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Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States

Budge Industries manufactures and distributes protective covers and film products for cars, trucks, RVs, motorcycles, UTVs, ATVs, as well as for boats, snowmobiles, patio furniture and more. Our products are sold in over 25,000 retail stores in the United States and Canada. We also make custom protective covers for private industry, government and the U.S. Military.

Responsible for the integration of production, distribution, procurement, and logistics into a cohesive team focused on driving analytical and strategic initiatives to work as one team driving supply chain. Establish supply methodologies to ensure H&B has the right material at the right time. Develop a cross functional relationship with Sales and Finance to unify the organization and improve overall sales margins. Coordinate production facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Alabama, Utah, and Illinois to communicate capacity and workforce to improve efficiency and on-time performance.• Created SIOP processes with Sales and Production teams, enacting weekly standing meeting schedules to review open sales orders, min/max production levels, constraint reports, seasonality trends and inventory• Developed forward demand utilizing historical forecast and creating an 80/20 demand rule based on sales history.• Created a monthly SIOP with regional RSM’s reviewing A & B item numbers to understand forward looking demand from the field.• Created company rebate initiative with our top twenty suppliers based on annual projected spend of $75M.• Coordinate procurement and operations initiative to on shore 30% of finished goods purchases during Covid to ensure continuity of supply.• Transitioned small parcel from UPS to Fed Ex utilizing leverage of our parent company Marmon Holdings – projected 48% cost savings on an annual spend of $450K.Transition Diedrich Technologies Chemical solutions from internal production to 3rd party pour manufacturers in 2021.

West Chester, Pa

Lasko is an international organization and market leader in home comfort products for over100 years. A lot has changed in the past 100 years, but one thing remains the same: our deeprooted commitment to quality and value. We take pride in providing our consumers withgreat-looking, high-performance products.A true US manufacturer with locations in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas you most likelyown one of our fans or heaters in your home and office. You will find our products in retailerssuch as Ace Hardware, Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco, Target, Home Depot and on E-Commercegiant Amazon.• Created Lasko’s first SIOP process and procedures to pull together demand, supply andfulfillment for integration into our MRP system with monthly Executive Management review.• E-commerce forecast development into a new business unit to support Amazon, Homedepot.com and Walmart.com.• Transition forecast outlook from seasonal by overlaying our Annual Operations Plan (AOP) including discussion on POS and Weather trends.• Deployed ABC classification for over 6K sku’s at our three manufacturing locations forwarehouse cycle counts and inventory trends for product structure (BOM) credibility.• Developed Product Life Cycle stages for easy identification of Finished Good, WIP, Raw material in support of financial reporting.• Standardized three-week production schedule at all US manufacturing locations to support purchasing KPI’s for JIT inventory and fabrication WIP control.• Tariff support for Supply Chain by developing QAD queries projecting 12-month motor inventory to minimize duty impacts as new “Class” lists have come into effect.• Integration of Lasko methodologies to acquisition AirKing.

Horsham, Pa

I lead the Corporate Global Demand Planning Organization for the worldwide Leader in Optics, collaborating with Sales, Product Marketing and Finance to define, improve and execute core Planning processes and strategies in a Vertically Integrated Supply Chain. Responsible for the development and execution of the global corporate build/revenue plan. Develop forecast and inventory strategies for FY19 company annual revenue goal of $1.3B. Analyze supply chain and financial information to ensure build plan attainment, inventory consumption and superb customer service level (on time ship complete). Manage production-manufacturing transfers to our overseas facilities in Wuxi, China / Ipoh, Malaysia / Sydney, Australia and Berlin, Germany. *S&OP process Manager: Execute an accurate and timely forecast to downstream manufacturing partners for Standard production and NPI sustaining business within aggressive inventory guidelines.* Developed and maintain key metrics and measurement for executive management to facilitate effective decision making with focus on On-time Shipment, Forecast Accuracy, NPI Forecast Accuracy, Inventory Turns including HUBS.* Drive weekly and monthly business revenue meetings to with Executive Management reporting the forecast and demand plan for both constrained and unconstrained plans, risk and potential upsides.* Conduct quarter end risk assessment and Business unit revenue projection to Executive management with focus risk and potential upsides as it relates to our earnings report.* Integrated acquisitions into the Finisar Corporation process with on-site operations and marketing training.* Oracle Enterprise System – ERP, Discoverer Reporting, Demantra

SAP Supply Chain manager for $300M global printer manufacturer. Managed four-member team responsible for Forecasting, Logics and Exports. Managed monthly forecasting process with regards to units, ASP's (asking sales price) and Total Revenue. Reported revenue results and projections to executive management staff comparing business plan goals with sales/marketing's current plan. FY08 Traffic Budget of $5M. Managed North American Truckload, Less than Truckload, Small Parcel, Forwarder and Broker contracts, agreements, base rates and customer satisfaction. Managed compliance of government regulations regarding export of shipments in regards to incoterms, product classification (HTS codes) and documentation (SLI, SED). Manager monthly forecast conducted by the Operations, Sales and Marketing Departments:Four areas of Forecasting Focus: Top Opportunities, Statistical Tends / Seasonality, Split Channel and Inventory constraints / excess. Reporting:Unit and Revenue comparison: Month over Month, Business Plan, Second Half Business Plan and Year over Year.Accuracy reports based on prior four months actual compared to forecast based on channel and product line. Four-month focus is based on lead-time from manufacturing facilities in Asia.Managed Retail routing guides for operations departments in the areas of pallet compliance and appointment scheduling for Staples, Office Depot, Tech Data, Ingram Micro and United Stationers.Directed bid for Less than Truckload service which provided an annual cost savings of 7% in the fall of 2005. Directed bid for Truckload service in the winter of 2006 which resulted in a 5% cost savings for company. Directed bid for Small parcel service in the winter of 2007.Carriers UPS, Fed Ex, YRC, ODFL, NEMF, NCTA and Schenker.Created ISO9001 measurement metric (KPI) for quarterly grading of suppliers in the areas of on-time delivery, price, IT solutions, and quality of service.

Responsible for procurement, production and inventory control for International Corporation with annual procurement of $178 million in printer, consumable, and accessories equipment. Managed supply chain for procurement of materials and analyzed core competencies of suppliers. Coordinated monthly inventory plan utilizing forecast, material levels and shipping schedules from suppliers. Supervised weekly production schedules based on machine capacity, manpower requirements, product availability and desired finished goods levels.

Responsible for OEM equipment procurement for international provider of personal and private communication systems.§ Developed and implemented Direct-to-line material replenishment programs.§ Established Kanban and demand replenishment material flow utilizing MRP (material replenishments planning) and ABC classifications.§ Core Team member to enact supplier reduction development to secure long-term partnership with direct local manufactures.

Responsible for OEM equipment procurement for international provider of personal and private communication systems.

Bachelor'S In Managment, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.25

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APICS-CPIM Certification: completed Supply Chain / Master Planning and Resources /Detailed Planning and Scheduling and Strategic.