Below are the 4 Supply Chain Managers, 4 Supply Chain Analysts & 4 Supply Chain Planners with JDA SCM & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides JDA SCM SME's (subject matter experts), functional analysts, systems analysts, business analysts, developers, project managers & JDA SCM software implementation consultants on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Would hiring a supply chain manager with experience working in retail solutions, defense and logistics industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration. Skills in programming languages and software applications involve JDA SCPO Demand, Collaborate, Fulfillment, PLSQL, SQL, SAP Sales and Distribution, SAP Business Warehouse and PeopleSoft HR.

Acting as a supply chain manager in a retail solutions company, was responsible for test scheduling and execution of JDA Demand module with 10 off-shore resources in Bangalore, India. This professional has functioned as a demand subject matter expert for all JDA Demand related functional questions, as well as responsible for initial triage of all Functional Integration Test defects or Oversight of all FIT defects through resolution and deployment. Also, has coordinated oversight of development and component integration test defects, as well as provided demand subject matter expertise throughout Demand Solution. Moreover, has acted as JDA/Manugistics Analytics and Modeling Specialist for defense logistics agency. Managed technical implementation/build-out of Supply Chain analytics environment.

While working as a JDA/Manugistics supply chain consultant, was actively involved in the full implementation cycle of Manugistics SCPO Demand, Fulfillment and Collaborate modules. This individual was established as the “go-to-guy” for Manugistics production support, while maintaining production environment, and became knowledgeable in SAP (SD & MM).

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this supply chain project lead with extensive work background in an integrated healthcare solutions provider? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration. Software knowledge consists of JDA and SAP.

Contributed to the organization’s success by serving as the advisor to hospital management and project teams in designing and implementing Supply Chain work processes and strategies. While employed in an integrated healthcare solutions provider as a supply chain project lead, has assessed the hospital’s supply chain processes and made recommendations to implement new work processes. This included assessing a hospital’s current supply chain practices, leading the formation of project teams, educating and guiding these teams, implementing new work procedures, setting up performance metrics, measuring results, and instituting continuous improvement behaviors. Also, has led supply chain implementations at two different hospitals.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by consulting with various organizations that included working with JDA and SAP solutions. As a principal consultant, has served as the principal advisor to organizational management and project teams in designing and implementing Supply Chain work processes and strategies. Moreover, has assessed client’s Demand and Supply Planning processes to make recommendations to design and implement new work processes. This included leading the formation of project teams, educating and guiding these teams, developing the design, setting up performance metrics, measuring results, and instituting continuous improvement behaviors.

Is impacting your organization with a supply chain manager who worked in manufacturing, retail and semiconductor industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Engineering- Physics and Economics as well as Masters of Business Administration-Supply Chain Management. Professional certifications include Certificate in Product Lifecycle and Supply Chain Management and Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. Software skills include Advanced Planning Systems (JDA), ERP Systems Implementation (SAP, Oracle) and Data Analysis (SQL).

While employed in a semiconductor company as a supply chain manager, has managed release planning and flow of material to assembly and test operations for +$2B/yr. semiconductor company using JDA advanced planning system. Some of the tasks were defining business process modeling in JDA advanced planning system to ensure proper balance of delivery performance, inventory cost and capacity utilization. Also, has defined supply chain requirements in company-wide SAP integration initiative. Key accomplishments were improving on time delivery performance to over 95% on time to customer requested date, reducing days of inventory to under 100, as well as improving On-Time-Delivery from 60% to 95%. Additionally, has drove process and cost improvements that resulted in turn-around from monthly $300K loss to break-even.

Part of the job as an operations manager in a retail company was to direct all manufacturing, inventory and logistics operations for the $5M company including production, inventory control, shipping and personnel for a bilingual staff of 75 people.

What contributions could a supply chain manager with experience working in retail, consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Finance. Professional certificates include Six Sigma Green Belt Training, AMA’s Course on Financial Analysis and APICS, Completed Detailed Scheduling and Planning Training as well as Optiant Training-Inventory and Network Optimization Modeling. This specialist has working knowledge of Manugistics (JDA), SAP, Ortec Load Optimization, SAP Business Objects and Sterling.

Challenges like simulating various SAP realignment cards to ensure that the demand history realigns as expected between JDA and ECC were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Serving in a retail/consumer goods company as a supply chain manager, has led an independent testing for the Ortec load optimization and batch programs in ECC, as well as supported the SAP ECC 6.0 Upgrade and Global Data Warehouse (GDW) implementations. This professional has acted as a liaison with IT related to IT testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and integration, as well as provided user advocacy related to issue resolution and requirements completion.

