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• Manage the planning activities of 6 Production Planners scheduling 18 Paper Mills outputting an average of 7.5M Tons of paper annually.• Successfully managed the implementation of X-Trim into PMM; improving trim and machine scheduling.• Increased TOPS Mill Trim Efficiencies’ by .12%, or $2.7MM, 2006 v 2005.• Actively work towards elimination of Customer Service Constraints by managing the balance of Demand versus Supply.• Responsible for preparing short and long term capacity plans that take into account optimal grade mix, freight costs and, mill /machine trim efficiencies.• Responsible for personnel management including selecting/hiring and, skill development.

• Developed Corrugator Capacity Utilization Database and Analysis identifying constraints and excesses on a Region and Plant level.• Maintained Demand and Supply Model containing key metrics distributed to Executive Level Management plotting current performance against plan/budget.• Authored Executive Level Summaries detailing current and long-term operational outlook, customer base, trends, and business opportunities based off industry research.• Supply Chain liaison for 42 manufacturing facilities across the United States and Canada.

• Created Forecast Accuracy reports used by Management to identify areas of improvement.• Gathered and developed sales data used in generating annual Sales/Capacity Plan.• Advanced the use of Manugistics as a Forecasting tool.

Certificate, Leadership Institute

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