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Smithfield, Virginia, Us

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Naas, Ie

Naas, Ie

Directed end-to-end supply chain improvements for eight 3PL Distribution Centers. Established streamlined 5S and lean manufacturing processes across locations to maximize productivity and minimize loss and risk. Hosted monthly sales and operations meetings to define project timelines; prepared inventory forecasts and conceptualize effective initiatives. Worked closely with procurement teams to minimize cost impact for new purchase storage and communicate across all departments to promote overall success.

Advised on continuous improvement processes and procedures for optimizing manufacturing supply chain, including procurement/planning, inventory/warehouse, WMS infrastructure, vendor performance evaluation, contract negotiation. Established supply chain metrics utilized to impact KPIs. Designed and implemented warehouse training strategy to maximize productivity, safety and efficiency.

Marshall, Minnesota, Us

Directed Packaging Engineer, Procurement, Scheduling, Inventory Control, Logistics and Warehousing for two Houston manufacturing facilities. Sourced and procured domestic and imported produce, meats, flour and oils across 60 suppliers. Developed and led SAP improvements, delivering reduction of schedule changes due to inventory inaccuracy by 22%. Led warehouse redesign during $4.3M dual plant consolidation project and contracted 3pl logistics company.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Managed plant supply chain including Production Demand Planning, Scheduling and Buying, Master Data, Inventory Control, Warehouse, Receiving and Shipping. Site Champion for two SAP implementations. Increased Stock Turn Rates from 2.9 to 4.3; decreased Days On Hand stock from 62 to 49; reduced total working capital by 31% ($13.2M). Completed CI project to attain two week frozen schedule, driving master schedule adherence improvement. Conducted monthly S&OP process for US, communicating working capital, capacity, supply and production planning for new product introduction. Coordinated14 NPD launches with Plant Operations, Quality, R&D, Sourcing and Engineering, yielding +11% revenue.

Vienna, Vienna, At

Conducted supplier relationship management, procurement initiatives and sourcing strategies including international sourcing and certification of organic fruit. Contracted customer’s forecasted commodity demand PO releases, employing intermodal transportation to reduce logistics spend. Amended practices to expedite imports out of port to avoid demurrage penalties. Led SAP Go Live contract reconciliation project.