Supply Chain Customer Service
Resume:
Mark V. Ehrlich
P.O. Box *****
Allentown PA ****9-0383
************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
A Supply Chain professional with 19 years Production Planning experience.
EXPERIENCE:
B. Braun Medical Inc. 2006 to present
Supply Chain Team Leader / SAP Master Scheduler
Managed two Detail Planners
Master scheduled the Needle Free / Plastics Business Unit using SAP software
Several work centers were highly capacity constrained
Interfaced with various departments, business units and plants: Sterilization, Receiving/ Shipping, Logistics, Marketing, Engineering, Cost Accounting, etc.
Assisted with the identification, recommendation and implementation of Supply Chain improvement initiatives with the Dominican Republic facility as the master planning of the OEM portion of that facility. This involvement resulted in a backorder reduction from $1,000,000 to under $50,000.
Developed the SAP training material for the Dominican Republic personnel
Managed the start-up of the OEM / Specialty Products Manufacturing Business Unit
Trained in Lean Basics / Fundamentals
The Hershey Company (formerly Hershey Foods Corporation) 2001 to 2006
Associate Supply Planner
Interfaced with various departments: Customer Service, Plant Logistics, Marketing, Sales, etc.
Master scheduled the bar lines (standard size, king size, giant size, baking chocolate & seasonal shapes) using Manugistics & SAP software.
Several lines were highly seasonal and highly capacity constrained.
Managed several transition projects: 8 oz. bars to 7 oz. bars, 7 oz. bars to 6 oz. bars. In addition to managing multiple wrapper promotions and new product introductions (Hersheys Sticks).
Actively involved in a project to reduce the Rolo line from a two shift level schedule to a one shift level schedule. This resulted in a $1,000,000 annualized cost savings.
Crayola LLC (formerly Binney & Smith, Inc.) 1992 to 2001
Supply Chain Planner
MPS- master scheduled blistered products
MRP-planned the purchase and production of raw and w.i.p. material components for the blister, chalk, plastics, modeling compounds, watercolor and vacuum-forming high velocity manufacturing cells while coordinating numerous contract manufacturing / packaging activities at approximately twenty contract manufacturers / contract packagers.
Developed the formalized outsourcing program. The outsourced program had a 97 % inventory accuracy, much higher than the internal inventory accuracy.
Interfaced with the Marketing, Procurement, Engineering, Cost Accounting, Quality Assurance & Demand Planning Departments
Performed capacity studies on a regular basis
Facility Coordinator:
Maintained all process and routing information for the Creative Development & Packaging facility
Improved cycle count procedure
Audited bills of material
Analyzed raw and w.i.p. material receipts vs. issues, including reconciliation
Trained supervisors in the amaps/q system
Generated performance charts for various self-directed work teams
Receiving Coordinator
Entered all receiving information into the inventory control system daily
Interfaced with the Accounts Payable Department to resolve quantity discrepancies and maximize invoice discounts
Coordinated an outside warehousing facility, including transportation of materials to the manufacturing facilities
Directed a group of eight material handlers and one clerk
EDUCATION:
M.B.A. – May 2004
DeSales University; Center Valley PA
Production & Inventory Management certificate - 1996
Moravian College; Bethlehem PA
B.S.B.A. - General Business 1988
Kutztown University; Kutztown PA
COMPUTER SKILLS:
SAP
DRP- Manugistics
Forecasting - Prescients
Planner Plus
Microsoft Access, Excel, Powerpoint & Word
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
American Production & Inventory Control Society (A.P.I.C.S.)
Lehigh Valley Chapter
Vice-President for Programming 1999-2000
Vice-President for Publicity 2000
Company Coordinator for B. Braun Medical, Inc. 2006 / 2007 – organized in-house APICS training
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