Manager Management

Stephen P. Herthel

***** *. ***** *** ******, AZ 85383 (H) 623-***-**** (C) 303-***-**** acughi@r.postjobfree.com

TOP PERFORMING & RESULTS-DRIVEN LEADER

Target: Supply Chain Management / Production / Capacity Planning / Demand Planning

High-achieving professional with broad and rich experience encompassing supply chain management, production, capacity planning, and demand planning. Strategic and proactive leader, ability to solve complex problems, thrive in demanding environments, and skillfully manage conflicting priorities. Strong interpersonal skills with extensive experience managing people, building positive professional relationships, and motivating teams.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Supply Chain Management

Quantitative & Critical Analysis

Demand Planning / Forecasting

People / Vendor Management

Physical Inventory Management

Cross-Functional Team Management

Materials Planning (FG & Raw)

Financial Analysis (Make vs. Buy)

Continuous Improvement

Commodity Management

Sales & Operations Planning

Savvy Negotiation

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Proficient in SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards 9.1/ASCP, planning systems; Extensive experience in MRP environment, production planning, master scheduling; High proficiency level in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project) and Windows 10.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BALL CORP (NORTH AMERICAN BEVERAGE) February 2013 to Present

Production Control Manager

Leverage expertise to successfully manage production scheduling of aluminum cans and inventory control at seven North American Beverage Can plants, including MRP build plans using output of JDE 9.1 MPS planning tools.

Oversee all graphics changes and transition plans of new labels with regional promotional cans.

Successfully manage down obsolete inventory, obsolete billings to customer, and special billings for smaller production runs.

Drive efficiency of inter plant transfers and execution of S&OP plans, ensuring adherence to freight spend.

Perform customer inventory analysis and reporting, and review S&OP plans for network optimization.

Key Achievements:

Successfully implemented new Hybrid task matrix at plants to drive adherence to roles and responsibilities amongst plant PC Managers and corporate planning.

Achieved all time low with tight capacity constraints in 2015 while managing out of stock, and also managed down obsolete inventory.

MILLER COORS BREWING COMPANY March 2009 to February 2013

Materials Planning Analyst, Supply Chain Planning

Oversaw all aluminum planning (cans/ends/aluminum pints) for several key projects in Materials Planning Organization. Conceptualized and developed system solutions for materials planning group.

Collaborated with Business Transformations teams to develop system requirements for new material planning solution. Team system lead on developing new interim solutions prior to Einstein startup.

Member of several cross-functional project teams for Molson product startup in Trenton Brewery, export materials transition, and 2013 Double Vented end project.

Tracked forecast accuracy of monthly supply plan and S&OP/APO production forecasts against production requirements.

Key Achievements:

Adeptly managed AlumiTek and Home Draft projects with minimal material supply interruptions.

Developed and implemented Access database program to provide visibility to component materials to vendors for high-level monthly planning.

Spearheaded successful transitioned to new Coors Light graphics in 2012.

Developed and maintained material planning model for Golden-Shenandoah brewery production planning.

COORS BREWING COMPANY June 2006 to March 2009

Supply Planning Analyst, Supply Planning (June 2007 to March 2009)

Managed capacity at Golden and Shenandoah breweries related to Sales and Operations Planning, maintenance/ project downtimes with impact to production scheduling. Tracked DC Inventory against targets.

Oversaw APO product split maintenance, upload of all customer demand files for APO planning/heuristics, and management of all cans and bottles for CBC.

Troubleshot and corrected errors during OMS process to ensure accuracy of POINT distributor ordering system.

Key Achievement:

Enhanced order management systems upload process and ensured all product adds/buy sells, and transitional ordering product moves were successfully uploaded to POINT system on a weekly basis.

Brewing Planning Manager, Supply Planning (June 2006 to June 2007)

Project Manager for Shenandoah Brewery for brewing planning startup in 2006.

Skillfully managed a cross-functional team for brewing planning processes, brewing forecasting, brew materials forecasting/planning, financial considerations, master data setup, and bulk beer planning, through startup, implementation, and stabilization.

Provided trusted guidance as Joint Venture Container Manager (for SCP team) for all cans, bottles, and ends.

Managed promotions, inventory considerations, production forecasting to JV partners, and process changes.

Member on several project teams dealing with innovation changes, graphics changes, and export projects.

Oversaw multi-plant packaging capacity management. Managed and tracked capacity changes, trends, down times, and process improvements to increase capacities at the plant level.

