Below are the 4 Sr. Buyers, 4 Sr. Planners & 4 Schedulers with JD Edwards SCM & other systems experience. The Thor Group® also provides systems analysts, software engineers, business analysts, functional consultants, developers & JD Edwards implementers / trainers on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does a senior buyer who is experienced in wholesale, manufacturing and business services industries, as well as knowledgeable in JD Edwards SCM pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes JD Edwards SCM, Access, SQL, VBA, Power Query and Power BI. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration; Associate of Science degree in Business Administration; Fundamentals of Purchasing for the New Buyer program; APICS Basics of Supply Chain Management course; and Accounting.

Major responsibilities of this senior buyer included serving as the purchasing and planning team lead for a team of nine buyer/planners, motivating team members and developing their skills. Alliances were formed to accomplish goals. Key roles covered performing inventory master file maintenance and analyzing inventory levels as well as historical demand to make the most cost effective, data-driven purchasing and inventory strategy decisions. SOPs and work instructions were written. The efficiency of the print media review process was increased by 100% by utilizing Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping to increase efficiency, eliminate waste, and streamline processes, saving the purchasing department 30 man-hours per month. This individual successfully conducted a pilot program on ranked items for three of the company’s top suppliers to increase inventory turns and in-stock percentage, while reducing inventory. Accomplishments involved 5% increase in in-stock percentage, 1 full inventory turn increase and 16% reduction in inventory value.

Contributions in another job included reducing backorders from 33% to 0% and increasing on-time delivery by 20% in all locations. An additional task involved facilitating a seamless ERP implementation as department lead on the JD Edwards implementation project team. Core competencies included inventory planning, logistics management, budget development, new product development and procurement strategies.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a supply chain management buyer with work background in a children’s general medical facility and a health services provider, as well as skilled in JD Edwards SCM, SAP and Lawson? Technical skills cover JD Edwards SCM, SAP, Lawson, BusinessObjects, Access and Vlookup. Advantages includes several years’ supply chain management experience.

While working for a children’s general medical and surgical facility, main functions of this supply chain management buyer involved procuring supplies for an OR and a surgery center, as well as buying for all lab locations, clinical engineering and tissue bank. Apart from using the Lawson software, all purchase orders were processed for assigned departments and manual requisitions were entered for items with no Lawson numbers. This individual managed all reports tied to the buyer position, including vendor confirmations, buyer expediting, invoiced not received, cost messages and returns. The job involved working with the accounts payable team on all invoice discrepancies tied to departments and with the sourcing team on contract cost messages.

Notable tasks included serving as part of the PO to payment task force to help resolve extremely past due invoices that might need receipts and cost confirmation, in addition to partnering with receiving departments on site at all campuses to resolve receiving issues or returns. Responsibilities consisted of conducting monthly rounding at the hospital to visit end users and offer support, answering questions and providing any training they may need on Lawson. The purchasing supervisor was assisted in training new buyers on Lawson, processes and children’s policies.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this buyer who is experienced in export, business services and manufacturing industries, as well as proficient in JD Edwards SCM? Technical competencies involve JD Edwards SCM, ComputerEase, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Access and Macola. Educational background includes MBA in Operations/Supply Chain Management and BBA in General Management (emphasis in Finance).

One of the important tasks of this buyer included purchasing all plastics and composites within/ beyond lead time for 9 branch plants through JD Edwards software. This specialist learned how to effectively use JD Edwards software in 3 weeks. Storage costs were minimized by negotiating minimum and maximum order quantities based on MRP’s current supply and demand; this led to millions saved per year. By processing ASN reports, incoming shipments were tracked, increasing the speed parts in getting to the line when a truck was down, as well as saving millions in labor costs and truck down time.

In other jobs, purchasing was completed with $2 million for several product lines; SS fittings/piping, water filtration components and PVC fittings/piping, as well as ordering all products within lead time. The current SKU numbering system was streamlined. Duplicate items were eliminated. Accurate descriptions were produced, eliminating supplier miss-shipments. Skills brought to the table consisted of leading and improving material/inventory management best practices, along with creating Excel ordering templates automatically updating crucial inventory numbers such as yearly usage, current inventory levels and allocations. Administrative work was decreased by 10-15%. The BOM process was streamlined, saving hours of work per job. A consistent template was provided.

