Below are the 1 Supply Chain Director, 3 Supply Chain Analysts & 4 Supply Chain Planners with JD Edwards SCM & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides procurement managers, commodity managers, logistics manager, systems analysts, business analysts, functional analysts, developers, project managers & JD Edwards SCM software implementation consultants on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this supply chain director with experience working in retail, piping and manufacturing industries? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration. IT skills include JD Edwards SCM, AS/400, SAP, Logility, QAD, IMS, XBMS, CRM and Oracle.

Contributed to the organization’s success by formulating end-to-end supply chain road map including planning, customer service, purchasing, and logistics. As a supply chain director in a retail company, directed warehousing with 115 employees and $4 M budget, purchasing of $60 M, and distribution of $6 M spend. Some of the tasks were handling projects included starting e-Commerce (from $500 K annually to $15.6 M), as well as framing an automated 140,000 sq. ft. warehouse $11 M investment. Also, designed dual sourcing with overseas plant in Turkey for retail promotions.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by being endowed “supplier of the year” awards for four retailers. Key accomplishments were achieving $11 M investment for new AS/RS distribution center through bench marking and business case. In addition, boosted e-commerce sales with 99.8% service level and enhanced O.T.I.F. to 99% for two retail companies. Other achievements were saving $1.2 M payroll and 55% overflow storage cost over 2 years, as well as reducing 22% of temp labor and inventory overflow by delivering cross-training to the team. Furthermore, slashed $ 250K per year in packaging waste by reducing mistakes to 8 ppm, as well as launched reverse logistics for customer returns with an estimated $480 K/yr. value.

Is impacting your organization with a supply chain manager with experience working in consumer electronics and food industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of Associate of Art and Associate of Science in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Operations and Supply Chain Management. Software knowledge consists of JD Edwards SCM, Oracle MRP, QAD Enterprise Application, SAP ERP System and MRP Systems.

While employed in a consumer electronics company as a supply chain manager, forecasted inventory requirements and OEM models for 2 locations averaging $70M annual sales; as well as significantly reduced carrying costs, capital investment inventory, and inventory management cost. This professional managed a business inventory of $10M+ with perpetual inventory levels of 10,200 SKUs. Moreover, worked closely with manufacturing and suppliers to prioritize, expedite, and de-expedite work orders and purchased orders based on material availability, department resources, changing requirements, and customer service requirements.

Part of the job as a supply chain planner was to perform ongoing evaluation of supplier reliability and developed alternate sources in the event of inadequacy of regular supplier as part of the Procurement Relationship Building. Other duties consisted of maintaining strong vendor relationships, negotiating pricing and terms that resulted in lower investment and longer payment plans. Furthermore, participated in S&OP, reviewed production results, addressed OEM inventory availability issues, drove decision-making, and updated progress on operations goals. Similarly, developed relationships with logistics vendors and worked with vendor manager and warehouse operations manager to establish operations requirements and set up SOPs.

What contributions could a supply chain manager with work experience in food products, packaging and gaming industries bring to your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor Degree in Business Administration with emphasis on Packaging. Technical skills involve JD Edwards SCM, Logility, SAP and Oracle.

Challenges like being responsible for budget planning, supervisory development, leading employees to streamline production scheduling were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. While employed in a global manufacturer of cranberry sauces, beverages, and food products as a supply chain manager, executed engineering change orders, logistics appointments, materials planning, forklift and warehouse safety, as well as finished goods and materials inventories. Key duties were researching material handling equipment for cost effectiveness and maximum efficiency, as well as facilitating installation and logistics. The result was reworked $700K worth of unsellable product into profitable cases at low cost of approximately $7K.

Shared expertise by scrutinizing recycling vendors to initiate fully diverse sustainability options, flexible logistics opportunities, which increased material rebates. Some of the tasks were designing repeatable processes, creating SOPs, training and supporting plant staff. This resulted in plant waste costs reduced by 1% and rebates increased approximately $1,000 over previous month. Furthermore, established vendor to consume cranberry by-product which resulted in fully eliminating annual waste hauling costs of $100,000. Other responsibilities involved developing multiple accounts demand forecasts, equipment work orders, production schedule, 3PL warehouse and production staff, continuous improvement, S&OP, and team building. The job consisted of analyzing the demand history and feasible sales figures to create 12 month rolling forecast for dosing and dispensing equipment business.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a senior supply chain manager who worked extensively in food production industry? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Business Administration. System skills include JD Edwards SCM, Oracle, Microsoft AX, Sage and SAP.

Serving in a food production company as a senior supply chain manager, demonstrated strong collaboration, advanced analytical skills and operational acumen in leading production planning, co-packer management, distribution, and logistics management. Key achievements were attaining 98% fulfilment rate by developing a 6-month supply outlook and managing distribution in warehouses. Some of the tasks were representing the supply planning team in the S&OP process to review volume forecasts and ongoing projects, as well as managing co-packers, tracking attainment, resolving production issues, and capacity planning. Communicated exceptions to production plans and propose remediation plans, as well as worked with ingredient vendors and co-packers on RFPs to minimize product costs. Managed production timeline planning with co-packers to ensure new product launches were executed on time. Additionally, created a tool to manage distribution requirement planning leveraged by the rest of the supply planning team.

As an inventory and distribution specialist in another food company, collaborated with marketing, sales and finance to rationalize 200+ raw material SKUs, resulting in the optimization of warehouse space usage. Moreover, performed root cause analysis of inventory variances to resolve recurring issues. Duties were leading the production plant’s warehouse team to improve inventory tracking and processing of raw materials and finished goods, achieving 100% accuracy in an audit performed by Ernst & Young. Furthermore, assisted in completing NAFTA accreditation requirements, resulting in potential growth via new countries.

