• Mar 2023 - Present

Lead demand planning, forecasting and inventory strategy across the entire organization with additional supply planning responsibilities for the St. Louis manufacturing facility. Advance forecast accuracy and bias, service levels, inventory optimization, along with managing cost recovery for distressed inventory. Principal Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process champion, leading the Demand Review and a primary participant in Supply and Executive Leadership Review.

• Jan 2020 - Mar 2023

Led cross-functional team of nine supporting profitable business growth and customer supply chain collaboration within the Mass, Club, eCommerce, and Drug channels. Optimized cost to serve by leveraging internal and external relationships with direct responsibility for order-to-cash, supply chain compliance, demand planning, vendor managed inventory and the pre-sales process.

• Feb 2017 - Jan 2020

Led team of five in demand planning and forecasting across the entire organization. Owned the Demand Review phase of SIOP process and provided governance for end-to-end SIOP. Developed and coached team, and drove continuous improvement through process optimization and enhanced analytics. Collaborated with Sales, Vendor Managed Inventory, Customer Service, customer supply chains and other cross-functional stakeholders to gather insights and achieve a consensus demand plan. Provided data analysis and insights into annual revenue planning process. Show less

• Jul 2015 - Feb 2017

Led team responsible for master scheduling, contract packaging, inventory and supply planning for annual finished good production of $150 million COGS. Developed and coached team, deploying best practices across the supply planning process. Conducted rough-cut and detailed capacity analysis for strategic management of resources. Optimized customer service levels, inventory and production flow.

• Dec 2013 - Jul 2015

Led team responsible for scheduling manufacturing and planning inventory levels across two production facilities. Directed capacity planning activities to identify and resolve constraints. Collaborated with Operations leaders to establish optimal manufacturing and inventory strategies to meet goals for service and cost. Established best practices and trained master scheduling team in partnership with SAP functional leads.

• Jun 2012 - Dec 2013

Created and maintained master production schedule for assigned lines resulting in optimized production flow, customer service levels and inventory. Utilized SAP MM and PP modules to harmonize demand, supply and capacity. Coordinated with company-wide stakeholders on transitioning materials to limit obsolescence while meeting customer expectations.

Operations Manager

• Jun 2009 - Jun 2012

Managed daily operations of facility that packages personal care and household cleaning products. Supervised team of chemical operators, filling line operators, mechanics and temporary labor force. Maximized profitability through improvements in productivity, supply chain optimization, vendor negotiation and waste reduction. Managed daily operations of facility that packages personal care and household cleaning products. Supervised team of chemical operators, filling line operators, mechanics and temporary labor force. Maximized profitability through improvements in productivity, supply chain optimization, vendor negotiation and waste reduction.