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• Provide leadership for a team of six demand planners that perform the monthly demand review for North American operations.• Provide leadership for an analyst that supports the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) program offered to priority customers.• Provide leadership for a team of five planners that manage the inventory for our main distribution center. • Partner with IT to develop new system capability and reporting for supply chain organization.• Facilitate the process for all cancelations and returns.

Partnered with the Director of Sales on a weekly cadence to develop 6 week forecast. Provided selection of lane files to build transportation network in effort to reduce per mile cost. Functioned as liaison with legal for all customer contracts. Managed relationships with parcel carriers; UPS, FedEx, and other regionals. Provided Ad Hoc analysis as requested by leadership

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Analyzed historical sales and collaborated with sales team to develop short term forecast for SKU’s distributed through central distribution center (DC). Initiated Master Scheduling process by placing internal customer orders with supporting plant. Monitored lead times advertised to customers to ensure orders could be delivered on time. Worked with product managers on a quarterly basis to determine Min/Max for SKU’s stocked at the DC.• Developed reporting and established process for the review of inordinate demand.• Developed reporting and established process for the review of lead times marketed to customers.• Developed excel based tool to assist demand planners in determining item level forecast. Tool calculated seasonal index, historical weekly averages for six- and twelve-month time frame, and Coefficient of Variation.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Managed raw material inventory levels across multiple locations to meet desired level of service. Provided Plan for Every Part analysis for new product launches. Worked with category managers and suppliers to resolve issues pertaining to price, on time delivery, fill rate, and quality. Provided Month and Quarter end inventory analysis for supply chain leadership. Improved reporting tools using SQL, VBA, and advanced excel formulas. • Improved the speed and usability of excel based Material Requirements Planning tool using advanced excel formulas and macros. • Automated material outage report using macros resulting in 104 hours of annualized time savings.• Developed Month End inventory reporting for new Enterprise Resource Planning system within the Architectural division. • Lead Obsolete and Slow-Moving Item reduction project resulting in 38% reduction in OSMI year over year. • Reduced on hand inventory 43% and improved mix (percent of items not over max level or under min level) by 6% for assigned items

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Partnered with logistics leadership to report on monthly and quarterly outbound freight spend (Truckload, Less Than Truckload, and Dedicated). Worked with logistics leadership to establish annual budget and quarterly re-forecast of outbound freight spend. Aided logistics leadership in setting inbound freight standards to be used in Purchase Price Variance (PPV) analysis (Truckload, Less Than Truckload, Dedicated, Air, and Ocean). Routinely evaluated and improved logistics department reporting tools. Identified savings opportunities and played a key role in developing strategies to lower annual costs.• Created reporting tool which allowed logistics leadership to know month and quarter end impacts (year over year and vs prior forecast) on a weekly basis. This also provided the worst lanes driving poor performance. • Created an excel tool for Logistics leadership that streamlined the budgeting process. This tool allowed for financial impact of mass changes to be known in minutes. • Aligned monthly and quarterly reported outbound freight spend for logistics to what was reported by the business unit finance leads. • Led transition in reporting KPI’s during implementation of new Transportation Management System (TMS).

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Managed detention for seven regional distribution centers in the United States and Canada. Worked with large data sets daily to perform cost/benefit analysis, unloading prioritization, and monitored detention charges. Communicated daily with third party logistics providers (3PL), carriers, supply chain planners, and sea forwarders to ensure timely delivery and unloading of containers. Other responsibilities included weekly throughput forecast, transportation cost models for new customers, and accessorial invoice audits. • Implemented new process for unloading prioritization resulting in $820,000 annualized savings.• Partially automated the daily prioritization and weekly forecasting processes, resulting in 156 hours of annualized time savings. • Restructured the weekly throughput forecast to introduce variances. • Involved with detention invoice payment process improvement which reduced lead time by 15 business days.

Master Of Science - Ms, Supply Chain Management

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Activities and Societies: Winthrop MBA Association - Vice President

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Activities and Societies: Cru, BCM.