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Murrieta, California, United States

• Maintained 95% or greater on-time deliveries while streamlining materials planning. • Achieved +90% accuracy by developing and facilitating quarterly cycle counting processes. • Oversaw a team of 15-20 employees by prioritizing and delegating duties and responsibilities. • Drove a 40-50% reduction in warehouse footprint by supporting the installation of new Vertical lift Modules (VLM - MODULA) to replace the legacy Horizontal racking system. • Minimized safety incidents while playing a key role in the safety program. • Improved the rate of on-time deliveries and production floor visibility by creating and managing production schedules utilizing Excel pivot tables. • Utilized ERP system (DBA Manufacturing) to track and maximize materials utilization. • Developed and maintained the Kanban system to manage deliveries between multiple departments for all components into assembly and inventory departments.• Audited all departments for safety compliance and housekeeping supporting the 6S program.• Spearheaded all daily activities for manufacturing departments, including job traveler printing, job processing, and job closing activities. • Kept production on track by monitoring hourly scoreboard reporting on the production floor. • Ensured timely and accurate fulfillment of all jobs while overseeing parts pulling. • Enhanced assembly processes while working closely with production teams.

Inland Empire, California

Senior Manufacturing Scheduler possessing a dynamic skill set of planning and scheduling knowledge. Diverse knowledge in manufacturing of natural concentrate products. Highly skilled at analytics and metrics measurement, Inventory/distribution and optimization providing cost effective and functional production schedule focused on cross functional communication.

Lakeview, California, United States

• Improved the Work Order On Time (WOOT) from a company low of 65% (2012) to 81.7% (2013) and then 91.3% (2014). • Reduced inventory and Days Sales On Hand (DSOH) by a minimum of 4% each year. • Cut number of Special Instructions being used in production from 35 in 2013 to 14 in 2014.• Generated $325,000 in total overhead cost savings by strategically realigning the raw material supply supporting Protein Powder production. • Eliminated 492 of 7,000 pallet positions of excess inventory by creating a KANBAN reporting system, improving just-in-time needs of multiple components.• Improved Turnaround Time on MRB (Material Review Board) rejections from 80 days to 50 days in 2011, currently maintaining at 30-40 days.• Scheduled work for 17 work centers and enhanced performance across 14 shifts/week. • Led a team tasked with script testing of new software implementation for JD Edwards ERP system in 2001, overseeing 2 upgrades in the past 14 years.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve right-first-time rates, batch size, and spec alignment, as well as streamline value order policies. • Scheduled production to convert products from harvesting of raw materials into finished goods. • Coordinated multiple work centers in a job shop environment and supported global partners ensuring maximum service levels while maintaining a high level of feasibility and efficiency.• Tracked schedule adherence and implemented key improvements to prevent schedule breaks in a batch process production environment.