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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Responsible for the strategic and tactical planning of the manufacturing and distribution for innovation products. Primary responsibilities include production planning, deployment planning and execution, inventory management and cross functional team involvement.

United States

Coordinate sales and marketing forecasts into factory production plan to satisfy customer expectations while minimizing inventory and maximizing customer growth. Communicate with distribution centers on shipment logistics, inventory levels, upcoming activity, SKU updates, and outstanding projects.Lead, coordinate, and manage monthly Sales, Inventory, Operations, and Planning meetings with marketing, manufacturing locations, and suppliers to review prior performance and establish short- and long-term production plans.Conduct future demand and production planning by collecting customer forecasts and historical demand information into forecasting database. Develop rate-based production plan for high-volume products.Capitalize on advanced inventory control; coordinate the phase-in of new, and phase-out of obsolete, products with focus on minimizing excess inventory investment.Compile and publish daily status reports tracking key metrics that drive business.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Directed the supply planning for a variety of product typed within a fast-paced, demanding pet food company. Contributed to process improvements facilitating 30% year over year revenue growth. Spearheaded communication with cross-functional stakeholders, including production plan, capacity utilization, inventory reporting, and service metrics. Upheld production plan metrics and issued purchase orders to deliver service goals of 98.5% as well as weekly supply targets per item.Inherited a portfolio of 145 items with nine different co-packers domestically and globally, facilitating communication with co-packers to ensure adherence to key performance metrics.Conducted monthly international standard operating procedure meetings, compiling key metrics, including fill rate performance, adherence, and attainment to ensure order lead times and capacity constraints were met.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Oversaw product and material purchasing and processes, containing costs while receiving exceptional quality products. Partnered with sourcing team to analyze new and existing vendors across standardized guidelines of timely delivery, quality, and cost, and provided recommendations to facilitate supplier relationships with management. Conducted in-depth analyses over finished goods, production plans, and inventory data to assess volume of raw material purchases to meet customer requirements, while simultaneously ensuring organizational profitability.Led daily meetings with plant scheduler to assess the allocation of raw material requirements and schedules, resulting in eliminating out of stock issues and delays.Forecasted predicted material needs to ensure delivery of raw materials within schedule and meet customer orders within deadlines.Resolved disruption in delivery of bulk solvents following Hurricane Harvey, identifying alternate suppliers and approving purchase orders to maintain plant operations.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Managed all aspects of planning, scheduling and deploying finished goods for the dry pet product line of merchandise. Designed and implemented daily, weekly, and monthly production metrics to ensure alignment with factory capacity, inventory, customer service, and distribution objectives. Led new product launches, meeting all deadlines and reviewed inventory positions to create deployment orders while optimizing efficiency.Reduced the comprehensive network transportation costs by 10% year over year, realizing a gain of $42K in fiscal year 2015.Maintained case fill rate goal of 98.5% for total customers and 99% for key customer accounts exceeding established key performance metrics.Minimized write-offs by accurately estimating packaging and finished goods exposure, thereby driving corporate profitability.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Production Scheduler - Planned the execution of production requirements and deployed finished goods from plants to distribution centers while maintaining targeted inventory levels. Inventory Control - Maintained inventory for finished product at distribution centers. Completed monthly reconciliation reports for all items in assigned distribution centers.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Processed sales and compiled software packages for all orders within the company.Reviewed credit history of existing customers and created service records for new customers.Verified the accuracy of customer information change forms using a database of 20,000 customers. Executed purchase orders and prepared a weekly Marketing Inventory Control Sheet to ensure up to date stock count.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Sold rental service to existing and potential customers and explained policies and procedures.Scheduled times and cars for prearranged reservations.