Christopher Grancher Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee

• Subject Matter Expert for custom report creation for clients o Bill of Material (BOM) reporting o Discontinuation reporting o Production o KPIs
• Responsible for: o Customer outreach and sales opportunities o Project Estimations for new work / out of scope work o Client side SAP data validation and alignment with reporting output o Competitive research / feature.
• Currently learning advanced SQL / DevOps admin and config / VS Code / SSMS / Snowflake / Databricks / PowerBI-Fabric

Proud father of two amazing girls.

United States

• Implemented ABC codes with sales, ops, and supply chain leadership sign-off. Result: aligned purchasing priorities and risk reduction.
• Identified and fixed a system glitch affecting deadlines.
• Discovered/Resolved two critical SAP issues by escalating to IT.
• Analyzed planning process with management, uncovering and fixed configuration gap.
• Created process documentation for maintaining in shared location for open access.
• Created training materials for SAP inventory assignments to prevent recurring issues.

Racine, WI

• Production planner for Government products and parts with BOMs of 600+ components.
• Responsible for processing messages and work orders, coordinating outside operations and expedites, and bird dogging issues with parts, assembly, engineering, testing, and shipping.
• Acting Account Manager for BAE. Provided daily updates and conflict resolution (6 months).
• Pressed for and received $165K from customer (BAE) – unbudgeted – to cover expedites at supplier, customer owned tooling repairs, and supplier scrap. Achieved by building rapport, daily campaigning, and structured cost.
• Managed 4 independent cycle counts (2 daily / 2 monthly) and directed floor employees for counting processes. Verified variances and delivered variance reports to accounting.
• Assisted with $4MM+ BAE withhold by TACOM. Coordinated internal resources in quality and purchasing and resources at supplier to satisfy BAE corrective action plans.

Germantown, WI

• Managed 6 employees and globally sourced, inventory of $150M, 50k+ materials, 700k+ units.
• Coordinated and led 4 S&OP processes: demand / supply / pre-meetings / executive meetings.
• Discovered massive planning gap - internal manufacturing was not using forecasted requirements causing excess inventory. Worked with management to align planning process.
• Corrected fill rate reporting. Met with IT – SD and BW SMEs – restructured calculations.
• Reduced shipping costs. Met with my team, logistics, and IT and clarified the SAP configured shipping options available to my team and respective costs.
• Improved business continuity. Redistributed products to balance workloads and prepare backups.

Waxdale, WI

• Caught customer master set up issue, highlighted to management. Result: full audit / clean up.
• Created one stop shop reports covering all aspects of fill rates with BW driven charts.
• Participated in Customer Master Data Pilot creating and updating Customer Master records.

Australia

Time off to spend quality time with my family in Australia then returned to the US to find work.

Sydney, Australia

• Improved forecast accuracy. Refined Australian forecasts with marketing input.
• Eliminated data integrity issues. Cleaned up all SAP allocation data records.
• Improved new hire on-boarding time. Created / updated 10 documents for planning processes.

Australia And Thailand

Time off to spend quality time with my family in Australia and tour Australia and Thailand.

Niles, IL

• Key Responsibilities
• Liaison between Asia production facility and project management, demand planning, engineering, purchasing, quality, finance, and sales.
• Mediated and coordinated Pre–Sales and Operations Planning meetings including agendas, information, and action items from March 2011 to February 2013.
• Performed engineering change management, rough cut capacity planning, US distribution center inventory optimization, backorder resolution, material master management.
• Analyzed and addressed products with supply risk to find root causes internally and externally improving service levels with inventory and / or process improvements.Key Achievements
• Co–Led large management of line project which impacted $1M+ of inventory, ~100 engineering change orders, 1000’s of products, multiple distribution / manufacturing sites. Prioritized, wrote, and tracked engineering.

Niles, IL

• Key Responsibilities
• Managed global forecasts for ~$100M (~800 SKUs) of electronics products globally.
• First contact for operations – managed special orders and backorders maintaining communication with manufacturing planners and distribution center shipping staff.
• New product launch / discontinuation management and coordination.Key Achievements
• Wrote 150+ page demand planning manual, with screen shots, covering APO / SAP / BI.
• Gathered historical data of top profit items for all business units and distribution centers. Shared data with management and team. Improved DIFOT and reduced backorders.

