Nick Bruno, CPF

Experience

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  Village of Orland Park, Illinois

  May 2012 - Aug 2015

  Parks and Recreation Attendant

  • Provided leadership and on the job training to new employees • Coordinated logistics and planning of field use and visitors flow• Provided landscaping/outdoor maintenance expertise• Completed scheduling of resources for projects and events

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  Schneider Electric

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Supply Chain Intern

  • Provided oversite for two key components of the cutover strategy for the SAP deployment at a major manufacturing plant in Peru, Indiana • Monitored the stock build plan for three Engineer to Order plants as well as distribution centers• Tracked inventory build for North American plants using intercompany parts as sourcing strategy for SAP• Developed and communicated project status dashboards to project team and project leaders• Collected and analyzed On-Time Delivery to Customer door (OTDC) data from the Rojo/Gomez plant to help drive improvements in end-to-end lead time • Gained knowledge of manufacturing plants and warehouses through on site visits and job shadowing Show less

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  Square D by Schneider Electric

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  1st rotation as part of Schneider Electric's Global Supply Chain Advanced Development Program.• Provided direct supervision duties for 9 fabrication employees, and was at times responsible for all 40+ fabrication employees• Conducted daily SIM meetings in which I communicated barriers to other areas of the plant• Generated a daily Fabrication forecast that was communicated to other members of my value stream• Drove accountability to ensure only quality parts were made, which helped to reduce scrap cost per standard hour by 58%• Analyzed overall equipment effectiveness to reduce machine downtime and increase productivity by 25% Show less

  • Buyer

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  • Fabrication Supervisor

    Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
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  Schneider Electric

  Jun 2018 - Apr 2020

  Key interface of the plant regarding purchasing productivity and supplier management; managing the relations between the procurement organization and the plant-taking part in the negotiation process regarding price level, quantity, quality, and logistics -tracking and reporting key elements/data on supplier performance. -Owning the end-to-end supply chain planning-Working cross functionally with materials analysts and production to schedule according to raw material availability. -Following and understanding market trends of incoming goods and evaluate potential business impact.-Utilizing Tableau, Kinaxis, VFAST, SSP, OneMM, PRISM, SAP MDG Show less 4th and final rotation as part of Schneider Electric's Global Supply Chain Advanced Development Program.• Managed global supply of over 2,000 Industry products across 4 DC’s in NAM• Expedited orders and tracking shipments to help reduce back orders and improve on time delivery• Coordinated with demand planning and marketing functions to build accurate forecasts using Kinaxis• Worked with customer service through salesforce to ensure end-customer satisfaction Show less

  • Buyer/Planner

    Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Global Supply Chain Advanced Development Program

    Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Import & Virtual Factory Buyer/Planner

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Supply Chain Planning Systems Analyst

    Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
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  Mars

  Apr 2020 - now

  Continuously refine models after each optimization iteration through evaluation of key business metrics against SKU level CSL performanceConduct continuous “what if” scenarios to assist in business decisions Identify inventory drivers continuously through Pareto analysis in order to assist the Supply Strategy team in prioritizing projects to focus on key driversDevelop safety stock policy for product launches Develop item-specific, dynamic prebuild safety stock templates to optimize cash investment during times of prebuildInteract closely with Supply Planners to validate inputs/outputs of inventory optimization tool; position is responsible for SKU-level safety stock recommendations, but planners are responsible for planning to meet safety stock for their brands. Integrate into established business processes to ensure optimal output of inventory optimization as well as assist in strategic decision-making:Develop capability of Strategy engineers to calculate inventory impacts of Step 1 chartered activitiesMaintain optimal demand parameter settings for the supply chain versus the evolving Demand Planning processes and capabilities.Drive safety stock strategy development and over-all network optimizationDevelop network optimization models to drive sourcing strategy developmentWork with commercial and sites to validate primes safety stock parameters and constraintsWork with Inventory & Replenishment Team to identify opportunities for LCCs reductionLead inventory optimization process development and supporting implementation of inventory optimization toolsReview & test patches for inventory optimization toolsReview new & upcoming functionality for inventory optimization tools, assess applicability for Petcare, and integrate into existing processes if applicable1st point of contact for IO support related requests (for business users), system testing and managing applicable CIP's (Continuous Improvement Projects) Show less

  • Inventory Manager

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Demand Sensing Analyst - Petcare

    Apr 2020 - Aug 2022