Supply Chain Manager

Thuy To-Richardson

***** ******** ****** * Vicksburg, MI * 49097 * Cell: 269-***-****

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

Summary of Qualifications

Results-oriented, diligent, Supply Chain and Procurement professional with strong experience in leading teams to increasing productivity, efficiency and savings.

• Strong change management and leadership skills to develop team

• Lead & rolled out Run Strategy and formal Safety Stock calculation for Chilled lines for Paw Paw and Waco locations in support of the cross-functional, Sales & Operations Planning Process, minimizing out of stock risks

• Proven track record of managing inventory positions for Finished Goods production in order to meet National demand, discovering and solving problems in workflow and maximizing production and distribution levels

• Extensive experience with cross-functional teams and 3rd warehousing parties

• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Minitab, Project Software and PowerPoint

• Experience with Master Data, PP/DS, and MRP parameters in SAP, Sales and Distributions, Inventory Balances, Inventory Movements, Process Orders

Experience

Coca-Cola, Paw Paw, Michigan

Honest Tea Supply Chain Business Manager Oct.2016 - current

• Create and lead short-term and mid-term capacity planning for Honest Tea 16.9 oz PET, 16.0 oz Glass and 59.0 oz MS packages, to direct regional planning and procurement teams.

• Lead and partner with multiple cross-functional teams to commercialize existing Honest Tea packages to test launch internationally, i.e. Mexico, India, Canada.

• Responsible for planned obsolescence for Honest Tea seasonal items, i.e. 32oz Summer Lemonades in 2017, saving the company $852K+ from prior year.

• Manage the Honest Customer Service team that works directly with Natural Channel, Amazon, Field Marketing, Natural Sales team and other CCNA Supply Chain teams.

• Sku optimization and inventory alignment to reduce carbon footsteps, to alleviate production capacity and to reduce cost, with an annual saving of $90K+.

• Provide quarterly and annual forecast to 3PL Operation, Procurement and Supply Chain Planning teams.

• Collaborate monthly, quarterly and annually closely with Procurement, Demand Planning and suppliers to ensure no continuity gap for finished goods, specialty ingredients and raw materials.

• Team up with multiple partners, i.e. Brand team, Category Managers and Growth Management and monthly Management and S&OP meetings.

• Cross-trained and shared best practices with Regional Supply Chain Planning to bring stability and cost saving, an average of $125K in labor.

Regional Supply Chain Manager, Central Region for Thermal & Hot Fill BU Jan 2013 – Oct 2016

• Primary responsible for two of the largest Still (Juice) plants, Waco, TX. & Paw Paw, MI. for purchasing and production planning, with over 20 production lines, over 500 items for materials and 250+ for finished goods, and with a projected, annual inventory of 767 million cases for chilled and 866 million cases for shelf stable items.

• Responsible for four Hot Fill lines with production of 18.5+ million cases yearly to support our Independent Bottlers and Bottlers locations.

• Developed and roll out processes for communication and escalation point for cross-functional teams.

• Lead and developed Waco Run Strategy for all chilled lines production, resulting improved CsFl by 15.0% and OrdFL by 25.0%, in 2014.

• Implemented a formal safety stock calculation for Waco and Paw Paw chilled redi and produced items.

• Achieved finished-goods inventory targets worth approximately $45 million per week (1.2 weeks of supply) for chilled and $80 million per week (2.0 weeks of supply) for shelf stable, while strategically managing expiration risks and cost avoidance initiatives budgeted at $8 million.

• Managed and lead the Paw Paw DMAIC for Chilled Juice.

Supply Chain Manager, for Michigan Market Unit, Sparkling Jan 2010 – Jan 2013

• Successfully led and roll out Run Strategy for Michigan production facilities (Detroit and Grand Rapids), reducing our days on hand (DOH) by 1.2 while keeping our product fresh and mitigating expiration risks.

• Coached, developed and guided eight frontline associates to completion/implementation of continuous improvement activities, for planning, resulting in 50% improvement for out of stock risk.

• Developed and implemented a national rollout for root causes analysis reporting for out of stock.

• Trained and cross-trained Schedulers and MRP/DRP planners on standard planning processes for SAP.

Regional Supply Chain Manager, Thermal & Hot Fill BU Jan 2006- Jan 2010

• Promoted to manage and lead three supply planning locations, Paw Paw, MI. Chattanooga, TN. and Lagrou, IL.

• Aligned and retrained Paw Paw Supply Chain planning team to full utilization of SAP tools.

• Implemented a redirect shipment program for Lagrou finished goods, resulting in an annual savings of $78K per year.

• Oversaw several supply chain special projects, i.e. ensuring new items set-up for Hotfill orbit.

• Successfully SAP go-live with Customer Care team for Mainstreet, FL. and Chattanooga, TN.

Supply Chain Planner III May 2005 – June 2006

• Managed a stand –alone distribution center, Americold, with over 250K+ inventory to meet order fill for the North East retailer/wholesaler customers.

• Forecasted and planned inventory for the North East region

• Reduced too old to ship inventory by 46%, equates to $330M in savings.

• Minimized liquidation and donation by 36%.

• Decreased deduction in write-off by 78%.

Education

Masters of International Business, University of Phoenix

Bachelors of Arts, Alma College, MI

CPIM Certification, Formal training for Green Belt and Project Manager Classes

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