Experience

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  Heinz pet food/star-kist seafood

  Feb 1996 - Mar 1998

  Crp/jit customer service coordinator

  Responsibilities included: customer service, LEAN demand analysis / master production scheduling, MRP, JIT component flow control (KANBAN) and shipping schedules. Coordinated customer demand with production planning and production scheduling for Safeway, Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons. Place orders against blanket contracts and schedules stock replenishment to support production. Interface with suppliers and transportation carriers to ensure on-time delivery of goods. Perform cycle counts of inventory as required. Maintain appropriate inventory levels with company goals and objectives. Prepare shipping documents using ERP software. Prepare production schedules using customer EDI and Web-based information. Interface with Purchasing, Production, and Accounts Payable to resolve problems. Review MRP/inventory reports for potential issues & suggest resolutions. Show less

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  Black and decker corporation

  May 1998 - Oct 2005

  Sr. demand management analyst

  • Spent one year in Mexicali Mexico creating, developing and implementing a planning/manufacturing program for four divisions of the Black and Deck Corporation. • Experienced in leading, proposing, assessing, developing, and implementing business ideas to fruition.• Experienced in inventory planning and purchasing finished goods.• Expert in extracting data for analysis and interpretation such as financial growth projections and performance tracking.• Expert in creating tracking instruments in MS Excel and Access that integrate several MS Suite applications for optimal utilization for project P&L quantification.• MS Excel/Access programs for implementing statistical quality controls (SQC) and statistical process controls (SPC) calculations• Analyze merchandise buying, selling trends, and forecasted customer buying trends.• Data Modeling and Data Mining reports as part of Six Sigma implementation strategies. Show less

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  Bcbg max azria

  Oct 2005 - Dec 2010

  Supply chain business analyst manager at bcbg max azria

  Managed 7/45 direct/indirect reports, improved company performance from $500 million annual operating budget and product assets in excess of $1 billion within two years. Managed and trained seven person analyst team and lead 30 Collaborative Process Improvement projects throughout every Supply Chain Department (S&OP); Planning, Production, Logistics, Wholesale/Retail Operations, Customer Service and Distribution. Partnered with IT department to developed procedures for ERP systems (SAP, PKMS, ACS) to support lean organization. Established company wide data models and data mining reports as part of Six Sigma implementation strategies that included, not limited the following: • Promoted to Manager from Senior Analyst within the first year of employment. • Created/Designed/Implemented 45 Corporate Scorecard Metrics across 6 different Supply Chain Departments• Provided analytical support to 6 Supply Chain Departments • Assisted Corporate-wide New Division Implementation that generated an additional 6.6m units, $131million in 1st year• Established a strategic, companywide Collaborative Process Improvement Initiative across 7 Departments with a $21 million dollar savings over two years.• Negotiated price reductions on UPS corporate contract resulting in $2 million dollars savings.• Piloted a chargeback reduction program that recovered over $870,000• Developed and launched DC labor reduction program across all distribution centers that saved over $1.9 million dollars• Coordinated a GOH/GOHH hanger project that saved $675,000 Show less

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  Dutch, llc dba joie, current/elliott and equipment

  Dec 2010 - Mar 2011

  Director of distribution

  Hold full accountability for a 40,000 sq. ft. warehousing/distribution center within this $144 million fashion company. Leverage detailed analysis to identify operational factors with the greatest impact on costs and process efficiency. Create and enforce systems that deliver defined metrics and goals in cost effective environment. Design, develop and implement optimal preventative and reactive warehouse initiatives including scheduling, labor requirements, budgeting and forecasting to achieve zero downtime operation. Ship various apparel and shoes to a customer base in 12+ countries throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and North America. Design, develop and implement comprehensive score-carding and efficient benchmarking.• Negotiated 3PL warehousing services and saved $50K• Re-designed warehouse floor from static to dynamic layout to improve shipping and receiving performance • Automated Daily Shipping Reports and saved $30K Show less

