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Amarillo, Tx, Us

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Responsible for implementing and managing an end-to-end S&OP process; Directs and controls Demand planning and Supply planning to bring balance to the financial and operational plans; Works to align volume and mix with capacity and capability; Implements and presents key reports to inform the organization of key business decisions; Manages customer service team to provide best in class, solution-based service to key National accounts. Influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives.

Lead NetSuite ERP implementation for Supply Chain Team; Drove Demand planning process to create forecasts through partnership with key stakeholders while still striving to meet operational and customer excellence; Collaborated with sales leaders and co-manufacturers to understand market trends, retailer insights, and planned for growth activating plans; Supported business understanding of volume forecasts and business performance through comprehensive analytics. Resolved demand/supply exceptions with Customer Facing Supply Chain Analysts to provide top level care to key accounts. Evaluated inventory reports to identify slow moving and obsolete inventories.

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Integrated sales and demand planning with supply planning in order to maximize profitability for the company. Orchestrated with multiple departments including sales and marketing, finance, and operations to provide accurate financial outlooks as well as capacity and operational constraints; Collaborated with teams on product lifecycle execution, inventory management policies and strategic priorities;

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Managed monthly internal forecasting process and collaborates with sales and planning team members to provide accurate estimations of product needs; Monitored and analyzes current sales trends to make recommendations for changes in production schedule; Collaborated with National Customers to develop monthly forecasts according to current sales trends and customer needs; Served as a direct contact to National Customers on production issues, transportation requests, as well as replenishment challenges; Developed run out strategies for transitioning or discontinued product. Lead operational forecasting for capacity planning; Managed order entry personnel to ensure order accuracy; Provided additional analysis on product trends, seasonality, ordering cycles, etc. as requested by management.

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Lead sales forecasting process and aligned with sales team leaders to establish a consensus demand forecast in accordance with market trends. Supported management with risk assessment analysis and mitigation activities in conjunction with Operations. Communicated product inventory strategies with Supply planning to ensure healthy inventory levels to optimize fill rates. Maximized customer operational performance by building rapport with buyers, category managers and sales teams to provide communication and visibility to expected service levels. Managed order management team and worked with them to resolve customer issues and ensure customer satisfaction.

Amarillo, Tx

Provided project controls support to Project Managers and Project Teams by assisting in the development of the scope, cost and schedule for assigned projects. Implemented all aspects of an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) by developing fully integrated resource loaded schedules for assigned projects. Collected data on the costing, scheduling and technical progress of projects and provides reports to Project Managers. Recommended improvement opportunities related to the projects to assure achievement of project safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets. Performed scheduling in accordance with the critical path method, manages changes to the schedule and/or baseline utilizing established change control processes and generates monthly performance measurement reports for the management team. Interfaced with project technical staff to define policies on the scope of work, baseline changes, variance analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Assisted Estimating Manager in coordination of engineering labor estimate and preparation of cash flows, staffing plans and proposed rate sheets for potential projects. Supported Estimating Manager in the maintenance of estimating tools and development of new tools. Served the Director of Proposal Engineering as a direct source for all historical and current project related data and the reporting and analysis of the same. Responsible for the compilation and organization of historical data along with the development of a Microsoft (MS) Access database to provide a basis of estimate and optimize quantity development for potential projects. Developed advanced business concepts and new applications and reports as required by Management across the organization for various departments and design centers based on unique needs, including but not limited to capturing lessons learned from completed projects, quality assurance reporting, and training analysis.

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Responsible for designing, implementing and managing cost and schedule for the engineering design of power plants as designated by manager. Interacted with project manager to assess and interpret project needs, as well as incorporated cost and schedule associated with scope changes to the project. Continually worked with project personnel to monitor work performed, determined performance against plan and/or developed mitigation plans for delayed deliverables. Coordinated forecast of project cost to completion and overall project performance. Utilized Primavera Project Management and accounting software in combination with MS Excel, Access and PowerPoint to analyze and publish project tracking methods and various reports such as Earned Value, project costs to date, cost and schedule variances, and resource allocations and utilization, for issuance to Project Managers and corporate officers. Worked with team members to improve and standardize project controls methodologies and procedures.

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Provided direct support to Program Management and Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leaders and Team Members in relation to Earned Value Management (EVM). Maintained superior communication between IPT and other functional groups to ensure project success. Performed integration and synchronization of cost and schedule EVM data for manufacturing, tooling, and engineering efforts. Actively participated in designing and implementing new schedules, including Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) schedules. Monitored, analyzed and reported the earned value of program accomplishments, including monthly completion of variance analysis reports for CPR submittal to the US Department of Defense. Analyzed program performance metrics and reviewed, corrected, and reported performance against plans. Supported semi-annual program reviews as well as both internal and customer reviews as designated by management.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Assisted in the recovery of over $2 million in contractual underpayments. Reviewed contracts with third party payers to insure correct reimbursement for services performed. Developed and maintained third party payer fee schedules and integrated into patient information management systems. Retrieved, effectively communicated, and presented complex data electronically, verbally and in writing. Utilized expert MS Excel and Access skills to analyze data as well as built tools to measure existing processes.

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Maintained Reimbursement/Decision Support information systems. Used ad hoc queries to extract data from information systems in combination with MS Access and Excel to provide valid and relevant information in a usable format to vice presidents, departmental directors, governmental agencies and others. Assisted in gathering data for annual budgetary processes. Utilized critical-thinking and problem solving skills to evaluate hospital-wide data.