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United States

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Responsible for over 500 SKUs from both local and global suppliers.• Identify item requirements and place purchase orders using Oracle APS.• Maintain product sourcing rules, item pricing, and related data.• Manage suppliers to proactively address and resolve order issues and ensure timely availability of commodities and related materials for production.• Manage inventory levels to ensure accurate material availability to meet delivery requirements; including the phase-in and phase-out of parts with particular attention to E&O risk.• Track purchase orders from time of placement until arrival at facility.• Reconcile invoice discrepancies with suppliers and accounts payable.• Manage inventory transfers between sister plants and organizations.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Core member of ERP migration leadership team.• Helped lead ERP migration from PeopleSoft 8 to Oracle R12 from a materials standpoint.• Led first wall to wall physical inventory at facility.• Responsible for all inventory activities at facility in a Make-To-Order environment.• Managed inventory and PFEP materials teams.• Maintained 99% inventory accuracy level for over $28 million of total inventory.• PeopleSoft super user for Materials Team.• Manage material flow processes at facility.• Control all inventory adjustments and corrections for the plant.• ISO Coordinator for material related activities.• Developed all ISO 9001 documents related to materials at facility.• CI leader for Materials Group at facility.• Responsible for relationship between NCR and 3PL.• Controlled daily cycle count activities.• Drove weekly inventory improvement meetings with all department managers..

Southfield, Michigan, Us

Planned for Tier 1 raw materials and component parts for JIT Lean Manufacturing.Developed an ABC Analysis spreadsheet for cycle counting inventory to update ERP.Trained other Material Planners on ABC analysis in order to establish a Regulated Cycle Count Schedule.Strive to improve inventory accuracy through frequent cycle counts and charted results in various graphs.Performed Safety Stock Audits to help with inventory reduction.Performed Back-Order Inquiries and contacted suppliers when necessary.First Line of Contact for over 30 Suppliers from both locally and globally.Cycle count parts in question when receiving discrepancies occurred and worked with both Receiving Department and Suppliers to resolve issue.Communicate with suppliers when abnormal changes in requirements occur to ensure better supply chain integration.Give suppliers accurate and level forecast and firm orders to minimize the "bullwhip effect".Used Kanban System for in-house production.Communicate with internal departments such as purchasing, production, quality and accounting when necessary.Controlled inventory to minimize dead stock during phase ins/outs and ECI changes. Evaluated suppliers based on several criteria such as on-time delivery, full order quantity, communication, accurate and correct paper

Greenville, Nc, Us

* Evaluated and performed functional and user testing on a new Production Planning Software * Tested and verified the interface between the Production Planning Software and the Oracle ERP System.Created a Safety Stock Analysis Model using Excel that would recommend Safety stock settings using historical usage and ordering patternsCreated training manual for the new software upgrades.

Master Of Science (Ms), Technology Systems: Industrial Distribution And Logistics

Bachelor'S Of Industrial Distribution And Logistics, Industrial Distribution And Logistics