Senior supply chain expert with consulting experience in Consumer Goods, Food, Beverage, and Retail industry environments. Deep Supply Chain process background coupled with track leadership in multiple full-life cycle implemetations of the JDA (Manugistics) suite of applications, including the most recent releases of JDA Fulfillment, Strategy, Master Planning and Demand.Provide wide range of customer facing services including: --Pre-sales support --Requirements definition --APS package selection --Project scope and SOW preparation --Project management --Functional consulting (application and process focused) --Training --SupportSample Client Engagements: --Butterball LLC, JDA Demand and Fulfillment Consultant --Heinz North America, JDA Fulfillment and Strategy Consultant --Mars, JDA Demand Consultant --Crown Imports, JDA Demand Consultant --Black & Decker HHI, S&OP Consultant

Work closely with customers to design and deliver training offerings that produce win-win education results.Deliver supply chain, best practice, and product training in the areas of manufacturing, distribution/replenishment, vendor order, and inventory management.Prepare and deliver custom training using customer specific business problems as the basis for learning.Design and maintain salable education material plans aimed at meeting customer expectations and delivering value to students.Administer certification exams and follow-ups as needed.

-Provide subject-matter expertise in distribution, manufacturing, and inventory management with the goal of improving service levels while reducing inventory as much as $15M.-Lead and participate in consulting teams to develop and implement JDA supply chain management solutions.-Engaged in every phase of a system implementation ranging from presales engagements aimed at identifying raw business requirements and evaluating solution fit to supporting post go-live customer requests. -Managed key phases of projects requiring me to create, defend, and maintain details project plans and resource utilization tracking.-Served as the consulting product launch lead for the release of version 7.4 Inventory Policy Optimization (IPO) requiring the creation of base documentation aimed at supporting the implementation of this product.-Manage day-to-day project tasks and resource utilization during various project phases.-Define and build project plans, design documentation, testing requirements, and batch flow designs.-Analyze and map business specific processes and data flows to produce a highly effective and efficient supply chain solution that best leverage client investment.-Analyze history and trends to determine and recommend the most appropriate inventory policies for product groups.-Identify evolution paths for clients to streamline business processes and introduce new functionalities. -Sample Client Engagements: --JoAnn Stores, Lead JDA Fulfillment 7.4 Consultant --Circuit City Stores, Lead JDA Strategy 7.2.2 Consultant --Kraft Foods, Lead JDA Fulfillment 7.4 Consultant --Fosters Group, Lead JDA Strategy 7.4.2 Consultant --Perdue Farms, JDA Fulfillment 7.2.1 Consultant --Bausch & Lomb, Lead JDA Fulfillment 7.2.1 Consultant --Lexmark International, JDA Fulfillment 7.2.1 Consultant --Walmart.com, Lead JDA Fulfillment 7.2.1 Consultant