Dedicated Management Professional eager to contribute extensive Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement expertise toward supporting the employer in optimizing bottom-line performance.

 

 

        Significant experience in team-building, project coordination, inventory control, forecasting, demand planning, supply chain/vendor management, budget administration, and logistics.  

        Able to establish a cooperative and unified climate across multiple departments and identify opportunities which will result in long-term benefits for the employer.   

        Proactively analyze, anticipate and appropriately respond to market conditions and trends, and consistently seek out strategies to elevate quality control.

        Proven success in identifying and implementing process improvements, enhancing return-on-investment, and establishing influential partnerships. 

        Excel in performing precise and frequent inventory reconciliations, and committed to ensuring 100% customer satisfaction by delivering products and services Just-in-Time.

 

 

Mars Chocolate North America, 2005 to 2010

Inventory Control Technician            (2009 to 2010)

• As SAP Implementation team lead and key user, tasked with clearly defining project timeline, communicating milestones to all key users, and evaluating logistics processes and procedures; praised by management for coordinating best site implementation.
• Strategically monitored inventory transactions, identified and managed obsolete inventory, and executed procedures to ensure accuracy and material availability.
• Developed and maintained database to organize and track scrap and rework activities.
• Proficiently served as MES (Manufacturing Execution System) key user.

 

Business Integration Technician             (2005 to 2009)

• Entered, updated and managed product recipes and raw material yields in MRP II system.
• Steered effective procurement of packaging materials in adherence to requirements and budget parameters.
• Demonstrated exemplary communication skills in facilitating weekly staff meetings to identify and minimize waste, and championed installation of rework processing equipment to save $150K per year.
• Leveraged advanced knowledge of safety and quality compliance as ISO 9001 Area Auditor for MRP work instructions and job aides and as ISO 22000 Certified Food Safety Internal Auditor.
• Drove efforts to decrease packaging inventory by 70%, bolstering inventory turns by 3.4.

 

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Professional Experience continued

 

Coats and Clark, 2000 to 2005

Production Planner / Buyer

• Spearheaded full-scope production planning inclusive of work order administration, forecasting raw materials, managing vendor relationships, and collaboratively developing and maintaining Master Production Schedule.
• Cost-effectively procured raw material and packaging material, and scrutinized finished goods sales performance to identify, anticipate, and accurately respond to customer demand.

 

J. C. Penney, Inc., 1992 to 1999

Senior Merchandise Manager / Buyer

• Adeptly oversaw and orchestrated merchandise planning, procurement, and inventory control for  $4.5M department.
• Meticulously audited and corrected inventory transactions, vital to maximizing cost control.
• Trained, mentored, coached and motivated more than 30 associates in delivering first-rate customer service and generating maximum sales.

 

                         

 

Prior background includes role as Account Executive with South Georgia Health Partners and

 eight years of service with the Georgia Army National Guard.

 

 

B.F.A. Degree in Speech Communications, Emphasis in Organizational Communication

Valdosta State University, 1992

 

 

CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) designation C APICS, 2003