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Neenah, Wisconsin

Lead Center of Excellence supporting all Consumer and Professional planners and material flow teams with user support, training, system enhancements, upgrades, continuous improvement initiatives, projects and mergers/acquisitions and spin-offs. Also responsible for Master Data Teams supporting SKU set-up and recipe management. Key systems supported include SAP APO and R/3. Have supported the team through various restructuring activities which has adjusted scope. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has also been a part of the team. Team successfully spun-off Halyard Health, has supported over $10,000,000 in Working Capital improvements, redesigned all training provided to users and drove project to get planners back into SAP APO utilizing optimization.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Provided overall direction for E Commerce processes and tools for all divisions: approx. 46,000 purchase orders and $800 million in invoices. Led team of six supporting all daily Consumer EDI and damage management along with best practice development. Drove stability during SAP: Order to Cash (OTC) go-live using Lean practices to drive process improvement eliminating root causes and achieving over 90% first time quality.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Led team that supported manufacturing and footprint analysis. Implemented a new distribution footprint, along with new customer ordering strategy - facilitating direct plant shipping and mixed order management. Reduced costs by $58 million, opened seven new distribution centers and eliminated over 40 other sites. Transitioned DC level forecast splits to the team to ensure alignment with Distribution Strategy and supported the team in identifying and driving approx. $24 million in cost savings over two years.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Managed North American Facial Tissue production plans from 3 months to 5+ years. Coordinated with Manufacturing Team developing unique downtime plans to balance inventory reduction, ensure customer service and reduce overall costs. Adjusted the network design and developed launch support plans for the first Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Anti-Viral Facial Tissue.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Led team that supported key Customers, managing their inventory to ensure service while minimizing inventory.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Rolled out sales forecasting for Feminime Care business to ensure alignment between Customer forecast, Marketing plan and Supply Chain forecast needs.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Responsible for presenting program to potential Customer, supporting start-ups, driving continuous improvement with IT organization and training new team members.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Fullerton, California

Responsible for driving lowest possible cost while ensuring stock was available to support customer demand at primary distribution center and also at sites supported by that plant.

Fullerton, California

Responsible for creating production schedules to ensure customer service, low cost manufacturing and inventory management. Also ordered all materials to support production schedule along with managing production at contract manufacturers.