Former Officer in the US Coast Guard with 13+ years’ experience in inventory, supply chain, and manufacturing.  Detail oriented strategic manager with servant leadership mindset focused on continuous improvement in order to develop people and processes.  Advocate for eliminating waste and achieving results through solving complex problems.  

?	Managed both the Production Planning and Doc Services teams of 3-4 people each.  Worked on cross-training employees; result was a better understanding of the company, found ways to be more efficient and eliminate duplicate work, and improved team morale and team mindset.
?	Implemented new processes and procedures to save employees time each day, but to also improve communication throughout the company.  Provided training to other teams on changes. 
?	Improved relationships between the Planning department, Sales, Purchasing, Quality, and Operations resulting in more advanced notice on customer needs and priorities, better schedule adherence by the production floor and managing machine capacity and efficiencies, and partnership with Purchasing on raw material and packaging component needs/deliveries for future months’ orders.
?	Built and published a detailed weekly plan by production line each week that all teams tracked to.  Plan was built with both a month and week goal in mind.  
?	Implemented a new escalation process for the production floor for when jobs did not run to standard and slowed down the production schedule.  All teams now made aware at the time a problem started and decisions could be made to continue running and adjust the production schedule or pull off to reevaluate the product and issues.
?	Documented processes by writing SOP’s.


Planning Manager

?	Responsible for demand planning all Salomon footwear for the US, managing inventory levels, ensuring product availability, and managing the US S&OP process.
o	Continually worked to improve the process, increase forecast accuracy, and enhance communication between Sales, Commercial, Demand Planning, and Supply Planning
?	Within 6 months of JDA implementation, became super user and identified improvements to the system to make it more efficient for Demand Planners across regions and brands
?	Improved on time delivery by increasing seasonal forecast phasing accuracy, consistently reviewing for future delays/shortages, implementing system changes, and taking necessary actions to fix
?	Reduced manual work in weekly reports by creating templates with formulas and macros
?	Voluntarily helped multiple teammates become more efficient by building new templates and reports to save them hours of time 
?	Documented all processes by writing SOP’s, some used across brands and regions


Sr Demand Planner

?	Responsible for managing inventory levels on auto replenishment materials and safety stock.
?	Voluntarily took on training, developing, and guiding new hires, introducing them to Supply and Inventory Planning processes and giving them the tools necessary to be successful 
?	Lead monthly initiative meetings updating Senior leadership on key metrics for lead-time reductions
?	Present fill rate metrics and future outlook to the Supply Chain organization on a weekly basis driving accountability and cross functional support.
?	Improved Excess process reducing time investment from 2 business days to 1 hour.
?	Improved the company’s monthly projected shortage process resulting in increased collaboration with supply chain teams and higher fill rates (from 88% in 2014 to 96% in 2016)
?	Created a formal Incremental Sales Request process with forms, trackers, and inventory reports; reducing research time by 85% and providing better inventory management.
o	Approved over $23M in incremental sales in 2015; $17M first half of 2016.
?	Created and improved new processes around sharing inventory with different business segments and warehouse locations to reduce overall company inventory investments.  Resulted in reducing on hand inventory levels by $9M and reducing future buys by $4M for first half of 2016.


Inventory Planner

By working cross functionally with multiple departments, developed and managed the new distribution strategy for multiple warehouses to meet company needs.
o	Made changes to current system set-ups and built reporting requirements.
o	Created a reference book and SOP for adding new accounts and testing procedures.
o	Presented new system and processes to the Supply Chain organization; which was adopted.
Within 3 months, took on Inventory Planner responsibilities.


Distribution Analyst

* Managed team of 4 guiding and supporting them in both their roles and careers.
* Improved team productivity by developing and documenting streamlined work processes.
* Minimized losses and lowered inventory costs through significantly improved process management of soon to expire and obsolete inventory.
? Implemented a first-in-first-out process in the warehouse, advanced quality testing, set up and managed a discount sales process, and donated products to local food banks.
? Reduced inventory by 60%, sold $18.7M in obsolete products, and saved over $900k in disposal costs in one year.
* Developed and presented to executive leadership a detailed export strategy including market opportunities and recommendations for long-term success.  Grew export business from 0 to $1M/yr.
* Saved over $1M a year in broker overpayments and time investment by redesigning process, correcting SAP system errors, and creating better reports.

Sales Operations Manager

* Managed a staff of 7, providing support to the sales department (40 field salesman and 4 VP's).
* Worked closely with HR to update teams position profiles, titles, and pay.
* Essential in training sales department on new reporting and JDA trade promotion systems.
* Created manuals to assist employees with understanding systems and processes making them more knowledgeable and self-sufficient including new hire information books for sales personnel.

Sales Administrative Manager

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