Jill Ory Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Working as full-stack developer on a small team, designing and building websites for a variety of clients. (Node, Express, MySQL, Heroku, React)

Georgetown, Texas

Reviews master production schedule to establish sequence and lead times for each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customers orders through utilization of MRP.Checks material availability for quotes and production scheduling.Confers with production personnel, engineering, materials, product managers, and customer service to resolve problems affecting production schedules and status of assignments and projects. Works with Marketing and Engineering as planning liaison.Confers with materials department to determine overdue materials and parts, and to inform production supervisor of material status. Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.Prints WO as required for issue of materials from stockroom and for use by production workers as guides in assembly or manufacture of product for finished goods. Receives and acts upon ADS requests from customers.Coordinates and resolves overload scheduling problems with customer service, materials, and manufacturing departments.Maintains files of documents used and prepared. Expedites operations that delay schedules, and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.

Golden, Colorado

Managed forecasting and purchasing team. Directed $75M in purchasing for 1325+ SKUs for three US warehouses and two overseas subsidiaries for $130M Dog and Cat Toy Company. Achieved 98% fulfillment rate in US and 99% rate in UK through analytical forecast models using data of historical movement, seasonality, researching trends for product lines and stakeholder input to adjust demand forecasts.Achieved 100% on-time new product launch as the Product Manager for KONG Company Limited (U.K. subsidiary). Activities include: advising on best products to launch based on performance metrics in US market, assisting in developing launch calendar, forecast planning, and initial purchase orders.Interfaces weekly with key suppliers to plan manufacturing schedules. Achieved a 15% efficiency gain by reducing mold or line changes in accordance to actual item needs.Provide quantitative analysis required for the strategic capacity planning for manufacturing division that initiated the process for investing in additional machinery circumventing predicted shortfalls.Negotiated contracts for a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) program & Kan Ban Programs that reduced cost increased, resolved issues of stock outs, reduced purchasing time by approximately 252 hours a yearInterfaces and issues forecasts as needed to suppliers with capacity constraints to solidify the reservation of needed manpower and/or aid in planning machine capacities to achieve 100% fulfillment of inventory needs. Projects numbers of ocean container needs to assist the Transportation & Logistics department in optimizing freight costs.Globally sourced/lead procurement process for goods and services needed for special projects.Awarded a Project Manager position for new MRP software implementation due to strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with multiple groups within the organization.