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Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Ingredients ProcurementExperience in category management, global sourcing and strategy development. Ingredient categories totaling $150 Million annually include Fruit Juice Concentrates, Colors, Water and Tea.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Developed and managed inventory replenishment strategies and supplier forecasts for ingredients and packaging materials. Optimized the balance between supply availability, inventory investment and risk of obsolescence. Supported the Divisions by executing material activities relating to product commercialization and productivity initiatives. Analyzed and improved processes relating to Materials Management. Interfaced with suppliers plants, Logistics, Operations, Technology/R&D, Procurement and Quality.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Key Operations representative on a Division Consensus forecasting team. Maintained national and location forecasts at an item level for categories by understanding the customer’s base and promotional buying patterns. Identified critical forecast variances and aggressively pursued forecasting improvements to ensure optimal supply to meet demand. Established linkages with Marketing, Finance, Sales planning, Field sales, Customer service and Product supply to effectively deliver accurate forecasts. Analyze and generate reports utilizing Business Objects, Rocet and Quest forecasting tools.

Northfield, Il, Us

Oversaw the responsibilities of the Production Planner, Production Kit Planner and two Production Coordinators. Maintained the master production schedule utilizing MRP logic by analyzing forecasts, safety stock values, ABC analysis, lot sizing and inventory management for five production facilities. Collaborated with Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, Sterilization and Transportation in order to ensure adequate stock levels for two thousand items in twenty distribution centers. Communicated directly with the sales force on production and sterilization status of custom and stocked items. Scheduled production and coordinated set-ups for fifty mold injection machines. Prioritized work orders and machine set-ups for surgical tray goods. Distributed product to four sterilization facilities, tracked sterilization status and expedited shipments to distribution centers

Northfield, Il, Us

Purchased and managed over 3000 items by examining stock levels, forecasts, calculating safety stocks and analyzing MRP. Worked with vendors to maintain an impeccable degree of service and reliability, while keeping surplus dollars to a minimum, and controlling overall inventory dollars

Managed inventory stock levels to ensure production flow of custom made window fashions. Ordered material from corporate inventory and purchased products from local vendors.

Assisted in all aspects of purchasing and inventory decisions. Stream lined product lines and negotiated with vendors.