Brent W. Email & Phone Number

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, velocity and inventory analysis to lead collaborative customer forecasting with major retail accounts (Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, Kroger, Walgreens, Target)SAP APO demand planning super-user, responsible for refining and implementing a new global planning system along with Business Warehouse reporting in the summer of 2015 without disruption to supply or operational cost aggravationIn 2015, helped guide the consensus team towards achieving 10% organic sales growth while reducing network finished goods inventory by 2 days of supply.In 2016, helped guide the consensus team towards achieving 7% organic sales growth while delivering record levels of profitability and demand plan accuracy. During this period, helped to train and develop 2 different high potential employees.In 2015, implemented monthly consensus forecasting with the Walmart team, improving monthly accuracy by over 500 basis points while reducing bias by 200 basis points. In 2016, improved Walmart forecast accuracy an additional 400 basis points by further refining the month-end reconciliation process, and training the team on methods for smoothing recent consumption data into future shipment predictions.

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 collaboratively with operations and industrial performance to deliver over $1.5 million in 2013 operational excellence savingsLed a plant-wide production and capacity planning rate overhaul for 500 planning rates that reduced short term schedule changes by 150% in 2014 versus 2013 and stabilized weekly attainment numbers at all 41 facility packaging linesUsed LEAN methodologies to reformulate the planning, transportation, and storage flow for over 8 million annual pounds of raw materials purchased from Nestlé’s Bloomington facility; annually delivering over $400,000 in network cost avoidance + cost savings, and decreased yearly line shutdowns due to raw ingredients by over 500% vs. 2012Created and implemented a factory planning standards quarterly review and communication process to create tactical planning alignment between factory industrial performance, operations, and supply chain

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% customer fill rate in 2011 and 2012 for both make-to-stock & make-to-order in-store display vehiclesIn 2012, purchased and managed inventory to < 1% waste for $300,000 of vendor corrugated and packagingAnalyzed trend scenarios and manage supply chain tradeoffs between customer fulfillment, inventory holding costs, redeployment costs, and ageing waste

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 plans and maximized mixed payload for over 50 homogenous and mixed product truckloads per week utilizing both Oracle and Manugistics software.

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 for current division contractsPublished a monthly newsletter focused on strategic business initiatives, large scale projects, and relevant industry trend intelligence

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 employees across 3 shiftsWorked with beverage sales reps to alter ordering procedures that caused cyclical inventory spikes and aggrivated customer freshness levelsAssisted in the convenience store hiring process through application processing, interviewing, and training