Supply Chain Management

Jordan B Hardin

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Bristol, TN • 423-***-****

Logistics Supply Chain Management Transportation

Results-driven, customer focused leader brings nearly 12 years’ experience in logistics, transportation, and supply chain management. Manage people, systems, and processes to achieve large scale global projects and deliverables with even tight deadlines. Develop streamlined processes directly contributing to the efficiency and smooth operation of multiple third party warehouses. Manage and implement various work plans ensuring alignment with organization strategy, successfully resolving variances in plans. Build productive, high-trust interpersonal relationships with leadership and colleagues, which enabled clear and effective communication with leaders and employees at all levels. Collaborative leader, equipped with strong decision-making skills.

Technical Proficiencies

•SAP R/3

•SAP LMP (Logistics Modernization Program

•SAP GCSS Army (Global Combat Support System)

•APICS CPIM Part 1 certification

•Excellent Communication Skills

•Bilingual: English and German

•Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills

Professional Experience

CROWN LABORATORIES – Johnson City, TN June 2023 – Present

Senior Supply Planner/Buyer (June 2023 – Present)

Analyze and manage MPS, MRP, and Material master/parameters Data within ERP and IBP/S&OP system(s)

Manage inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands and department/company goals.

Maintain constant communication with vendors to ensure all delivery and quality requirements are met

Perform maintenance of open purchase orders, monitor all changes in ETAs and support the A/P with any purchase order to invoice discrepancies

Plan Master Production Schedule (MPS) and execute production orders ensuring finished goods are available in a timely matter to meet sales demands for assigned product groups

Revise Master Production Schedule (MPS) as needed for design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with R&D, engineering, sales, and operations as needed

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY – Kingsport, TN Sept 2018 – Feb 2023

Logistics Planner (June 2022 – February 2023)

Managed, maintained, and tracked the maintenance, loading, and shipping of 30 dedicated trailers to 2 customers, resulting in accurate, on-time delivery.

Developed logistical processes for 2 new projects, resulting in more streamlined communication between Kingsport and Longview, TX and smooth operations in loading and shipping material.

Supported fluctuating customer demand and effectively communicated planning and changes with customer service, carriers, drivers, materials handling, and manufacturing to ship and deliver 30 materials from 13 shipping points across North America.

Saved over $30,000 in transportation costs by creatively comparing carrier costs to avoid unnecessary layovers while still meeting customer demand in a 6 month time period.

Supply Planner (August 2019 – June 2022)

Monitored key S&OE and S&OP metrics to prepare for monthly meetings.

Oversaw and optimized supply plans to meet production requirements and all customer orders.

Managed supply plans, scheduling within appropriate systems (SAP, OMP) and effectively communicated planning strategy with impacted stakeholders to support fluctuating customer demand

Identified, communicated, and escalated variances from plan. Managed and resolved variances in an expediated fashion to ensure timely production of materials to ship to customers for on time delivery

Interfaced with Materials Handling, Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality Assurance, Receiving, Procurement, and other planning groups to maintain raw material inventory for production and shipment of materials to customers.

Improved planning processes based on a post Covid and high paced environment.

Led a project updating BOMs (Bill of Materials) increasing production posting accuracy

Logistics Planner -Limited Service Employee (September 2018 – May 2019)

Planned and executed shipment of raw materials from 11 shipping facilities across the United States to customer locations in North America and Mexico in a timely and cost effective manner.

Partnered with carriers, customer service, and shipping facility personnel, developing work procedures, streamlining work activities, and identifying, investigating and eliminating recurring problems to onboard two newly acquired businesses

Tracked and traced shipments to ensure on-time error free delivery to customer locations effectively communicating exceptions to appropriate contacts.

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PAE Pacific Architects and Engineers, McMurdo Station, Antarctica Feb 2014 – April 2018

Supply Manager (January 2018 – April 2018)

Managed daily duties and taskings of all Supply Technicians in the Vehicle Maintenance Facility.

Monitored and optimized supply plans to maximize value through a focus on asset optimization, logistics costs, inventory control, and product transition minimization.

Maintained approximately 50,000 automotive parts maintained in 9 warehouses.

Researched, identified, and issued parts to mechanics in extreme cold weather conditions

Increased warehousing space by 5% by identifying 2500 obsolete parts to be retrograded back to the US.

Analyzed data to determine yearly usage of common parts to be ordered for the upcoming year.

Logistics Supply Chain Management, Hohenfels, Grafenwoehr & Mannheim, Germany (Feb 2014 – Dec 2017)

Managed logistical movement, receiving, issuing, turning in, communications (C4ISR) installation, and maintenance services for approximately 7,831 pieces of equipment in two locations.

Effectively communicated with Company Commanders in a Brigade sized element to issue 7,000 pieces of equipment in 7 days to meet specific training purposes in Eastern European countries.

Identified and supported inventory optimization opportunities.

Conducted administrative duties, payroll actions, government correspondences, meeting minutes, environmental compliance, and tracking calibration and diagnostic testing for 500 pieces of equipment.

Implemented and conducted training with team leaders on equipment verification, conducting monthly inventories, issuing and turn in of equipment, receiving equipment in database, and property accountability.

Proficiently used Microsoft Exchange Server to connect to the inventory database, using advanced SQL AdHoc queries to create an approved reporting system to the government.

Formulated plan to close Grafenwoehr site and physically, systematically transfer 2,831 pieces of equipment to Mannheim in a 2-week period, which became the model for the Army Sustainment Command in closing sites

During Combined Resolve Exercises, presented an Overview brief for 100 + Soldiers detailing safety measures and the process for issue and turn in of equipment.

Performed monthly and cyclic inventory reconciliation to maintain 100% inventory accuracy

United States Army, Germany Afghanistan May 2010 – November 2013

Transportation Officer, 2nd Calvary Regiment & 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command

As Platoon Leader, managed health, welfare, and training of approximately 30 soldiers.

Successfully managed and maintained accurate accountability of over $500M in military equipment.

Facilitated movement, staging, and reception, flight tracking, and transportation of about 2,000 soldiers from 5 respective Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in Southern Afghanistan to the Kandahar Airfield back to Germany.

Single handedly wrote a 90-page nomination for Headquarters and Headquarters Troop of the 2nd Calvary regiment, competing for the Deployment Excellence Award for Operation Enduring Freedom 2010-2011. Troop won 1st place in OCONUS Small Unit Category USAREUR (United States Army Europe) and Dept of Army levels.

Improved operational efficiency by creating and implementing streamlined procedures that reduced time to issue radios and other communications equipment by 25%.

Coordinated 2-day Supply conference for about 50 Senior Supply Sergeants, Property Book Officers, and G4/S4 personnel across USAREUR that improved supply chain procedures and transactions to the Company level.

Education & Credentials

MBA, University of Phoenix, Online

Bachelor of Arts, General Studies, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

APICS CPIM Part 2 certification in process

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