Experience

AddOn Networks

• United States
• Computer Networking Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SP Sales/Quality Assurance

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Cox Communications

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, East Region Material Planning

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

• Master Planner - East Region

  • Jan 2013 - Feb 2020

  Chesapeake, VA -Coordinate and communicate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts / inventory plans with internal stakeholders and field planning partners. -Proactively Lead forecast and facilitate re-engineering, best practices & consensus between functional experts (Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Purchasing, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, and IT). - Coordinate with OEM vendors, procurement, product development and operations to identify and reconcile gaps and supply… Show more -Coordinate and communicate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts / inventory plans with internal stakeholders and field planning partners. -Proactively Lead forecast and facilitate re-engineering, best practices & consensus between functional experts (Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Purchasing, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, and IT). - Coordinate with OEM vendors, procurement, product development and operations to identify and reconcile gaps and supply shortages, providing an early warning system for issues identification - Responsible for developing, monitoring, and achieving key performance planning metrics such as days on hand, forecast accuracy, and service levels. - Continually enhance S&OP process through process monitoring, awareness of industry best practices, and collaboration with stakeholders and S&OP process counterparts across the Cox organization. - Establish and utilize best methods / models to create statistical baseline forecasts using historical usage, proactively interacting with functional teams such as product development, marketing, and operations to add additional baseline overrides and life cycle adjustments as needed. - Have ability to develop efficient supply plans based on business rules, lead times, unconstrained forecasts, customer orders, safety stock requirements, bills of material, etc (as necessary). - Resolve exceptions to balance Supply and Demand; attempt to resolve supply and demand imbalances among inventory locations; collaborate with planners and relevant business leads in making decisions and trade offs that balance supply and demand. - Build collaborative supplier relationships, including them in the S&OP process and acting as a trusted partner. Champion process improvement; refining statistical forecast models, amending demand / supply policies and procedures to expand capability, improve process efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

• Engineering & Architecture Supply Chain Planner

  • Jun 2011 - Jan 2013

  - Plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet internal customers' requirements. - Responsible for the purchase of telecommunications equipment, parts, and related goods and services to meet the needs of the Company nationwide. - Manages the corporate Logistics, Warehouse, and Bar Coding processes. - Develops and implements Inventory Control… Show more - Plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet internal customers' requirements. - Responsible for the purchase of telecommunications equipment, parts, and related goods and services to meet the needs of the Company nationwide. - Manages the corporate Logistics, Warehouse, and Bar Coding processes. - Develops and implements Inventory Control systems, policies and procedures in a Shared Services environment. - Maintains primary oversight of corporate contract negotiations for purchase agreements and service level agreements.



Ultralife Corporation

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Materials Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Jun 2011

  Virginia Beach, VA