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  Guess? inc apparel

  Apr 2011 - Jun 2012

  Independent contractor

  Streamline processes and improve tracking instruments regarding vendor performance. Assignments included; cost reporting projects and process improvements across the supply chain business operations; predominantly focused on production, vendors and global supply chain matrix. Responsible for redesigning, updating, coordinating and facilitating cross-functional technical manuals (drawings, materials, etc.) for supply chain vendors’ compliance. Redesigned, reprogrammed and launched a more efficient automated Global Matrix system for vendor performance tracking. Re-designed, reprogrammed and implemented a more enhanced production calendar to help communicate production project deadlines. Re-designed, reprogrammed and implemented SMS order system. Ad-hoc reporting/duties as assigned.• Redesigned, reprogrammed and launched a more efficient automated Global Matrix system for vendor performance tracking. • Re-designed, reprogrammed and implemented a more enhanced production calendar to help communicate production project deadlines. • Re-designed, reprogrammed and implemented SMS ordering system. • Provided analytical support to 4 Supply Chain Departments • Ad-hoc reporting/duties as assigned. Show less

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  Barco uniforms inc.

  Jun 2012 - Apr 2013

  Director of planning & inventory management

  Manage the department deliverables and providing leadership and direction to the Planning and Procurement teams. Develop and mentors the assigned teams and creates an environment that supports strong performance and professional growth. Recommending improvements and develops strategies and processes to improve overall department’s effectiveness and efficiency while executing to performance. Managed planning process to achieve performance objectives; improved inventory turns, reduction of back orders while keeping appropriate inventory levels to minimize excess, obsolete and overall inventory levels without affecting shippable product order deadlines.• Established consistent methodologies and partnerships with sales, vendors and merchandising to develop the “one truth” forecast and production schedule.• Determined and set monthly category purchases by season and month for multiple time horizons targets and inventory parameters to build a balanced purchasing plan.• Achieved and maintained over 97.6% fill rate service level for all accounts (McDonalds/KFC/Taco Bell/ Jack In Box) • Established an inventory plan that will reduce the on hand inventory by $1.4 million by the end of year 2013 • Provided timely analysis, information and recommendations for decision making on the forecast and develops cross-functional solutions. Show less

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  Dr fresh/ moelis capital partners

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

  Senior manager, sales & operations planning

  Lead financial planning, business decision analysis, and financial, operational and business reviews. Partner with Marketing and Sales to provide monthly product category financial analysis and guidance on launching new products & promotions. Lead cross-functional teams in the demand management and forecasting process. Develop methodology, technology, and analytics to estimate, consolidate and report commercial demand using inputs from multiple legacy systems and sources. Managed the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process. Complete ad-hoc analysis and reporting.• Built complex excel financial and POS models to track customers weekly POS activity (Wal-Mart, Walgreen’s, Target, CVS Pharmacies and Rite Aid to help drive decision-making. • Established/Lead Monthly Forecasting Cycle that was integrated into S&OP process (Forecast aggregated, transformed for Sales, Procurement and Executive Leadership review) • Created a forecasting engine in MS Excel that generated a system forecast using several statistical models (seasonal, Holts-Winter and trend) against historical values to determine best fit for each item. Accurate within 87% - 92%.• Created a forecasting tool in MS Excel for use by sales personnel to determine and communicate best forecasting estimates to procurement. • Created a billing system in MS Access that reduced processing time of expense reporting from 7 days to less than one minute. Show less

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  Jacobs engineering and construction, llc

  Oct 2014 - Feb 2019

  Senior it consultant, sempra utilities pipeline safety enhancement plan (psep)

  Senior IT Consultant, Sempra Utilities Pipeline Safety Enhancement Plan (PSEP)Designed, developed, and implemented automation, process streamlining and process improvements. Utilized a wide-ranging assortment of Microsoft Applications development that include, but are not limited to: advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access for Web Apps database programing in Delcon and SharePoint internet environments, Visual Basic for Applications, diagnose and reverse engineering of legacy systems for updates and process improvements. Created and established various audit and security programming, and completed ad-hoc analysis and reporting.• Created and implemented a Land Services and Permitting Web Application utilized by not only PSEP, but Construction Management, Project Engineering and Execution, Environmental Management and Executive Leadership within the organization. Application ensured compliance with data entry collection requirements, standardized tracking means, metrics and reporting across the program. Conducted initial training at program launch and all subsequent training.• Created and implemented a version of google analytic tools in MS Access and Excel that monitored the Land Services and Permitting Web Application website traffic to generate different reports and provide executive leadership with insights into their department’s activities. • Created and implemented a Bill of Materials (BOM) Web Application for PSEP Material Request Team. Initially developed in Excel, the tool provided a means to automate the development of the BOM, and Show less

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  E2 consulting engineers, inc.

  Apr 2019 - now

  Project manager ii