaborated with contractors and the legal to obtain updated and valid certification.

Canton, Ohio Area

Developed a case study focused on the customer rewards program, making pricing recommendations that were implemented within the year across the national businessResponsible for daily sales reporting and loss analysis, inventory management and control, weekly ordering and delivery, payroll, and employee timekeeping at a convenience store supervising 10.