Gloria Griffey

Experience

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  Clarke Industries

  Jan 1988 - Jan 2001

  Develop Master Production Schedule in JD Edwards software to generate requirements for purchased and manufactured parts, while maintaining desired inventory. Review requests of new sales orders and provide practical promise dates to client service prior to promised orders.• Improved forecasting methods and produced master production schedule for new and existing products for 14 production lines and 600 machine variables. Execute planning and purchasing in support of manufacturing production lines in several major commodity types, while exceeding company inventory and cost reduction goals.• Sourced and negotiated with 77 suppliers for 4,900 SKUs, including coordinating container load shipments from foreign sources.

  • Production Inventory Control Supervisor

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  • Buyer

    Jan 1988 - Jan 1998
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  Franklin Electric

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Senior Buyer/Value Improvement Coordinator

  Execute planning and purchasing of several key categories in support of production lines. Oversaw cost improvement process for several key projects, including supplier sourcing, component part reviews and approval by engineering, and implementation of plant trials and approvals.• Purchased and expedited materials, services, and tooling necessary for support of continuous flow manufacturing facility. • Accounted for annualized purchases of $10,000,000. Worked with 75 vendors in sixteen different commodities, including foreign vendors. Show less

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  Walmart

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Business Analyst

  Worked with buyers, sourcing managers and directors to provide essential data needed, including Retail Link reports.• Collecting and analyzing data for potential business expansion.• Generated weekly reports to senior management.• Built library of supplier analysis based on key objectives, which was then used to create annual Supplier Scorecards.

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  Ivie

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2019

  Project Manager

  Coordinated project timelines for launch of new products in several departments of Walmart private brands.• Controlled 300 projects impacting 1100 products. • Submitted artwork for Walmart legal reviews.• Conducted weekly cadence meetings to review project status.

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  Walmart

  Jan 2019 - now

  Project Manager

  Worked with merchants, product developers and suppliers to develop new products for Walmart private brands while maintaining timelines and communicating status updates to management.• Managed all private brand projects for bakery department, annualized at 1,200 SKUs in 365 projects, with three product developers, six merchants, and 50 suppliers.• Delivered on timeline and major stage gate compliance.• Generated and guided all projects that assured nutritional facts panels were updated across portfolio ahead of FDA deadline.• Monitored milestones and collaborated with team to identify issues and provide path forward to accomplish goals, including elevation to management for at-risk issues.• Worked with and trained suppliers to help them understand tasks within ProSpec and ProSpecArt. Show less