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Coral Springs, Florida, United States

Mason, Ohio, United States

Mason, Ohio, United States

West Chester, Ohio

Mason, Ohio

• Oversee activities related to Materials Requirements Planning, inventory planning and strategies. • Ensures materials are scheduled to meet company requirements while maintaining acceptable inventory levels and Management and partners coordinates efforts to efficiently delivery customer orders.• Leads multi-functional team to identify and assess new processes and capabilities including planning, tools, risk management and personnel development.• Communicates with key departments such as Supply Planning, Compliance, Sales, Order management, Finance and HR.• Ensures all organization activities are carried out in compliance with respective regulations, laws and company policies and procedures.• Prepare and submit budget figures and monitor results on a regular basis to ensure corrections are made in time. • Oversee direct reports including establishing individual goals and targets, continuously monitoring overall performance and taking necessary action to achieve goals.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

• Execute a robust integration with other planning processes e.g. Demand, Inventory, Materials Management, S&OP, etc.• Execute a robust integration with other processes and stakeholders of Festo e.g. Global factories, Market Supply, Materials Management, Purchasing, Demand Planning, Finance, etc.• Create and maintain Festo capabilities to provide comprehensive information, analytics, and visibility around Product Supply status to all cross functional stakeholders• Lead the functional Supply Network Planning to aggregate a demand plan and then develop a feasible Production Plan (consensus with Demand Planning and other stakeholders) for each planning cycle• Provide on target service levels by balancing supply and inventory levels for each Festo part• Escalate all major supply constraints to the respective forums for rapid resolution (ie. Demand Planning, Sales, Order Management, Market Supply, GPC’s)• Accountable to run and insure integrity of Supply Consensus; Supply Review processes in support of S&OP• Support RSC-Mason in inventory planning to the demand plan; Work with S&OP and demand planning to develop demand consensus; demand review; new product review; financial reconciliation and management • Accountable for developing what-if supply scenarios and develop recommendations in response to actual or anticipated changes in demand or supply• Accountable for developing what-if supply scenarios to continuously improve performance relating to both service levels and total costs thru continuous evaluation of supply, outsourcing strategies, product strategies and the positioning of inventory across the network• Accountable for leading the supply consensus/supply review processes, communicate decisions and supply impacts to all stakeholders, escalation and prioritization of supply responses around all issues and opportunities impacting customer service to stakeholders

Responsible for Supply Optimization activities related to Luxottica Retail’s Manufacturing Systems. Develops partnership with Finance and Manufacturing management to support 24 x 7 Global Production Planning Initiatives and Processes. Executes production plans in collaboration with Production Planning Manager, Brands and Lab Management to meet customer service objectives. Responsible for creation of test plans and the conducting of application testing all in an effort to ensure business acceptance, within agreed delivery dates. Will be part of a team that provides 24 x 7 support to Luxottica Retail’s Manufacturing network.Develop and maintain global routing instructions for all new product introductions and existing routing rules.Participate in production-planning meetings with Production Planning Manager, Lab Management team and internal business partners.Partner with the IT in the research and resolution of system and process problems.Serve as a liaison between end users and IT in terms of production support and issue tracking and resolution.Participate in the development, implementation, and maintenance of test plans, test scripts, and test methodologies that ensure exhaustive testing of all assigned software systems to ensure compliance with system specifications and business requirements.Develop system and process improvement recommendations by leveraging business and technology experience.Develop and facilitate end-user training.Encourages open communications and provides professional feedback to I/T team members and business associates on all project deliverables to ensure high levels of quality.Identifies and works with additional systems and business resources to complete user requests.Effectively responds to management requests for information and analysis.Proactively seeks opportunities to grow skill sets through self-directed professional reading, on-line training courses and attending professional development courses.

•Production planner/buyer for 170 national accounts including; facilitation of garment design, approvals and material set-up.•Point of contact for vendor management, including generating reports, providing product forecasting, sourcing of materials, work-in-process, and managing deadlines. •Provided system training to site Global Supply Chain and partner locations. •Customer Awareness representative conducting information sessions to internal customers interested in Global Supply Chain. •Department safety lead, gathering input from team and presenting to upper management for improvement of safety processes and programs. •Member of emergency response team for department, executed evacuation and emergency shelter drills and alarms. •Lead business process owner for SAP implementation, including system interface, process chains, master data management, reporting development and provide training to team. •Facilitate cross-department process management, such as rush orders, transportation, direct embroidery, and warehousing processing.

Mason, Ohio

•Supervised daily activities of three direct reports, including one associate located in Chicago, IL.•Managed over 100 million dollars in raw material inventory and scheduled and executed annual physical inventory.•Conduct and approve raw material movements, transfers, audits and data validation in AS400 system.•Approval of SOX compliance with system records. •Provided variety of inventory training to raw material locations, including Dallas, TX; Honduras, Haiti; Ashland, KY and Chicago, IL.•Supported inventory control for 7 distribution centers, including: oTracking and trending of key performance indicators (KPI) oCycle counting oInvestigation of inventory for loss or gain oScheduled and executed annual physical inventory oReported inventory results to upper management•Assisted with product quality inspections of raw materials and garments.•Managed accounts payable supplier payments for 150 supply chain vendors.•Verified and processed accurate receipt of inventory, quoted price, purchase orders, statements and credits. •Completed several six sigma projects, including implementation of EDI system for vendor management.

Mason, Ohio

•Review and verify SOX compliance with system records.•Completed month end closing report for Finance/Accounting Department.•Processed accounts payable supplier payments for 75 vendors.•Conduct raw material movements, transfers, audits and data validation in AS400 system.•Continual process improvements through six sigma projects and processes.