Supply Chain Inventory Management

Fraulein Cancino

The Birchwood Residences, Acacia Estates, Taguig City, MM Ph +639********* *****.*******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/fraulein-cancino

Profile

Dynamic and results-oriented Operations Leader with over 10 years of comprehensive experience in supply chain management, inventory control, and process optimization across multinational organizations. Proven track record of enhancing operational efficiency, managing complex logistics, and driving cost-effective solutions in fast-paced environments. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, developing strategic partnerships, and implementing innovative inventory management systems. Strong analytical skills with a keen ability to forecast demand and optimize stock levels to meet business objectives. Committed to maintaining high standards of compliance and safety while fostering a collaborative team culture.

Experience

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER CARDINAL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL MAY 2023 - PRESENT

·Responsibilities:

·Inventory Management Leadership: Oversee the Inventory Management team, setting clear objectives and guiding daily operations to enhance efficiency and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

·Profitability Management: Implement strategies to optimize profitability by negotiating favorable supplier contracts and regularly analyzing revenue and cost performance.

·Supplier Negotiation Support: Provide expert insights to support supplier negotiations, ensuring agreements are structured to align with operational capabilities and business objectives.

·Demand Planning Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate demand planning and forecasting into inventory management processes, improving responsiveness to market changes.

·Operational Change Evaluation: Assess the impact of changes in standard operating procedures and supplier agreements, coordinating with relevant teams to adapt operations effectively.

·Performance Evaluation and Development: Conduct regular performance evaluations for team members, identifying development opportunities and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

·Procurement Alert Management: Oversee the resolution of procurement alerts and discrepancies, ensuring efficient processes that support the overall inventory management framework.

·Recruitment Strategy Development: Collaborate with HR to create effective recruitment strategies that attract qualified candidates for supply chain roles.

·Candidate Evaluation Process: Lead the interview and selection process, utilizing assessment tools to evaluate candidates’ skills and suitability for the organization.

·Transport Billing Oversight: Manage the billing procedures for transportation services, ensuring accuracy in charges and timely processing of payments related to IOD and POD documentation.

·Documentation Compliance Management: Ensure all transport documentation, including IOD and POD, is accurately maintained and compliant with regulatory requirements, facilitating smooth logistics operations.

OPERATIONS PART LEADER MANAGER SAMSUNG SDS GLOBAL SCL PH APRIL 2018 – APRIL 2023

·Responsibilities:

·Oversee Operations Management: Maintain oversight of receiving (inbound logistics), warehousing (storage and inventory), planning, and distribution (local deliveries/transport management) operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing programmatic, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.

·Inventory Management: Manage overall store inventory levels, considering store capacity, seasonality, and sales trends to optimize assortment planning at the store level.

·Volume Forecasting: Develop and refine volume forecasting by analyzing historical data and aligning it with sales trend projections.

·Supply Chain Optimization: Ensure adequate supply for all model codes while minimizing excess inventory that does not generate revenue.

·Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping regulations by reviewing relevant legislation, enforcing adherence, and advising management on necessary actions.

·Operational Security: Safeguard warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security protocols and procedures.

·Inventory Control: Maintain control of inventory levels through regular physical counts and reconciliation with data storage systems.

·Warehouse Maintenance: Ensure the physical condition of the warehouse is optimal by planning and implementing new design layouts, inspecting equipment, and managing work orders for repairs and replacements.

·Financial Management: Achieve financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions as needed.

·Operational Staffing: Fulfill warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and assigning tasks to employees, while monitoring and following up on work results.

·Staff Development: Recruit, select, orient, and train warehouse staff to maintain a high-performing team.

·Performance Management: Enhance team performance by coaching, counseling, and providing feedback; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.

·Professional Development: Maintain and enhance professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops, reviewing industry publications, networking, and participating in professional organizations.

·Team Collaboration: Contribute to team efforts by achieving related results and supporting colleagues as needed.

·Order Management: Oversee order management for assigned customers, ensuring the efficient fulfillment of the supply chain for products.

·Demand Anticipation: Anticipate stock demands based on current and future business operations to ensure readiness and responsiveness.

OPERATIONS (MATERIALS) HEAD COCA-COLA FEMSA PH JUNE 2014 – NOVEMBER 2017

·Responsibilities:

·Compliance and Control: Ensure full compliance with material control processes in alignment with company budgets, KPIs, and strategic objectives.

·Supplier Performance Review: Take overall responsibility for the Suppliers Quarterly Performance Review and manage the Purchasing and Planning functions to ensure that materials adequately meet production demands.

·Operations Review: Conduct weekly operations reviews with Accounting, Marketing, and Quality Assurance to assess the status of materials sourcing and inventory levels.

·Inventory Oversight: Oversee the inventory aging report, regular cycle counts, and monthly IRA status updates.

·Process Improvement: Review, design, and implement effective inventory control processes, ensuring timely updates to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

·Material Disposal Management: Manage the disposal of backorders, non-moving materials, and aged inventory, while ensuring the completeness and integrity of Master Data.

·Audit Leadership: Lead random audits within Materials Operations to ensure compliance and accuracy.

