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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Amherst, Oh, Us

Manage team of 6 Planners, 2 Logistics Leads, and Warehouse Supervisor responsible for 20 Material Handlers. Responsible for the planning and distribution of 50,000 assembly and purchase parts for the Industrial Coatings Division.

Warrenville, Illinois, Us

Managed team of Managers, Planning Leads, and Analysts responsible for the production, purchasing and distribution plans for 30,000 manufactured and purchased products throughout North America, China and Malaysia.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Managed team of 3 Managers, 2 Planning Leads, and 4 Analysts responsible for the production, raw material and distribution plans of a $250mm revenue/year manufacturing facility.

Akron, Oh, Us

Managed team of 6 Managers, 6 Aggregate Planners, and 11 Analysts, responsible for developing and managing vision, strategic plan, business process and execution of supply planning & supply chain for North America with multi-million dollar budget.• Consolidated planning functions of several business units resulting in the global model for supply planning.• Created and implemented standard tools across all businesses for inventory, product prioritization, capacity planning, and performance tracking.• Defined and implemented key supply chain strategies aligning KPI’s with global business unit goals.• Managed multi million dollar inventory and increased turns from 6 to 8 based on configuration and variation.• Led creation, strategic guidance, process improvement and implementation enabling all 7-core business units to achieve Class “A” S&OP. Recognized as SME and selected as internal S&OP auditor.• Created the environment, with guidance and mentorship, developing future supply chain leaders resulting in 10 associates achieving promotion to several business units.• Identified and implemented increase in supply of Performance and All-Terrain tires from China and Turkey for incremental sales and increased fill rates.• Assembled several teams globally identifying and sharing best practices with objective to increase value added services for both internal and external customers for improved global adaptation.• Spearheaded design and development of aggregate planning process generating size/type production plans for projection of raw material requirements, inventory levels, shipments and shortfalls by item.• Implemented formal transparent process for the documentation of plan vs. actual for sales and manufacturing improving accountability and aligned plan reducing shortfalls.

Akron, Oh, Us

Managed team of 3 Managers and 10 Analysts, responsible for developing the production plans, deployment and business planning process for 5 plants, Consumer tires and multi million dollar budget and inventory.• Guided Consumer Planning Business to 1st outside audited Class “A” S&OP rating and maintained 2 years.• Strengthened the consumer supply chain team and extended the quality of analysis and process integration enabling 5 associate business unit promotions.• Implemented process improvements including linkage between supply chain and manufacturing, product prioritization, SKU rationalization, obsolescent inventory, and customer alignment to supply.• Utilized value stream mapping standardizing planning process between plants eliminating different processes and decreasing learning curve of new members of the planning team. • Collaborated on development of direct factory ship program reducing transportation cost 15%.• Reconfigured deployment algorithms within SAP for decreased reliance on forecast accuracy for product delivery.

Akron, Oh, Us

Developed and executed process strategy to achieve the vision of becoming an advantaged supply chain of world-class stature. • Provided leadership for Business Team responsible for design and implementation of SAP SNP module for Supply Chain Division resulting in completed blueprint through system go-live in 9 months.• Established robust processes and upgraded organization for Production Planning, Class “A” S&OP, Manufacturing Constraints, Demand Planning and Product Delisting Process.• Developed detailed plant equipment constraints and documented routing options within plants, incorporating capacity/cost trade-offs, and improving quantification of requirements vs. capacity. • Developed product segmentation and scheduling sequence by plant based on volume/variability/priority.• Developed clearly documented and transparent inventory policy and process linking target fill-rates, safety-stock levels and P&L realities.• Worked interactively with Finance, Sales & Marketing, Production Planning and Manufacturing teams to agree upon cycle-times and peak/trough inventory levels reviewed for decisions in S&OP process.

Akron, Oh, Us

Managed team of 3 Managers and 12 Analysts supporting multi-billion division through development of production and distribution plans for 5000+ products, multi million units of sales, and significant inventory at 9 North American and multiple offshore plants in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Akron, Oh, Us

Managed team of 6 associates, responsible for the synchronization, coordination, and standardization of best practices across the company’s global supply chain for the Dunlop and Kelly division and multi million dollar inventory investment.

Akron, Oh, Us

Managed team of 4 associates, responsible for supply chain systems to support planning, distribution, transportation, warehousing, order processing, and inventory management.

Masters Of Business Administration, Management

Bachelor Of Science, Transportation & Logistics; Marketing