Manager Inventory Control

Jon P. Bisesi ꞁ 847-***-**** cell ꞁ *********@*******.***

SUMMARY

A highly skilled and dedicated supply chain and inventory management professional with well-rounded proven experience. Adept at managing complex cross-functional issues, building collaborative relationships, team building, and exceeding expectations of both internal and external customers. Significant knowledge in Demand planning, Purchasing, Replenishment, Production planning & processes, Inventory optimization, Vendor compliance, Inventory control, Process design, and managing KPI’s. Take pride in a high level of integrity, ethics, and dedication. Have earned both APICS CPIM and ISM CPM Certifications.

KEY SKILLS

Demand planning (S&OP, CPFR)

Purchasing & Replenishment

Inventory Optimization & Reduction

Managing KPI’s (Turns, Fill rates, On-time)

Vendor Compliance & Negotiation

Production and Capacity planning

BOM’s and Routings (ECN’s, Deviations)

Inventory Control & Reconciliation

VMI, Consignment, JIT Inventory

Logistics, Shipping, & Receiving

Lean (Kanban, Pull Systems, 5S, Kaizen)

Work Order, Repetitive, Job Shop production

Coaching, training, and team building

Ad hoc reporting various date warehouses

MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PP, Access)

Life Cycle Management (Phase in & out)

Cross-functional Process Design and Projects

Master Data & System Settings

ISO & SOX (Documentation and auditing)

ERP Implementation (SAP, AS400)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Peerless -AV Aurora, IL 4/16 to 8/16

Master Planner

Maintained item master settings such as lead-time, safety stock, and life cycle code.

Managed engineering changes and deviations in a fashion to minimize obsolete material.

Reviewed all sales forecast; Collaborated with sales on customer specific forecasts.

Assisted with setting production priorities in order to ensure on time deliver.

Provided lead-times to customer care for incoming sales orders.

Walgreens Northbrook, IL 1/14 to 11/15

Demand Planner-Front End General Merchandise

Responsible for managing the flow of inventory from the vendor, through our network, and to the stores.

Created reporting and processes to analyze and communicate issues effecting assigned categories.

Created inventory budget and determined stocking strategy & system settings to achieve category goals

Maintained baseline & promo forecasts for 1500 products over 11 categories within MAPE target (103%).

Maintained in-stock for each category at or above goal. Received perfect score for in-stock for FY15.

Created action plans for items with high DOS including vendor returns, redeployment and promotions.

Managed product life cycle from an inventory perspective including adds, drops, substitutions, and resets.

Established collaboration meetings with vendors regarding forecasting, compliance issues, and displays.

Collaborated with Category Managers and provided inputs to S&OP process.

Sears Holding Company Hoffman Estates, IL 3/12 to 1/14

Sr. Inventory Analyst - Kmart Consumer Electronics

Responsible for managing the flow of inventory from the vendor, through our network, and to the stores

Created and maintained both sales and purchase forecasts to be used in the budget process and by suppliers.

Maintained forecast, replenishment, and item master settings within multiple systems for all assigned items

Managed product life cycle from an inventory perspective including adds, drops, substitutions, and resets.

Selected as inventory SME representing Kmart Consumer Electronics on the IDRP implementation. (JDA)

Ensured that store inventory levels (PIS) are kept at 98%; in spite of tight open to buy and inventory targets.

Collaborated with buyer and vendors on ads and displays to ensure inventory and presentation targets are met.

Created ad hoc reports used to analyze sales trends, plan vs. actual, and various inventory related data.

U.S. Cellular Chicago, Illinois 4/11 to 1/12

Inventory Lead Planner

Established and documented processes for the tracking of key performance indicators and demand trends in order to identify both forecasting and process related improvements.

Co-lead project to improve the process flow of repairs at our 3PL, resulting in an expected $9.4M in labor and material savings. I documented current & future state. Identified gaps, deliverables, and time line with milestones.

Repaired Excel based forecasting tools resulting in visibility to projected DOS and 95% aggregate accuracy

Worked with IT to improve tools for gathering key data needed to create forecasts and analyze trends. This automation saved 3 hours/week and numerous phone calls (Cognos, BI).

American Hotel Register Vernon Hills, Illinois 3/08 to 4/11

Senior Planner (Replenishment Mgr.) – Linens & Terry; Hard lines

Managed 3 Buyer/Planners & 2 Expeditors charged with the forecasting, inventory optimization, and purchasing of 15,000 sku’s across 450 domestic and import suppliers.

Developed and trained various SOP’s and reports such as Vendor Compliance Scorecard SOP, PO dollar exception reporting, purchase order flags SOP, Kitting process, Right Product Right Place reporting, and pipeline analysis tools used to proactively analyze potential supplier and logistical performance issues

Championed a project to separate lead times resulting the creation of cycle time data points needed to analyze and identify performance improvement opportunities throughout the supply chain.

Developed and coordinated the processes for the elimination of surplus inventory resulting in an $8M reduction (72%) in excess and obsolete inventory. Surplus was 18% of inventory 1 year later it was 8%.

Key contributor to the Lean Logistics implementation project resulting in significant freight savings.

Member of team charged with the selection and implementation of forecasting & planning software.

Eagle Test Systems Buffalo Grove, Illinois 11/06 to 1/08

Production & Inventory Control Manager

Managed 5 direct and 10 indirect employees responsible for forecasting, planning, inventory control, warehouse management, and shipping /receiving.

Analyzed all of the planning processes and implemented improvements resulting in better visibility to the status of work orders, a 20% increase in inventory accuracy, and the creation of cycle time metrics

Revised warehouse processes and re-allocated work-load in order to improve cycle times and establish clear accountability. Implemented Kanban and VMI processes

Key contributor in the transition of subcontracted production going from kitted to turnkey.

