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Manager, Sr Manager Supply Chain Resume
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| Desired Industry: Management |
SpiderID: 9630 |
| Desired Job Location: Plainfield, New Jersey |
Date Posted: 11/13/2006 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: Jan 1, 2007 |
| Desired Wage: 102000 + 20% |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: Undecided |
Objective:
A goal-oriented, energetic professional with extensive experience in production management, brand management, retail sales, product launch, and inventory control. A key contributor to company success. Comprehensive expertise in the following:
Supply Chain Management Forecasting/Demand Planning
Plant Production Management Project Management
Systems Integrations Purchasing and Logistics
Experience:
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY, Parsippany, New Jersey
Manager of Demand Planning, 2005-2006
Member of Demand Planning team that forecasted 800+ skus totaling $2 Billion in annual sales. Aligned Kraft forecasts to standards and established OB expectations with management. Directed retail sales forecasting teams within Americas demand planning group. Held responsibility for SKU level forecasting for new Kraft businesses and core Wrigley businesses within same retail sales teams through use of SAP and Logility forecasting tools.
Served as team lead for initial transition of forecasting functions from Kraft to Wrigley.
Ran S&OP process for the Kraft Division until integrated into the Wrigley business platform.
KRAFT FOODS INC., East Hanover, New Jersey
National Forecast Manager, 2004-2005
Oversaw confection forecasting group that planned 1,800 SKUs among such brands as Life Savers, Creme Savers, Altoids, Trolli, Marshmallows, Fruit Snacks, Milkbone, Gummi Savers and Handi-Snacks.
Managed forecasting group that achieved 5% improvement in accuracy versus prior year.
Personally managed and improved Milkbone and Handi Snacks brands forecast accuracy 8% versus prior year, including five item launches.
Senior Manager Supply Chain / Project Manager, 2003-2004
Served as senior manager of Marshmallow production and deployment group. Monitored production and inventory levels to financial requirements as well as lead point of communication to upper management during fourth quarter business push. Led productivity initiatives for hard candy and chewy group, which included Life Savers production transfer to Canada, Altoids Gum three stage capacity model, repacker transfer, and forecast/planning analysis for Planters transition to plastic cans.
Coordinated the move of Life Savers cooking, mint processing, tableting and packaging equipment from Michigan to Canadian facility, keeping finished good inventory build below 45 days of supply and maintaining 98% service level.
Supply Chain Manager, 2002-2003
Managed Creme Savers production network for Kraft logistics group. Focused on customer service improvement related to Kraft integration. Continued as key product supply link to other operating groups such as finance, marketing, sales planning, operations and research and development. Managed expectations for brand. Completed Nabisco/Kraft systems integration, shifting production, warehousing, and customer service functions to Kraft. Directed co-packer operation integration and training.
Reduced finished good inventories by $3,600,000 over one year.
Developed new Plant to Buffer to Warehouse strategy involving locations in U.S. and Argentina.
NABISCO FOODS, Parsippany, New Jersey
Category Logistics Manager, 1998-2002
Managed Life Savers products produced by outside contract manufacturing facilities, including materials management, purchasing up to $1,000,000, finished goods production scheduling, and logistics deployment of finished goods to Nabisco distribution centers and customers. Oversaw key product supply link to finance, sales, marketing and operations groups.
Executed implementation of single repacking facility for Life Savers division, combining three outside companies.
Managed systems implementation project for multisourced Creme Savers product lines, tying facilities inside and outside company to scheduling, MRP and purchasing systems.
CANDY PRODUCTION FACILITY, Brooklyn, New York
Production Manager, 1995-1998
Managed daily and long-term production planning for chewy candy production facility. Directed floor supervisors on day-to-day operations to best utilize manufacturing output and staff. Developed long-term planning processes for facility to meet financial budget requirements, capacity planning, overtime reduction, staffing, and future marketing needs. Communicated scheduling issues to corporate headquarters and implemented schedule changes for logistics and marketing requirements.
Achieved 98% customer service level for product shipments while improving plant level schedule attainment from 40% to 98%.
Served on supply chain team responsible for installation and implementation of new MACPAC MRP system.
Brought Brooklyn facility up-to-date with current Nabisco standards. Developed new bill of material structures, material relationships, and production schedule generations.
Implemented cycle counting of raw and packaging materials to reconcile inventories.
Negotiated repacking opportunities with Corporate for the facility allowing for improved staffing, reduced repacking costs and increased in-house repacking for the company.
LIFE SAVERS HEADQUARTERS, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Production Scheduler, 1989-1995
Scheduled weekly production for 70 LifeSavers, Chocolate and Gum products at three facilities through use of national DRP requirements, logistics inventories, and sales forecasts. Scheduled the following brands: Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Breath Savers, Carefree Gum, Fruit Stripe Gum, Sugar Bubble Yum, Sugarless Bubble Yum, Pearson Nips, Life Savers, Life Savers Holes, and Life Savers Lollipops. Prepared packaging bill of materials for production facilities. Acted as primary liaison between production facilities and corporate office on daily production issues, future projects, and material requirements.
Served on team that developed and implemented master production scheduling system (MPSS) and corporate operating production system (COPS) for use in corporate/plant production scheduling.
Created multifunction stakeholder meetings to review current and upcoming projects, inventory and production capacity issues and their impact on the business plan.
Report Systems Analyst, 1988-1989
Prepared graphical analysis of sales, production and capacity for operations group.
Served as member of team to implement mainframe forecasting system (FDS) that tied sales forecasting to DRP.
NORTHEAST OPERATIONS GROUP, Parsippany, New Jersey
Order Coordinator, 1986-1988
Coordinated marketing forecasts for the Operations group. Managed Engineering documentation for current and future plant and process projects.
Education:
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, Villanova, Pennsylvania
BA General Science, 1985
Reference:
Upon request
Candidate Contact Information:
| Name: John Roberts |
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Phone: 908-209-7867 |
| City: Plainfield |
Fax: - |
| State: New Jersey |
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| Zip: 07062 |
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