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Lafayette Township, Nj, Us

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Visionary, architect, catalyst, and coach for $2.5b US Consumer Healthcare Division’s business forecasting function. Lead 18 employees with indirect responsibilities for an additional 100+. Produce key deliverables including an accurate, unbiased demand plan for divisional steering, sales quota delivery, and supply chain optimization. Achieved ~80% SKU-lag 3 world-class accuracy via overhaul of Demand Planning function by implementing a nearly touchless planning environment that highly leverages machine learning and predictive analytics.Revolutionized US Consumer Health demand planning results via people, process, and technology transformations. Achieved 85% lag-3 POS SKU-level forecast accuracy with 0% Bias in FY 2024. Attained 76% shipment DP accuracy, reduced team from 21 FTEs in 2020 to 12 while improving overall results.Increased use of machine-learning (ML) analytics and touchless forecast modeling by upskilling employees from transactional demand planners to critical thinkers / decision makers.Progressed DP managers to becoming the one-source of truth for all forecast assumptions, explanations, and results, relieving the Commercial team of these responsibilities and enabling a greater focus on core competencies for all functions. Integrated retailer POS and inventory data into the US-based AWS Snowflake datalake.Enhanced solutions in cross-functional data synchronization, retailer data integration, and production of GenAI use cases by leading US CH Digital Champions (digital talent across end-to-end supply chain functions.Facilitated plans for significant improvement in operating efficiency and operating costs by co-heading revitalization of largest Consumer Health factory via a 5-year roadmap delivering site-wide data harmonization, advanced analytics via AI, digital twin, and robotics.Advanced global talent standards for Planning roles by co-authoring white paper with Global Head CH Planning.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Architected and led Demand Planning for $3.1b manufacturer of frozen foods and dry grocery goods. Led team of 14 with indirect responsibilities for 60+. Served on Marketing Leadership Team with cross-functional responsibility to drive share and P&L growth.Optimized SKU-level forecasting and reduced supply chain bullwhip effect via launch of POS-driven demand planning system.Attained world-class forecast accuracy (75% SKU-lag 3) by creating Company’s consumption-to-shipment forecasting technology.Achieved forecast accuracy improvement of 5-8% Year over Year, accelerating supply chain results via formalized risk management protocols and proactive communication.Consistently delivered 98% on service targets while beating inventory objectives and improving supply chain efficiency.Reduced slow-moving and obsolete inventory 42%.Restructured Demand Planning metrics to be action-oriented and diagnostic; created a learning log for ongoing improvement.Cut materials inventories 10+% by directed team that right-sized agriculture crop planning requirements for annual packing seasons.Proactively aligned demand and supply plans during the most volatile time in a product’s lifecycle via institution of a product tracking and decision-making process.Led integration of newly acquired businesses into Company’s demand and supply planning processes.

Orangeburg, New York, Us

Headed end-to-end supply chain functions, excluding Procurement. Created and implemented S&OP process, implemented the Demand Planning function, and centralized Supply Planning into global HQScaled down transportation expenses by 8% ($1.5 million/year) by optimizing the mix between brokered and dedicated carriers, and by implementing a SAAS transportation management system.Cut total inventory 33% ($25 million) while improving service levels to targeted 99.5%.Lowered operating costs $2.5+ million/yr. through productivity gains by leading evolution into a demand-driven supply network.Decreased warehousing costs $400k annually via downsizing and site layout optimization.Awarded Target’s Private Label Vendor of the Year for Collaboration by creating a customer-facing supply chain function, 2012.

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Director, Demand & Supply Planning Nestle NutritionFlorham Park, NJ Month 2006–Month 2011Delivered a 24% reduction in FTEs by consolidating HQ Supply Planning and MFG Finite Scheduling functions. Led implementation of S&OP, and created Demand Planning function for Gerber Baby Foods.Produced insights that allowed Gerber to understand the impact of the 2008 recession on category and share projections by developing plans leveraging economic indicators, birth rates, consumer spending trends, hypothesis testing, and SWOT.Achieved a 35% inventory reduction ($40 million) and attained the highest fill rates on the Gerber brand in 10+ years (98.2%).Reduced manufacturing costs by 6% by optimizing production run cycles in Gerber fruit and vegetable plants, leveraging SKU/ Profit “ABC/XYZ” stratification.Increased demand plan accuracy from 62% to an industry-leading 87% (SKU, Lag 1).Created a pull-based demand-driven supply network by instituting a POS forecasting function with a focus on statistically modeling POS and retail inventory data.Generated growth-based recommendations to Marketing, Sales, and Finance by creating an analytics hub explaining forecast changes by distribution, price gap, promotion, and inventory, plus led the monthly Commercial Analytics Planning process.Customer Logistics Manager Nestle NutritionFlorham Park, NJ Month 2005–Month 2006Managed customer-facing supply chain operations for Walmart, CVS, Target, Kroger, Wakefern, C&S Wholesale, and others.Developed and implemented $3+ million in supply chain synergies with strategic customers.Reduced unsaleables at C&S Wholesale 22% by managing inventory and production discontinuations.Drove $800k in annual logistics savings by implementing Gerber’s Efficient Order program.

Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Ludwigshafen, De