Below are the 4 Supply Chain Managers/Planners & 3 Supply Chain Analysts with various industries & systems experience. The Thor Group® provides supply chain managers, planners & analysts with your industry and your systems expertise on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a supply chain manager with work background in manufacturing, telecommunications and food services industries, as well as skilled in JD Edwards SCM, SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft? Technical skills cover JD Edwards SCM, SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft. Educational attainment includes Major in Agriculture Business/Dairy Science (5-time Dean’s Honor List Recipient) and Strategic Sales Negotiations Course.

While working for a manufacturing company, main functions of this supply chain manager were comprised of managing all supply chain activities from procurement to customer delivery including all warehousing, transportation and logistics. This individual coordinated and forecasted production with overseas partners in China and Germany. Collaborating with program management, engineering, sales and customer service was done to achieve company goals and new projects. Demand levels were managed in order to maximize inventory turns and FIFO. Procedural use of lean practices such as 5S, Kanban and JIT principles was employed. Developing, monitoring and improving cornerstone KPI’s were some of the duties.

Notable tasks included coordinating and importing full and LTC container transportation. Extensive customs experience was applied. On time delivery performance was improved by two weeks. Responsibilities consisted of moving and coordinating initial warehouse relocation and serving as key member of the implementation team to transition MRP to SAP. Functions involved overseeing and monitoring cycle count activities and annual physical inventories audits at the warehouse. Skills brought to the table consisted of handling the entire material coordination from procurement thru logistics and delivery of kitted material to cell tower sites.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a VP (vice president) of supply chain who is skilled in Lawson and PeopleSoft with work background in a community hospital and a hospital regional network? Technical skills cover Lawson and PeopleSoft. Educational attainment includes Master of Business Administration (Management & Industrial Relations) and Bachelor of Science (Management & Industrial Relations). This individual obtained certifications as Materials/Resource Professional, in Six Sigma Green Belt and in Lean Manufacturing.

Main functions of this VP (supply chain) involved developing the supply chain vision, goals, internal controls and strategic plan for the merger integration between hospitals, which included governance, staffing, contracting, purchasing, distribution, standardization, consolidation, system data and planning cost reduction initiatives for a newly created three-hospital network. Scope of duties involved overseeing or directing network-wide supply chain operations for strategic sourcing, purchasing, contracting, warehousing, transportation and all materials management. This included operating rooms, inventory, distribution, print shop, copy center, mail rooms, systems development, clinical value analysis, Lean for supply chain, laundry, basic biomedical equipment maintenance, data analytics, data cleansing and championing all major non-labor cost reduction business planning initiatives. This individual combined PeopleSoft and Lawson item masters into a single cleansed item master, eliminating all duplicate and inactive items while establishing UNSPEC codes, standardized descriptions, categories, GTIN codes and consignment indicators.

Notable tasks consisted of authoring a 38-page, document detailing the vision, goals and strategic plan to integrate the separate supply chain groups for a merger. Tasks covered designing and developing a network value analysis structure/ process to manage all new product/ service requests.

Is impacting your organization with a global supply planner with experience working in specialty chemical and computer hardware industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of AAS International Business and BBS International Business Administration. Has in-depth understanding of JD Edwards Solutions Explorer.

While employed as a global supply chain planner, responsible for all DRP segment activities within the company’s Global Distribution network, including 5 manufacturing sites, 5 tolling operations and 13 global distribution centers. Some of the tasks were planning and releasing daily stock transfers into company’s Global Distribution network, implementing Stocking Policy management tool, as well as implementing Order Exceptions process. Moreover, implemented Unit of Measure/Shop Order Auto release process, as well as identified return process changes to better align inventory routing with current business needs.

Part of the job as a distribution planner was managing the daily operation activity within Global Supply Chain, as well as directing ERP responsibilities for three manufacturing sites, four international subsidiaries and three domestic distribution centers. Other duties were participating in a corporate project to optimize global Supply Chain Management process and define inventory levels. Furthermore, defined and implemented warehouse strategies including improved processes, tools, and methodologies to achieve best practices and to increase capability of the enterprise.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this supply chain-experienced demand planner with extensive experience working in the transportation industry? Technical knowledge is composed of JDA (particularly SCM, Advanced Warehouse Replenishment or AWR), Cognos, Citrix and more. This high school graduate has Level II (Silver) and Level III (Bronze) certifications in JDA AWR. Notable accomplishments were reducing overstock by $7.3M+. This professional has strong knowledge and experience in demand planning, purchasing, sales, customer service, and warehousing wholesale distributor for automotive/ commercial tires.

