Ariana Smith
Lebanon,IN
Summary
Dedicated and detail-oriented Production/Procurement planner Coordinator with 6 years of experience in operations. Skilled in resource coordination, schedule management, and the successful execution of intricate plans to achieve goals. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, contributing to the achievement of project milestones and organizational goals. Effective at sourcing products, vetting vendors, and managing the bid process. Good relationship-builder and problem-solver with a methodical approach and excellent verbal and written communication skills. . Effective at sourcing products, vetting vendors, and managing the bid process. Good relationship-builder and problem-solver with a methodical approach and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Procurement Coordinator/ Supply Chain coordinator
KATTSAFE USA
02.2023 - Current
- Oversee raw materials procurement processes, ensuring appropriate remittance and delivery
- Build relationships with existing vendors and identify new vendors to service emerging needs
- Identify procurement processes to be improved or made more efficient
- Create and oversee KPI tracking and reporting
- Plan, create, review, and distribute approved Production Plan for Production Departments and work centers according to shipping schedules
- Confer with department supervisors to determine the progress of work and completion dates
- Compile reports on the progress of work, inventory level, and production problems
- Manage inventory stock levels by applying advanced inventory control techniques; monitoring and updating minimum and maximum stock levels
- Coordinate delivery schedules for Subcontractors with Shipping and escalate any open issues
- Track and measure the delivery performance of the Subcontractor on a monthly basis and provide data to management and subcontractors for areas of improvement
- Inventory management, maintaining target inventory level for raw and finished good products, cycle counting, and physical inventory
Production Coordinator
Lakanto
01.2021 - 02.2023
- Oversee production and ensure contract manufacturers fulfill production schedule
- Partner with internal groups in order to prioritize, schedule, and support project work required by the contract manufacturer to support cost savings, new product launches, etc
- Work closely with contract manufacturers and maintain working relationship
- Monitor and report consistent performance metrics, create monthly scorecards for co-packers, and facilitate performance focused monthly or quarterly reviews
- Effectively negotiate and finalize contracts with all assigned contract manufacturers to get the best pricing, and match COG'S
- Develop cost-effective measurements to achieve exceptional business practices
- Establish and maintain future capacity planning projections and ensure production schedule attainment
- Request quotes and complete purchase orders to align with contract compliance, product standardization, and conformity to policies
- Monitor supply performance, following up on open orders, delivery status, and invoicing issues
- Collaborate with team, key stakeholders to ensure effective communication and exceptional customer services
- Obtain shipping documents from vendor on direct ship purchase orders
- Support the R&D team to develop new products
- Work closely with the production team to ensure that manufacturers have the capabilities for new products
- Create Bill of material and purchase order based on MOQ, to meet release time
- Liaise with Finance team on production invoices payables, and logistics to determinate margins
- Follow up with samples for Organoleptic testing after trials
- Schedule audits for Quality Assurance team
- Create shared drives at the development stage of the new collection.
Production Supervisor
Rimports, LLC, A Sterno Group Company
03.2020 - 01.2021
- Supervise operations to ensure positive labor efficiency and variance through proper usage of personnel
- Follow company safety policies and programs to promote a safety-first culture throughout the facility
- Maintain a high level of quality throughout the manufacturing process
- Follow training and cross-training program and implement for production staff
- Responsible for production, meeting daily schedule to ensure on-time delivery while minimizing overtime
- Maintain a high level of quality by doing regular inspections of products
- Utilize lean manufacturing principles to identify efficiency issues and suggest improvements to solve the problems
- Submit reports on performance and progress to direct manager
- Communicate job expectations, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees
- Facilitate daily shift meetings
- Other duties as assigned.
Shipping Specialist
Rimports, LLC, A Sterno Group Company
06.2019 - 01.2021
- Monitor all shipments to ensure timely departures and deliveries, report on exceptions
- Provide detailed communication regarding all issues
- Document, research, and resolve all shipping issues
- Generate and provide weekly shipments status reports to customers and internally
- Coordinate and schedule domestic and international shipments as needed
- Timely and accurate record-keeping of all relevant shipping information
- Assess reports to understand trends and gaps
- Able to prioritize workload, taking into consideration timelines and customer needs
- File shipping claims and follow up till a resolution is achieved
- Audit transportation invoices for billing discrepancies
- Support assignments for special projects and tasks as needed
- Calculate shipping cost for internal and domestic freights.
Data Entry Clerk
Elite OPS
08.2018 - 06.2019
Logistics Coordinator
Elite OPS
04.2017 - 08.2018
- Works with third party suppliers and their carriers to align drop shipment deliveries to installation sites-time delivery and cost goals
- Execute import/export duties for international and domestic shipments
- Monitors timing of customer requirements, updates tracking database, and processes ticket requests
- Interacts with manufacturing cross-functional groups regarding the preparation and status of finished goods required for customer shipments
- Documents physical state of units prior to loading on transportation carrier for specialized equipment shipments
- Performs required record transactions for customer shipments in Oracle
- Create all required documentation for shipment in compliance with any and all applicable federal and state laws for shipping to customer sites
- Assists in the organization of delivery plans for large customer sites
- Partners with finance to submit required month-end logistic documentation
- Compiles and organizes digital and paper files related to site installation shipments
- Processes and codes logistics invoicing in 3rd party payment system.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management, General
University of Phoenix
07.2023
Bachelor's degree - Industrial Engineering
Universidad Yacambú
01.2012
Skills
- Supply Management
- Manufacturing Operations
- Production Planning
- Logistics Oversight
- Document Preparation
- Proficiency in Excel, Acumatica, Oracle and Infor/Styline
Accomplishments
Bring 35% of the production from Australia to the US.
Reduce cost by 20% in local shopping, looking for new suppliers.
Help to develop new products with the R&D team like, Ketchup, water Enhancers, and others. Before the 2 year timeline.
Certification
- Organizational Structure
- Performance Management
- Business Strategies
- Human Resource Management
- Business Administration
Personal Information
Title: Procurement coordinator/ Planner
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Timeline
Procurement Coordinator/ Supply Chain coordinator
KATTSAFE USA
02.2023 - Current
Production Coordinator
Lakanto
01.2021 - 02.2023
Production Supervisor
Rimports, LLC, A Sterno Group Company
03.2020 - 01.2021
Shipping Specialist
Rimports, LLC, A Sterno Group Company
06.2019 - 01.2021
Data Entry Clerk
Elite OPS
08.2018 - 06.2019
Logistics Coordinator
Elite OPS
04.2017 - 08.2018
MBA - Business Administration And Management, General
University of Phoenix
Bachelor's degree - Industrial Engineering
Universidad Yacambú
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