JENNIFER C. OFFORD, CPIM
***** ****** *** ***** . ***********, IN 46062 . **********@*********.*** .
Material Planning & Scheduling Supervisor with 9 years of Production
Control & Logistics,
Inventory Control, and Scheduling experience, in a high volume, global
environment.
EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
(VISTEON AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS HOLDINGS, LLC)
An $18 Billion Auto Parts Supplier
2000-Present
MATERIAL PLANNING & SCHEDULING SUPERVISOR Aug. 2005 -
Present
. Analyze production demands for 150 Customer Items and 650 incoming
parts, with annual sales of $250M.
. Review trends and forecasts to adjust inventory to appropriate levels,
currently totaling $18.5M.
. Oversee that customer requirements are fulfilled, increasing #1
customer performance from 66% to 97%. In addition, maintaining service
performance of 100%, while reducing premium freight by $3M.
. Effectively updated scheduling process and scheduled bottleneck
operation with 60 parts, reducing premium freight by $0.5M.
. Developed Access programs to pull supplier data from Material
Requirement Planning (MRP) system to ensure materials are available
for production builds within MRP system.
ENGINEERING CHANGE CONTROL SUPERVISOR Jan. 2005 -
Aug. 2005
. Coordinated Inventory Verification program with an inventory value of
$32M.
. Ensured Customer New Model & Engineering Changes met customer timing.
. Managed four Salaried Employees including Engineering Change Control,
Inventory Verification, and Obsolescence.
SARBANES-OXLEY COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR Oct. 2003 - Jan.
2005
. Cross-functional assignment in Finance department.
. Improved Internal Controls from 14 to zero reportable issues at year-
end for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
. Prepared annual budgets for Obsolescence and Cycles.
CHANGE CONTROL ANALYST Sept. 2002 - Oct.
2003
. Organized the flow of pre-production builds, including processing
notices, order and follow-up of new purchase parts, creation and
maintenance of the Manufacturing Bill of Material.
. Coordinated Virtual Visteon, involved follow-up and coordination for
the distribution of parts directly from supplier to customers via
daily shipments.
. Assisted in the plant's International Distribution function to include
the review of customer requirements along with plant inventory
(current and scheduled), establish modes of transportation, created
shipping documentation, and interface with customers around the world.
INVENTORY CONTROL ANALYST Sept. 2000 - Sept.
2002
. Coordinated production inventory verification for entire plant with
1.9M sq. ft. and an average inventory of $40M.
. Supervised four cycle checkers to ensure annual program requirements
were met.
. Developed an audit program to maintain the integrity and robustness of
end item processing. This program maintained accurate inventories and
prevented end item cycle losses of over $1.2 million per year.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
PROTOTYPE MATERIAL CONTROL ANALYST, Aerotek (Contract Ford) 1999
- 2000
AGRIBUSINESS UNDERWRITER, Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance 1998
- 1999
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT INTERN, Aerotek (Contract Navistar Int'l)
Summer 1998
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
CERTIFIED IN PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (CPIM)
APICS Indianapolis, IN June
2009
BACHELOR OF ARTS, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
ANDERSON UNIVERSITY Anderson, IN
December 1998
. Study Abroad - University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
. Dean's List, Fall 1996