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Indianapolis, In, Us

Seasoned leader overseeing a team of 62 employees including 4 managers and 3 supervisors. Responsible for orchestrating the end-to-end supply chain operations for a $165M company. Ensures purchased & in-house produced materials are available, maintains quality standards, and are delivered on-time in accordance with customer expectations.Main responsibilities & achievements:Member of the senior management team.Strategy development and deployment at business and functional level.Owner of Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning, ensuring end-to-end business alignment.Overall accountable for all production planning, tactical purchase, inventory planning, supply chain analytics, strategic sourcing, quality, warehousing, internal and external logistics incl. international trade compliance.Establishing and nurturing a conducive work environment where individuals thrive, remain highly motivated, and the teams collectively achieve peak performance levels.Driving development and implementation of intelligence tools (Power BI) in the supply chain and order-to-delivery processes, ensuring real-time data driven decision making, action planning and execution. Driving a continuous improvement mindset managing quality related issues, addressing customer complaints and Cost of Poor Quality.Improved and sustained Customer On-Time Delivery performance at 95% through the global supply chain crises caused by the Covid aftermath, supporting 18 % sales growth. Improved and sustained inventory turns at 118 days of supply.

Indianapolis, In, Us

Senior manager of the Supply Chain function consisting of 45 employees including 3 managers and 2 supervisors, with full accountability of the end-to-end supply chain. From purchase of all direct and indirect material, through inbound transportation, internal flow of goods and warehousing. Production and inventory planning through shipping and outbound transportation, including export & trade compliance. Main responsibilities & achievements:Ensuring On-Time Delivery to customer expectations, - in a cost-effective way.Re-structured the physical warehouse setup and reduced footprint by 20% while keeping the same inventory capacity. Introduced point-of-use storage for 20% of SKU, resulting in an 8% productivity gain.Introduced Kanban production cells feeding directly into assembly lines.Generated 4.4% in annual cost savings on material prices.Created 12% productivity gain in the packing and shipping area by standardizing skidding and packaging material.Implemented a new cast iron & stainless-steel supply chain supporting two New Product Introduction programs for Vertical Turbines and Horizontal Splitcase fire pumps.Responsible for managing 6000+ castings tools located at foundries in Americas and Asia.

Bjerringbro, Middle Jutland, Dk

The Material Management department consist of 18 employees and 2 managers. The functions main responsibility is to ensure material availability on all in-house produced and purchased parts to meet customer expectations in the most cost-effective way.Main responsibilities & achievements:Responsible for establishing a new Material Management function for Grundfos Indianapolis, incorporating Inventory Planning, Production Scheduling and Tactical Purchase in to one central function.Process responsible for material availability for 5 different sites in the US (dotted line responsible for 9 additional employees).Responsible for annual purchase vol of $65M direct materials and $20M in-direct materials. Implemented best practice daily MRP procedures and sourcing principles for purchasing.Re-designed the supply chain & inventory setup to reduce lead-time by 30% on top 80% of product offering. Improved Vendor Delivery performance from 87% to 95%Improved On-Time Customer Delivery performance from 88% to 92%Generated 2.3% in annual cost savings on material prices.Implemented material master data best practice matrix and review process to ensure master data integrity and consistency.Responsible for MRP and SAP (PP and MM) training.

Bjerringbro, Middle Jutland, Dk

The Planning department consists of 7 employees. The departments main responsibility is to plan inventory to meet market expectations to lead-time and volume, and schedule execution of production to meet customer orders.Main responsibilities & achievements:Establishing a centralized Inventory Planning & Production Scheduling organization for the Grundfos Indianapolis division, including team development, designing, and implementing best practice processes, developing MRP competences and implementing performance management for On-Time Customer Delivery.Implemented best practice daily MRP procedures for inventory & production scheduling.Implemented production & planning systems throughout the operation, balancing demand, capacity & lead-time (based on Lean Manufacturing philosophy). Creating standard operating procedures between production and scheduling.Reduced production lead-time by 30% in the assembly areas.Improved Production Order On-Time performance from 75% to 90%Improved On-Time Customer Delivery performance from 80% to 88%Reduced inventory by 13% (with 10% annual increase in sales).Implemented daily and weekly actions meetings to ensure continuous improvement.

Bjerringbro, Middle Jutland, Dk

The Customer Service department consist of 19 sales assistants. The Customer Service department is the link between 7 production plants in Grundfos Denmark and their customers, being other Grundfos sales companies, productions companies, DC’s as well as direct OEM customers. Main goal is to ensure a very high customer satisfaction, successful execution of the order to delivery process, fulfilment of customer needs and building strong customer relations.Main responsibilities & achievements:Hiring, coaching and development of employees in the department.Member of the Distribution’s management team – setting the strategy and future goals for a customer focused Grundfos Denmark.Developed and deployed the Grundfos Denmark CRM strategy.Increased customer satisfaction by 2 points (in yearly customer satisfaction survey).Implemented a performance management platform with all internal customers and partners.Improved collaborations with Grundfos production companies, sales companies and DC’s within the Group, through monthly SOP conferences – resulting in increased fulfilment performance to external customers.

Bjerringbro, Middle Jutland, Dk

Manager of the Planning department consisting of 5 employees. The department is responsible for on-time fulfilment of customer orders, production planning and procurement of raw materials. Furthermore, it is responsible for the continuous development and improvement of the supply chain setup.Main responsibilities & achievements:Hiring, coaching and development of employees in the department.Master planning for the two plants with regards to demand, capacity, and inventory goals.Preparation of strategy- and action plan to ensure the long-term development of all production & supply chain areas.Collaborations with Grundfos factories worldwide to align on global demand plan. Facilitator and coach for the factory’s Lean team. Concept development of the internal production flow and education of employees in Lean Manufacturing.

Bjerringbro, Middle Jutland, Dk

Prepared and participated in two physical transfers of production lines, moving from Denmark to Hungary. Lean Manufacturing & process improvement.Improved agility to customer demand, by redesigning the production planning concept. Implementing cellular production layout focused on continuous flow manufacturing.Implemented Kanban systems with single point planning at the final assembly level. Education of production employees in Lean Manufacturing, with special focus on 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Production Flow and Kanban.Coordinator for all planning, supply chain & quality issues for introduction of new products. Production planning and purchase (SAP R/3).

Bjerringbro, Middle Jutland, Dk

Production planning (SAP R/2).Implementation of cellular production layout, continuous flow production and use of Kanban.Education of employees in the use of Kanban.

Master Of Science In Engineering, Industrial Management (Virksomhedssystemer)

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