Supply Planner

Margaret (Megan) Kudrna

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Senior-Level Supply Chain and Business Analyst

Strategic Leadership ~ Change Agent ~ Learning Agility ~ Logistics ~ Forecasting

Scheduling ~ Warehousing & Distribution ~ Supply Chain Coordination ~ Production Planning

Team Training & Development ~ SAP ~ Task Prioritization ~ Cross-Functional Teams ~ Cost Control

Customer Service ~ Quality Assurance ~ Compliance ~ Category & Inventory Management

Organized and analytical Senior-Level Supply Chain Manager and Business Analyst possessing 20+ years’ experience operating in cross-functional manufacturing and distribution business environments. Skilled in directing and executing upon strategic and tactical supply chain plans to ensure operational excellence and high quality customer service. Expert in implementing and maintaining tools that provide visibility to processes and prioritize requirements. Passionate team leader and coach capable of deploying outstanding analytical skills alongside interpersonal abilities. Displays a commitment to meeting deadlines while maintaining quality, reducing costs, and improving efficiencies.

●Process Improvement – Recognized for cutting expenditures by implementing innovative strategies and technologies to enhance processes and create new efficiencies in the workplace. Demonstrates ability to streamline procedures and organize complex problems and issues to devise efficient solutions.

●Communication & Collaboration – Coordinated teams and departments to maintain maximum level of effectiveness and to ensure compliance and budgetary restraints. Experienced in team collaboration at all levels and adept in partnering with customer organizations to produce exceptional results.

●National Operations – Accomplished in managing supply chain operations that impact business flow and function on a national level. Coordinates multi-site teams and facilities and third-party vendors and resources.

Professional Experience

Kraft Heinz Company, Chicago, Illinois

Supply Planner 2016 – 2017

Developed and maintained the production plan and coordination of strategic and tactical execution of supply chain fulfillment plans to meet demand requirements. Held accountability for the overall production planning process with regard to short and medium scheduling. Sequenced and optimized daily scheduling in SAP and maintained proper planning levels. Reviewed and communicated issues that would change set planning parameters and impact efficiencies and hours or result in a shutdown. Operated effectively in a cross-functional business environment.

●Directed the manufacturing and distribution of product from assigned plants and 11 co-packer facilities associated with the frozen snack business.

●Championed the proper realization of capacity plans, production schedules, and finite schedules; results ensured for the efficient delivery of inventory and attainment of service and cost objectives.

●Deployed finished goods inventories of assigned items across distribution network; supported customer needs through the utilization of supply planning software while simultaneously maintaining proper mix mode.

●Tracked plant and business key performance indicators and ensured alignment with service goals, days’ supply, 13-month inventory average, and plant adherence.

●Managed and oversaw finished goods inventories while utilizing old age reports to determine appropriate action related to the initiation of salvage sales or product disposal.

●Functioned across departments and created strategy with Factories, Sales and Marketing, Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing, and Customer Service to address problems and issues that impacted the business.

Deployment Planner 2015 – 2016

Elevated to direct the national deployment of finished goods for the liquid concentrate business through coordination of the producing plant/buffer and the distribution center. Maximized customer service while minimizing supply chain costs and preventing distressed product loss.

●Utilized SAP to build, review, track, forecast, and adjust intra-company shipments as needed; developed and communicated deployment forecast to Transportation and Warehousing.

●Leveraged auto load business capabilities through the analysis of SAP DRP parameters.

●Acted as strategic liaison with Transportation and Warehousing groups as well as Customer Supply Chain Managers, Customer Service, and Integrated Planning, along with other support personnel to proactively resolve issues in a cross-functional environment.

●Successfully reduced freight expense by optimizing transportation modes; controlled inventory levels at distribution centers while maximizing customer service.

●Employed functional understanding of warehousing capacity, procedures, and inbound/outbound planning processes; efficiently drove warehouse capacity management strategies and controlled adherence to ship and arrival dates.

●Participated in daily warehouse meetings alongside senior leadership teams; reviewed inbound and outbound warehouse capacity constraints.

●Led as category point person in the quality hold process and ensured compliance.

●Audited outbound trucks and utilization targets; results ensured targets and loss opportunity goals were met.

Kraft Foods North America, Aurora, Illinois

Module Inventory Planner 2014

Supported business operations with determination of stocking quantities, inventory levels, and module demand. Held responsibility for maintenance and analysis of metrics related to inventory planning and optimization, and created production schedules for responsible module category. Coordinated and maintained inventory levels based on collaboration with demand and supply planning teams as well as sales and customer service.

●Engaged in weekly production planning while managing stock low outs within the network based on module demand; handled inbound inventory and prioritized loads for module production.

●Partnered with Business Unit representatives and participated in weekly merchandising calls.

●Collaborated with Menasha-based group in the breaking down and reworking of modules.

●Initiated stock transfers of inventory within network to meet customer needs.

National Fulfillment Planner 2011 – 2015

Promoted to handle the prioritization of inbound and outbound loads based on capacity restraints at mixing center. Processed customer orders, planned and optimized shipments, and tendered freight to third-party carriers. Reviewed and managed all product disposition codes tagged to inventory for resolution and disposal. Managed daily shuttles from Mixing Centers, ensured safety stock was met, and protected outbound orders. Prepared Monthly Module CFR reporting.

●Assisted Network Fulfillment Planner in the area of distress product management.

●Drove warehouse efficiency through inventory and order priorities; strategized with warehouse operations and NFPs to prioritize critical loads.

●Partnered with third-party logistics, NFPs, and CSCs on inventory over shelf life, code date discrepancies, and specific order/product issues; developed solutions on a case-by-case basis.

●Served as a strategic point-of-contact for the Aurora Mixing Center; coordinated on direct store delivery programs.

●Managed Daily STO and Delivery Cut notices as well as Product Disposition and Product Reservation with NFP and Customer Service.

●Utilized the Super Truck Planning System and divided inter-company orders with shipping lanes, transportation modes, priority levels, and business unit.

Customer Supply Chain Account Analyst 2010 – 2011

Gathered data and conducted analyses with the goal of improving the organization’s customer account management and key performance indicators. Identified underperforming areas within the supply chain and suggested improvements and resolutions to problems to enhance efficiency and overall effectiveness.

●Responsible for maintaining monthly account scorecard, forecast execution, and Ad Hoc reporting; collaborated with the fulfillment team to ensure sourcing accuracy.

●Strategically engaged buyers pertaining to upcoming spike in lag 5 forecast.

●Maximized missed promotional and seasonal direct plant shipments to improve upon prior year performance.

●Coordinated and led event-driven programs and projects for Adaptive Supply Chain.

Additional Professional Experience

Kraft Foods North America, Aurora, Illinois

Customer Supply Chain Account Manager 1998 – 2010

Peacock Engineering, Itasca, Illinois

Customer Service Coordinator 1993 – 1998

Technical Proficiency

●Software Skills: A/S 400, MATRICS, SAP, MS Office, Business Objects, APS/Manu/Ortec

Education

Business Coursework, 1999 – 2003

Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, Illinois

Associates/Certificate in Paralegal Studies/Criminal Justice, 1989

William Rainey Harper College, Palantine, Illinois

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