Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Alex is currently a Sr. Supply Chain Data Solutions Analyst in the Customer Supply Chain organization for The Hershey Company. He has prior experiences in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Logistics Engineering, all of which have leveraged key skills in data analysis, process improvement, and leadership. Alex holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelors of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, both from Penn State University. He is a self-starter, lifelong learner, and has a passion for continuous improvement. Outside of his profession, Alex enjoys giving back to his community through coaching youth sports. If interested in speaking more about his experience, please feel free to reach out to him via LinkedIn, email, or by phone.
- Own customer supply chain relationships with several key customers, whose combined annual revenue exceeds $240M - Led cross-functional reporting project across Supply Chain, Sales, and GBS to deliver Supply Chain and OTC reporting across the Hershey enterprise, resulting in a Top-5 most-leveraged report for the company and estimated cost-savings of $800k annually - Developed and owned the project timeline, assigned tasks, addressed issues, led meetings, and delivered project on-time and on-budget - Conducted enterprise-wide training sessions, led user-acceptance trainings, and developed all report training documentation - Partnered with senior leadership to roadmap project future-state post-S/4 go-live - Chosen as S/4 Reporting Lead during SAP upgrade to lead reporting change management for 60+ team members - Implemented standing delivery windows with a Top-25 customer, resulting in a 33% improvement in On Time Delivery - Serve as department internal process and continuous improvement lead
- Selected by leadership team to serve as demand planning lead for $425M acquisition of Lily’s Sweets - Built relationships and led cross-functional teams, consisting to sales, operations, IS, project management, and customer service, to deliver integration plan on an 8 month timeline - Demonstrated thought-leadership by redesigning traditional demand planning integration methods - Teamed with data science group to deliver operational forecasts during integration and build capabilities for post-integration - Developed processes, transformed, and integrated data with Alteryx, and created project tracking reporting via Power BI - Collaborated with external sales and analytics partners to drive value-add insights into operational forecast - Owned demand plan, insights, reporting, and presentations, interfacing with senior leadership on a bi-weekly cadence
- Manage 104 weeks of statistical and promotional forecasts for 250 SKUs, valued at over $500M annually, utilizing SAP APO and SAS CPW - Lead of Demand Planning department's data, tools, and reporting strategy - Serve as demand planning lead for the company's largest non-seasonal event team, providing insights and updates to cross-functional team - Led cross-functional team to develop and implement forecasting strategies for national partnership programming, spanning across Operations, Customer Service, Marketing, and Finance - Served as demand planning lead for the company's largest customer within the Food class of trade - Assist with supply chain co-op recruiting and coaching
- Implemented efficient warehouse processes to decrease production line shortages and standardize delivery intervals - Supervised the implementation of a supermarket area on plant floor while working in a cross-functional team - Tracked and reported warehouse performances by utilizing Volvo’s WMS for internal benchmarking - Conducted supplier packaging compliance audits and communicated issues to Supplier Relations Managers
- Evaluated daily orders and invoices for quality and accuracy, and communicated any errors with distributors - Responsible for ensuring all necessary product returns are sent back in a timely and appropriate fashion - Analyzed warehouse inventory levels and safety stock, and placed timely replenishment orders - Supervised, managed, and led 12-15 employees, while working as a team to accomplish daily tasks - Communicated inventory levels with distributors, while planning timely product shipment delivery locations
- Supervised and trained 20-40 employees - Handled an average of $20,000 weekly, along with other various company financials - Placed and receiving daily stock orders - Responsible for handling customer service
- Created and implemented a Microsoft Access database using VBA and SQL to track trailers located at the assembly plant - Optimized 255 interim storage locations by converting 45 assembly parts to Kanban as member of a Rapid Kaizen team - Collaborated with a cross functional warehouse upgrade team to implement an inventory management system for 3000 employees - Process mapped and created spaghetti diagrams for material flow processes within the plant - Created and implemented multiple SOPs for various internal and external material flow processes
- Built residential community through various programs and events - Acted as a resource for various residential questions and needs - Provided academic and institutional help and guidance - Enforced set-policies by the university, and mediated conflicts