Updated the department’s documents pertaining to Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and ISO9000 compliance.

Implemented a controlled process for quarterly physical inventories resulting in significantly less adjustments and a changed culture regarding inventory accuracy.

Implemented cycle count programs and location strategies within the warehouse.

W.W. Grainger, Lake Forest, Illinois 2/02 to 12/06

SAP Business Systems Analyst

Represented the Purchasing and Reverse Logistics as the SME assigned to the Forecast to Pay SAP process team. This team was part of companywide full blown SAP implementation

Identified and facilitated resolution to process gaps development of tools to track and report progress

Assisted with the creation of functional specs for FTP team. This includes Purchase order flow, material master, metrics, reporting, EDI, role mapping, and Optura workflow (invoice matching bolt on)

Assisted with the process development and validation of data migration.

Developed test scripts and participated in unit, integrated, and business readiness testing.

Assisted with development of site readiness and cut-over plans

Created & presented change management materials to leadership and the purchasing department.

Developed and facilitated the training for 140 employees from Purchasing, Inventory Mgmt. and DC operations

Replenishment Analyst

Managed the flow of Electrical products from the supplier to the distribution centers in order to achieve the planned product availability for our end customers. Managed the Replenishment Specialist(s).

Negotiated resolution to lead time variability, fill rate, and other compliance issues with suppliers

Supported life cycle processes such as line reviews, new item introductions, and product discontinuations

Participated in various supplier Kiazan events as an SME on Grainger's purchase order and supplier performance requirements.

Improved customer service levels of top 100 items for electrical office from 91% to 99.7%

Negotiated quarterly multi-million-dollar field returns of dead/excess inventory

Maintained forecasts for the Electrical office within +/-5% aggregate accuracy.

Collaborated with the forecast analyst to develop new forecast error reporting.

Assisted with the implementation of the regional break bulk processes (RAMBO)

Member of the cycle time metrics development team.

Manufacturers Services Limited, (formally 3Com/US Robotics) Mt Prospect, Illinois 4/96 to 12/01

Inventory Control Manager 3

Managed a 21-person department responsible for the auditing and reconciliation of inventory issues, managing the MRB area, and facilitating cross functional continuous improvement projects.

Restructured the department so that it could function after a mandated 50% reduction in headcount.

Created and documented job descriptions, work instructions and guidelines, in compliance with ISO standards, in order to establish accountability and standardization within the inventory control department.

Coordinated complete plant wide physical inventory. Approximately $200 Million counted in 24 hours.

Facilitated project aimed at the redesign of the new product introduction material flow. Project resulted in a $200,000 reduction in lost material annually and improved cycle times

Automated the systems integration configure-to-order transaction flows resulting in inventory accuracy improving from 50% to 90%.

Coordinated the movement of production kits and key components between Ireland, Singapore and the US.

Managed the material transition of the IP Phone product line from Mack Technologies to 3Com in a fashion that met the aggressive transition plan for this key high volume product.

Facilitated a cross-functional lean project formed to automate the process flow for repacking semi-finished goods from a third party (NEX). Project resulted in a reduction of 80 man-hours per week and an increase in inventory accuracy (70% to 98%.)

Held position as Sales Order Control Manager 4/96 to 7/96 role consisted of the management of 7 associates responsible for coordinating the timely production and delivery of all domestic customer orders, as well as, tracking revenue to targets.

Established a JIT/Kanban system resulting in 75% less inventory and elimination of downtime.

Shure Brothers Incorporated, Wheeling, Illinois 12/87 to 4/96

Master Scheduler

Perform all production and inventory control functions for the entire wireless product line.

Planned and implemented new product phase in, phase out, and plant transfers in a manner which minimized the impact on the P&L while at the same time meeting sales & marketing expectations.

Key contributor in total quality project aimed at the design of the automated configure-to-order processes Project resulted in higher turns, lower inventory, less downtime, less overtime, less shortages, and significantly less customer backlog. The project was facilitated using six sigma methodology

Maintained 5500 bills of materials and routings to insure the proper materials requirements were driven.

Scheduled SMT lines, sub-assembly cells, subcontractors, and interplant production

Designed a way to automate mass B.O.M. changes resulting in changes being processed 10 times faster with significantly less errors.

Performed various shipping department duties at increasing levels of responsibility from 12/87 to 2/90

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

BS in Business Administration, Roosevelt University- Concentration: Management -1995

Associate of Science, Harper College- Concentration: Computer Science and Pre-engineering - 1986

Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) by ISM (formally NAPM) in 2003

Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by APICS 1992; Re-certified in 2003

Certified Internal Quality Auditor (for ISO9000: 1994) - 2001

Certificate Technical Data Processing, Harper College – 1986

Completed 3COM Project management training course. Class instructed students on MS Project, project management facilitation skills, root cause analysis tools, and metrics

Advanced MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power point, MS Outlook, MS Visio, some MS Access & MS Project.

SAP R3 (MM/PP) (BW/BI), some JDA, and various AS400 ERP systems (ASI, Syspro, ASW and MANMAN), SAP & Red Prairie WMS and various data warehouse/report writing tools.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Appointed as Plan Commissioner for the City of Rolling Meadows (4/2003 too present)

January 15th, 2000 declared Jon Bisesi Day in the City of Rolling Meadows for Community Service.

Chairman of the City of Rolling Meadows 4th of July 2001-2005

Served as 2001 Region Director for the Illinois Junior Chamber (15 chapters and over 625 volunteers)

Awarded numerous Jaycee regional, state, and national awards for leadership and community service

Recognized by the Jaycees with induction into the Junior Chamber International Senate

Active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Rolling Meadows

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