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Illinois, United States

Niles, Illinois, United States

• Maintain close liaison with other members of the team, including production, prepress, customer service and sales to provide internal and external customer service.
• Ensuring materials meet specifications, quality standards, and are cost-efficient.
• Ensuring the consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for production.
• Manage inventory levels and reconciliation.
• Submit/Receive PO's.
• Validate the receipts of rolls in Globe Tech.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Determine and set daily, weekly, and monthly manufacturing schedules. This role requires superior organization and planning skills, since production scheduler examine customer orders, available staff and inventory, and.
• Strong math skills to be able to make precise calculations about material and staffing needs, production expectations, and manufacturing capabilities.
• Applied the principles of manufacturing resource planning to daily operations.
• Made key decisions to balance personnel scheduling with inventory availability and delivery dates, effectively coordinating team activities.
• Constantly seek to improve manufacturing processes and enhance efficiency.
• As production scheduler made changes to the schedules in response to material shortages, equipment failures, or changes in customer orders.

Momence, Illinois, United States

• Silva International 9/2020 - 2/2022Production SchedulerJOB SUMMARY: Responsible for scheduling assigned products to room schedules; this includes BOM maintenance, raw material allocation and closing productions to cost.
• Communicate with Production Supervisors to set daily and weekly schedule attainment goals.
• Schedule all production room activity including processing, maintenance, and cleaning.
• In coordination with the Production Supervisor, identify capacity constraints and adjust plan appropriately.
• Deliver production documentation & labels to Production Supervisor and discuss production details to ensure proper execution.
• Monitor inventory levels to maintain adequate floor stock of standard items and blend components.

Summit Il.

 Accurately enter data into computer systems. Confirm information reported on paperwork before submission. Monitor and report unusual or suspect material, product, or equipment issues. Load level raw material deliveries. Provide accurate and timely feedback on all raw material inventories to Summit Operations Leader, Plant Controller, and other R&A.

Joliet, Il.

 Establish packaging and processing specifications at the part number level, cost savings, or other supply chain improvement. Perform cost analysis on current packaging processes and recommend changes where appropriate. Perform activities to ensure parts are protected, shipped, and delivered to customers in some of the most remote location in the.

Romeoville Il.

Worked with the production facility to help manage their packaging and raw material inventories while their facility implemented system upgrades, so as during this period of change no production loss or customer shortages occurred.

Niles Il.

Performed cycle counts of finished goods and materials. Worked to resolve any discrepancies found in inventories. Managed produced product inventory levels for customer and third party warehouse replenishment. Generate and review daily reports. Counted and reconciled daily inventory.

Northfield, IL

Managed packaging materials for Kraft foods highest grossing products. (Miracle Whip, Mayonnaise, A-1 and Grey Poupon) - Weekly MRP forecasting through SAP. Reviewed forecasts with suppliers and held triangle meeting with plants and suppliers to insure all materials needs were met. (Took corrective actions when necessary) - Partnered with manufacturing.

Northfield, IL

Managed packaging materials for Kraft Foods highest grossing products (Stove Top, A-1, Grey Poupon, Cool Whip and Shake n Bake). - Partnered with manufacturing facilities in Dover, Lehigh, Avon, Garland and Champaign facilities to maintain sufficient packaging materials to sustain proper CFR numbers- Supported categories through Commercialization, Change.

Naperville, IL

Coordinated service needs with supply chain service clerks, load control, mixing center inventory planners, and outbound carriers and customers.- Coordinated all dock activities. Prioritized responsibilities and supervised warehouse operators, cycle counter, and yard spotter- Released order and dispersed to carriers- Reconciled order discrepancies and.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for tracking all beverage efficiencies on a daily basis. Managed inventory discrepancies and production and receiving errors.- Reconciled raw packaging inventories after cycle counts- Updated financial models on a weekly basis to support production model changes- Partnered with financial analyst to ensure consumed resources were properly.

Chicago Kool-Aid Facility

 Prism, Production Clerk and Schedule Coordinator Team Leader, Log Cabin Department Forklift Operator Machine Operator/Trainer General Labor Product Mixer [Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, Open Pit BBQ Sauce, Shake “N” Bake, Good Seasons Salad Dressing] knowledge of Ribbon and V-blenders