Challenges like assisting in the implementation of JDA Advanced Warehouse Replenishment (JDA AWR), as well as establishing standard procedures and processes for purchasing department were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Developing methods of using software to accommodate unusual demand of tire industry was also one of the duties completed. Other tasks involve managing brands’ stocking levels, forecasts, overstock, and item maintenance for 4000+ SKUs and $25 Million in inventory.

Shared expertise by submitting orders via web, EDI and email as well as serving as key point of contact for these vendors. Some of the responsibilities were performing item maintenance within Exceed POS system and within JDA AWR. Additional tasks included creating new SKUs, maintaining correct pricing and ensuring all detail of SKUs were correct. Furthermore, this specialist continuously identified discontinued items as they became obsolete and removed them from product screen, replacing them if necessary with the new SKU.

What contributions could a supply chain analyst who is knowledgeable in Oracle Supply Chain, with experience working in a medical center bring to your organization? Technical knowledge includes Oracle Supply Chain, SAP, BW, Oracle Business Intelligence, Visio and more. Professional certifications include the following: Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management, SAP Certificate, and APICS Certification. Educational background includes Masters in Telecommunications Management and BS in Business/Information Systems. One remarkable achievement was creating weekly reports of open receipts, decreasing the amount of open purchase orders over 30 days from more than $1 million to about $200K on average.

Challenges like developing reports that showed opportunity for the organization to increase operating room sales from $1.4 to $2.4M were welcomed and successfully completed. This specialist also established minimum and maximum levels in both operating room and bulk supply store rooms to reduce inventory and increase efficiency. Other duties involved tracking back orders daily and reporting daily usage, quantity on hand and expected stock out date. Transaction data from SAP, BW and Oracle BI was also effectively analyzed.

Shared expertise by managing purchases and materials, handling logistics and supply chain, as well as utilizing supply chain systems to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Data was analyzed to support inventory and sales targets. Additional responsibilities were installing and updating the Par Excellence system of weighing bins in supply rooms throughout the medical center.

What can a supply chain analyst with work background in an acute care hospital, health systems and a healthcare services provider, as well as specialization in PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft Financials and Infor Lawson bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft Financials, Infor Lawson and Crystal Reports. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. This individual obtained Certifications in Infor Cloud Suite Supply Chain Management (CSM v11); Infor Lawson Supply Chain Management (SCM v9 & v10); and Oracle PeopleSoft Financials & Supply Chain Management v9.

Working with areas such as coordinating project related activities related to the analysis and maintenance of the hospital’s medical supply inventory was one of the responsibilities of this supply chain analyst. Duties covered supervising a team of 15 members, while conducting sheet-to-shelf analysis, inventory counts and analysis reporting for 60,000 items. This individual was responsible for conducting weekly inventory counts, daily documentation and tracking of over 6,000 stock-up items during cutover period. Operating as a temporary director of materials and being accountable for all eProcurement, SCM, & AP functionality and transactions were efficiently handled. Trainings were led for PeopleSoft, Lawson and supply chain software applications.

The job covered ordering, tracking and monitoring inventory of supplies, in addition to proper handling of critical products, as well as accuracy in billing and record keeping. One of the functions involved leading weekly customer working sessions to discuss project plans, progress, risks/issues, action items and upcoming assignments. Other proficiencies included process improvement involving business process analysis, requirements definition/gathering, metrics definition and operations strategy/transformation.

Would hiring a supply chain analyst with experience working in manufacturing, entertainment and broadcasting industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Management Information System and MS in Industrial Engineering. Software skills include JDA Manugistics MRP System, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, CSG Billing System, MATLAB, Arena, C++, Microsoft .Net Framework and MySQL.

Acting as a supply chain analyst in a manufacturing company, has modeled and classified sales/demand patterns on hierarchical levels (aggregated by customer, location and SKU) via Excel VBA. This professional has evaluated and assigned the most appropriate Forecasting Model built in JDA MANU System to each demand pattern. Also, has integrated the whole demand classification and model selection process in the SQL Server and JDA Manugistics environment for future demand planning, enhanced forecasting accuracies on each level by at least 40%.

While working for an entertainment company as a business intelligence analyst-sales and retention, has proposed and conducted solution developments based on CSG Billing System and Microsoft BI Platform (i.e. SQL Server, Reporting Services (SSRS), Analysis Services (SSAS), Integration Services (SSIS), Power Point, SharePoint and Excel). Furthermore, has designed and developed quantitative models including forecast, financial, operational and statistical models of business trends. In addition, has overseen and maintained the Workforce Management Platform utilized for forecasting, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting the daily/monthly call center statistics. Enhanced service level by 20+% by ensuring 85% forecasting accuracy while balancing financial budget and workforce efficiency.