Experience

bente vintage

• United States
• Retail Furniture and Home Furnishings
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and CEO

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Barilla Group

• Italy
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Planning Professional

  • Oct 2019 - Mar 2022

  Managed import and coman pasta and sauce production Managed import and coman pasta and sauce production



Avery Dennison

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Supply Chain Analyst

  • Jan 2018 - Oct 2019

  Identified item scope, forecast, and raw material requirements to support the new Thailand facility that will service Asia Pacific. Set safety stocks and created raw materials kanban. Aligned with operations on raw materials plan, initial order, and long term plan. Worked with IT integrate raw material ordering into Logility system. Led a divisional Service Reporting project. Validated and tested data, built reporting in Cognos, rolled out to division and connected with plant managers on supply issues and remediation. Supported launch of all new divisional products. Oversaw operational activities and held weekly meetings to ensure alignment with plant, engineering, and product management. Created a stocking program for custom items (R&H) and new launches, improving visibility of the pipeline. Planned inventory and set safety stock for AU/NZ for $2.2M in inventory. Analyzed demand deviations and adjusted forecast and safety stock to maintain 98% service. Purchased Third party goods totaling $5M in inventory and 97% service.

• International Inventory Analyst

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2017

  Planned inventory and set safety stock for South America and Asia Pacific, 4000 SKU’s, $30M in inventory, maintaining 98% service during 10% year over year growth. Managed South America and Asia Pacific sales forecast based on regional sales input and trends to reduce forecast error and increase service to customers. Led monthly forecast and sales review with regions. Developed and facilitated a monthly Supply Review to support alignment across the commercial and operations organizations. Led a slow moving, obsolescence review resulting in reducing worldwide SLOB by 10%.Developed a WW Safety Stock methodology to balance customer needs and increase service. Supported successful and on time Logility go-live, the first planning system within the $160M division ($1.2M). Led RACI sessions across SC, resolved WW data integration issues, created SOPs, built test scripts, and rolled out best practices cross functionally through the division. Developed Data Governance for North America. Set expectations for data alignment. Created data standards to align the division and support Logility system, and created SOPs and training around corrective action for order failure in the worldwide domain.



Kraft Heinz

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

• Supply Planner

  • Jul 2014 - Nov 2015

  Responsible for creating production plans to ensure all manufacturing locations, buffer sites, and mixing centers are aligned with forecasted demand. Worked closely with Demand Planning, Sales, Marketing, and Materials Management to ensure all pipeline plans covered customer needs without excess inventory. Reviewed shipments versus forecast and adjusted plans to ensure >99% Customer Fill Rate. Optimized schedule to maximize line capacity, and increase plant efficiency. Communicated all potential customer cut risks to the key stakeholders and identify a solid and clear recovery strategy.



Hospira

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Planning Specialist

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2014

  Managed the master production schedule for four international pharmaceutical plants consisting of over 4000 SKU’s. Worked consistently to balance consensus and financial forecasts resulting in 98% service level and $46M in inventory. Coordinated incremental demand with the global supply teams resulting in $8M extra sales. Created the inventory plan to support a manufacturing site change of a high visibility, $15M product family; maintained 99.9% service levels through the conversion while supporting a 16% increase to plan. Portfolio includes biosimilar and cytotoxic drugs representing



Baxter International Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Planner II

  • Mar 2011 - Jan 2012

  Led Medication Delivery, Hardware and Renal division supply chains in the ERP E1 system upgrade acting as the primary planning consultant. Identified and mitigated major gaps prior to go-live. Responsible for validation and training for the Planning division, comprised of 20+ employees and $6B in revenue. Initiated and developed the Medication Delivery Short Supply Process, which advocated advanced communication of supply gaps via Viseo, inventory reserve and/or substitution, resulting in a 2% increase to service, clear communication of shortages to key stakeholders and customer retention.

• Production Planner

  • Mar 2009 - Feb 2011

  Managed two international sets plants consisting of 210 items, 8000 SKUs and $19M in inventory, maintaining 98% service level while reducing inventory by 8%. Identified an opportunity to modernize S&OP materials; met with key stakeholders, generated new graphs, built new analyses which provided/ predicted earlier warnings of shortfalls and facilitated issue discussion and resolution. Acted as program manager for the supply chain coordination in a wholesaler buy-in totaling $2 M.

• Distribution Planner

  • Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

  Managed distribution within the US for 150 Costa Rica-produced products totaling 6000 SKUs. Arranged expedited shipment for product in short supply resulting in 97.5% service level. Automated the daily distribution report via Cognos, eliminating manual adjustments, saving 6 hours a week across the deployment team. Represented planning and supply chain on a 6 person core team for third-party product launch, resulting in a successful gravity sets launch into Latin America, the first of its kind.



EVERGREEN LINE

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Export Document Specialist

  • Apr 2006 - Dec 2008

  Provided legal documentation and customer support through daily contact with sales, export, ports, and agents in 80 countries. Coordinated and tracked shipments, supplying customer service to accounts via correct legal documentation and coordination with logistics companies resulting in quick and efficient transportation. Sourced ocean capacity and provided containers to constrained Midwest region via coordination with shipping partners and ports, and sales teams resulting in customer retention and movement of goods. Single point of contact for major accounts including Allied/North American, Tyson, Jim Beam.



C.H. Robinson

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intermodal Sales Representative

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2006

  Sourced and scheduled truck/rail shipments and negotiated pricing and service contracts with cartage companies and rail in a fast paced, capacity constrained environment. Responsible scheduling appointments, and trailer sourcing, tracking, expediting, issue mitigation and communication and updates to customers. Managed a portfolio of carrier and customer relationships including BNSF, CFX, Pacer Stocktrain, Walgreens, Toys R Us, and Costco. Sourced and scheduled truck/rail shipments and negotiated pricing and service contracts with cartage companies and rail in a fast paced, capacity constrained environment. Responsible scheduling appointments, and trailer sourcing, tracking, expediting, issue mitigation and communication and updates to customers. Managed a portfolio of carrier and customer relationships including BNSF, CFX, Pacer Stocktrain, Walgreens, Toys R Us, and Costco.