What can a senior buyer who has work background in manufacturing, technology and business services industries, as well as specialization in JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards E1 and SAP bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards E1, SAP, PeopleSoft, NetSuite, Salesforce, Ariba, Cypress, Enterprise IQ, SQL and Access. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Managerial Economics.

Working with areas such as conducting planning and purchasing activities, which included MRB to rework POs, demand review, PREQ placement, open order acknowledgements and PO updates per MRP signals with associated supplier were some of the responsibilities of this senior buyer. Duties covered handling BOM analysis and material supportability scrubs. The ECO/EOL process was completed. Purchase orders were created with SAP and delivery schedules were updated.

For other jobs, purchase orders were created with Oracle JD Edwards E1. The job covered performing stock status updates and aged inventory reporting with Oracle E1. Functions involved managing procurement and inventory planning for assigned materials or services to facilitate production of this large privately held manufacturing organization. The company was primarily a contract manufacturer providing manufacturing services to the construction and medical industries. Direct materials were purchased for production and MRO supplies for equipment and facilities with related sourcing activities. Skills brought to the table consisted of utilizing Enterprise IQ real-time ERP to issue purchase orders, conducting inventory management, report generation/ analysis, supplier management, PR & RFQ’s generation, past dues, supplier forecasting and scheduling. Core competencies included market analysis with statistics, economic science/theory, global demand plan, forecast modeling/ execution, strategic business planning/procurement and SAP materials management.

What can a production planner who has work background in manufacturing and business services industries, as well as specialization in JD Edwards SCM and SAP bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve JD Edwards SCM and SAP BusinessObjects. Educational background includes Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.

Working with areas such as planning machining centers and final assembly for the arc welding product lines using JD Edwards and SAP MRP systems as well as Access database systems was one of the skills brought to the table. Duties covered maintaining the master production schedule and achieving 98% on time delivery of components and assemblies while avoiding/eliminating any excess inventory.

Responsibilities in other jobs consisted of remote production planning and Kanban based procurement for the plant to global procurement/ planning for the base station product line. Duties covered advising local production planners at four sites and multiple distribution center planners from six continents, in addition to monitoring local and global inventory levels, quality of inventory and customer request fulfillment dates. This individual drove the panel core review that resulted in a 24% reduction in active SKUs that greatly improved planning efficiency; reducing planned reqs from 60-80 twice weekly to 5-10 without affecting standard lead times. Another achievement involved taking over purchasing duties for key kit component suppliers that eliminated excessive missed sales orders, inducing one of them to set up an internal Kanban. The individual showed extensive beginning-to-end supply chain logistics experience, from single cell shop floor control production planning to global material planning and purchasing of up to $50M in inventory, new product introduction, Lean manufacturing, Kaizen, shipping/receiving and warehouse management.

Could your organization use a senior planner who is experienced in aerospace, engineering and manufacturing industries, as well as proficient in JD Edwards SCM and SAP? Technical proficiencies cover JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards MRP, SAP, Vantage 6.1 MRP, Vision MRP & Jasper Inventory System. Educational attainment includes AA degree in Liberal Arts & Science. Advantages include over 10 years of work experience in inventory control management and material/planning control of machined parts, equipment, chemicals, gases, WIP, as well as raw material. This Certified Production and Inventory Control (CPIC) professional also obtained a certification in Six Sigma Core Green Belt.

Primary tasks of this senior planner included planning for the electrical, compressor, pumps and stator line, as well as releasing work orders and scheduling all the work orders through the lines. Key roles covered reporting all critical part shortages in the morning walk around and putting them on the board. Reporting all parts that were shipped to the Philippines and customers in the daily meeting was also completed. Exception messages in MRP were answered. The JD Edwards MRP system was utilized.

Contributions involved reviewing blueprints and checking for accuracy. Orders were coded for requirements. The bill of material was entered to add to orders. Apart from creating the planning template, another duty covered checking for accurate routings for orders. Travelers were fixed by adding routing possibly missed during planning stage. The damaged traveler material was split so the good part could move on. The global supply chain management of the program was efficiently handled. Areas of expertise included inventory control management and material/planning control of machined parts, equipment, chemicals and gases.

