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Minden, NV, US

Smithfield, Virginia, US

Denver, CO, US

• Only have 4 to 9 days to produce specific cheese due to pathogen testing. Cheese must ship within 12 to 15 days of age.
• Achieved 99.4% on time delivery to customer request.
• Achieved average age of cheese shipped at 10 days.
• Reduced code conversions by 66%. Have to identify to the clerks what product to ship, to which sales orders, and at what quantities. Ship all orders within +- 5% tolerance. Work with Corporate Planner to level load.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

• Materials Planner (1 year)Manage lacquers (about 1,000 types) and raw materials to produce Nail Polish, Perfumes, Colognes, After Shave, and Lotions running on18 manufacturing lines. Review/ update weekly shortage.
• Reduced RMA inventory by 45%.Production Planner (2 years)Plan a high speed rotary line and two pack-out lines. Plan enough work to maintain 2 to 3 shifts. Run weekly both the MPS and MRP plan for all three lines..
• Achieved inventory reduction of 22%.Challenge monthly forecasts when data appeared incorrect. Perform RCCP to level load factory.
• Achieved 97.5% on time to customer request date. Safety coordinator, responsible for ensuring all Planners receive required training. Ensured BOM’s and assembly specs are in place before production. Work with Sales.

Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, FR

• Factory / Production Planner (5 years)MTO approximately 400+ products. Stock approximately 80+ OEM and 90+ high volume products.
• Responsible for $42 mil in revenue. Track and report bi-weekly inventory to management and the sales team. Responsible for all WIP and FGS inventory. Quote lead-times and schedule customer ship dates. Maintain.
• Achieved savings of $277,696 or 25-26%.
• Cross membership between functions and shifts
• DMAIEC process used.
• Created a process flow chart

Santa Clara, California, US

• Sr. Business Planner (2 years)Planned Intel’s newest Desk Top Product “Smithfield” (Dual Core Processor).
• Managed the build plan and supply of 1.9M units worth $512M in revenue.
• I was recognized for my team contribution to a process improvement (Smithfield single core die inking) which led to the savings of $7M. Before this, I planned the newest Xeon Server “Nocona”. Responsible for developing.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Materials Planner (1.5 years)Worked with PMO (Platform Memory Operations) to create a process that would track BU demand, allocate supply between BU’s, and facilitate PO placement.
• Created a process to track leading edge (DDR400) memory orders.
• Got approval from the BU’s to use this process. Documented the process for future reference.
• Placed memory orders for each BU. Worked out a process that had Indirect Purchasing placing these orders for new memory. This saved 2 hrs per day or $17,000 per year.
• Cleared up mis-shipments and pricing issues.
• Modified this process for DDR2 memory. Process now tracks free and purchased samples.

US

• Sr. Business Planner (1.5 years)I was responsible for developing and managing product supply to meet business demand and product strategies throughout the product life cycle. I increased inventory turns from 7 to 12.
• Successfully planned the top 3 devices for NCD. The top device alone could make or break NCD.
• Reduced inventory from 2 million to 400K die on the Shark product by working with sales and scrapping of older dice.
• Successfully kept customers production from going lines down during a time of poor yields and increased demand by coordinating customers drop dead needs with known and expected good supply. This enabled great customer.
• Quickly learned Level One operating systems and then smoothly moved into Intel operating systems.
• Worked with the Tiger Team to find a way for our different operating systems to coordinate tape and reel needs to box stock ahead of demand when capacities are limited.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Sr. Business Marketing Analyst / Demand Planner (1997 - 2000)
• Managed worldwide segment of Flash Memory devices. Generated sales forecast by OEM and distribution. Reported sales by channel. Negotiated price and delivery
• Worked cross functionally w/ Technical Marketing, Engineering and Field Sales to launch new products to market on-time
• Had fire sales to sell off low memory, older technology products, enabling Memory Group to close costly fabs earlier and sell off those businesses
• Worked with sales to win business and maintain the expected profit margin. Used negotiation & analytical skills to get better pricing from customers
• Worked with distribution to keep inventories at turnable rate and thereby lower inventory costs