Assistant VMI Buyer - Empire Packing - Mason, OH
(2018-01)
- Cut Purchase orders for perishable meat product for all Kroger divisions.
- Update weekly pricing for Kroger Purchase Orders.
- Track Kroger store orders to ensure on time deliveries and 100 percent fill rate.
- Create forecasts using historical date and current market trends.
- Manage supply of materials to achieve inventory goals and quality assurance.
Demand Planner - Empire Packing - Mason, OH
(2018-01)
- Coordinate the arrival of pork raw material and production schedules.
- Interact with buying team to understand demand forecast drivers to ensure 100% fill rate for Kroger store orders.
- Negotiate with vendors like Tyson and Smithfield on cost and quantities of pork products.
- Manage inventory levels at the plant to ensure quality assurance.
Shipping Clerk - Empire Packing - Mason, OH
(2018-01)
- Filling out BOL, invoices and other records required for shipping orders
- Preparing documents such as, bill of lading, and shipping orders
- Dispatch trucks in and out of warehouse
- Keeping track of shipments and maintaining organized database
Supply Chain Planner II - COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS - Cincinnati, OH
(2009-01 - 2017-11)
- Drive efforts to maintain full goods inventory levels for assigned regional areas utilizing SAP Planning Modules for purchasing, sales forecasting, and inventory management.
- Optimize replenishment loads that minimize logistical costs. Conduct reviews of inventory levels and warehouse capacity, and coordinate necessary product movements, preventing out-of-stocks, out-of-dates, and overstock issues.
- Successfully maintain MRP settings of 10-day or less supply of 500+ materials of purchasing goods and produced items.
- Interact daily with approved vendors and suppliers. Conduct ongoing research, qualifying new vendor sources.
- Collaborate with leadership teams, supporting roll-out of new products, promotional packaging, and holiday inventory planning.
- Assist Demand Manager in identifying and introducing process improvements for Business Unit forecasting, ensuring the correct amount of product was received.
- Review and analyze year-round and seasonal sales, determining trends and purchasing requirements.
- Maintain SAP coverage profiles for each sales facility within assigned regional areas.
- Collaborate with Demand Analyst on SAP material set-ups and sourcing changes for purchased products.
- Generate reports on close dated inventory and lead efforts to reduce Breakage Damage and Loss (BDL) due to product age.
- Facilitate SKU analysis, identifying SKUs that are underperforming; deliver data to Business Unit for decision-making support.
- Facilitate new-hire training.
Supply Chain Planner I - COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS - Cincinnati, OH
(2007-01 - 2009-12)
- Drove purchasing for high volume of Rockstar products, Campbell's, and purchased goods of Coca Cola.
- Slashed expenses $50K per year by recommending Layer Pick Operations, preventing breakage damage and loss.
- Resolved all inventory receiving and quality issues as quickly and efficiently as possible.
- Assisted with customer order requirements; advised on delivery dates, and status of open orders.
Full service Analyst Route Auditor / Full Service Dispatcher / Merchandiser / Accounts Payable Clerk / Route Settlement Clerk - COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS - Cincinnati, OH
(1995-01 - 2002-12)
Early career history
