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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois

Burr Ridge, IL

Chicago, Illinois

Manage inventory of 150 SKUs at 14 Kroger DCs using IBM/AS400, Data Alliance and SAP software. Average DC to store service level has increased from 85% to 96% (11 points) since taking over the account, which is consistently over the Kroger-set goal of 95%. Current scorecard reflects an average of 98.7% for 2017.Collaborate with Kroger buyers to establish.

Itasca, IL

Customer Replenishment Planner (AKA VMI Planner) Manage inventory for Kroger and Wegmans using JDA (Manuguistics based software). Brands include Advil, Centrum, Robitussen, EmergenC, Chapstick, and Thermacare. Collaborate with Kroger and Wegmans buyers to establish ideal inventory levels using history, trends, and forecast. Attend quarterly collaborative.

Lisle, IL

Manages continuity of material supply to assigned manufacturing plants (UL owned and co-packers) for either ingredients or packaging materials through interfacing between suppliers and plants - expedites material orders, supplier capacity planning, communicates and advises UL material forecasts, pre-empts supply problems by identifying demand spikes etc..

Maintain weekly production schedule for manufacturing facilities, and execute the subsequent MRP cycles; managing materials in support of the schedules.Manage master data setups and daily utilization of SAP for procurement and management of materials. Also manage Bills of Materials maintenance and effective dates within Interspec for accurate material.

Customer Demand Replenishment Planner (CDRP) Manage inventory for 170 dry food SKU's for Publix, the East sector's only Gold account using VMI/IBM platform. Monitor and update forecasts for each SKU in 14 Publix DCs based on Publix pulls per week. Increased service levels from 99.13% in 2007 to 99.32% in 2008 while lowering inventory levels from 2.5 weeks.

Complete order management from receipt to invoice using SAP and IBM/VMI.Main contact for customers and sales department for problems, issues and concerns. Customers include Publix, Winn Dixie, Associated Grocers of Florida, and Harris Teeter. Reliable team member and back-up contact for Food Lion, C&S, Piggly Wiggly, and other customers in South Central.

Checked in and released all merchandise using AS400/Rumba/IBM.Set inventory levels for all stores.Point person for Customer Service, Warehouse, and Merchandising teams.Scheduled and routed all incoming domestic shipments.Reviewed, processed credit cards, printed/sorted paperwork, for 500 to 700 orders a day using Mail Order Manager software and AS.

Obtained and maintained new and existing accounts for copy service.Awarded top account manager for the month of April, 1998.Clients included lawyers, paralegals, and copy center managers from some of the largest law firms in Chicago