Experience

Polysciences, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manufacturing Planner

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Takara Belmont

• Inventory / Production Planning Supervisor

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2021



Lotito Foods

• United States
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Planner

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015



International Technidyne Corporation

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Planner

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Dispatched drivers to support the material/product needs for manufacturing and distribution across 4 ITC facilities, and an outside storage facility• ‘Go to’ person for driving product through the pipeline to meet tight shipping deadlines.• Responsible for the planning and tracking of production for assigned product line.• Responsible to analyze inventory levels, customer demand and sales forecast in a Materials Resource Planning (MRP) system.• Responsible to review raw materials requirement reports weekly; regularly communicate needs to Purchasing.• Participate in meetings with Production to plan weekly schedules.• Participate in planning meetings to review safety stock, excess and low inventory, computer system modification and various other planning responsibilities as required.• Initiate work orders for current and future demands; regularly review status and update expected completion dates as needed.• Review back orders daily; and coordinate the manufacturing, quality control (QC) testing, final packaging of product, and Quality Assurance (QA) release.• Responsible to maintain Master Production Schedules (MPS) for assigned products.• Continue to assist with Inventory Control responsibilities as needed

• Inventory Control

  • May 2006 - Sep 2012

  Accomplishments:• Worked with management to develop solutions for storage and product movement leading to a reduction in outside storage costs of 65% in one year, another 15% by year two. Accomplished by understanding material needs across all company sites,and their dependency on each other• Gained a strong understanding of the various department’s needs, began anticipating those needs and moving materials in advance of requests leading to a promotion to the planning department Responsibilities: • Investigated discrepancies between the Company Business System and the physical count of product to determine the root cause of errors• Analyzed root cause of errors; worked with management to formulate corrective action plans• Performed adjustments in the ERP system for approved requests• ‘Go to’ person for warehouse personnel with inventory related issues• Dispatched drivers to support the material/product needs for manufacturing and distribution across 4 ITC facilities, and an outside storage facility•Responsible for communications, monitoring, requesting, movement, receiving, and discrepancy resolution for materials store in the outside storage facility•‘Go to’ person for driving product through the pipeline to meet tight shipping deadlines