Would a senior planner who is experienced in engineering, business services and manufacturing industries, as well as skilled in JD Edwards SCM, Epicor and MS Dynamics Great Plains help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover JD Edwards SCM, MS Dynamics Great Plains, Epicor, Kanban, AS/400 and MRP software. Educational attainment includes business courses. Apart from training in capacity planning and supply chain (management), additional trainings cover leadership, safety, diversity and managing daily improvement.

Making a positive difference with managing the working document of production floor dispatches daily, evaluating raw materials and their impact to the production schedule, as well as communicating observed issues to the purchasing manager were some of the key focuses of this senior planner. Responsibilities covered providing direction to the production shop floor of daily production needs and timing of such, in addition to making sure priorities were met to avoid expedited freight. Duties covered handling shipping with shortages and advising them of priorities to be shipped that day. The inventory control in the location, cycle count and production info of parts that were not located was efficiently handled. Key accomplishments consisted of improving the customer score card from 15% to 87% within one year and working with the other planners to get them completed.

Notable skills used on a regular basis included managing purchasing in SAP because larger sister plants ran bulk insulation and placing purchase orders through SAP, while the fabrication division ran on MAPICS/JD Edwards. This individual achieved less than 1% variance for quarterly inventories and reduced quarterly inventories to once per year.

Could your organization use a senior planner who is experienced in manufacturing and retail industries, as well as proficient in JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards World and Oracle? Technical proficiencies cover JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards World, JD Edwards XE, Oracle, IFS, Baan, SyteLine, Access and MAPICS. Educational background includes BS Management Science. This APICS CPIM also obtained certifications in Six Sigma Greenbelt and Lean.

Key roles of this senior planner included planning and procuring items required for the production process. Apart from recruiting new suppliers, relationships with current suppliers were maintained. This specialist utilized JD Edwards ERP platform and IFS ERP platform to help company achieve objectives and maintained the planning system for the organization to drive continuous improvement to supply chain. An additional task consisted of managing the scheduling and procurement of fabricated components from internal/ external sources. Skills brought to the table involves scheduling and planning of work centers, in addition to managing the external fabrication by suppliers. Leading and participating in events were done to improve efficiencies. The job consisted of implementing lean and visual supply chain concepts into the organization. Participating in 3PL transportation initiatives for the company including freight contract negotiations for both LTL and TL carriers was one of the duties.

In other jobs, the Master Production Schedules were created and maintained for the entire facility based on dynamic capacities as well as customer demand. Responsibilities consisted of conveying past performance and outlining future requirements utilizing dashboards and other key performance indicators for management. Core competencies included materials management, logistics, purchasing, production operations, planning/scheduling, supply chain management and procurement.

What can a master scheduler who has work background in manufacturing, retail and technology industries, as well as specialization in JD Edwards SCM and SAP bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve JD Edwards SCM, SAP, Baan and Gains Demand Planning System. This individual is Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).

Working with areas such as managing demand/production planning for complex biological product for worldwide customer base and directing individual product planners through the Master Production Schedule were some of the responsibilities of this master scheduler. The individual product planners were directed through the Master Production Schedule. Active, hands-on experience in MRP with JD Edwards, Baan, SAP and Gains Demand Planning System was applied. Complex and detailed MPS’ were communicated for biological kits for blood virus and auto-immune testing. Apart from leading meetings, customer forecasts were refined to 95% accuracy. A method was organized to monitor and track production recovery plan for key product line, leading toward successful on-time delivery to schedule. Training and working directly with individual product planners were also completed.

Other jobs covered creating plans/ schedules for departments and operations, as well as understanding and communicating company supply-demand philosophies to accomplish timely fulfillment of customer demands. Functions involved using ERP to determine capacity requirements and providing insight to manufacturing operations of any constraints. Options were provided to resolve conflicts to accomplishing the production schedule. This individual generated the daily production schedules and work center dispatch records. Skills brought to the table involved monitoring the daily schedule and conferring with the production supervisor to ensure priorities were followed and fulfilled.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this master scheduler who is experienced in manufacturing, aerospace and computer hardware industries, as well as proficient in JD Edwards SCM and SAP? Technical competencies involve JD Edwards SCM, SAP and i2. Educational background includes MBA in Operations Management; MS in Manufacturing Engineering; and BS in Manufacturing Engineering. This individual obtained a certificate as Project Management Professional (PMP).

