Eric Bolanos Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

• Manage the production plan for three production lines across three shifts up to 6 months out and collaborate with demand planners to maintain an accurate forecast for 8 quarters.
• Developed reporting and work flow to identify and minimize aged inventory and rework from $250,000 down to $100,000.
• Continuously worked in tandem with operations team to improve planning process by maintaining data integrity using new data sourcing methods and legacy data.
• Improved online % by 33% of a key production line through SKU & equipment optimization, resulting in a 5-day work week, $144,000 in overtime savings, and identifying an opportunity to increase our capacity by over 50%.
• Site & business unit support for ad hoc data analysis, dashboard, and report development for departments such as Supply Chain, Accounting, QA, Production, Safety, HR, and Warehouse.

Greater Chicago Area

• Supervised a crew of 40-55 employees on three different shifts and created a culture of learning, responsibility and ownership.
• Identified root cause for inventory discrepancies in 4 different production lines, developed and implemented solution resulting in a reduction of inventory adjustments by 10% and more accurate inventory planning
• Site lead for full implementation of RF production scanning system which included planning, development and training for entire site consisting of 170 employees.
• Reviewed and edited process flow diagrams for ten production rooms, 26 work centers & worked with R&D to revise formulations for 800+ SKUs as well as mix instructions.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Project lead for site wide water conservation project o Reviewed 200+ SKUs to determine the heavy water use for sanitation
• Successfully completed the 18 month Kerry Fundamentals Rotational Management Program

Greater Seattle Area

• Aided in preparing the site for an SQF Level 3 certification
• Extensively shadowed multiple functions within the administration team & contributed to key operation problem solving meetings.
• Maintained in house label library and application through regulatory collaboration
• Created and closed work orders and maintained inventory for a nine-month period -Hired and successfully trained full time replacement.

• Maintained shelf life workbook for all in house products and determined final shelf life for new products
• Created automated excel program to help analyze up to a year's worth of environmental swab result data

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management Information Systems, Business Analytics, Supply Chain And Operations Management

Bachelor Of Science, Food Science

Activities and Societies: Association of Food Technologist (AFT) Lambda Chi AlphaFood Chemistry, Food Process Engineering, Product.

Food Science

Study Abroad Program