Shared expertise by becoming a Power User of the SAP BusinessObjects reporting system. Other duties were creating various Supply Chain KPI metrics including but not limited to Plan Attainment, Capacity Utilization, Case/Order Fill, Forecast Accuracy, Inventory Projections, SKU Efficiency and Sales Trend reports.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a supply chain analyst with experience working in distribution, telecommunications and technology industries? Educational attainment is composed of BS Supply Chain Management. Selected accomplishments were implementing forecasting analytics for key customer resulting in on-time delivery improvement by 10% plus, managing seven direct reports and supporting $1.4B in annual revenue, while hitting targeted inventory goals. Another contribution involves achieving a 22% cost savings on over 30 seminars across the US, Canada and Australia for the year, while adding Food and Beverage packages. Software knowledge consists of JDA.

Serving in a technology distribution company as a manager of supply chain, has reduced inventory on hand for key customer by 20% utilizing JDA Demand Management software. As JDA software Subject Matter Expert, has traveled and trained supply chain staff in several US cities. Also, has performed QA testing for JDA enhancements and bug fixes. Some of the tasks were defining recommendations for enhancements to JDA to match supply chain needs while also balancing needs of sales and materials.

As a supply chain analyst lead, has implemented forecasting analytics for key customer resulting in on-time delivery improvement by 10% plus. Moreover, has attended Quarterly Business Reviews with customer and senior staff.

Would a detail-oriented supply chain analyst with work background in manufacturing, logistics and transportation industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and MS in Industrial Engineering, Specializing in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations. Software skills include MM, MS (JDA), Minitab (SPC), JMP, SQL, PowerBI, Tableau, SAP and Business Objects.

Some accomplishments included preparing, scheduling, monitoring and improving outbound logistics carriers report in Transportation Management System (JDA). As a supply chain analyst in a logistics/transportation company, has automated JDA and Excel data KPI reports in Power BI and Tableau by altering JDA system to increase work efficiency by 50%. Also, has identified top 1% EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) carriers for each route by generating Logistics KPIs in Power BI which reduced non-value-added time by 12% and ensured 100% optimum load capacity. Moreover, has used continuous improvement strategies to negotiate cost, load and contract, as well as payment of the carriers which resulted in savings.

Shared expertise by developing an ordering pattern by performing Pareto ABC analysis which reduced warehouse space and inventory cost by 5%. Acting as a supply chain analyst in a manufacturing company, has eliminated non-value adding activities and time by 13% by using lean techniques such as 6s and Value Stream Mapping. In addition, has automated KPIs in Tableau to monitor raw and finished products inventory levels at the facility and warehouse locations.

What contributions could a supply chain analyst with work background in distribution, security solutions and energy industries bring to your organization? Software expertise consists of JDA Supply Chain Software, SAP, QlikView and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management. Some of the notable achievements include determining and implementing changes which resulted in reduction of work order release time from 8 days with a standard deviation of 1, gathering data for a contract which helped in creating a 12% cost savings for corporate fleet management, as well as negotiating and researching suppliers for competitive quotes, which resulted in obtaining a 30% cost reduction on a product.

Challenges like planning and managing product launches by teaming with planning and manufacturing to ensure the right quantity and mixes were built were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Some of the duties involved maintaining global inventory and distribution of product across four distribution centers, as well as reporting key performance measures such as service level, plan vs. actual, global inventory reports/forecasts and launch trackers. This professional also served as key contributor of cross functional team whom successfully implemented the JDA planning software to the Transcatheter Heart Valve business unit. Also, was nominated as the JDA Super User for the Transcatheter Heart Valve business unit.

The job entailed planning and managing 20 production lines that were assembled, as well as supporting multiple commercial and clinical product launches, including the commercial launch of SAPIEN in the United States. Part of the job was to communicate product availability to the field while teaming with manufacturing to meet demands in a very volatile environment. An additional duty was coordinating global distribution of inventory to ensure that the right product was in the right place at the right time.

How can a supply chain analyst with experience working in manufacturing, food products and automotive industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Business Management. Professional certifications involve APICS Certificates of Completion in several modules including Supply Chain Management and Master Planning, Certified Internal Auditor-Quality Management Systems and Certificate in Import/Export finished goods. Additional skills were eight years of experience with SAP including training others and troubleshooting system, as well as extensive experience with MRP and DRP systems including Manugistics, JD Edwards and SAP. Computer skills consist of JDA Manugistics, Great Plains, Oracle, PeopleSoft, TM1, SAP, SAP APO, BW and JD Edwards.

Working with challenging issues such as being responsible for all aspects of supply chain management for three co-pack facilities have vetted this specialist’s work experience. While working in a food processing company as a supply chain analyst, has released daily POs using SAP and JDA for 2500 SKUs, as well as carried out daily responsibilities that included MRP for finished goods and component packaging, as well as JDA for demand planning, production, forecasting, and capacity planning. Accomplishments involved savings of 300K for components by reducing vendor replenishment for production. Furthermore, has trained/documented for entry level personnel in all aspects of SAP/JDA systems.

