Sales Supply Chain
Resume:
Luke Daniel Adsit
c2yvq6@r.postjobfree.com
Seymour, TN 37865
Executive Summary:
Operations executive with a track record of delivering results. Consistently lead facility management to achieve performance metrics and drive continuous process
improvements in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost Control and Employee Retention.
Work Experience:
Brunswick, Sea Ray Sport Cruiser Manufacturing
Knoxville, TN
Production / Operations Manager
1/2/07 until Present
• Manage the three production departments for Brunswick’s Knoxville, TN Manufacturing Facility
• Interim General Manager for satellite facility in Dandridge, TN
• Coach four Managers, ten Supervisors, and over 200 hourly employees
• Member of the facility’s Executive Steering Committee
• P&L responsibility for all production departments
• Lead capital improvement project teams
• Lead the annual Strategic Planning Process for the facility
• Partner with facility Controller to develop annual operating budget for the facility
• Responsible for achieving facility goals in Safety, Quality, Cost Control and Turnover
• Responsible for achieving daily schedule attainment, while minimizing overtime hours worked and maximizing labor efficiency
• Lead Lean Six Sigma Project teams in continuous process improvement efforts that address operational deficiencies and eliminate waste
- Energy usage reduction
- Assembly line efficiency improvement
- Material waste reduction and SKU rationalization
- Insourcing of cockpit upholstery
• Develop simple, automated tools to assist facility personnel in managing the business:
- Wood parts inventory management system – Removed $150K in wood parts WIP
- Accessory orders database – Improved days to close an order from 15 days to 5 days
- Action item tracking database
- Material variance database – Delivered $125K in material savings
• Manage the Master Production Schedule and manpower calculator to ensure that the facility is adequately staffed while still achieving efficiency goals
• Expert user of MS Office Applications: MS Access, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word
Mizuno USA
Norcross, GA
Demand Planner, Diamond Division
12/12/05 until 12/29/06
• Managed demand forecasts for Mizuno’s Baseball Division portfolio of over 3,500 SKUs
• Developed a tool that is used by Mizuno’s supply chain team to perform the following functions: Develop and maintain sales forecasts, generate exception reports, conduct detailed sales analysis, and provide planners with a dashboard view of sales history, sales orders, and inventory
• Awarded Mizuno USA Employee of the Month (June 2006) for building the aforementioned demand planning tool
• Led the division’s strategic Sales and Operations Planning Meetings each month
• Led consensus forecast meetings with business unit managers to identify sales trends
Nestlé USA
Glendale, CA & Mira Loma, CA
Demand Planner / Distribution Center Operations Supervisor
2/05/01 until 12/11/05
Demand Planner
4/28/03 until 12/11/05
• Managed demand forecasts for Nestlé’s Confections and Specialty Foods portfolios
- Collaborated with Sales and Marketing teams to develop forecast enrichments
- Validated assumptions constituting forecast enrichments using statistical modeling
- Drove supply chain efficiencies by early communication of forecast changes
- Coordinated inventory builds with key customers’ replenishment timing needs to minimize inventory carrying costs and maximize product freshness to the consumer
- Analyzed sales strengths / opportunities, presented results to upper management
- Managed a cross-functional team to redefine the seasonal confections forecasting and in-season, order fulfillment processes
- Managed the product forecasting portion of the annual budgeting process
- Utilized Manugistics Demand Planning Software
• Improved forecast accuracy by nine percentage points for products in the Foreign Trade Division, and achieved “best ever” forecast accuracy for Nestlé Specialty Foods
• Developed a customer orders database to assist other demand planners with product placement to align distribution center stock with regional demand and improve item/location forecast accuracy
• Delivered supply chain training to the division’s five field sales teams
Distribution Center Operations Supervisor
2/5/01 until 4/27/03
• Supervised distribution center operations at an 800,000 square foot facility
- Coached five team leaders and supervised over sixty total employees
- Set performance goals with employees and monitored their progress
- Collaborated with employees on quality action teams to increase productivity
- Facilitated employee team meetings to encourage resolution of business issues
- Utilized Nestlé’s Inventory Management System to maintain warehouse organization and ensure proper date code rotation of Nestlé products
- Interviewed and selected candidates for warehouse positions
- Administered progressive discipline to employees, including terminations
• Developed a multifunctional database to track employee attendance records, employee vacation time, and job related errors committed by each employee
• Served as the SAP Implementation Lead User for the Mira Loma Distribution Center
- Delivered process and systems training to over 100 users at the Mira Loma site
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC
Logistics Officer Intern
5/21/99 until 12/17/99
• Given The United States Government Exceptional Performance Award
• Granted Top Secret Government Clearance
Education:
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Bachelor of Science, Logistics and Transportation
December 2000
Overall GPA: 3.9/4.0, Summa Cum Laude
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