Supply Chain Manager

Robert Brous

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ** *********** *****

City: Howell

State: NJ

Zip: 07731

Country: USA

Phone: 732-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $90,000

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Home: 732-***-**** Mobile: 732-***-**** E Mail:*********@********.*** Robert Brous 44 Bristlecone Drive Howell, New Jersey 07731

SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS

PERFORMANCE PROFILE

Energetic, goal focused Supply Chain Management Professional, skilled in Supply Chain S&OP Process Design and Improvement, Demand and Supply Planning, Business Project Management and Operational Planning. Provided leadership and managed the Supply Chain Team. Demonstrated ability to identify improvements in the overall end to end SAP/APO processes through the implementation of potential system enhancements and recommendations. Polished communicator and front line manager who effectively interfaced with Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Customer cross functional teams. Extensive experience in conducting training sessions detailing SAP/APO Processes and Tools, BI Reporting, Supply Chain Concepts, Metrics, Reports, and SAP/APO planning books. Comprehensive knowledge of Oracle MRP Planning. MBA in Quantitative Methods provided background knowledge of statistical methodologies to develop Supply Chain Metrics, Reports, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

CORE COMPETENCIES

- Oracle MRP - Supply Chain Best Practices - Annual Business Planning

- SAP/APO (SNP,DP,GATP) - SAP R3 Material Management - CPFR Collaboration

- S&OP Sales and Operational Planning - SAP/APO 5.0 Planning Processes - Demand & Supply Planning

- Business Project Management - Business Intelligence BI 7.0 - Statistical Forecast Models

- Communication with Stakeholders Factories, Marketing, Supply Chain - Supply Chain Demand, Supply Metri and KPIs. - Optimize Inventory Plans using forecast netting.

- Report creation and root cause gap analysis - Microsoft Office Suite - End to End Supply Chain and Inventory Planning Systems

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

" Supply Chain Management: Managed, supervised and guided Supply Chain Analysts as Supply Chain Manager for system SAP/APO and i2 Supply Chain Planning First Time Initiatives. Prepared and communicated weekly S&OP plans and over 15 annual business plans.

" Supply Chain Metrics & Key Performance Indicators: Implemented standardized Supply Chain Metrics and KPIs. Created over 20 Demand Forecast Metrics and 15 Supply Metrics that were used for tactical, operational, and strategic Supply Chain Planning. Resulted in 20% improvement in forecast accuracy and 30% increase in factory purchase fulfillment. Collaborated with IBM teams and 30 key business stakeholders to create system blueprints. Resulted in $100 million cost savings in reduced inventory

" Supply Chain System Evaluation Tools: Recommended over 20 new SAP/APO 5.0 system enhancements and modified planning parameters to achieve improvements in demand forecast accuracy, BOM planning, allocation methodology, safety stock levels, demand mapping, VMI processes, material priorities, and channel of distribution analysis . Enhancements led to a simplification of Supply Chain processes which reduced inventory costs 20%.

" Supply Chain Training: Conducted over 30 training sessions concerning Metric Tracking, Report Education, System Alerts KPIs, and the APO Supply Chain processes. Prepared all user documentation. Target user community included Supply Chain, Product Marketing, Factory Domains, and Sales divisions.

" Product Allocation Strategy: Modified the customized demand and allocation planning priorities to optimize the allocation plans of constrained SKUs. Resulted in a direct increase in customer fulfillment of 25% which supported increased customer satisfaction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

- HARTZ MOUNTAIN PET DIVISION"(2010-2012)

Secaucus, NJ CPG Manufacturer of Pet Products Sales Volume $450 million, 1000 employees

- PLANNING MANAGER

- Generated weekly purchase orders for 600 finished good SKUs and 1,500 raw materials in the Bird and Aquatics Categories, using the Oracle workbench. Produced 98.5% in stock service rate.

- Developed monthly S&OP plan and issued formal reporting presentations to Marketing, Factory, and Supply Chain.

- Created shortage recovery strategies which resulted to a 15% increase in customer fill rates.

- Forecasted 600 SKUs with 90% accuracy. Established Operational Forecast for production. Conducted formal customer CPFR sessions with Walmart, Kmart, Petco and PetSmart buyers.

- PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA-(1982-2010)

Secaucus, NJ Consumer Electronics Sales Volume $5 billion, 2000 employees.

- SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER " (2004-2010)

- Managed complete end to end weekly and monthly Supply Chain Processes and executed weekly purchase orders for 2,000 SKUs. Supervised process adherence and safeguarded operational guidelines involving purchase order management, product life cycle planning, and master data database .Simplified and improved processes through system enhancements to reduce safety stock inventory levels by 20%.

- Directed, managed, and coached a Strategic Supply Chain Team of 15 analysts in the Supply Chain Group. Successfully led the team through first of kind within the company Supply Chain Initiatives improving both efficiency and productivity. Senior Manager stated Bob developed a very high morale within the Supply Chain team.

- Established Demand and Supply Metrics/KPIs which identified Operational Plan gaps verses Business Plan. Developed reporting tools and system alerts to initiate corrective proactive solutions. Metrics were implemented to generate a 25% gain in customer fulfillment.

- Authored Supply Chain user instructional documentation concerning APO Reports, Planning Books, Processes, BI Reports, SAP R3 operations and Metrics. Conducted group training classes (30 employees) as well as individualized training. Communicated and reported all operational issues to all key stakeholders in Marketing, Factory Global Domains (over 30), and Executive Management.

- SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST /SUPER USER " (2000-2004)

- Assigned as the key business project lead in the implementation of Strategic Supply Chain Projects. Collaborated with IBM consultants in blueprinting and communicating business requirements for SAP/APO and i2 supply chain management solutions.

- Presented all educational training concerning all Supply Chain toolsets, reporting, and processes.

- Employed BI and APO BEX reporting structures to develop 15 new operational reports.

- Proposed elaborate systems process and logic enhancements concerning the SAP/APO and i2 modules. Enhancements were concerned with transfer logic, BOM planning, excess inventory pools, safety stock levels, demand priorities, push strategies, vendor managed inventory (VMI), and material planning priorities.

- Developed a 12 step validation process to validate the integrity of the procurement and allocation planning cycles.

EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

- MBA-Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 3.85 GPA-Major: Quantitative Methods

- BS-College Of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 3.3 GPA-Major: Statistics

- Dale Carnegie School Of Management Advanced Microsoft Excel and Access

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