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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States

• Managed supply planning for Skincare portfolio to deliver 96.5% service and deliver YoY inventory and waste reduction targets.• Manage the third-party manufacturer (3PM) Skincare portfolio that includes 175 SKU’s across seven global sites and their respective production schedules, deployment strategies, and stock levels across North America.• Lead weekly calls to review production plans, capacity/material constraints, and forward-facing risks and implement unique strategic solutions in collaboration with the 3PM’s to mitigate service risk.• Analyze item level production schedules in SAP to ensure the correct amount of stock is produced according to lead times (evolving with COVID-19) to fully meet customer demand while limiting excess liabilities.• Perform cost/benefit analyses essential for prioritization and negotiation to deliver service when faced with constraints.• Directed and curated content for 2 full-day workshops with two 3PM’s on comprehensive ways of working and provided an in-depth training into all UL processes and cross-functional department roles and responsibilities.• Aided in strategic transition by exiting one 3PM and onboarding a new 3PM to deliver better service to the business.• Created end-to-end training materials and a 4-week plan for the Skincare Supply Planning team that was shared across the greater Supply Planning department to standardize the onboarding and training of supply planners.• Delivered 27 SKU transitions and 18 innovation launches (35 SKUs) brought to the NA market from July’20 – Feb’21.

Shelton, Connecticut, United States

• Led 8-person Walmart (WM) Customer Supply Chain team and acted as first point of escalation for all OTC operations.• Ensured successful execution of quarter ends by providing projections, close strategy, and schedules to affected teams.• Managed change management outsourcing project for all Customer SC accounts and acted as SME during the transition.• Led across entire Supply Chain dept. as a key user for daily SAP issue resolutions and aided in global SAP testing.• Developed the macro adopted by the entire CS department

Shelton, Connecticut, United States

• Managed all hair care orders for Unilever’s largest customer, Walmart, averaging 35M annual orders and $597M in sales.• Worked cross-functionally to ensure 85% on-time & 97.5% in-full compliance was met monthly to avoid incurring fines.• Automated vendor-managed inventory order writing process resulting in time savings of 32 hrs/month and improved fill rate by 2.3% on orders totaling $240M in 2019.• Provided E2E support for integrations/M&A team to maintain business continuity, which included extensive in-person training, post go-live support, and standardizing department wide training materials.• Identified operational efficiency gains and streamlined various internal processes resulting in a 4.2% increase in fill rate.• Developed markdown fee mitigation strategy adopted throughout the team and reduced 2018 fees by $321K.• Spearheaded return of UL Mentorship Program and managed recruitment efforts for incoming candidates.

New Brunswick, Nj 08901

College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick, Nj 08901

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

London, United Kingdom

Parsippany, New Jersey