Loveland, Colorado, United States
Buyer Planner and Production Scheduler with 15 years experience. I was an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) from 2021-2026. I have experience with: ERP Systems Experience, Inventory Management, Vendor Relationship Management, Process Improvement, and Demand Planning.
• Develop a master schedule in Excel with a 12 month planning horizon • Build daily production schedules for four work cells to align independent tasks with overall production goals • Create, maintain, and close up to 2,000 concurrent production orders in SAP to provide an accurate MRP inventory and demand picture for the procurement team • Maintain material master data in SAP to facilitate BOM and production order accuracy • Lead weekly cross functional team meetings to identify and remove barriers to executing the master schedule
• Material planner responsible for ~1600 materials used by two production facilities. • Led weekly multidepartment meetings to direct sampling, lab testing, and release of raw materials for production. • Created and maintained BOM master data within Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. • Diagrammed several alternative production schedules to give senior management timeline options while negotiating with customers.
• Raw material buyer for two plants. Responsible for ensuring production is fully supplied while minimizing inventory; consistently finished 5-20% under budget for end of year inventory goals. • Production scheduler for a processing plant with five raw milk streams, three production lines, and up to 140 SKUs at one time. • Completed an overhaul of purchasing tools, systems, and best practices for a struggling second processing plant resulting in a 40% inventory reduction in 5 weeks and a noticeable reduction in raw material stock outs despite 2021 supply chain issues. • Filled in temporarily as: warehouse supervisor, finished goods logistics coordinator, and master production scheduler • Independently developed a carton purchasing strategy that resulted in annual savings of $30,000+. • Found discrepancies in projected use, verses actual use, of raw materials that revealed over $1,000,000 in losses due to overfortification from a roughly 8-year period. • Involved in the sourcing and certification of a new colorant supplier to replace a deteriorating business relationship. • Was on call 24/7 to guide production team on resolving issues without management approval.
• Responsible for purchasing 150 ingredients in support of two commercial bakeries producing made-to-order, fresh foods. • Scheduled deliveries for a system of five 100-ton, bulk silos containing flours, sugar, and oil. • Utilized both an Excel based MRP system and SAP ERP 6.0 software. • Managed vendor relationships to facilitate short lead time and emergency orders, including weekends and holidays
• Established a supply chain for industrial manufacturing involving over 130 vendors and 1,100 parts while supervising two co-workers • Was responsible for all purchasing in an international import/export setting • Held monthly Work-in-Progress meetings with all sales personnel to track their progress and report to the company president