Tasks of this master scheduler included developing, maintaining and progressing multiple integrated and resource loaded project plans for design, development, testing and deployment of JD Edwards ERP. Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Planning tools were utilized. The job entailed ensuring that major project or program schedules/ plans were horizontally and vertically integrated across functional/technical/data management/training/testing teams. Supporting deliverables management and tracking plans/ schedules were completed. Apart from performing risk analysis, mitigations were scheduled using Critical Path Methods (CPM), Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain methodologies. Cost and schedule performance management was provided. PMBOK standards were employed.

In another job, this specialist led the program scheduling team and established processes, policies and best practices for creating company schedules and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) metrics. Skills brought to the table covered developing plans and monitoring performance against schedule/cost baselines for a large, complex set of work packages across the company’s portfolio. The adoption of EVM across program management teams was promoted. The integrated baseline review (IBR) process was implemented and maintained. An additional role covered ensuring project WBS structures compliance with the MIL-STD 881 process. Other competencies included developing and maintaining integrated program/project plans and resource estimates.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a master scheduler who has work background in manufacturing and retail industries, as well as skilled in JD Edwards SCM and SAP? Technical skills cover JD Edwards SCM, SAP and QAD. Educational attainment includes Bachelor’s degree (equivalent) in Computer Systems Engineering. This individual is pursuing Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).

While working for a manufacturing company, main functions of this master scheduler involved receiving customer demand in forecast and purchase order forms, as well as analyzing the information for changes and feasibility. Developing, publishing and maintaining the global Master Production Schedule (MPS) for assigned accounts were some of the duties. Other roles covered facilitating the expediting/de-expediting of all schedule changes, in addition to entering and maintaining all customer order activities in compliance with the established business agreements/contracts of assigned accounts and company/ department procedures. Responding to customer inquiries on open/closed orders, product availability, lead-times and pricing was also accomplished. This individual served as liaison between all departments on production scheduling and related production activities. Revenue risk and/or upside to program management were reported.

Duties in other jobs included training employees and staff in using JD Edwards Enterprise Resource Planning software. Notable tasks included analyzing forecast loaded in system by account managers and DRPs, along with escalating concerns and forecasting misalignments to master scheduler (SIOP Process Leader) and supply chain manager. The approval or rejection of MINI-SIOPS (demand increases or decreases) was supported. Other specializations involved supply chain management, inventory level reduction, job/material estimating, materials purchasing, safety standards/compliance and Kanban/Lean.

Does a master scheduler who is experienced in manufacturing, aerospace and telecommunications industries, as well as knowledgeable in JD Edwards SCM, Oracle and SAP pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes JD Edwards SCM, Oracle, SAP, Western Data Systems, Expandable II and Visual Manufacturing. Educational background includes B.S. in Business Management. Besides being Certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) by APICS, this individual obtained certifications in principles of Lean manufacturing.

Major responsibilities of this master scheduler included managing the manufacturing schedule and communication to customer, as well as generating and executing the schedule to assist in reduction of past due by 92% in first six months of employment. Key roles covered presenting the supply chain management information for plant wide meeting in SCM manager’s absence and providing assistance in the development and execution of work order tag process to assist in reducing missed operations during manufacturing.

Other jobs covered participating in JD Edwards MRP II system implementation team as the material expert, in addition to configuring and testing the application. Scripts were developed for validation, training, documentation and reports to ensure smooth transition on tight time line requirements, which were met. Accomplishments involved being nominated for corporate special achievements award for performing functions beyond current job classification and was selected by senior management to be a key note speaker at the APICS meeting presenting the company’s “Kanban implementation & success”. Generating the master production schedule and status to executive management team for revenue forecasting was efficiently completed. Areas of expertise included planning, inventory control, as well as transitioning product through all phases of life cycle by setting priorities, directing efforts and surpassing goals.