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Holzminden, Lower Saxony, DE

Plan, schedule, and release production orders for over 60 accounts daily using SAPMonitor and process order changes for customersCommunicate to purchasing on raw material issues Notify all relevant parties on changes to customer ordersResponsible for account who had 5 times the orders in August- record breaking amount100% supplier scorecard for 2023 in.

Analyze weekly supply/demand on all assigned items for 8 manufacturing sites in USACoordinate order placement and shipments based on individual plant demand requirementsAnalyze weeks of supplyCoordinate timely placement of inter company ordersCoordinate timing of shipmentsTrack deliveriesTrack containers from Europe to USA 60-90 monthly Create, review and.

Summit, New Jersey, US

• Primary contact for purchasing items for Warren Celgene site and suppliers.
• Collaboration with labs and warehouse on forecasting to purchase items through ERP/Oracle.
• Communication with suppliers on pricing, tracking and Inventory Control
• Total YTD Purchasing Spend $324,815 YTD
• Daily reports on fill rates and on hand quantities

• Uploading work orders (30-40 daily) into Preactor to optimize print roller scheduling for 5 printers
• Weekly production reports for labor planning
• Allocation of material for daily work orders by maximizing inventory
• Consultant for rollout of Preactor software for efficient use of printers

Paris, FR

• Coordination of planning and executing of assembly production for up to 30,000 units for one set
• Managing and maintaining BOM and program cost in ERP/SAP
• Issuing purchase orders for component pieces and forecasting purchasing demands
• Consultant for Ralph Lauren Holiday box sets for domestic and international demands

• Auditing and coding of weekly freight bills (350-600) and verification of rates
• Manage freight movement with 3PL and manufacturing sites.
• Reconcile weekly and monthly logistics costs for 21 manufacturing sites
• Execution of monthly KPI report for major customers
• Analyzing and collecting of data for weekly KPI reports
• Created spreadsheets and graphs for measuring KPI’s and site compliance

Frisco, TX, US

• Supplier selection through transit time, cost, routing and service analysis.
• Tracked and traced all freight to ensure on time delivery
• Communicated with CSR, truck brokers and sites
• Coordinated 10 expedited truck deliveries per month
• Average 2,000 shipments per month, Average $50,000 in monthly consolidation savings
• Day-to-day load planning and execution of Truck (TL, LTL) for over 50 sites in 6 states

Frisco, TX, US

• Promoted to Transportation Planner
• Execute monthly KPI's analyzing all modes of transportation (package, rail, bulk, marine, export) for client BASF.
• Manage shipment database daily using SAP and Access, Perform monthly dashboard report for Johnson and Johnson, Advance Food Products
• Process planner revenue daily
• Organized Access buttons for more efficient reporting

• Plan company holiday operating hours and individual store exceptions
• Managed and communicate all store hours changes to region and central teams
• Perform profit and expense analysis for 750+ Macy’s store in 45 states and present to Senior Ops
• Analyzed sales from 2008 Holiday hours for four legacy division to set Holiday 2009 hours and Holiday 2009 exceptions
• Calculated breakeven amounts for all stores; performed analysis on extended store hours to breakeven amount

• Forecast monthly expense vs. plan for purchasing budgets
• Develop and manage the seasonal gift wrap payroll budgets
• Prepare and manage the wrap and pack budgets
• Accountable for 20 million in reverse auction volume for operations division
• Managed the Payroll process by doing a weekly analysis and communicating to regional resulting in a 106% favorability to plan
• Completed 17 Reverse Auctions leading to a 15.7 % bid day savings

• Analyzed and forecasted merchandise volume on a weekly basis
• Forecasted hours usage based on sales trend
• Managed stores financial costs through payroll expense.
• Lead Planner for the Philadelphia region
• One of two planners chose to participate on companywide call regarding new staffing software
• Created system of identifying Sat and Sun Only Schedules during holiday season

• Partnered with store management in resolving zoning concerns
• Participation in quarterly and yearly inventory
• Promoted to largest volume store in the region

• Developed analysis to communicate actual hours utilization vs plan hours
• Promoted to larger volume store with increased responsibilities

• Controlled financial plan for the store by calculating daily hours plan
• Recruited and managed a staff of 50-100 associates
• Managed associates clocking for 150-300 employees

Bachelor, Science Business Logistics

International Business