Ryan Sweeney Email & Phone Number

Direct the Materials Management process for the Custom Culinary® business including Master Planning, Plant Purchasing, Production Scheduling, Inventory Management, Warehousing, and Transportation/Distribution/Logistics.

• Managed a team of 3 CS reps responsible with annual sales of over $100MM• Established communication & feedback process to monitor and correct customer data to prevent erroneous service penalties – Estimated $250k savings in 1st year• Streamlined daily metric reporting, shorts notification, and sales order allocation processes to reduce errors and increase efficiency

Alsip, Il

• Designed manufacturing routing and costing schema for 6 separate manufacturing plants leveraging their unique requirements and capabilities covering 7 distinct manufacturing processes• Tailored plant specific demand, production planning, and scheduling processes for 6 different facilities• Contributed to the successful implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP at 3 companies (5 locations)• Configure, test, and implement ERP solution to satisfy business requirements in the areas of planning, manufacturing, formula/regulatory, and item creation• Develop process improvements leveraging ERP system capabilities • Provide documentation, procedures, training, and ongoing support to ERP key users

Alsip, Il

• Managed a cross-functional expiration avoidance effort that resulted in $250K in annual savings. Proactively uncovered risks, identified opportunities, researched root causes, and delegated follow-up activities• Sustained service levels of greater than 95% on time and in full through demand management, production planning, and finite scheduling while reducing inventory levels from 14% to less than 10% of sales• Administered inter-departmental communications to ensure completion of production plans, measurement of schedule attainment, and fulfillment of sales orders

• Managed more than 6,000 unique skus, $20MM in open purchase orders, and $30MM in average inventory to support annual sales in excess of $300MM• Authored an inventory reduction process that resulted in $2.4MM in annual savings• Led a cross-functional team that reduced sku complexity by 31%• Served as purchasing transformation lead at the Porter, IN facility• Optimized sourcing of raw materials and services based on vendor capabilities, demonstrated service levels, total cost, and overall corporate strategy