Buffy Bitler Email & Phone Number

Summary of Qualifications• Worked in food production for over 16 years, including demonstrating leadership capabilities with operators and management personnel• Bought 200 items including raw and packaging ingredients and materials based on SAP and scheduling requirements• Organized and Communicated label number changes for over 60 HACCP labels• Coordinated with work stream pillars (Safety, Quality, Lean Supply Chain, Early Management, Preventative Maintenance, Engagement, Leadership, & Focused Improvement) tracking all job changes throughout the manufacturing plant• Created operator equipment training videos to address and reduce costs and production failures• Conducted training in Foundations of Leadership for 60 employees throughout a manufacturing plant• Structured a training board, focusing on new training materials and updates completed within the plant to better communicate with employees on job or equipment changesProfessional ExperienceConagra Brands, Milton, PA, United States December 2018 – PresentBuyer/Material Planner • Create purchase requisitions and process orders to meet demand with JIT (just in time) arrival• Work with 45 different suppliers, ordering materials and managing quality issues, raw material and ingredients changes and material number updates• Interact with Enterprise Procurement, Corporate and suppliers for upcoming projects, safety concerns, and overall quality and shipping related issues• Communicate with receiving operators and quality team on a daily basis regarding quality issues, changes to materials, shipping damage, and possible opportunities• Interact with scheduling planners to meet demand and modify schedules based on incoming materials• Enter new material set up and deactivation in SAP• Enter MOC’s (Management of Change) forms to communicate modifications within the facility.• Hold WebEx and Microsoft Teams meetings with managers, suppliers, corporate procurement managers• Lead Review and Response meetings within the plant• Participate on the Early Management Pillar to address upcoming capital and corporate projects• Manage SLED (Shelf Life) of raw ingredients• Organize and plan meetings for incoming raw materials trials• Work with management, operators, coordinators, safety, and quality departments to implement a racking system for bulk ingredients changes• Find and execute cost savings projects and opportunities during the course of each fiscal year• Perform 5S, warehouse audits, safety observations, safety discussions, and PPE checks each period• Near miss reporting in Intellex.

Listed skills include Training, Manufacturing, Process Improvement, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 15 others.

• 

  University Of Phoenix

  Associate Of Arts With A Concentration In Business Fundamentals