Responsibilities include rough cut capacity planning, finished goods and raw materials inventory management and planning, management of MRP parameters, and creating the master production schedule to meet the demand across six production facilities.

Directed the Air Care and Fabric Care business units including ten production lines, product blending and over 110 full time and temporary hourly associates.Established and tracked daily and monthly metrics including line efficiencies, cases per labor hour, and blended batch yields.Increased candle line efficiencies 15% through efficient scheduling, reduced changeover times and downtime, and a reduction in line personnel.Served as the primary contact for the Procter & Gamble Febreeze Candle business units. Responsibilities included material procurement, production line scheduling, production execution, shipping and invoicing of finished goods.

Managed the procurement of materials and production scheduling for Procter & Gamble's Febreeze Candle lines with over 12MM candles produced annually.Maintained raw material inventory accuracy of 95% and finished goods accuracy of 100% for all P&G materials.Effectively scheduled seven production lines in order to reduce changeover times and minimize scrap while increasing line efficiencies.Monitored and analyzed sales trends and forecasting with current inventory positions to schedule production lines and maintain critical inventory levels to support customer needs.Created and maintained daily process orders for production lines.Responsible for $4.5 million in finished goods and raw material inventories.Issued and maintained purchase orders to vendors for raw material components needed to support production demands.Investigated and reconciled invoice discrepancies based on pricing and goods receipts.Critical member of the SAP Implementation Launch Team representing the Operations and Purchasing functions that went live in May of 2009.

Established and monitored production operating metrics including percent uptime, scrap, quality, and OEE.Reduced press-ready paper stock inventories by 40% through efficient production scheduling and implementing a "visual factory" through the use of Kanban bins.Increased the throughput on the crushing equipment by 28% using the principles of TPM and quick changeovers.Installed a Honeywell MX Pro-line system on the Laminator to provide moisture and basis weight feedback to the operators therefore reducing the reaction time to upsets in the system.Assisted in the selection and installation of a decurler on the sheeter reducing core waste by 5% and providing a flatter sheet.Established and implemented quality metrics and SPC charting on all production equipment. Utilized information boards to provide quality feedback internally and through the "voice of the customer".

Developed the weekly production schedule for the paper converting operations.Introduced and managed new business ventures through the production facility from the artwork turnover to the finished product and packaging.

Managed the top ten domestic customers providing a liaison between the sales force, customer, and the manufacturing floor.

Developed a working knowledge of blown film extrusion and metallizing processes.Strengthened understanding of rotogravure printing managing seven and eight color Polymaster presses.Managed up to 25 non-union associates on the off shift. Accountable for productivity, scheduling, maintenance planning, and discipline.

Acquired a working knowledge of rotogravure and UV-cured web offset lithography printing as well as straight-line and cellophane gluing processes.Gained practical supervisory experience managing up to 50 union associates on rotating shift work. Accountable for safety, productivity, scheduling, quality, maintenance planning, and discipline.