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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Jefferson, Wi

- Manage team of 8 salaried and 25 hourly employees responsible for material purchasing, production planning, and physical logistics for large scale manufacturing facility with a portfolio of 300+ SKUs and accounts for 65% of total 3oz can output.- Drive continuous improvements throughout logistics and supplier operations to achieve Key Performance Indicators.- Utilize proven lean problem-solving techniques to improve customer satisfaction and total delivered cost.- Create and maintain monthly production reports to help senior leadership make accurate operational plans and decisions.

Hartwell, Georgia

- Crafted and communicated startup project status reports for VP and director level stakeholders.- Worked closely with divisional engineering team to procure materials to support commissioning, qualification, and validation (CQV).- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules to meet project demands.- Led change management initiatives and designed functional area infrastructure to support demand planning and supply strategy.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

-Develop strategic production planning calendar.-Schedule production for all 5.5 oz single and Variety Pack cases.-Review SAP demand forecast to prioritize products and optimize plant capacity.-Participate in continuous improvement projects.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

- Internal and external supply chain operations, including plant logistics, warehousing and transportation, customer team supply chain management, order revenue management (ORM) and the customers- Cultivate working relationships that provide exposure to various disciplines, account management and customer teams.- Develop knowledge, awareness and understanding of the Consumer Product Goods (CPG) and Pet care industries, including understanding the consumer and or pet owner, knowing Nestlé Purina brands, their competition and the ability to identify and analyze segment trends

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

- Execute and review MRP purchase requisitions of all packaging materials required to support large-scale manufacturing facility.- Maintain inventory and analyze safety stock levels to ensure efficient turnover rates.- Monitor supplier lead times to coordinate inbound logistics of production critical materials.- Build positive working relationships with multiple outside vendors to improve materials planning and performance.

Clinton, Ia

- Utilize Order and Warehouse Management systems to efficiently schedule dock operations. - Review, evaluate and coordinate the warehouse order processing workload. - Communicate with Operations Planning department to resolve product and order related issues.

Clinton, Iowa

- Coordinate supply for network of 7 regional distribution centers to ensure that product is in position to support customer demand.- Develop standard supply chain processes to achieve high target goal of +98.7% customer order fulfillment.- Work cross-functionally with production planning, operations, warehousing, and transportation to execute deployment plan.

Savanna, Il

• Website maintenance and inventory. • Customer relations management and sales.• Internal IT Support.

Macomb, Il

• Managed office database and filing system. • Responsible for all contact with conference and camp registrants through phone, mail and email.• Assisted with monthly account statements and handled all payments from customers.

East Moline, Il

• Generated price quotes and costing of logistic services.• Communicated with internal and external customers via IBM AS/400 System-i technology with a supporting Windows server network.• Conducted daily inbound/outbound planning and dispatch.