Ryan Hook Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Manage inventory and parts planning for 1 of 6 national regions in Refreshments division, ensuring appropriate inventory of most frequently used parts on service vans of 600+ technicians providing customer care to specialized in-store drink machines. Completed Parts Planning rollout for Midwest Region to synchronize onboarding of initial parts by.

Greater Atlanta Area

Directed production planning for rollout of innovative drink machines, representing company’s largest development in decades. Created Materials Management strategy to ensure new parts and ingredients to support rollout were in place for launch and ongoing demand from plants. Analyzed sales forecasts against plant capabilities and worked with production.

Greater Atlanta Area

Sourced new ingredients to support product development, including identification of international sources, logistics planning for transport to ensure timely production and maintenance of commercialization database to track and update new products and vendors.

St Petersburg, FL

Created and executed Materials strategies for 2 business units with $40M annual revenue. Interacted with customers during quarterly business reviews, presentations and conference calls; participated in pricing negotiations to lower production supply costs. Directed 3-member team and remotely managed day-to-day issues at production sites in Mexico, Scotland.

St. Petersburg, FL

Standardized business unit buyer function across 9 sites in 7 countries on 3rd largest business unit producing $800M annual revenue. Provided global support for supplier price discrepancies, component sourcing decisions and supplier escalations. Managed price discrepancy process to ensure supplier adherence to quarterly pricing based on commodity ownership.

St. Petersburg, FL

Researched and provided quotes for Materials component of new products for current and prospective customers; negotiated pricing with suppliers. Resolved supplier issues for 4 buyers, ensuring due diligence was performed to prevent production line stoppage.

St. Petersburg, FL

Purchased semiconductors, custom mechanicals and programmables in New Product Introduction environment, utilizing SAP and monitoring 35 suppliers for compliance with Just-In-Time delivery schedules. Analyzed, maintained and executed Materials Requirement Planning to monitor and resolve supply issues and order status. Began as Inventory Analyst and promoted.

Germany, Ft Campbell, KY

Performed root cause analysis and identified corrective action for Materials discrepancies. Established and maintained stock records to ensure adequate inventories were maintained at locations on and off base; conducted location surveys for warehouses and mobile units.