Christopher Blasko Email & Phone Number

Hellertown, Pa, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for general and advanced troubleshooting in Kinaxis RapidResponse and JDA Sequencing, as well as process oversight for Network Planners & Execution Planners. Responsible for identifying system exceptions and their resolutions, system maintenance, supporting new releases, as well as continuous improvements, including translating business requirements into technical solutions.First point of contact for user support and connection point between the business and L1 support.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for reviewing & evaluating outputs of JDA Fulfillment/Master Planning solve against business inventory targets, working with Operations Planning group to create action plans to address inventory deficits & excesses, and developing processes to determine effective safety stock levels using, among other means, JDA Inventory Policy Optimization and/or JDA Inventory Optimization.Sole associate responsible for developing, maintaining, and running JDA inventory optimization modules within Mars Chocolate North America.Responsible for reviewing current & projected warehouse capacities and managing JDA MP/FF settings to hold or move inventory within network to manage space through peak inventory season.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for ensuring overall health of Mars Chocolate NA JDA Fulfillment/Master Planning database on the business side, communicating business requests to the technical support team, ensuring best practices are consistently applied, and training & supporting the Key User group and end users.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for monitoring and analyzing the master production plan and coordinating the plan with the Contract Packaging (CoPack) Operations Area, working to prevent, communicate, and investigate root cause of Customer Service issues, analyzing projected capacity utilization and making recommendations regarding prioritization of capacity procurement.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for maintaining Mars Chocolate M&M’s JDA FF/MP & Hackettstown Plant Sequencing models, PSL Web Schedule, MFI data, interfacing with M&M’s Operations Planning through weekly MPS calls, communicating with the Hackettstown Plant management & associates through weekly Tactical meetings, and minimizing downtime & changeovers while maximizing production through scheduling efficiency.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Responsible for maintaining the Mars Chocolate Hackettstown Plant MANMAN database and for granting all security requests for the database. All parts, recipes, bills of material, manufacturing batch orders, finished goods, & routings are set up and entered by the associate in this role. Also responsible for correcting transactional errors & MANMAN training.