With a “can do approach” in the area of deployment and network rebalance of finished goods from production based on forecast and stock shortages from 4 manufacturing locations, 6 co-pack facilities and 5 DC locations have been career objectives. As an inventory planning analyst in a manufacturing company, has ensured truckload optimization using least cost vs. least time transportation methods.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a supply chain manager/planner/specialist with experience working in manufacturing, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries? Educational background is composed of Diploma in Business Management and BS Mechanical Engineering. Software knowledge involves JDA, cGMP, JIT and MRP-II, SQL, PL/SOL, Oracle Developer 2000, Oracle DBA 8i, Oracle 11i Financials Applications, UNIX Administration, SAP EEC and SAP BPO.

Serving in a pharmaceutical company as a supply chain manager/planner/specialist, has updated and maintained items master data in SCIM, JDA, SAP ECC and SAP_APO, as well as supplied for assigned FG SKUs using SAP SNP_APO and ECC systems. This professional has created, maintained and closed purchase orders in MAPS, SAP SNP_APO and ECC systems. Some of the tasks were providing availability feedback for weekly backorder reports for markets, reviewing and resolving invoice discrepancies with accounts payable department, as well as providing support for data validation for SAP ECC and SAP APO implementation.

As a supply chain planner in a cosmetics company, has prepared daily reports for FG (US and Canada) below 30 days’ supply and provided availability dates for marketing and divisional management using SAP R/3 ( PP, MM) and DF system. Furthermore, has expedited with short term planners, subcontract planners, QC lab and warehouse for low inventory items.

Would a detail-oriented supply chain planner with work experience in logistics, distribution and retail industries fit in your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Business in Supply Chain Management. Software knowledge consists of JDA, JD Edwards, Oracle, UNIX, and AS/400.

Some accomplishments included utilizing the JDA Fulfillment, Oracle, SQL, and Tableau systems as well as managing day-to-day relationships with suppliers in apple, dairy, fish and produce categories. As a supply chain planner, has provided guidance and direction during national limited time offerings to suppliers and distribution centers. Some of the tasks were creating risk avoidance and contingency plans for several food items/categories, as well as establishing a best practice for transitioning themed graphics of short shelf life items that has reduced obsolescence by $50,000 per program. This specialist has established a repeatable process for item transitions that has led to savings estimated around $1,000,000 over a two- year period. Also, has created onboarding process for suppliers into collaborative planning platform, as well as enhanced internal training program and decreased the new hire onboarding by three months.

This specialist was trained on JDA Advance Warehouse Replenishment System. As an inventory analyst/replenishment planner, has forecasted and replenished for several departments including cooling products, storage, pool, domestic trim/toy, fertilizers, and soils. Furthermore, has assisted in the creation of utilizing cross dock network to reduce costs for consumer paper line with estimated annual savings of around $50,000.

How can a supply chain planner who worked in manufacturing, retail and consumer goods industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Economics, BS in Management of Information Systems (MIS) and Masters of Business Administration. Technical expertise involves JDA Manugistics and SAP/APO. Also, has completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training.

Working with challenging issues such as improving customer order fill from 28% to target of 98% by systematizing supply planning, as well as generating $2 million savings by systematizing supply planning and decreasing batch sizes have vetted this specialist’s work experience. As a supply chain planner, has improved production attainment from 45% to 93% by improving corporate-to-plant communication and educating plant personnel on use of SAP system. This specialist has generated $400,000 in inventory savings by analyzing ship quantities, as well as managed materials and vendor relationships for multiple carton transitions and foil standardization project totaling $600,000 in cost savings.

With a “can do approach” in the area of supporting raw material consolidation project generating $600,000 of cost savings have been career objectives. Acting as a supply chain planner in a manufacturing company, has systematized supply planning, improved production attainment, revised minimum ship quantities on secondary distribution lanes, and defined new inventory target once customer service reached targeted levels for a product line.

Would hiring a supply chain planner with experience working in manufacturing, pharmaceutical and technology industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts in Economics and MBA in Supply Chain Management. Professional certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified, Six Sigma-Green Belt Trained, Yellow Belt Certified and APICS (Basics in Supply Chain certified). Skills in ERP systems include JDA, SAP MM & WM and PeopleSoft.

Acting as a supply chain senior associate, has recommended supply systems (SAP, JDA, ISS) appropriate for supplying products via supply-to-order (STO) or vendor managed replenishment (VMR) models as stated in contract. This specialist has resolved supply issues between two pharmaceutical companies by working with retained sites and relationship managers from company and 3rd party customers. This individual managed and improved distressed inventory levels by coordinating with retained sites to reduce inventory obsolescence exposure to the company by $2.5 million.

While working for a technology company as a supply network planner, has achieved 90% reduction in backorders within 6 months by using database decision to analyze demand, raw material net requirement and lead times, manufacturing lot sizes, release cycle, shelf life and prioritizing high value SKUs for release. The strategy led to reduction of backorders from high of $800k to $89k per week. Furthermore, has improved performance-to-promise from 33% to 88% for make-to-order SKUs by driving project team and stakeholders to improve shipping reliability and order lead time.