Demand Planning Analyst/Inventory Planner Resume

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Demand Planning Analyst/Inventory Planner

Responsibilities:

Developed and maintained system forecasts for US service parts inventory and repair center production via Demand Solutions software. Coordinated forecast imports into Navision MRP system.
Developed and coordinated Sales & Operation Planning process for ZF’s North American Sales and Service Operation.
Inventory Planner for Commercial Vehicle Business Unit, utilizing NAVISION software. Responsible for inventory planning, service level results and master data maintenance.

Confidential

Senior Production Planner

Responsibilities:

Coordinated and monitored supply planning activities for US manufacturing and procurement and Global Supply Chain via SAP R/3 and EDW and BW systems. Resolved issues dat resulted in 10% variance to production plans. Resolved potential supply/demand imbalances, material availability issues and capacity restraints. Identified and implemented continuous improvement initiatives.
Initiated and led continuous improvement projects to the SOP process, including development of inventory cost projections, adding global reporting and adding impact of new and discontinued products. Also key Operations team member on new product and production transfer teams, collaborating with global manufacturing units, Global Sourcing, Manufacturing and New Product Engineering and Sales/Marketing.
Managed development of annual operating plan and mid - year revision for supply and production plans and projections. Coordinated supply and demand plans to meet corporate objectives at defined planning levels.
Developed US inventory projections and monitored inventory levels and planning process. Developed reporting for both cost and days on hand tracking. Developed and coordinated Inventory Disposition Order process to manage scrap of excess/obsolete inventory of approximately $1M annually. Coordinated activities to drive 5% annual finished good inventory reduction.
Managed US Customer Service reporting. Developed daily and monthly metric reports, managed daily and S&OP feedback for product line or responsibility under 97% and served as coordinator between Operations and Sales/Marketing. Led team to migrate process from SAP Business Warehouse (BW to new Electronic Data Warehouse (EDW).
Coordinated Market and Product Discontinuation process. Developed and managed approval and documentation process, tracked project process and maintained discontinued product status reporting. Represented Operations on Product Portfolio Committee.
Member of SAP Implementation Team, also system update and BW/EDW systems implementation and updates. Responsible for system testing and developing reporting tools.

Confidential

Inventory Planner

Responsibilities:

Responsible for management of inventory control activities, including safety stock, lot size, forecast review, customer service reporting and abnormal demand management via ASI system software.
New products/ECN project planning. Member of new product development teams, developed production plans and planning master data and parameters.

Confidential, Arlington Heights, IL

Production and Inventory Control Planner

Responsibilities:

Master Scheduling, production scheduling and purchased component scheduling via MAPICS system software.
Member of MRP Implementation and Education Teams, trained production teams in MRP process, MAPICS software and reporting. Involved in Total Quality Management and Cycle Time Reduction Programs.

Confidential Skokie, IL

Planner-Buyer

Responsibilities:

Managed purchasing activities for assigned product lines.
Replenished inventory for Regional Distribution Centers

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