Experience

Zero Zone

• United States
• HVAC and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Planning/Inventory Analyst

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  North Prairie, WI



CFR Engines

• Master Planner

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2018

  Pewaukee, WI -Create and maintain Master Production Schedule and associated reporting -Implement and maintain Service Parts forecast and quarterly analysis of actual vs. forecast to make needed adjustments -Coordinate order fulfillment activities including picklists, jobs, rework orders for remanufactured items, and subcontract parts -Inventory control activities that include inventory adjustments, cycle count and physical inventory planning -Implementation of Epicor ERP software from data… Show more -Create and maintain Master Production Schedule and associated reporting -Implement and maintain Service Parts forecast and quarterly analysis of actual vs. forecast to make needed adjustments -Coordinate order fulfillment activities including picklists, jobs, rework orders for remanufactured items, and subcontract parts -Inventory control activities that include inventory adjustments, cycle count and physical inventory planning -Implementation of Epicor ERP software from data loading to “Go Live” -Report via Business Activity Queries to transform raw data into desired reports Show less



Buell Motorcycles

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Master Planner

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2015

  East Troy, WI -Plan and maintain the Master Production Schedule -Develop and document processes for Scheduling and ERP system -Continued roll out of ERP with Manufacturing (Work Orders(WO) & routings), RMA, and Bill of Material (BOM) implementation and support with training -Manage ERP/BOM Coordinator -Maintain BOMs and WO BOMs -Special projects and troubleshooting

• Planning Consultant

  • Mar 2012 - Dec 2012

  East Troy, WI -Team Lead to implement new Intuitive ERP software, starting with Finance, Inventory, Sales Order Processing, Purchasing and Vendor management -Consult on planning, scheduling, sales orders, etc -Special projects



Southwest Metal Finishing

• Production Control Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Jan 2012

  Manage Production Control department PO management and supply planning with sister company, Inventix Manufacturing ERP implementation project, starting with location control, inventory control and BOM creation Special projects, such as assisting in physical inventory planning and scrap analysis



Buell Motorcycle Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Planning Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2009

  -Managed ERP and Scheduling Management department that consistently met budget and continually worked on process improvements with Operations Purchasing and other areas of the company -Balanced the needs of the worldwide market regions, Marketing, Production, Purchasing, Finance, and Engineering to achieve business objectives by creating master schedules that reflect end results of negotiation and compromise -Reduction of 80% to schedule change analysis by implementing a process to use… Show more -Managed ERP and Scheduling Management department that consistently met budget and continually worked on process improvements with Operations Purchasing and other areas of the company -Balanced the needs of the worldwide market regions, Marketing, Production, Purchasing, Finance, and Engineering to achieve business objectives by creating master schedules that reflect end results of negotiation and compromise -Reduction of 80% to schedule change analysis by implementing a process to use live MRP data versus spreadsheet analysis -Created multiple volume and schedule scenarios for analysis in an ever changing business environment -Analyzed and influenced worldwide market forecasts and sales projections in short-term and long-term planning horizons -Lead the development of an allocation proposal that would limit and balance inventory at Buell dealerships in the United States -Coordinated the reduction of Company Owned Vehicle inventory from 3,860,000 to 1, 025,000 in two months between notification of plant closure and cessation of business -Buell representative for forecast process that would reduce forecast execution by 33% within the Unit Volume Planning group -Managed the 100,000th motorcycle production event celebration

• Schedule & After Action Review Coordinator

  • 2002 - Dec 2004

  -Created Operations Methodology flowchart and documentation to align with the existing Development Methodology -300+ internal issues documented and resolved and 60+ methodology changes made for efficiencies by the implementing and leading the AAR process -Translated AAR learning into a knowledge sharing database which held and disseminated this information companywide

• Production Control Coordinator

  • 1997 - 2002

  -Business process representative for Buell interacting with Harley-Davidson on the development of a multi-plant scheduling system, retail sales analysis tool, and inventory management tool -Business project leader for the creation of an automated scheduling module in an electronic VIN Tracking System that reduced manual scheduling by 85 % and reporting functions by 90% -Lead schedule to MRP load automation project which reduced load time by 90%

• Materials Clerk

  • 1996 - 1997

  -Expedited material orders for Operations Purchasing



University of Wisconsin Contract Archaeology Program

• Crew Member

  • 1994 - 1995

  -Surveyed alternate routes to a potential expansion of highway 57 along the WI peninsula -Excavated test units at the Williamsonville historic site in Door County, WI -Researched museum and county records on multiple sites for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places



Southeast Wisconsin Archaeology Program

• Research Assistant

  • 1993 - 1995

  -Organized, recorded, and inventoried historic and prehistoric artifacts -Researched Late Archaic and Early Woodland sites to expand existing database of local prehistoric sites -Coded regional maps for various soil types -Created archaeological models for presentations at local schools



Logan Museum of Anthropology

• Research Assistant

  • 1991 - 1992

  -Designed and implemented recording system for pottery recovered from the Arizona desert -Responsible for the care, organization, and restoration of pottery from the Gottschell Site -Assisted Principal Investigator to survey and excavate the Ramaditas Site in the Atacama desert near Iquique, Chile