Key Achievements:

Implemented brew planning, bulk beer, brewing materials processes, as well as Master data set up for Shenandoah Brewery startup in Q1 2007.

Achieved process stabilization across all areas of the project by mid Q2. No cost issues to CBC for Shenandoah beer supply due to brewing forecast errors.

Re-engineered JV container management processes to better supply JV partners with more accurate forecasts, and timely communications. No materials outages to either brewery in 2007 (can/btls/ends).

Set-up cross-functional team to manage constrained containers inventory issues and allocations on a weekly basis to ensure un-interrupted supply of containers to packaging lines.

Implemented Shenandoah Brewing planning project in Q2, allowing time to develop and implement capacity management process in Q4 2007. Implemented capacity tracking tool for cross-functional management of capacity constraints and issues with production.

MAXTOR CORPORATION April 2005 to June 2006

Senior Master Scheduler, Fulfillment Division

Liaised between Sales Operations and Manufacturing for large disk drive company. Oversaw loading Master Production schedule for 2 product lines to factory operations group.

Key Achievements:

Identified gaps in Supply vs. Demand and closed gaps to maximize revenue and profit margin.

Scheduled proper mix of products to accommodate ever-changing customer demand signals. Handled long-range forecasting and resolved issues with manufacturing to minimize gaps in supply.

Launched new Sabre 2 product line with quarterly volume of 4.5M disk drives. Managed end of lifecycle on two products with minimal component liability to company.

ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION February 2004 to April 2005

Commodity Manager, Electrical Components, DISH Network Service Division

Managed all aspects of purchasing, contract negotiations, products sourcing, bid proposals, quote package processing, and inventory level management to accommodate 131 service locations nationwide.

Handled all invoicing holds and purchase orders issues and worked with a supplier base of over 80 vendors.

Updated Minmax system and coordinated daily scheduling of all Mini Bulk and Bulk shipments for 8 Echosphere locations and 2 pack out facilities.

Conducted commodity analysis.

DOW ELECTRONICS, Tampa, FL May 2003 to January 2004

Corporate Inventory Control Manager

Coordinated all physical inventory processes for distributor of satellite TV, and electronic systems, and related equipment for 14 satellite locations in southeastern USA. Inventory valuation at $135M.

Managed all inventory adjustments and serialization processes, as well as all defective returns processes.

Oversaw promotions department involving reconciling and payouts of commission payments to customers.

Key Achievements:

Rewrote all inventory processes towards ensuring alignment ISO 9002 standards.

Processed approximately $12-$15 million in payouts monthly.

MILGARD MANUFACTURING, Aurora, CO August 2001 to March 2003

Director of Materials Management/ Inventory Management/ Purchasing Management

Managed and directed a team of 12 associates responsible for receiving, purchasing, shipping, and materials management of industry leading window manufacturer.

Oversaw inventory accuracy, physical inventory, and reconciliation of general ledger to actual counts.

Managed weekly cycle count process of WIP and raw materials, with objective of 98.6% accuracy.

Successfully managed all purchasing functions, all buyers, all bid processes, vendor awards and vendor database.

Reduced Cost of Materials 7% in 18 months in high volume purchasing department.

Managed all inventory system accuracies, set up vendor contracts, bid process, some estimation processes, and all vendor negotiations.

Assumed joint responsibility for distribution/shipping department after departure of department manager.

Worked closely with production planning team (MRP) to ensure product availability to the production floor.

Key Achievements:

Implemented kanban system for all raw material parts on production floor, and led edge procurement techniques.

Achieved physical inventory accuracy of >97% with inventory valuation of >$2M for 11 straight months.

Worked to reduce waste cost per unit from $14.94/unit to $8.24/unit in 11 months, saving $1.1M in fiscal 2002.

Reduced Cost of Materials from 46.34% to 42.4% in fiscal 2002. Savings of $1.18M for fiscal 2002.

Reached inventory turns equal to 16 per year for “A” class items and 13 turns/year On “B” class items.

Achieved on time delivery percentage of 98.3% and warehouse cycle count accuracy of 99%.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Material Planning Manager, Material Logistics Organization

Assistant Staff Manager/ Project Manager, Global Logistics/ Support Organization

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES/ AVAYA COMMUNICATION, Westminster, Colorado, 1996 to 2001

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BSBA Business/Statistics (GPA 3.74/4.0), University of Denver, Denver, CO

AAS Business Administration, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO

PMPP (Professional Project Management Certification), Stevens Institute of Technology/ Lucent

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