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Wilton, CT

Wilton, CT

Bethel, CT

• Led a global production planning and material management team during SAP implementation.
• Used critical path, project management and team facilitation to build support for project objectives.
• Established project goals, timelines and metrics to keep all stakeholders on-target at all times.
• Create functional specifications for custom developments and work closely with ABAP/IT team.
• Recognized for simplifying key processes including material master creation, capacity planning, new product introduction tracking, and lifecycle management.

• Work in collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement Duracell’s SAP R/3 and APO DRP systems at 4 production plants, and 2 contract manufacturers.
• Perform detailed analysis and process mapping to establish a detailed familiarity with existing work processes, procedures and software.
• Develop and implement project plans, timelines, milestones, and objectives for cross-functional teams.
• Create business acceptance testing scenarios and test scripts.
• Responsible for SAP PP and APO user training.
• Qualified end-users in site integrated planning (logistics-PP module) and APO distribution requirement planning.

• Planned production (MPS) and deployment (DRP) for North America promotional special packs and displays for key customers - Walmart, Target and Costco.
• Reviewed customer requests’ for feasibility and resource allocation to determine best methods of achieving product delivery.
• Successfully implemented SAP and APO at display production centers.
• Key catalyst in the display business integration from Gillette legacy systems; Manugistics and APO to P&G SAP systems, while achieving 98-100% customer fill rate (CFR).
• Recognized as a key to the Gillette integration for outstanding SAP knowledge.

• Performed detailed reviews of material inventory levels for major brands (i.e. Snapple, Mott's, Yoo-hoo, etc.).
• Used Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) to ensure on-site materials availability to support production schedules.
• Ensured availability of high demand materials, while minimizing excess inventory.

• Planned the distribution of finished goods for multiple brands (i.e. Snapple, Mott's, Mistic, etc.).
• Work with inventory and logistics to plan inventory needs to ensure availability of finished goods, while maintaining low costs.
• Tracked and monitored accuracy of forecasting versus actual, and worked with multiple departments to implement corrective actions.
• Successfully achieved a 99% case fill rate for twelve warehouse locations.

• Planned raw material requirements for major brands.
• Used forecasts, historical factors, seasonal factors and production schedules to accurately plan inventory levels.
• Worked closely with suppliers to streamline communications and order fill rates to achieve on-time materials delivery.

• Responsible for ordering materials for ten plants including review of forecasts, production schedules, shipments, and receipts to validate the accuracy and time flow of materials.
• Key catalyst in the conversion from QAD to SAP.

• Entered distributor orders for Snapple and Mistic into QAD systems
• Worked with customers on shortages and recovery dates