Manage replenishment analysts, a demand analyst, a product manager, and an operations specialist in a double-digit-growth environment.Develop scorecards and metrics to track absolute forecast accuracy, in-stock performance, vendor lead time, and quality-related performance. Scorecards featured drill-down capabilities to identify specific areas for improvement.

Manage inventory replenishment analysts, inventory team leads, and supply chain planners.Modified inventory planning processes to improve fill rate for largest customers from 78 percent to 92 percent within two years.Used problem-solving techniques such as Five Why's, Fishbone Analysis, Histogram, and DMAIC. Taught those techniques to colleagues.Developed a fill rate projection report that identifies potential fill rate problems by item, warehouse, customer, vendor, analyst, or sales division.Developed Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) methods, cadence, and reporting tools.Manage inventory spend and months-on-hand inventory performance.Developed a Runout Report to generate purchase order defer and expedite signals.Analyzed business processes, identified root cause corrections, and deployed solutions with IT infrastructure adjustments (JDA E3) and end-user training.Developed scorecards to track vendor delivery performance and forecast accuracy.Self-taught in advanced Excel capabilities.

Manage production, inventory control, shipping, and reverse logistics functions.Developed all supply chain-related business policies and processes from scratch. This includes inbound receiving, outbound shipping, cycle counting, reverse logistics, system configuration (Microsoft Navision), and rework for an upstart consumer electronics firm.

Manage all aspects of inventory control for North America, including inventory rebalancing and excess and obsolete inventory reductions.SAP Super Key User specializing in PP and MM modules.SAP configuration and functionality improvements.Six Sigma and kaizen process improvement initiatives.Sarbanes-Oxley audits.

Manage Purchasing, Production Activity Control, Master Production Scheduling, Inventory Control, and Manufacturing Engineering groups.Process improvements.Inventory rebalancing and excess and obsolete inventory reductions.Brainstormed and implemented changes to material and process flows that resulted in lead-time improvements, greater scheduling accuracy, and cost savings. Examples of changes include the development of a Kanban area, work center dispatch lists, automatic goods movements, excess inventory review and disposition practices, and strategic stocking of mid-level and long lead-time materials.

Provide post go-live SAP support for end users of the PP module.Supply suggestions to business process changes to support SAP functionality.

Lead SAP Production Planning (PP) module implementation team.Gather end user requirements, configure, and test the SAP system.Train end users and develop training documentation.

Plan and expedite manufacturing orders.

Supervise second shift brush manufacturing operations.

Manage raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory levels.Implemented cycle count and kanban programs.Inventory rebalancing and excess and obsolete inventory reduction.