High School Supply Chain

René A. Alvarez Jr.

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Flowery Branch, GA 30542 ******@*****.***

Job Objective:

To obtain a leadership position in supply planning and procurement to improve efficiency and enhance company profitability.

Education:

Jan 1985 - June 1989 Franklyn K. Lane High School Queens, NY High School Diploma

Jan 1999 - June 2002 Miami Dade College Miami, Fl

Associate in Arts in Business Administration

Oct 2002 – June 2005 Florida International University Miami, Fl BA in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Information Systems Work Experience:

Jan 2018 – Present Bagcraft Packaging Norcross, GA Supply Planner/Purchasing

• Provide and maintain production schedules to the production floor, (10 production lines).

• Work in conjunction with management; sales, operations, CSR, procurement, logistics, and forecasting teams to meet monthly demand and complete customer orders in a timely manner.

• Plan monthly line capacity according to finished goods line up, raw materials availability, and man power.

• Oversee and maintain healthy finished goods inventory levels, including creating replenishing orders to bring/transfer products to our warehouse and distribution center in Duluth, GA from our sister plants; (Baxter Springs, KS; Los Angeles, CA; Ft Madison, IA; Chicago, IL; Vancouver, Canada; and Montreal, Canada).

• Improve productivity and efficiency by minimizing changeovers and analyzing best method to run our FG items.

• Assist in a variety of meetings at both; plant and corporate levels, to align company goals across all facilities and be alerted of any upcoming promotional events that would cause a spike on our demand, the setup of new items, and/or the addition of potential new customers.

• Purchase and maintain healthy levels of packaging; cases and cartons, shrink wraps, pallets, and miscellaneous packaging materials for warehouse and production floor. Apr 2012 - May 2017 Perdue farms Gainesville, GA

Supply Planner

• Achieved company business objectives; analyzed supply chain health and capability.

• Aligned supply chain objectives with corporate goals.

• Pro-actively addressed root cause of problems, evaluated past performances, and improved efficiency.

• Developed strong relationships with production managers and staff to create a cohesive and productive team within a deadline-driven environment.

• Performed time and work flow studies, interacted with workers, and observed process flows to make recommendation for improvements.

• In 2010, Perdue Farms acquired Coleman Natural Foods as part of the company’s pursue to get into the antibiotic free and organic business, which brand still sales up until today. A couple years after the merge, I was promoted to supply planner and my role widen to include the management and monitoring of FG inventories in four distribution centers; Lanier Cold storage, Americold Gainesville, Americold Atlanta, and Americold Strasburg, VA. Managed and monitored a variety of products like conventional, ABF, and organic chicken and beef sausages and meatballs as well as from 120 food service frozen and IQF items, ranging from 80 days to 365 days of shelf life. In this position, I was also in charge of keeping up with inventory, planning, and the scheduling of co-packers; Prime Pak in Gainesville, GA., Ohio Packing in Cleveland, Suzanna's Kitchen in Norcross, GA., and Universal Pasteurization in Villa Rica, GA.

• As part of monitoring inventory levels, I made sure to follow SOP and HACCP procedures while also keeping up with allergens and safety data sheets documents for different raw materials like oils, flour, condiments.

• Manufactured master schedules, shop floors, and monitored production flow to obtain readily up to date information for logistics.

• Achieved overall CSI goals, fill rate percentage, customer commitment, and supported plant initiatives to achieve positive production variances.

• Kept distressed inventory level to a minimum and prepared capacity and production reports for supply planner director.

• Conferred with management and forecasting team to generate rolling forecast to achieve our S&OP by SKU based on region, trend, or potential sales.

• Collaborated with purchasing, demand and supply, and operations to acquire materials based on forecast and to make sure that all inventory investments stayed within the company budget.

• Enforced professional and team oriented environment to boost employee’s performance. Apr 2010 - Apr 2012 Perdue Farms/Coleman Natural Foods Gainesville, GA Raw Material Coordinator/Scheduler

• Coordinated and expedited the flow of incoming raw material according to production and shipping schedules and/or production priorities.

• I ordered incoming raw materials on a weekly basis based on our needs and production capacity for five different departments, (production lines), scheduled it for process in our raw plant, and sent it to four different further processing plants; KD2 Memorial Park Dr, KD4 Candler Rd, KD5 Josh Pirkle Rd, and KD6 Aviation Ave, located in Gainesville and Braselton, GA. I managed and orchestrated the flow of production for fresh product with 7 days shelf life from the kill plant to further processing facilities.

• While working with Coleman Natural, I was transferred to one of our fully cooked plant as part of my development training into upper management. As a fully cooked scheduler, I ordered incoming raw material under the directions from our supply planning director, scheduled four different departments; KD4's food service and commodity items for Georgia school system and wholesales companies, PV7's Penn Valley's sausage line, sprinter and raiser lines in the clean room (retail items). Managed and monitored inventory of around 120 to 160 frozen raw and WIP items at Lanier cold storage in Gainesville, GA. with a variety of components and from a three months to a year of shelf life. Assisted in weekly meetings with management and sales and reported soon to be distressed, obsolete, and projected to be discontinued inventory levels.

• Implemented and coordinated daily morning and mid-day meetings with management to discuss potential production issues, job order completions, and incoming raw materials.

• Created related reports to issue management to determine material requirements and tracked overdue material as well as proper inventory rotation, (FIFO). Apr 2008 – Jan 2010 Perdue Farms/Coleman Natural Foods Gainesville, GA Production Supervisor

• Supervised the raw sizing department; verified daily production schedule; ensured of proper fresh inventory rotation.

• Inspected and distributed incoming raw product ready for process; verified checks for quality according to customers’ specifications and USDA regulations.

• Oversaw 28 employees; did employees time edits, payroll corrections, vacations, and holidays.

• Trained new employees according to company’s policies, HACCP and SOP principles.

• Kept high standards of production performance and professional team oriented environment. Feb 1998 - Jan 2008 Document Resources, Co. Miami, Fl Project Assistant Manager

• Consulted, assessed, and prepared electronic document management services to local and federal government agencies, court system, insurance companies, and the legal community in South Florida.

• Ensured to have the proper resources for such projects to obtain a smooth work flow, meeting all our datelines while providing a high quality product and excellent customer service.

• Assisted in the logistic of transporting documents and machinery in the best and most cost efficient manner.

• Supervised all process of electronic management; scanning, branding, coding, record keeping, data discovery, file compression conversions, quality control, and the implementing of our litigation management software for comparability to our customers’ computers.

• Did computer, equipment, and network trouble shooting when technicians were not on site.

• Oversaw 26 employees on second shift; managed schedules, and supervised temporary personnel.

Technical Skills/Computer:

Software: MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; MS Outlook; CS4; Corel; DocuLex; Professional Capture. Macola, (Crystal Business Management); SAP, Logistics; PRMS Hardware: Desktop PC; Laptops and peripherals.

Languages:

English (fluently) Spanish (fluently)

Reference:

Available upon request.

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