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Portland, Oregon Area

Manage results driven sales and operation planning (S&OP) process in a low volume, high mix environment. Drive supply chain optimization and process improvements in the scheduling, planning and order fulfillment processes. Develop and implement strategies to achieve organization targets.

Portland, Oregon Area

Oversaw process to project sales, inventory, supply, and financial results for executive decisions to make trade-offs and optimize future business results. Facilitated executive decisions through matrix organization and across 8 regions globally. - Transformed global demand-planning organization to create sales and inventory projections for financial and operations capacity planning. - Deployed customized third-party software solution to integrate multiple, business-critical data… Show more Oversaw process to project sales, inventory, supply, and financial results for executive decisions to make trade-offs and optimize future business results. Facilitated executive decisions through matrix organization and across 8 regions globally. - Transformed global demand-planning organization to create sales and inventory projections for financial and operations capacity planning. - Deployed customized third-party software solution to integrate multiple, business-critical data sets for trade-off analysis. - Implemented process and tool set successfully linking financial planning, sales, and capacity planning across eight regions, 50 locations, and 120 stakeholders. - Implemented contract review process of commercial terms and service targets for compliance to target ROI. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Directed a team responsible for all inventory, supply, logistics, and continuous improvement based on Lean principles for 14 retail locations and 3 fabrication centers. Set policies and procedures to effectively balance customer service and cost. Provide leadership and coaching to new teams established in Brazil, Peru and Africa.- Successfully transitioned from make to order supply to make to stock supply to increase service from 70% to 85% while removing $1M in obsolete inventory… Show more Directed a team responsible for all inventory, supply, logistics, and continuous improvement based on Lean principles for 14 retail locations and 3 fabrication centers. Set policies and procedures to effectively balance customer service and cost. Provide leadership and coaching to new teams established in Brazil, Peru and Africa.- Successfully transitioned from make to order supply to make to stock supply to increase service from 70% to 85% while removing $1M in obsolete inventory. - Built team of 5 people to manage regional functions who then merged into a global planning center of excellence.- Implemented new process to integrate NPI with customer conversion plans. Show less

Brisbane, Australia

Launched greenfield supply chain organization for customer service, inventory planning, purchasing, logistics, warehousing, and forecasting to support $250,000,000 in sales revenue without loss of market share and in less than a year. - Headed strategic project to integrate acquired businesses including process improvement based on Lean, manufacturing operations, IT and corporate culture. - In less than 1 year built a green field supply chain and customer service organization to… Show more Launched greenfield supply chain organization for customer service, inventory planning, purchasing, logistics, warehousing, and forecasting to support $250,000,000 in sales revenue without loss of market share and in less than a year. - Headed strategic project to integrate acquired businesses including process improvement based on Lean, manufacturing operations, IT and corporate culture. - In less than 1 year built a green field supply chain and customer service organization to support $250M in sales including 2 distribution centers and 5 retail outlets across Australia and Indonesia.- Led strategic initiative to convert distribution in Australia to direct sales increasing profitability while achieving 50% market share.- Oversaw operations in 9 locations in region, and supported entire Asia/Pacific region on process and supply chain policy. - Formulated 2 year strategic roadmap including ERP implementation, organizational development, product selection and continuous improvement goals. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Oversaw department responsible for efficient operations of customer-related data services in volatile, transformative market, including pricing, EDI, and e-commerce platform for order management, inventory planning, and digital collateral. Specified and prioritized new customer requirements while collaborating with IT department to develop solutions and business system updates. - Created, pitched & led new strategic initiative to modularize supply chain nodes for rapid deployment to… Show more Oversaw department responsible for efficient operations of customer-related data services in volatile, transformative market, including pricing, EDI, and e-commerce platform for order management, inventory planning, and digital collateral. Specified and prioritized new customer requirements while collaborating with IT department to develop solutions and business system updates. - Created, pitched & led new strategic initiative to modularize supply chain nodes for rapid deployment to enable planned sales growth.- Implemented 3 retail locations in less than 7 months including business case composition and approval. - Reduced price list production cycle time from 30 days to 5 days to keep pace with volatile commodity pricing to retain price realization during the global financial crisis. - Sustained 70% all order lines electronically generated. - Sponsored a high potential individual in development project to expand e-commerce capability to a new customer segment. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Led central inventory planning group, standard process, and global policy for all products in all 12 locations worldwide. Managed central demand planning group, standard process, and global policy as well as team responsible for customer data services, including pricing, EDI, and e-commerce. Accountable for master data management accuracy for item set up, inventory supply, pricing and automated order management.- Globally expanded collaborative customer demand planning program to… Show more Led central inventory planning group, standard process, and global policy for all products in all 12 locations worldwide. Managed central demand planning group, standard process, and global policy as well as team responsible for customer data services, including pricing, EDI, and e-commerce. Accountable for master data management accuracy for item set up, inventory supply, pricing and automated order management.- Globally expanded collaborative customer demand planning program to capture 50% of all customer demand. - Oversaw the major re-configuration of Oracle ERP system and associated e-commerce platform with full functionality restored within 3 days of conversion.- Led strategic project to utilize Lean for improved results, including reducing number of invoice errors by 50%, consistently processing orders within 24 hours of receipt, and reducing engineering time by 30%. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Manage and develop a team of 40 to process all incoming customer inquiries, orders and export logistics worldwide plus customer CRM system, pricing, e-commerce and customer demand planning team. - Standardized hiring and training process to reduce time to self sufficiency from 180 days to 90 days-Established a pipeline for internal promotions to products, supply chain, and outside sales positions.

Portland, Oregon Area

Created a cohesive team focused on developing new solutions for customer facing data requirements including pricing, e-commerce, collaborative customer demand planning, and marketing collateral. - Developed the strategy for e-commerce and customer engagement to leverage automation.- Deployed new supply chain business model that doubled inventory turns from 3 to 6 and increased order automation to 70%. - Featured industry speaker on integrated services including CRM, Customer… Show more Created a cohesive team focused on developing new solutions for customer facing data requirements including pricing, e-commerce, collaborative customer demand planning, and marketing collateral. - Developed the strategy for e-commerce and customer engagement to leverage automation.- Deployed new supply chain business model that doubled inventory turns from 3 to 6 and increased order automation to 70%. - Featured industry speaker on integrated services including CRM, Customer Collaboration and E-Commerce. - Correctly identified industry technology trends and increased customer loyalty by linking supply chains between end users and the manufacturers. Show less

Portland, Oregon Area

Industry pioneer for customer collaborative demand planning process and for using the internet as a basis for automated order and supply management. Deployed new processes through a matrixed organization that included team selling, self service order management, and collaborative customer inventory planning.

Covington, Kentucky

Restructured plant scheduling and inventory planning process to increase sales to triple sales in a single season and reduced cost through smoother plant absorption of volume variances.

Cincinnati Area

Implemented new product assembly line including layout, fixtures, process and work instructions. Co-ordinated material plans for JIT deliveries with OEM suppliers, materials manager and engineer.

Cincinnati Area

Implemented work instructions, standards, and work measurement for new product releases and recommended process and design improvements for manufacturability and cost reduction.