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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Americas Group Demand Planner for monthly Sales, Inventory, & Operations Planning cycle. Involved in both MTM Logics and Features planning. Developing and expanding SIOP Process to Industry Standards. Forecast/Inventory analysis to optimize Financial results

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Working as member of Implementation team to move from Elster Legacy SAP to Honeywell Corporate SAP. Data validation, User Acceptance Training (UAT), end user training. Developed Forecasting template for Demand forecast upload to SAP

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Acting Demand and Supply Planner in Monthly Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) cycle. Prepare North America Region (NAR) Demand Plan from Sales and New Products Introduction teams and present to Stakeholders. Prepare Supply plan for Mexico Factory using both NAR and Latin America (LATAM) forecasts Measure, Analyze, and report metrics on On.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Manage relationships with key 3rd Party vendors. As Buyer, create Purchase orders for drop ship orders from 3rd Party suppliers directly to end customers. Both Honeywell-designed products and external (Badger, Geospace, Nicor, and others) products are ordered from 3rd Party suppliers and shipped directly to end user. Order and maintain key consigned parts.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Managed capacity and released Production orders for Alpha and REX product lines in Raleigh and San Luis Potosi MX. Chaired and conducted daily Production Status meeting with Production, Procurement, and Sales. Developed EXCEL spreadsheet using downloaded SAP data to track Capacity, released and unreleased orders, as well as material shortages for use in.

• Managed Americas supply chain for Visuals (2008-2009) and Options (2005-2008) from source plants in US, China, Japan, and Brazil.
• Developed forecasts, analyzed supply, identified and resolved product shortages. Achieved or exceeded 90% On-time Shipment, 70% Forecast Accuracy, and Quarterly Inventory targets.
• Refined and implemented new parts delivery process that saved $700,000 in first three months.
• Designated as first-level User Support (Super User) for Hyperion Planning / i 2 Forecasting systems..(2007-2008) - Coordinated Worldwide Demand for Notebook Options for all Lenovo geographies.
• Successfully consolidated two job positions into one after corporate restructuring.
• Advised and guided individual geography Demand Planners in adjusting product forecast on 90 key Options to remain within approved financial targets.

• Managed Americas supply chain for Options (2003-2005) and multiple Families of Desktop Computers (1999-2003) from source plants in US, Mexico, Taiwan, Japan, and China.
• Developed forecasts, analyzed supply, identified and resolved product shortages. Achieved or exceeded 90% On-time Shipment, 70% Forecast Accuracy, and Quarterly Inventory targets.
• Successfully managed project to transfer Options Manufacturing from Mexico to China with negligible disruption to customers and minimal scrap.
• Extensively trained Chinese counterparts in Options Supply / Demand processes to facilitate speedy transition as part of outsourcing strategy in 2005. Coordinated return of processes to US in 2008 as part of Lenovo.
• Managed only product line (Options) to consistently achieve on-time shipment targets and was most profitable Brand in company.
• Instigated and developed consolidated Options product data report for daily decision-making.

• 1995-1999 - Plant layout and process design for IBM Networking Hardware Division Mfg. and Distribution facilities using AutoCAD software.
• Re-engineered processes to consolidate and reduce Mfg. / Warehouse space as part of NHD cost reduction strategy.
• Developed and managed Project Budget for three technical depts. Brought Project in under budget in challenging cost-cutting environment.
• Volunteered and performed as “utility infielder.” Quickly learned and mastered legacy planning system to provide peak workload support for Product Cost yearly planning cycle.
• Prepped hardware, installed software, and set up personal computers as part of project to upgrade individual workstations across the NHD office site.1992 – 1995 - Senior Associate Systems Analyst / Customer Service.

B.S., Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, Engineering Coop Program, Intramural Flag FootballTop Graduate of.

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Activities and Societies: Class Salutatorian, 4 yrs Football (3 yr Letterman, all-conference senior year). 4 yrs Key Club (District 6 Lt..