Karla Y Lozoya
**** ********* **** . ***** ***, Michigan, US 48073 . Cell: 248-***-**** .
*****.*.******@*****.***
Objective
Looking for an opportunity to join a growing organization, to expose
my skills and abilities, giving my best effort and always learn new
things.
Work Experience
Jul 2010 - Present Meritor-Quimmco
Troy, Michigan, USA - NA Forecast / Demand Analyst
. Created and managed Sisamex (Join Venture in Mexico) Master
Demand Schedule with a consensus forecast for the 4 major
business units.
. Standardization of product categories by business unit.
. Analyzing forecast accuracy by volume and product mix.
. Improved the overall forecast volume accuracy by 6%.
. Training and participated on Demantra IT launching projects for
US plants to implement different statistical methods to improve
forecast.
. Analyzed customer orders volumes in a weekly basis to
communicate major changes and adjust the forecast if needed.
. Working close with customers, suppliers and different
departments of Finances, Operations, Customer Service,
Marketing, Supply Chain managers, Production planners and
Purchasing to prepare the revisions of the forecast.
. Leading cross-functional meetings to get a consensus forecast
for the major product lines.
. Collecting historical shipments, market penetrations, average
mix and seasonality by customer ship-to location to improve the
forecast.
. Depending the market situation decide to either supplement or
allocate forecast by customer and calculating the split mix by
region to adjust the forecast.
. Support on item retirement and new product introduction forecast
based on engineer and marketing strategies.
Feb/2006 - Jun/2010, Sisamex,
Escobedo, NL, Mex - Planning and Scheduling.
. Experience on Brakes, Gears and Machining plant performing
several functions in the Supply Chain Department working as
production planner, scheduler, and customer service.
. Major achievements were inventory reduction by adjusting
planning parameters and decreasing obsolete material. Those
parameters were lead times, safety stock, days of replenishment,
lot sizes, etc.
. Implemented MSS system to schedule sequence production of
carrier assemblies and Brazilian export orders.
. Customer Service for internal and Brazilian customers, assuring
100% deliveries, and scheduling the production line by different
priorities.
. Working with international suppliers to communicate and follow
up the releases schedules and shipments to assure the production
plan was feasible and communicating with production and
scheduling the supplier deliveries status.
. Working with suppliers and the plant to find the root cause of
production line disruptions and expedited shipments.
. Working with Logistic department to follow up on shipments
tracking and pick up schedules and arrivals to Customs and
expedited or critical shipments.
. Participating in production meetings interacting with other
areas to provide information about supplier shipment and deliver
status and getting involved in the day to day operations issues.
Education
. 2002 - 2006. Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL),
Monterrey, Mex. Industrial Engineer Bachelor Degree with
Business Administration. Honor's Graduated Student (95.5)
. English as a second language at UANL completed and 100 English
hours completed at Global LT, Michigan.
. 2009 - 2012 APICS-CPIM Certification
Skills
. Microsoft Office / SQL
. Demantra
. MRP: Mapics (IBM) Oracle
. Lotus Notes
. Spoken Languages: Spanish and English
. Proactive, self-motivated, able to work under pressure and with
teams.
. Attention to details and analytical thinking.[pic][pic][pic]