Brian Schroeder Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for the forecasting, daily planning, and review of current inventory levels for assigned materials. Monitor demand and supply flow of 210 materials to minimize backorders, reduce overstocks and maximize on time delivery rates.Analyze statistical forecasting models and parameters in order to make appropriate changes to optimize forecast accuracy.Usage of Power BI and SAP APO to analyze over/under forecasted materials, forecast bias, outliers, inventory levels and… Show more Responsible for the forecasting, daily planning, and review of current inventory levels for assigned materials. Monitor demand and supply flow of 210 materials to minimize backorders, reduce overstocks and maximize on time delivery rates.Analyze statistical forecasting models and parameters in order to make appropriate changes to optimize forecast accuracy.Usage of Power BI and SAP APO to analyze over/under forecasted materials, forecast bias, outliers, inventory levels and on-time and in full metrics. Run forecasting simulation models and make appropriate changes to statistically planned items.Prepare and lead the Demand Plan Sign Off Meetings for the Pigments group where I present the overall demand plan outcome vs. Sales Estimate and Budget to focus on gaps between future demand and future production.Produce and defend a monthly demand plan for all assigned materials for upload into the planning system (SAP APO) which drives raw material buys and production orders to global manufacturing sites.Plan and lead monthly collaborative S&OP meetings in order to communicate supply chain constraints, stock levels, aging material, material risk mitigation and taking actions for the resolution of issues.Part of Green Belt project to reduce airfreight costs to the company. ($200,000 savings in first year)High level of experience/expertise with SAP, APO, Oracle, Oracle ASCP, Cognos, Microstrategy, and Microsoft OfficeRegional Supply Chain Master Data contact to ensure the integrity of all data.Interact and work closely with all segments of the business – Ssles, Finance, global production sites, Logistics, Customer Service, Import / Export.Highly organized and enthusiastic; able to prioritize effectively to accomplish multiple tasks and complete projects under pressure. Excellent communicator with a high level of analytical and problem-solving skills. Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for the forecasting, daily planning, and review of current inventory levels for assigned materials. Monitor demand and supply flow of over 160 items to minimize backorders, reduce overstocks and maximize OTIF rates.Allocation of constrained products to customers based on customer type, demand patterns, profitability of sale and supply distribution rules.Analyze sales forecast vs. actual demand to support 90% forecast accuracy goal and help maintain the high… Show more Responsible for the forecasting, daily planning, and review of current inventory levels for assigned materials. Monitor demand and supply flow of over 160 items to minimize backorders, reduce overstocks and maximize OTIF rates.Allocation of constrained products to customers based on customer type, demand patterns, profitability of sale and supply distribution rules.Analyze sales forecast vs. actual demand to support 90% forecast accuracy goal and help maintain the high integrity of all planning outcomes.Work closely with global production sites in order to identify and minimize capacity issues by providing raw material needs projections.Resolve issues with WebCycle to resolve any invoice, goods receipt and/or billing issues.Work with site personnel and management to identify issues and opportunities for growth and increased efficiencies in the supply chain.Lean Sigma-DMAIC Greenbelt TrainingCompleted training 8/23/19 Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Monitored inventory stock levels on a daily basis to resolve stock outs, low inventory and excess stock levels for assigned product lines. Monitor demand and supply flow to maximize efficiencies in the supply chain.Main supply chain contact for a major key accounts and worked very closely with them to ensure satisfaction.Worked closely with Transportation and Logistics to ensure timely deliveries. Drove best practice implementation and execution project within supply… Show more Monitored inventory stock levels on a daily basis to resolve stock outs, low inventory and excess stock levels for assigned product lines. Monitor demand and supply flow to maximize efficiencies in the supply chain.Main supply chain contact for a major key accounts and worked very closely with them to ensure satisfaction.Worked closely with Transportation and Logistics to ensure timely deliveries. Drove best practice implementation and execution project within supply chain to streamline efficiencies and practices across planners.Supply chain lead for Master Data project to verify and correct issues in order to have MRP run more efficiently. Interface with customers and internal Accounts Payable colleagues in order to resolve any issues with invoicing and to make sure invoicing was completed on time. Supply chain lead for reporting of backorders, aged goods and coordination of disposals. Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Forecasted, planned and purchased both corrugated and film packaging to be used in production for finished goods. Long term planning and execution of material packaging purchases over multiple Company production facilities.Worked closely with Product Supply Planners, Marketing and Demand Planners in order to confirm my packaging forecasts.Utilized several unique vendors to purchase packaging needs based on their capacity to deliver, pricing and their level of expertise for… Show more Forecasted, planned and purchased both corrugated and film packaging to be used in production for finished goods. Long term planning and execution of material packaging purchases over multiple Company production facilities.Worked closely with Product Supply Planners, Marketing and Demand Planners in order to confirm my packaging forecasts.Utilized several unique vendors to purchase packaging needs based on their capacity to deliver, pricing and their level of expertise for certain packaging needs. Worked closely with outside material suppliers to order, move out, expedite, change or cancel orders as necessary to maintain service levels. Evaluated SKU rationalization strategies to determine the validity of keeping a SKU in the portfolio. Led project between Supply Chain and Sales to effectively eliminate non-productive SKU’s. Led cross functional meetings with both internal colleagues and external vendors to deeply understand constraints to on time delivery in order to avoid any costly downtime in production. Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Forecasted, planned and purchased both corrugated and film packaging to be used in production for finished goods. Long term planning and execution of material packaging purchases over multiple Company production facilities.Worked closely with Product Supply Planners, Marketing and Demand Planners in order to confirm my packaging forecasts. Utilized several unique vendors to purchase packaging needs based on their capacity to deliver, pricing and their level of expertise for… Show more Forecasted, planned and purchased both corrugated and film packaging to be used in production for finished goods. Long term planning and execution of material packaging purchases over multiple Company production facilities.Worked closely with Product Supply Planners, Marketing and Demand Planners in order to confirm my packaging forecasts. Utilized several unique vendors to purchase packaging needs based on their capacity to deliver, pricing and their level of expertise for certain packaging needs. Worked closely with outside material suppliers to order, move out, expedite, change or cancel orders as necessary to maintain service levels. Evaluated SKU rationalization strategies to determine the validity of keeping a SKU in the portfolio. Led project between Supply Chain and Sales to effectively eliminate non-productive SKU’s. Led cross functional meetings with both internal colleagues and external vendors to deeply understand constraints to on time delivery in order to avoid any costly downtime in production.APICS Basics of Supply Chain ManagementCompleted April 2012 Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for the daily route planning of all orders generated by the sales teams for a given delivery date. Designing of effective sequential routing in order to use the optimal number of delivery vehicles for a given delivery date. Expert level of experience and knowledge of the Roadshow Transportation Planning software. Performing of Full Service planning by analyzing data from the Vendware predictive sales program to select and create Full Service delivery… Show more Responsible for the daily route planning of all orders generated by the sales teams for a given delivery date. Designing of effective sequential routing in order to use the optimal number of delivery vehicles for a given delivery date. Expert level of experience and knowledge of the Roadshow Transportation Planning software. Performing of Full Service planning by analyzing data from the Vendware predictive sales program to select and create Full Service delivery routes. Calculating the need of replenishment of sales depots in territory from existing delivery routes in order to maximize efficiencies. This includes the utilization of any available capacity in any of the company assets nearby. Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for the daily service and maintenance of assigned accounts within a sales territory. Sell in of product as needed and partnering with customer to create a win-win situation. Work closely with local sales branch to coordinate product delivery and customer satisfaction while always maintaining an in-stock position of product.