Experience

International Wholesale
• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Supply Chain Management

  • Feb 2021 - Present


BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Market Demand Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  Developed financial forecasting tool which links the demand forecast plan with the sales financial forecast to help identify gaps in the business planLead monthly demand review meetings with head of sales, account managers and supply plannersPartner with sales manager and industry manager to align on sales strategy for North American customersCoordinate efficient product allocation across customers in global shortage situationChallenge and improve forecast inputs from sales & statistical model driving qualitative improvements of forecast Show less

• Demand Planner

  • Feb 2017 - Jan 2019

  Plan and analyze $250 million of annual sales across 10,000+ customer /article combinationsCreated Excel tool for forecast deviation call out and rolled out to business line headsRestructured 3 monthly cross-functional demand review meetings for North America leading to improved engagement and increased forecast qualityLead training for 26 customer participants on product forecast file, leading to increased response on demand input

• Supply Chain Planner II

  • May 2016 - Feb 2017

  Partnered with product managers to drive shipment decisionsContributed to monthly S&OP meetings with global planners in Europe and AsiaReplenished products across global supply chain in support of inventory targets and production planCollaborated with sales and customer care on allocation of global shortage products to customer ordersCreated SOP document for future Supply Chain Planner onboarding and training



PepsiCo

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Demand Planner - Quaker

  • May 2015 - May 2016

  Improved 2 period UPC forecast accuracy by 12% using statistical forecast toolNamed #1 Demand Planner in the company for month of September 2016Recruited and interviewed 30 students at MSU for Summer 2016 Supply Chain internships within PepsiCoLead 2016 S&OP process for Rice-a-Roni and Near East Brands Planned $450 million of yearly sales across 300 UPCs and 7 Quaker plantsCreated end-to-end forecast timelines for 5 innovation items by working with Supply and Production planners Show less

• VMI Analyst

  • Apr 2014 - May 2015

  Optimized order shipment schedule resulting in increased inventory turns at the customer’s DCAnalyzed POS trends and made forecast recommendations to planners across 7 itemsAchieved above goal scores on all 5 KPIs for the year 2014



Sears

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inventory Analyst

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2014

  Administered and allocated $60 million in annual sales to 750 Sears’ locations in 6 distinctive climate zones Developed, implemented, and managed a project to reallocate 45,000 units among 750+ stores, which included training colleagues and collaborating with the vendor; project resulted in improved unit sales Designed and developed a Microsoft Excel instrument to streamline receipt forecasting and reconciliation for monthly reporting, adopted by Sears affiliates throughout the company Show less