Julia Ho Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Responsible for leading division strategic pricing; with a team of analyst and senior pricing managers for over $200M in annual sales over five manufacturing locations and four business units. Responsible for hiring, reviews and disciplinary functions of pricing team members Responsible for creating Plan for Every Customer and leading discussion of pricing strategies with Marketing and Sales Teams Creates yearly Strategic Pricing Plan through pricing analytic tools, competitive analysis and financial modeling to increase net manufacturing margin Reduce complexity through product segmentation analysis and life cycle management review Implemented first gate feasibility review of new potential business with project decision matrix Leads Global Group Pricing High Performance Team to coordinate pricing strategic initiatives comprising of Division Strategic Pricing Managers worldwide for Group

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Responsible for integrating the business process and culture of a pricing organization with 70mil annual sales into current division. Including quoting process, pricing metrics and analytics Provided analytics of customer and part 80/20 segmentation, with review and support development of Division pricing strategies Performed annual key pricing metric reviews with Market Managers and Business Unit Managers Developed appropriate pricing for all Medical Business Unit Locations and products through analysis of market conditions, product life cycle and division pricing strategies Created pricing analytics including win by analysis and segmentation to define pricing strategies thru value. Developed Plan for Every Customer for the Medical Business Unit

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Supported the start-up of a new manufacturing product line, from capital planning through product shipment Responsible for the design, implementation and training of team to utilize continuous improvement through the internal process and systems to eliminate waste, maximize efficiency, and ensure material flow Created Value Stream Maps to determine future State Created Value Stream Tracking and Team Improvement Boards, and trained team proper use and review of boards Created Plan for Every Part to determine inventory strategy

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Planned, initiated, and implemented projects and activities of considerable scope, variety, and complexity for a division across four Business Units Introduced and integrated new improvement activities across business processes and/or multiple functions Supported manufacturing and business process through creating custom analytical reports in support of data driven decisions for all departments across four Business Units Supported Business Units with varying business processes by integrating system, training and analytical tools Responsible for customer facing website and internal sharepoint content Responsible for the System Security Compliance of Sarbanes Oxley and Export Compliance

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Developed Performance and Development Plans for direct reports and functional areas Managed daily Production Control activities including production scheduling and inventory releases to vendors Managed daily Shipping and Receiving activities Responsible for establishing monthly Sales & Operations and Inventory plans for Business Unit Created Capacity Review Tool Developed Daily Dashboard for Quick Visual of Business Unit’s Key Performance Indicators Developed Daily WIP Inventory Tracking Tool Managed inventory initiatives utilizing lean concepts Implemented Kanban Supermarkets for Finished Goods and Semi Finished Goods

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Developed Manufacturing Location Transition Strategy Wrote Handbook and Work Instructions for Transition of Manufacturing Location Developed model to calculate minimum and maximum inventory stocking levels based on customer demand and customer service levelAnalyzed and developed strategy to reduce overproduction and its impact to inventoryDeveloped analysis tool to reduce and disposition overproduction inventoryFormulated analysis to reduce obsolete tooling

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Developed Performance Plans for direct reports and functional areasManaged daily Production Control activities including production scheduling and inventory releases to vendorsManaged daily Shipping and Receiving activitiesResponsible for establishing monthly sales and operations plan for Business UnitResponsible for establishing monthly Inventory plan for Business UnitCreated Capacity Review ToolDeveloped Daily Dashboard for Quick Visual of Business Unit's Key Performance IndicatorsDeveloped Daily WIP Inventory Tracking Tool to manage DSIManaged inventory initiatives utilizing lean conceptsImplemented Kanban Supermarkets for Finished Goods and Semi Finished Goods

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Managed monthly physical inventories including count, valuation and analysis of variations.Managed and analyzed all elements of Inventory to ensure accuracy and proper recording of variances.Responsible for reporting and working with materials organization to reduce days supply inventory (DSI)Implemented gross margin improvement team to analyze margin improvement with emphasis on process improvement, outsourcing and supplier cost reductions resulting in annual savings of $488KResponsible for all Fixed Asset reporting and CapitizationFinancial Liaison to business unit for forecasting and reporting.Coordinated and Implemented new reconciliation checklists to ensure completeness and accuracy.Performed Sarbanes Oxley Audits at all three Division locations to ensure compliance.Proficient in 80 percent of all journal vouchers performed at the division.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Managed production job releases by reviewing inventory of finished goods, work in process inventory and demandResponsible for all raw material inventory including planning and procuring/releasing of raw material needsImplemented Kanban system which incorporated a release and reorder system for higher volume demand of raw materialScheduled CNC machines and all other work centers associated with metal manufacturing in San Diego and Baja facility in support of business unitScheduled molding work centers to manufacture finished goods in support of customer demand and order fulfillmentScheduled tool orders for the Tool Room in both San Diego and Baja facilitiesWorked closely with customer service and marketing to manage customer demand and develop stocking programsWorked closely with both process and manufacturing engineering to ensure that process changes/improvement were documented properly on manufacturing routing sheets so that accurate planning and scheduling of work centers was realizedAnalyzed effects of engineering changes to current on hand and work in process inventories

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

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Education record

Bachelor, Science Supply Chain Management