·Stock Level Management: Maintain optimal stock levels for assigned products in the warehouse and coordinate the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between departments according to production and shipping schedules.

·Record Keeping: Compile and maintain accurate manual and computerized records, reviewing production schedules and collaborating with department supervisors to determine material requirements, identify overdue materials, and track inventory.

·Material Control: Assume responsibility for material control in specific production areas, gaining comprehensive knowledge of operations from storage to work-in-progress (WIP).

·Team Performance Management: Foster team performance through coaching, counseling, and performance management.

·Kanban Management: Oversee the management and control of Kanban activities, ensuring effective supplier monitoring.

·Material Usage Control: Control material usage by ensuring accuracy from Bill of Materials (BOM) to actual production, while monitoring spoilage accounting to track quantities and values.

·Inventory Targets: Aim for zero inventory at shift end and oversee stock reconciliation and adjustments.

·Line-side Replenishment: Manage line-side replenishment and address issues related to failed quality components.

·Communication: Facilitate proactive communication regarding production continuity and maintain open lines of communication with relevant stakeholders to ensure that targets are met.

·Reporting: Provide regular structured reports on all major operational areas.

·Material Requirement Calculation: Calculate the material requirements necessary to complete job orders, applying knowledge of product specifications and manufacturing processes.

·Inventory Records Maintenance: Compile and maintain records related to material inventory, in-process production reports, and the status and location of materials.

·Material Movement Oversight: Oversee the movement of materials between plants and manage the repair and assembly of materials or parts.

·Department Coordination: Coordinate with various departments to ensure efficient material movement and evaluate all materials sent to the production department.

·Cross-Department Collaboration: Collaborate across departments to optimize the flow of materials and prepare necessary documentation and drawings, maintaining comprehensive files for material delivery sites and establishing efficient work schedules.

·Materials Management: Manage all materials for two plants, ensuring that all packaging materials, raw materials, office supplies, spare parts, cleaning materials, and other essential supplies are consistently available.

PPIC - WAREHOUSE MANAGER BAKEMASTERS INC. MARCH 2013 – MAY 2013

·Responsibilities:

·Customer Demand Management: Work closely with top management to meet customer demand and ensure on-time delivery goals while monitoring the PPIC Supervisor in developing production plans based on sales and marketing strategies.

·Production and Inventory Oversight: Create material procurement plans aligned with production needs by calculating requirements based on ideal stock levels, and oversee all inventory for production to guarantee a balanced market entry process.

·Store Inventory and Performance Evaluation: Manage overall store inventory levels by considering capacity, seasonality, and sales trends, and conduct evaluations of production, sales, and inventory conditions to assess operational effectiveness.

·Data Analysis and Employee Management: Analyze production, sales, and inventory data to inform decision-making, calculate annual employee requirements based on direct observations, and assess yield according to production standards.

·Communication and Order Management: Maintain effective communication with stakeholders to ensure accurate data and filter sales orders to align with production capabilities, while developing production schedules that determine timing and quantities for timely deliveries.

·Warehouse Operations and Security: Maintain efficient receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by enforcing policies and procedures, while establishing and monitoring security protocols to safeguard warehouse contents.

·Inventory Control and Financial Management: Control inventory levels through physical counts and reconciliations with data systems, ensuring the physical condition of the warehouse is optimal, and achieve financial objectives by preparing budgets and analyzing variances.

·Staff Development and Performance Management: Recruit, train, and orient warehouse staff to enhance performance, while coaching and providing feedback to maintain high standards, and stay informed through professional development opportunities.

MERCHANDISE PLANNING & INVENTORY CONTROL OFFICER CANADIAN MANUFACTURING MAY 2012 – OCTOBER 2012

·Responsibilities:

·Financial Planning and Forecasting: Develop and monitor comprehensive financial plans and forecasts for pre-season, in-season, semi-annual, monthly, and weekly business activities that align with strategic and financial objectives.

·Assortment Planning and Collaboration: Collaborate with buyers to create SKU/store-level assortment plans that reconcile with bottom-up plans, maximizing inventory distribution across stores, while supervising and developing merchandise planners to enhance team effectiveness.

·Inventory and Operational Efficiency: Maximize inventory and operational efficiencies by working closely with allocation analysts and buyers to maintain expected in-stock levels, managing overall store inventory based on capacity, seasonality, and sales trends.

·Data Analysis and Risk Identification: Analyze historical data and current trends to identify opportunities within categories, styles, and stores, while identifying risks to sales and profitability at all levels of the business.

·Department Financial Success: Ensure the financial success of departments by meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn goals, while optimizing allocation and replenishment system settings for improved inventory productivity.

·Vendor Collaboration and Relationship Management: Work with key vendors to establish financial targets and conduct regular business reviews, maintaining productive and supportive relationships with stores and vendors.

·Inventory Management and Supply Strategies: Oversee maintaining desired inventory levels and assortments, scheduling deliveries, and managing the shipping, receiving, and warehousing of merchandise, while collaborating directly with suppliers and guiding merchandising analysts to develop supply strategies that minimize stockouts and maximize inventory turns.

