Ryan Lowery, CSCP

Experience

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  Schwenk's Contract Detassleing

  Jun 2006 - Aug 2007

  Crew Leader

  -Utilized my leadership skills and managed employees under my supervision -Trained and led 20 employees for the extent of the summer -Bred seed corn for Syngenta, Monsanto, and other small companies

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  Welk Farms

  May 2008 - Aug 2009

  Farmhand

  -Operated heavy machinery on the farm and completed various labor tasks-Worked long hours while maintaining a high quality of work-Helped take care of cattle and sheep-Bailed hay and straw

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  Milwaukee School of Engineering

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2011

  Student Technician

  -Effectively troubleshot and fixed mechanical, electrical and software issues on all of the universities computers -Managed and serviced over 3,000 laptops while working on a team of part-time employees -Efficiently interfaced with laptop users effectively to fix their issues as fast as possible while maintaining a high level of quality

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  Diversey

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Global Value Chain Intern

  -Developed and implemented pricing tools for the contract manufacturing department -Worked between departments to coordinate a diverse spending report for PepsiCo -Assisted in ensuring that Diversey complied with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by conducting reviews in various parts of the organization

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  Caterpillar Inc.

  Jun 2011 - Jan 2013

  -Conducted extensive reviews with hydraulic mining shovel and surface drill product groups to develop detailed and accurate life cycle cost models for the use of tendering, contracting, parts forecasting, sales, potential and budgeting-Supported customer and dealer tender requests considering machine lives, component lives and maintenance practices-Developed a tool to gather essential life cycle tender request details from customers and internal groups in order to better support internal and external customers-Utilized and developed an expertise in AMT to manage life cycle models, gather life cycle information and use the information for life cycle management purposes-Successfully drove projects composed of international teams to effectively complete business goals Show less -Developed reliability block models for mining equipment based on field data to simulate how machine’s major components lifetimes will last to drive CPI and NPI projects -Conducted competitive analysis on mining machines looking at individual components to drive CPI and NPI projects -Using reliability methods, identified components that were underperforming for product groups to start CPI and NPI projects -Worked with and supported the Bucyrus-Caterpillar deal and transition team Show less

  • Life Cycle Specialist

    Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Reliability Engineering Intern

    Jun 2011 - Mar 2012
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  MillerCoors

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2020

  -Folding carton commodity planning lead responsible for planning and execution of the phase-out of obsolete materials and introducing new materials into the network of breweries by collaborating with multiple suppliers, the breweries, marketing and other internal project teams-Develop and maintain material run strategies to keep the network supplied while reducing the cost impact to the organization-Project team member responsible for the management of packaging materials for the Miller legacy family of brands including Miller Lite, High Life and Genuine Draft-Ensure the smooth flow of materials necessary to meet production schedules by effectively responding to supplier, brewery and other internal business groups using the variety of applications and data streams available to provide valuable analysis and drive intelligent decisions-Spent several weekends a year as a process lead in the Milwaukee Brewery in customer service supervising the warehouse and yard operations Show less -Glass commodity planning lead responsible for ensuring the network of breweries are supplied with the right bottles at the right time by collaborating with multiple suppliers, the breweries and internal project teams-Manage daily material logistics operations by effectively responding to supplier, brewery and other internal business groups using the variety of applications and data streams available to provide valuable analysis and drive intelligent decisions-Created weekly forecast process for the MillerCoors'​ network by tying together many packaging material inputs across a multiplatform environment that resulted in an individualized, single ten week executional forecast for each of MillerCoors'​ suppliers at a detailed component level-Created a monthly long range forecast process for a yearly snapshot of the MillerCoors network packaging material demand, integrating actual production numbers. This resulted in an improved, accurate long term vision for MillerCoors and MillerCoors' suppliers while cutting the time to create the forecast from two days down to a couple minutes-Project team member responsible for coordinating packaging materials for many brand flavors across multiple suppliers to support brewery production for several of the biggest craft brands in the country and fastest growing flavored malt beverages-Support team members by providing innovative solutions to improve current business processes resulting in a more efficient use of employee time Show less

  • Senior Craft and Innovation Supply Analyst

    Dec 2018 - Jun 2020

  • Senior Material Planning Analyst

    Mar 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Material Planning Analyst

    Jan 2013 - Feb 2016
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  Molson Coors Beverage Company

  Jun 2020 - now

  Procurement manager for fiber folding cartons for MolsonCoors in North America -Forecasted sales to consumer for Ontario, CA-Forecasted sales to retail for US economy brands

  • Senior Supply Manager

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Demand Planner

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2022