SUMMARY

• Production Scheduling Inventory Control Business Strategies Product Development
• Total Quality Management Staffing Training Customer Service Logistics/Transportation
• Documentation Practices FDA Regulations Labor Economics Good Manufacturing Practices
• Highly motivated, results-oriented business professional, with academic strengths and practical manufacturing experience, with effective leadership skills and an established track record of achievements.

WORK SUMMARY

Confidential

SAP Business Lead

• Lead the SAP Cutover project, which included Blueprinting of new SAP modules, unit testing, and coordination of security with Pfizer
• Manage the steering committee that approves the SAP business improvement projects
• Manage the optimization project for the Order to Cash process to reduce the cycle time
• Manage the Electronic Data Interchange project with Pfizer to optimize the Purchase Order and Sales Order process
• Subject Matter Expert and technical resource for Production Planning, Material Master Data and product configuration related to the Bill of materials and production version creation and execution.
• Lead the SAP super users group to maintain the Level II problem resolution knowledge and procedures
• Coordinated the SAP Basics, FI/CO, Production Planning and Sales Distribution/IM/WM workshops to further educate the Level I SAP users.
• Support, develop and maintain site master data, which provides the basis for the manufacturing systems to schedule, report and collect information
• Provide consultation to various departments during product reformulations, launches and packaging configuration changes to improve their business processes, while also translating them to system-defined parameters

Confidential

SAP Business Analyst

• Support, develop and maintain site master data, which provides the basis for the manufacturing systems to schedule, report and collect information
• Provide consultation to various departments during product reformulations, launches and packaging configuration changes to improve their business processes, while also translating them to system-defined parameters
• Participate in developing, testing and training new processes to support facility requested initiatives
• Worked with the Corporate Enterprise Data Management department to streamline the initiation and maintenance of Material Masters through a automated workflow in SAP
• Maintain the costing master data for the annual budget process
• Involved in the short and long term planning related to Material Management and Inventory Control

Confidential

SAP Business Analyst

• Support, develop and maintain site master data, which provides the basis for the manufacturing systems to schedule, report and collect information
• Provide consultation to various departments during product reformulations, launches and packaging configuration changes to improve their business processes, while also translating them to system-defined parameters
• Participate in developing, testing and training new processes to support facility requested initiatives
• Worked with the Corporate Enterprise Data Management department to streamline the initiation and maintenance of Material Masters through a automated workflow in SAP
• Maintain the costing master data for the annual budget process
• Involved in the short and long term planning related to Material Management and Inventory Control

Industrial Engineer

Confidential

• Responsible for the tracking and reporting of production results
• Lead the initiative to identify continuous improvement opportunities and drive process changes
• Earned a Six Sigma Green Belt for the reduction of Product change duration in the Chap Stick manufacturing resulting in a 20 increase in line capacity
• Optimized the material replenishment process to eliminate multiple material movements
• Utilized SAP reporting capabilities to report cycle time, production efficiency, packaging and raw material usage variances and supplier reliability
• Reported the monthly capacity and labor requirements for the Sales and Operations Planning process

Packaging Facilitator

Confidential

• Responsible for the managing of packaging and manufacturing processes across a wide variety of product categories.
• Managed hourly employees in packaging of ChapStick and Preparation H products
• Developed the Best Practice for Line optimization and Self directed work teams
• Worked with the production planners to minimize changeovers and increase line efficiencies

Optimization Engineer

Confidential

• Responsible for supporting the optimization of the pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, including the reformulation of the Aqueous Premarin Manufacturing and Packaging Process
• Turbo Team Facilitator for the Premarin Coating Utilization and Capacity Project
• Provided process transfer expertise to assure robust, technically excellent processes.
• Lead the implementation and transition of the custom SAP system, used to track product yield, cycle time and product flow
• Assisted Quality Assurance in validating processes and new equipment IQ,PQ,OQ,CQ
• Worked in conjunction with the Maintenance supervisor to coordinate all preventative maintenance activities
• Involved in the cost reduction efforts related to product line extensions and new product development

Manufacturing Supervisor

Confidential

• Supervised a group of 23 production employees and oversaw specific unit operations related to the manufacturing process.
• Responsible for the adherence to cGMP's and SOP's to ensure the quality and integrity of products while supporting compliance initiatives.
• Supported scale-up activities, moving products from Clinical trial stage to commercial manufacturing volumes.
• Member of the Documentation System Breakthrough Project that streamlined the Sop/Job Aid Process
• Qualified Pharmaceutical Trainer and Standard Operating Procedure technical writer
• Responsible for the User acceptance testing during the SAP implementation.

Confidential

Logistics Analyst/Business Unit Manager

• Responsible for the management and analysis of quality, cost of transportation and warehousing of four business units, with 28 million of transportation and third party logistics spend
• Responsible for the communication of the transportation costs and quality information to all levels of management
• Lead the implementation and transition of new ocean, international air and customs brokerage companies
• Acted as group leader for the small parcel portion of the UTC 500 cost savings initiative
• Lead analyst on the Packaging Improvement Team for the Residential and Light Commercial Product groups
• Enhanced product workflow through analysis and development of logistics plans, which affected production, distribution, and inventory levels.

Confidential

Logistics Supervisor/Procurement Manager

• Acted as the coordinator for all customer deliveries and pick ups and liaison between transportation companies and customer service department
• Procured all materials and supplies needed for the manufacture and shipping of corrugated products
• Worked with Corporate Logistics to award bid for new transportation companies and negotiated all transportation costs with alternate suppliers
• Developed a plan to aid in the tracking of customer orders through the manufacturing process.