Would a detail-oriented sr. supply chain planner with experience working in medical equipment, aerospace and manufacturing industries fit in your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Science of Industrial Engineer (ABET). Technological skills involve JD Edwards SCM, JDE One World, Oracle Discoverer, SAP System, Vantage and Epicor.

Some accomplishments included maximizing productivity, capacity, inventory levels and efficiency, as well as assuring that the demand and production plan are executed based on the current capacity. Serving as a sr. supply chain planner in a medical equipment company, analyzed production activities based on projections, estimates and historical data though statistical methods to provide root causes. Some of the tasks were running projects for continuous improvement using DMAIC and A3 sheet, as well as coordinating non-typical builds to maintain a healthy inventory at the Distribution Center and avoid Backorders. Also, worked on scorecard creation to provide the visibility for the supply chain metrics as OTD, PA, KM (Mix), KT and schedule adherence.

Shared expertise by planning NPI and manufacturing products for commercial and military aircrafts, using MRP to meet contracts requirements. While working in an aerospace company as a materials analyst for electronic operations, worked on scorecard creation based on statistical analysis. In addition, had communication with the external customers, to provide the status of the products, and to maintain 100% in the On Time Delivery. Additional responsibilities were sales/material forecasts creation, expediting materials with procurement and suppliers, as well as analyzing drawings to identify engineering changes and alternate material. Furthermore, met the policies of International Trade of Compliance for export control to have the shipments in compliance with export rules.

How can a supply chain planner with work experience in chemical, aircraft and automotive industries help your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering and Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Management. Technical skills involve JD Edwards SCM, Oracle, SAP CRM and PeopleSoft. Knowledge in programming languages include C, Visual Basic for application (VBA), Excel Macros, Sales force Admin and DBA.

Working with challenging issues such as doing functional proficiency in SAP (MM/SD/WM) implementation and integration (Master Data and Testing) were part of this specialist’s work experience. Acting as a supply chain consultant in a chemical company, worked on configuring of SAP MM and MRP (master data and vendor data) and working with direct procurement teams in creating PO. Other duties were managing contracts, scheduling agreements, intercompany and intra company stock transfers. Part of the job was having interaction with end users, vendors, global suppliers, and stake holders for smooth functioning of procurement, projects and distribution. Also, continuously seek out opportunities to improve current supply chain process and evaluate vendor operations according to quality standards (KPI). In addition, provided all support functions including accuracy and timelines of data processing, reporting, and other customer specific enquires (Master, Vendor Management, transactional Data).

With a “can do approach” in the area of serving as power user of SAP MM in performing transactions and supporting the manufacturing Plants in procurement requirements have been career objectives. Some of the tasks were proactively monitoring and managing key performance indicators (KPI) and execute root cause analysis utilizing TM operating systems.

How can a supply chain planner with experience working in a multi-level marketing industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Associate Degree in Business Management. Technical skills consist of JD Edwards SCM.

Skills brought to the table involved acting as the primary point of contact for pre-production, as well as knowledge resource for all orders in the workflow, in addition to collaborating with account managers to manage production orders to ensure that all goals and objectives are met. Identifying, developing and documenting cost-savings opportunities were also handled. Working with challenging issues such as planning and organizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay, as well as determining manpower, equipment and materials needed to cover production demand have vetted this specialist’s work experience. This specialist worked within JD Edwards and EFI-Logic systems, as well as CMX, OBIEE and more to validate item data setup, work order creation, verifications, and association of orders between the systems.

As a supply chain planner in a multi-level marketing company, assigned workers and other staff to particular production operations, as well as scheduled shifts according to production needs. Also, monitored jobs to ensure that they will finish on time and within budget, as well as addressed issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption. With a “can do approach” in the area of developing standard work with the Transaction Team for multiple administrative processes, creating step by step job aids, checklists and training resulting in a more robust process as well as significant cost savings. Furthermore, analyzed, tracked, and managed quality control data for the EPA.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this supply chain planner who worked in medical equipment, manufacturing and packaging industries? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Arts in General Studies. Software skills involve JD Edwards SCM, Crystal Reports, SharePoint, SAP, Ariba SW and MAPICS.

Contributed to the organization’s success by participating on cross-functional teams in the development of sourcing strategies. While employed as a supply chain planner in a medical equipment company, implemented effective sourcing strategies and tactics across multiple manufacturing facilities and sharing best practices between the regions. Part of the job was to collaborate with plant managers, plant controllers, finance directors, quality, and other departments to ensure smooth and secure flow of materials. Serving as buyer/planner in a manufacturing company, collected data on part usage by utilizing various databases, as well as submitted RFQ solicitations/selected suppliers based on quality, on time delivery, and cost.

Work was done with suppliers to improve quality for future runs. As a senior buyer/planner in a packaging company, spent $35 million and qualified contractors who handled the secondary operations for machined parts to include powder coating, painting, plating, de-burring, heat treating and etc. Also, controlled and planned appropriate inventory levels to free up monies for other uses. Furthermore. Streamlined Production and New Product Integration (NPI) purchasing processes. Similarly, sourced, negotiated, planned, and purchased all material needed for a $7,000,000.00 dollar contract to build cabinets for a telecom equipment company. Implementing and managing a system to control the movement of parts thru secondary operations on JD Edwards which increased inventory turns from 3 to 6.5 were carried out.