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Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Main contact for 19 customer accounts on Supply Chain issues, included Aftermarket, OE, and OES accounts. Launched new international customer in Fall 2018 without service disruptions. Coached plant and master data teams on system setups required. 2020 Global IMPACT award winner as part of the Diehard Advance Auto Parts Launch.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Created Finished Good supply plans for major consumer brands (OFF!, Ziploc, Glade) using SAP and APO. Collaborated with over 15 suppliers - sharing forecast, inventory, and transition plans to maximize service levels. Subject Matter Expert of Supplier Relationship Management – scope of $700+ million total spend. Supply Planning representative for Michigan State University campus recruiting team.

Keller, Tx

-Planned and purchased raw materials and finished goods for North American Fiber Optics business.-Evaluated customer on-site inventory and order pattern trends with customers such as Verizon and Bell.-Responsible for managing supplier relationships and providing supplier performance scores and feedback.-Led daily cross-functional plant meetings to ensure alignment of Production, Engineering, and Quality.-Tracked inbound deliveries from over 20 different suppliers to ensure on time availability of customer order.-Captured plant On Time Delivery metric using Excel add-on and Business Warehouse reporting.-Negotiated vendor stocking levels and minimum order quantity requirements.-Power user for SAP MRP system. Responsible for troubleshooting local system issues and upgrades.-Keller Plant leader of blocked stock reduction and prevention team that reduced $500K stranded inventory. Served as plant stakeholder for major MRP system enhancement project; responsible for testing and validating data and design.

Keller, Tx

-Was the Supply Chain representative for three different product lines and was responsible for leading the Product Teams on material issues and supply chain project updates. -Created inventory and production plans for new product introductions to ensure no gaps in supply.-Presented recovery plans to upper management during major supply disruptions, such as hurricanes and vendor delivery disruptions. -Developed MRP material master strategy for multiple product lines to deliver required service levels - including safety stock, optimal lot size and production strategy.-Edited forecast information given by Commercial team in monthly product line forecasting meetings.-Responsible for troubleshooting forecast download issues from Logility and ensuring proper forecast consumption in MRP system.-Created Sales & Operations Planning 12-month production plans for multiple lines in our manufacturing facilities in Mexico.-Collaborated with manufacturing management to communicate plans to regional leadership team each month.-Led data integrity initiative for America’s Regional Supply Chain Planning group. Cleaned MRP issues related to lot size, forecast consumption, strategy type and change control.-Two-time Operational Excellence Award winner – given for exceptional performance in planning.

Jackson, Michigan Area

-Gathered and audited supplier given data sheets in various raw material categories for a bakery supply company.-Transferred supplier given specifications into a standardized format.-Loaded raw material specifications into global SharePoint site in an organized and easy to follow manner. This enabled faster, more efficient access to critical quality information.

-Hired, trained, developed schedules and monitored duties of a team of over 100 student employees.-Gathered data for a campus-wide food waste study. Results led to the creation of a composting program.