EXPORT SALES PLANNING SPECIALIST RFM INTERBAKE COMMISSARY CORPORATION JANUARY 2010 – JANUARY 2012

·Responsibilities:

·Partnership Development and Revenue Generation: Responsible for identifying, acquiring, and implementing external partnerships and alliances that generate incremental revenue by proactively exploring new channels and partners, negotiating deal terms, and ensuring effective implementation.

·Strategic Initiatives: Develop and create strategic partnerships and initiatives aimed at building alliances that drive revenue growth, while collaborating with existing departments to identify and prioritize potential alliances.

·Collaboration with Toll Processors: Establish and maintain strong partnerships with Toll Processors, as well as other entities, to enhance and multiply the company’s revenues.

·Project Management and Coordination: Develop, analyze, and manage various projects in close coordination with other departmental concerns, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

·Market Strategy Research: Conduct market research to identify the most effective strategies for proposed projects, ensuring that initiatives remain within approved budgets while utilizing high-quality materials.

·Forecasting and Consumption Analysis: Identify and verify material consumption, conduct analysis, and develop accurate forecasts to support operational planning.

·Export Sales Management: Oversee the Export Sales Department’s orders, from material call-offs to deliveries, ensuring all customer orders are fulfilled by liaising with relevant departments.

·Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) Implementation: Implement a time-phased Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) system to ensure efficient utilization of production capacity for both in-house production and toll processors, based on a well-conceived monthly production plan.

·Production Planning and Inventory Management: Provide a reliable monthly production plan that aligns production target volumes with sales targets while maintaining optimal finished goods inventory levels and ensuring adequate stock levels of assigned products in the warehouse.

·On-Time Delivery Accountability: Account for on-time delivery of goods from local and international suppliers, checking inventories, usage, and balancing stock as necessary.

·Warehouse Coordination: Coordinate resources for warehouse management, overseeing finished goods receiving activities to ensure operational efficiency.

·Continuous Production Operations: Develop and implement an effective materials requirement planning system to achieve desired inventory levels and ensure continuous production operations based on the established production plan.

ASSISTANT TECHNICAL BUYER SAN MIGUEL PUREFOODS HORMEL COMPANY INC. JANUARY 2008 – DECEMBER 2009

·Responsibilities:

·Procurement Management: Purchase or contract for supplies, services, and equipment required by various departments within the limits of the approved budget and in accordance with established purchasing procedures.

·Vendor Relations: Maintain strong relationships with vendors to ensure the procurement of high-quality merchandise, timely delivery, and reliable service at optimal prices.

·Record Keeping: Maintain accurate records and files to support the purchasing function and related duties, summarizing bid and quotation results for analysis.

·Supplier Diversification: Ensure there is always an alternative supplier for every item purchased to mitigate risks associated with vendor dependency.

·Order Processing: Enter purchase orders into the computer system and follow up to ensure the receipt of the correct quality and quantity of items on specified dates.

·Vendor Communication: Contact vendors for pricing, product information, and pre-bid schedules to facilitate informed purchasing decisions.

·Inventory Control: Check and control all material flows, stock levels, and usage to maintain optimal inventory management.

·Requisition Processing: Process requisitions, purchase orders, bids, proposals, and quotations efficiently to support departmental needs.

·Additional Duties: Perform other related duties as assigned to support the overall procurement process and organizational objectives.

INTERNATIONAL CALL CENTER AGENT EPIXTAR PHILIPPINES AUGUST 2007 – NOVEMBER 2007

·Responsibilities:

·Business and Client Engagement: Conduct business-to-business and client-to-consumer calls to establish and nurture relationships with potential clients.

·Outbound Sales Representation: Serve as an outbound sales representative, promoting and offering magazine subscriptions to reputable business establishments across the U.S.

·Credit Card Promotion: Promote and offer credit card services to various individuals, with a particular focus on those who have recently migrated to the U.S. and Canada.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING APRIL 2007 STI COLLEGE, PH

Skills & Abilities

·

·Strategic Partnership Development

·Inventory Management

·Sales and Marketing Acumen

·Data Analysis and Forecasting

·Project Coordination

·Vendor Relationship Management

·Financial Planning and Budgeting

·Effective Communication

·Problem-Solving Orientation

·Team Leadership and Development

·Adaptability and Flexibility

·Customer-Centric Approach

·Supply Chain Management

·Warehouse Operations Management

·Logistics Coordination

·Transportation Management

·Order Fulfillment

·Quality Control

·Regulatory Compliance

·Process Improvement

·Safety and Risk Management

·Cycle Counting and Inventory Audits

·Material Handling

·Cross-Docking Operations

·Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

·Staff Training and Development

·Cost Reduction Strategies

·Performance Metrics and Reporting

·Data Analysis & Reporting Tools

·Transport Management Systems

·Systems (SAP, ERIC, ARIBA, CELLO, SCORE, EAI, LOOKER)

Activities and Interests

Supply Chain optimization, participating in Logistics and SC Conferences, fostering animals in needs, reading mystery and thriller novels

Character Reference

Available upon request

Contact this candidate