Doug Werthmann Email & Phone Number

Huxley, IA

• Developed and managed the Sales & Operations Planning process collaborating with sales and marketing to incorporate 4P initiatives (product, price, promotion and placement) into manufacturing plans to drive supply.
• Developed and managed the demand forecasting process by SKU by channel
• Inventory and production planning for 450 finished goods SKU’s and 3000 raw/WIP SKU’s
• Developed target inventory models for finished goods and raw/WIP SKU’s
• Managed the production scheduling function

Des Moines, IA

• Developed leads for Jacobson’s Freight Management division
• Signed a client that would become one of the division’s top 5 accounts

• Managed a team responsible for the processing of equipment and parts orders and developed Ryko’s demand forecast through collaborative planning efforts with the direct sales team and distribution partners.
• Managed a team focused on processing complex equipment and parts orders while minimizing customer down-time.
• Optimized the department by making organizational changes necessary to reduce order processing errors and customer hold times within the parts department by 77%.
• Reduced S&OP preparation time by 66% by consolidating information from various sources into an Excel spreadsheet, allowing more time to focus on continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead a Kaizen event resulting in the implementation of a series of checks and balances to ensure order accuracy from the field sales organization.

• Served as the supply chain’s single point of contact for Maytag’s two fastest growing customers.
• Managed one supervisor and eight order management consultants focused ondelivering superior customer service and supply chain execution.
• Led a lean sigma project to improve the execution of large stocking orders with Maytag’s largest customer. Resulted in improved communication between the customer and logistics, improving our ability to provide the.
• Directed a lean sigma project evaluating the utilization of the Channel Manager position resulting in a year over year savings of $250K to the bottom line.