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Toledo, Oh, United States

Worked in partnership with Supply & Demand Planning to optimize supply chain efficiencies and guarantee OTIF of customer requirements. Balanced workload priorities across planning deliverables to ensure successful execution of inventory management.• Contributed to the creation, design, and implementation of the Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) in SAP/APO.• Developed warehousing requirement strategies based on inventory turn, safety stock, and IDS that resulted in a $6M decrease in annual warehouse spend.• Created strategies to improve inventory health with a 13% reduction in overage finished goods inventory under the Beer Business unit.

Perrysburg, Oh

Performed demand and inventory planning responsibilities to manage National Beer accounts that accounted for over a third of N.A. sales via SAP/APO. Analyzed forecast data to determine variances and trends. Interfaced with Account Managers to ensure collaborative sales forecast for designated customers was maintained in APO on schedule for monthly PSI reporting.• Maintained a 70% forecast accuracy by SKU when customer volumes declined by 5%-10% annually, enabling the OTIF metric to remain over 90%.• Implemented new contract language to reduce obsolete finished goods inventory by $1M based on forecasted demand.

Perrysburg, Oh

Directed a team of six CSR’s responsible for fulfilling sales order entry, delivery, and payment. Delivered sales targets within customer base, by strengthening existing relationships and creating new business opportunities while demonstrating expertise both the beer category and assigned customer territory.• Led the project to transfer from legacy system to SAP operating system.• Implemented EDI 850/860 transactions with the company’s largest client.• Fulfilled customer demand through over 400 blackout orders; order recovery was 100% within 90 days of shipment.

Perrysburg, Oh

Analyzed business intelligence and information gathered from sales, marketing, and product management to develop forecasting models for O-I that ensured total customer satisfaction related to delivery and cost. Developed inventory strategies on existing products, new products, and product phase-outs. • Developed a production plan with 36-month outlook by glass design for eight plants with 37 manufacturing lines to meet actual and forecasted design.• Managed overage inventory to just under 0.3% of total plant inventory.• Collaborated with Plant Material Managers and the customer service team to swiftly resolve issues and build consensus of supply strategies. • Coordinate and led both S&OP and IBP meetings to balance supply and demand.

Perrysburg, Oh