*Managing material flow balancing demand and resources

*Worked through multiple brand acquisitions and company buyouts

*MPS: Independent, dependant, seasonal and promotional demand

*Transportation improvements; inbound, outbound, FedEx, LTL, and dedicated carrier relationships

*Created scorecards to balance my performance against customer on time deliveries, freight claims                                                                and PFR

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Experience

2004-PresentWeider Nutrition/Schiff Nutrition/Reckitt BenckiserSLC, UT

(2011-Present) Senior Production Planner and Scheduler

·   Managed acquired Airborne brand and multiple skus.  New plant was created to take away co-pack production and bring production to SLC, UT. Worked with R&D, project management, validation teams, operations, procurement and packaging to create new production schedule as well as organized efforts to build on new presses and equipment in-house.  Worked to create new product launches of multiple Airborne skus.  No forecasted or historical data was available after acquisition of brand, worked with demand planning, marketing and the sales team to create a liquid but viable production plan on a seasonal brand.

·   International production of 25+ skus with an inaccurate forecast, worked with operations and sales to move these items to BTO and not follow the forecast.  Adjusted lead times and created MOQ’s for the customer in order to not over produce on bulk or bring in extra components for finished goods production, also to contain WIP held on bulk/tablet production.

·   Scheduled bulk and finished good planning weekly to avoid customer cuts to PFR (Pack Fill Rate). Worked with procurement, operations, production, customer service, transportation and demand planning to deploy inventory to the four logistic centers, while keeping WOC (Weeks of  Cover) in the LC’s between 3-5 weeks to account for swing in demand and forecasted demand from various customers (i.e..Wal-mart, Walgreens, Target, Rite-Aid, Costco, Sam’s and BJ Wholesale).

(2009-2011) 3PL customer service representative, 3PL freight coordinator and pricing specialist

·   Took on acquired Digestive Advantage brand.  Worked with co-packers to ship product to an Ohio 3PL.  This was a new process for the company.  I created a made from scratch plan that I owned.  Created a way to transmit EDI orders from SLC to the 3PL, organized LTL, FedEx and dedicated transportation from the 3PL to customers across the US and Internationally.  Measured on-time deliveries and PFR and reported back to the 3PL and freight carriers to work together to better our performance.

·   Managed EDI transmitted pricing on orders from customers.  Adjusted and balanced promotional pricing, freight allowances, rollbacks, and other sales driven promotions to make sure customers were invoiced correctly.

(2008-2009) Customer Service Representative

·   Managed order entry, customer relationships, order fulfilment, carrier tracking and product deliveries domestically to (i.e.. Costco, Sam’s, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid).

·   Managed Weider brand worked with wholesale, big box, and international customer relationships.  Managed order entry, order fulfilment, on-time deliveries, and tracking relationships.  Managed order entry, order fulfilment, on-time deliveries, and tracking information.  Worked with Costco buyers personally when managing orders for the Weider brand.

(2006-2008) Inbound – Outbound Transportation Specialist

·   Created inbound and outbound schedules to reduce transportation costs to 2%

·   Created a load schedule that took into consideration weight and balancing for each truck load.  Worked with carriers to renegotiate freight lanes. Realized some product was sensitive to the seasons and made sure product was temperature controlled.

(2004-2006) Logistics – Shipping Associate

·   Pulled customers’ orders staged product on pallets or deferred to the FedEx center.  100% count after customer order was pulled to verify accuracy.  Loaded product on correct carriers in a safe and timely manner.

(2002-2004) Old Navy – Customer Service, unloading trucks with deliveries, put stock to shop floor, SLC UT

(1998-2002) Integrated Airline Services, loaded and unloaded UPS, and USPS planes for next day delivery SLC, UT