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Atlanta, GA, US

SAP Data Governance

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, GA, US

• Responsible for data management strategy, planning, execution of activities with sprint planning for Product Ground.
• Served as the data management primary point of contact for “Universal Material Number” integration into informatica with Coca-Cola Bottler systems which when new products are created for North America.
• Responsible for anticipation, early detection, and prevention of issues impacting data during UAT management, and working with other platforms within Coca-Cola to digitize our Product Data in cross-functional systems.
• Led and executed Testing to ensure systems address business stakeholders’ and users’ needs.
• Experienced in delivering implementations in an Agile environment; delivered value and drove recommendations and insights as we digitalized our data within North America, yielding company $200K in 2020.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Led global data analytics team (Manila, Atlanta, London, Shanghai, Mexico), taught courses in training capability, processes and systems, and provided strategic support to Procurement Leads.
• Led team of 9 global procurement analysts in analyzing over $10B of spending, resulting in $150M annual savings.
• Implemented Global Marketing Tableau and SQL databases for all regions to show trends in category strategies.
• Managed day-to-day project workload of the analytics team while standardizing processes to improve efficiencies.
• Automated reports in S4Hana and Ariba to align with all procurement requirements.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Ingredients Procurement Manager - Global Procurement 2016 – 2017
• Negotiated pricing of Phytosterols ingredients generating cost savings of $20K.
• Successfully identified and qualified new supplier for Phytosterols increasing on-time delivery by 55%. Worked with Quality and R&D to obtain approval for expedited shipping to improve continuity of supply.
• Removed a patent with a sole-source supplier to improve continuity of supply.
• Launched an e-sourcing bid in Ariba tool for RFP’s and supplier analysis.P2P Procurement Manager - Global Sustainable Procurement 2013 – 2017Managed Procure-to-Pay (P2P) metrics for $9B in indirect spending. Converted.
• Led the development of global P2P metrics to standardize reporting and improve processes.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Led the Global Procurement PMO to adherence to the 7-steps Procurement Process and validate savings.
• Managed $2.5B of Ingredients spend generating $30M in savings.
• Directed Multiple Strategic, Sourcing, and Operational Excellence projects while interacting with Procurement in a Program Management role to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.
• Led Vendor Master Data in SAP to initiate the process to set up new suppliers

Atlanta, GA, US

• Managed $75M Equipment Capital Budget and led a team of 4 Equipment Buyers for Customer Care.
• Used JD Edwards Inventory System for ordering fountain equipment, and standardized processes for $1.2M savings, while managing a centralized purchasing team for Make-to-Ready (MRC) buying teams.
• Leveraged Neterprise to improve YOY equipment and parts availability and maintained 98% on-time delivery.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Generated sales forecasts by using SAP (Planning Software) to deliver accurate concentrate and material requirements for manufacturing, purchasing and scheduling operations. Responsible for $1.3M in concentrate forecast.
• Classified and analyzed $2.5M of inventory using statistical (SAP) tools. Used SAP to establish minimum and maximum inventory levels. Evaluated and adjusted inventory levels based on order histories.
• Supported new products by scheduling trial runs and protocol studies. Used project management tool to ensure scheduling requirements and lead time for ordering ingredients and supplies were met.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Paper Division - Master Scheduler II
• Planned and managed production and capacity for a paper commodity with $51M in sales
• Lowered overall inventory 37% from 88,000 to 55,000 tons by developing and maintaining an inventory planning system
• Implemented $2.2M dollar cost saving in freight by optimizing all lanes while serving as a Business Improvement Process Team Leader
• Project Lead for Customer Service and Sales to resolve customer problems and capacity issues for Inventory Planners
• Maintained production database and analyzed inventory performance to maximize additional capacity opportunities

Englewood, CO, US

Analyzed promotions and holiday sales.

Managed production for a 3-shift operation of wire manufacturing facility.

Burlington, NJ, US

Supervised manufacturing and shipment leaders to delivering quality in textile operations.