Experience

Season Brand

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Purchasing & Supply Chain

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Purchasing and Supply Chain responsibility for our Season Brand sardines and anchovies business. Purchasing and Supply Chain responsibility for our Season Brand sardines and anchovies business.



The Manischewitz Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Planning & Logistics

  • Mar 2012 - Aug 2019

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BD

• United States
• Architecture and Planning

• Supply Chain Planner - Pharmaceutical Systems

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2012

• MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

  • Apr 2008 - Sep 2009

  **Successfully developed and launched new packaging graphics for our ACE & TruFit Brand product lines.**Responsible for development and distribution of Sales support documents, advertisements, and coupons.**Launched the Versatile Display Program which provides customized account specific displays at reduced costs and less lead-time.**Oversaw the re-launch of our Home Healthcare website and revamp of our e-commerce website. **Introduced a wholesaler tradeshow product pre-pack program to appeal to independent pharmacies and retail outlets.

• DEMAND & SUPPLY PLANNER

  • Dec 2002 - Apr 2008

  * Complete operational responsibility for over 450 SKU's within BD's Home Healthcare Division -- Sales forecasting, Purchasing, Customer Service, Inventory Management, New Product Introductions, Promotions, Transportation, and Distribution. **Manage our relationship with 12 North American and Asian vendors from which we purchase finished goods. **Organize and lead the division's monthly Forecast Consensus meetings with our Marketing and Sales groups. **In charge of the updating and maintaining our Demand Solutions Forecast Management and Requirement Planning system. * Successfully moved our Sporting Goods business from a BD owned facility in Boston to a 3rd party logistics provider in Kentucky. **Developed new procedures to manage our International Sporting Goods business in house. **Instituted quarterly reviews of excess and obsolete inventory with Marketing and Sales -- disposed of over $1million finished goods. * Purchase and track our products through our SAP R/3 system.



L'OREAL USA PRODUCTS

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• LOGISTICS MANAGER

  • Apr 2002 - Nov 2002

  * Coordinate the planning and execution of new product launches, promotions, and product discontinuations.**Lead weekly customer service meetings to ensure priorities are correct and bottlenecks are mitigated.**Head liaison to other L'Oreal operations-- L'Oreal Canada, Lancôme, and Soft Sheen --for demand and supply communication. * Work hand in hand with our Forecasting Department to track sales forecast accuracy, identify trends, and trouble shoot problems.* Established methods and procedures to properly plan line capacity.



UNILEVER HPC USA

• SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNER

  • Feb 2000 - Mar 2002

  * Managed capacity and production planning of seven personal wash liquid brands - Dove, Suave, Caress, Lever 2000, etc.* Supervised the activities of two other Supply Chain Planners to ensure timelines are met on new products and promotions. * Successfully introduced many new products, while simultaneously executing the run-out of discontinued products.* Maintained a customer service goal of 98.5% case fill rate per brand nationwide, through our network of plants and warehouses.* Forecast demand of each SKU at each distribution center, using various planning systems, including Manugistics.* Led periodic Supply Integration Strategy meetings with Manufacturing, Purchasing, and key vendors.* Determined proper inventory levels for each product line based on demand volatility and production reliability. * Worked with Marketing, Sales, Purchasing, and Manufacturing to launch new products and execute promotional programs.* Monitored the disposition of obsolete and slow moving inventory.* Coordinated the BOM process and systems integration with regard to new products.* Prepared written procedures to assist in training new Supply Chain Planners.



Unilever HPC

• VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY PLANNER

  • Feb 1998 - Feb 2000

  * Demand and distribution planning responsibility for all Unilever-HPC product lines at three major grocery accounts.* Balance the customer's need for continued inventory reductions, while maintaining a stock level sufficient to meet service goals.* Control forecasting process for VMI accounts by evaluating historical data, creating statistical models, and managing exceptions.* Managed all promotional activity for each of the customer's distribution centers. * Oversaw the introduction of new products, and all packaging and size changes.* Successfully implemented the Manugistics VMI Planning System to manage two large grocery accounts.

• STOCK REPLENISHMENT PLANNER

  • Jul 1996 - Feb 1998

  * Responsible for the DRP validation and execution for the Personal Wash and Powder Detergent product categories.* Represented Customer Service, Transportation, and Warehousing functions in each category's functional working team.* Participated in constant improvement of each product's distribution network, forecast accuracy, and production reliability.* Supply Chain and Customer Service coordinator during the successful relocation of our West Coast distribution center.* Tracked replenishment performance and identified trends with regards to expedited and transshipped replenishment orders.* Worked with Transportation to assign costs of expedites and transshipments to identify opportunities for cost reductions.



CIRCON-CABOT MEDICAL Co

• MATERIALS ANALYST

  • Jul 1995 - Jul 1996

  * Reduced backordered sales dollars from over $200,000.00 to less than $50,000.00, without inflating inventory.* Implemented Demand Solutions forecasting software, improving accuracy and communication of demand.* Maintained the Master Production Schedule for seven product lines within the capital equipment manufacturing plant.* Coordinated the disposition of obsolete and slow moving inventory.* Insured product availability for sales show and demo inventory.* Project team member for the development and piloting of several new products.* Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for maintaining our automated MPS/MRP system.



Cabot Medical

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

• Material Analyst

  • 1995 - 1996



Thomas & Betts

• United States
• Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• LOGISTICS PLANNER

  • May 1993 - Jul 1995

  * Responsible for the proper demand and manufacturing of over 4,000 different finished good items. * Accountable for order fill rate, request date index, promise date index, backlog, raw and WIP, and finished goods inventory levels.* Forecasted all SKU demand each month by assessing Marketing projections and historical demand.* Conducted monthly Production, Sales, and Inventory (PSI) Meetings for three plants.* Ensured customer orders were filled in a timely manner, and upheld Thomas & Betts' "Signature Service" policies.* Liaison between Operations, Sales, and Marketing to communicate manufacturing priorities, and coordinate made-to-order items.* Monitored service goals, special projects, new product introductions, sales promotions, price adjustments, and capacity issues.* Project team member for the relocation of



DuPONT de NEMOURS and Co

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• TRANSPORTATION INTERNSHIP

  • Jun 1992 - Dec 1992