- Utilized SAP, JDA, FST, and cross-functional collaboration to confirm production requirements and make quick decisions; ensuring the sourcing and manufacturing strategies were executed to meet customer needs while understanding the company's manufacturing capabilities and constraints- Identifying forecast accuracy, validating the schedule adherence process, maintaining and tracking metrics (SIFOT, DIFOT, safety stock compliance, inventory levels), and resolving capacity constraints for the North American production plants- Leading daily “war room” calls and working as the liaison between procurement, planning, marketing, and sales to close supply gaps during production delays due to hurricanes, COVID-19, raw material Force Majeure, and planned shut downs- Coordinated a project with the marketing group to identify products that could be moved into a more reliable package code, resulting in improved service levels and $470K in savings

-Implemented visual management and 5S specifically designed to improve efficiency, safety, communication, and loss identification throughout the ~275,000 square-foot manufacturing facility -Created an interactive map to visualize the company’s southeast supply chain and analyzed midpoints between vendors and customers to assist that plant manager in a project aimed at decreasing the number of facility backorders-Initiated a company-wide loss challenge at the plant to motivate employees to eliminate losses throughout production