San Jose, CA

• Key Responsibilities
• Supplier data analysis and risk management web interface project support
• Assisted with a web-based tool for analyzing / demonstrating potential risks caused by catastrophic events for supply chain impact assessment / resolution / mitigation.Key Achievements
• Analyzed supplier data including product, location, and estimates for disaster recovery time.
• Compiled data revealing:-- High concentrations of suppliers without secondary suppliers in alternate geographic regions exposing high risk to revenue due to singular events.-- Suppliers who admitted they had no plans.

Niles, IL

• Key Responsibilities
• Documented component information for upload into product lifecycle management database.Key Achievements
• Volunteered to lead mechanical classification. Organized parts into classes, populated taxonomy, validated content with various functional areas, and maintained project schedule.

Alsip, IL / Dayton, OH / Batesville, MS / Winchester, VA / Mankato, MN

• Key Responsibilities
• Internal consultant / project leader responsible for working directly with union personnel, suppliers, plant managers, central management, and engineering on plant projects. 100% travel.Key Achievements
• Developed strong relationships with plant management and union personnel which facilitated improvements and projects.
• Directed mechanical and electrical manufacturing line improvement project.-- Documented root causes of unplanned equipment shutdowns.-- Coordinated shut down repairs with other line repairs.-- Resolved mechanical.
• Coordinated equipment retrofit required for manufacture of new product.-- Provided design input to supplier. Resulted in simplified install, setup, and service.-- Directed and supervised ten installations ~24 hours in.
• Discovered gaps in drawing updates through discussions with union machinists. Collected copies of documents and distributed directly to purchasing and machinists for archiving.

Deerfield, IL

• Key Responsibilities
• Redesigned chromatography product using CAD.Key Achievements
• Completed prototype design and pilot production in 6 months.
• Created CAD drawings and submitted drawings to multiple suppliers for multiple bids. Reviewed designs and costs with suppliers, assemblers, and marketing.
• Final design was 12% below target cost.
• Developed CAD models with focus on simplicity, cost reduction, robustness, ease of modification, minimizing fasteners and assembly steps.

Madison, WI

• Key Responsibilities
• Designed CAD models with ProEngineer to support development and launch of Aespire 7900 SmartVent - Anesthesia Ventilator Machine. Key Achievements
• Designed a vented circuit board enclosure, sheet metal shield, front cosmetic plastic cover.
• Simulated assembly in CAD where appropriate. Used asymmetric fastener layout to eliminate incorrect assembly.
• Controlled costs with supplier input and utilizing available stamping tools.
• Standardized common machined feature with help from machinists. Solution standardized shape, dimensions, and necessary drawing dimensions preventing product inconsistencies.

Lake Bluff, IL

• Key Responsibilities
• Completed research project examining the correlation of loads on flow meters and meter accuracy.Key Achievements
• Completed 2 week manufacturing tour assembly associates learning every manufacturing process.
• Built, tested, and selected flow meters for testing.
• Consulted machinists for best method for mounting test equipment using existing parts and coordinated the creation of fixtures.
• Negotiated testing time in union run production lab to avoid production impact.

Ottawa Lake, MI

• Key Responsbilities
• Created 3D mockup models of manufacturing equipment from photographs for virtually modeling space requirements for designing new facility layouts.Key Achievements
• Learned ProEngineer without formal training.
• Created independent 3D mock up models of Mercedes suspension parts from scale assembly paper drawings for use in assembly simulations.

Willoughby, OH

• Key Responsibilities
• Created component drawings to assist with custom customer ordering process.Key Achievements
• Learned CATIA CAD package basics and assisted with creating and modifying 3D models and production drawings.
• Learned 2D CAD system and created outline drawings from microfiche records for integration with custom truck ordering system.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Hoofers Sailing Club and Meals on Wheels