Joshua Shrout

• Managed logistics functions including shipping coordination, freight negotiations, and carrier selection.
• Led global sourcing initiatives, expanding access to new markets while maintaining quality standards.
• Collaborated with sales and production teams to develop integrated planning processes, improving overall business performance.
• Developed strong vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of materials and maintain high-quality standards.
• Improved supply chain efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing cost-saving measures.
• Managed procurement activities, driving cost savings through strategic sourcing and contract negotiations.
• Initiated risk mitigation strategies to address potential disruptions in the supply chain, minimizing impacts on business continuity.
• Reduced lead times for product deliveries through effective supplier management and communication strategies.
• Enhanced inventory accuracy with the implementation of a robust cycle counting program.
• Leveraged analytics tools for in-depth analysis of supply chain data, resulting in actionable insights for process improvements.
• Developed comprehensive training programs for team members, enhancing skills development and employee retention rates within the department.
• Implemented lean principles throughout the organization''s supply chain operations, contributing to waste reduction efforts and cost savings initiatives.
• Facilitated interdepartmental collaboration to align goals across multiple functions within the organization.
• Optimized warehouse operations, resulting in improved order fulfillment rates and reduced order processing time.
• Implemented data-driven decision-making processes, leading to more accurate demand forecasting and reduced stockouts.
• Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability, and working capital.
• Supervised 9 staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and internal customer fulfillment duties.
• Built supplier relationships to mitigate risk and establish effective purchasing arrangements with indirect and logistics customers.
• Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
• Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
• Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
• Tracked and monitored purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing to verify accuracy and compliance.
• Implemented inventory-management strategies to maximize availability and decrease waste.
• Improved, standardized and documented planning and scheduling processes.
• Formulated demand planning and generated supply chain management metrics.
• Streamlined shipping and receiving operations to reduce errors and improve customer satisfaction.
• Managed availability of supplies from vendors by ensuring core items were on hand to keep inventory values low and consistently moving.
• Created and implemented comprehensive supply chain management strategies.
• Reduced inventory levels and improved supply chain visibility using strategic initiatives.
• Organized and maintained correct inventory levels to drive highest turns possible on inventory.
• Developed and implemented actionable improvements to increase inventory replenishment efficiency and reduce downtime.

• Handled production, manufacturing, purchasing, inventory management, and other supply chain functions to facilitate business operations.
• Initiated early stages of S&OP planning with formulated demand planning and generated supply plan to meet business needs and objectives.
• Led development and implementation of cloud based supply chain planning system Anaplan. Became an Anaplan certified model builder to support further development and implementation for other use areas of the business outside of Supply Chain.
• Generated and maintained work orders in support of over arching production plan as well as remedial work order management.
• Flagged potential issues by monitoring timelines, and KPI's
• Worked closely with purchasing team to ensure stocking agreements were sufficient and risk of over stock were mitigated.
• Monitored safety stock levels and established order policies to balance inventory availability with minimal investment.
• Maintained material control and information systems, supporting manufacturing and balancing inventory surpluses with customer demand.
• Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports on purchasing operations.

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 5 supply chain professionals across 4 sites in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and JangAn Korea as a remote manager.
• Created and implemented globally standardized processes and procedures in conjunction with Distribution Planning, Demand Planning and Entegris Business Systems for production planning, distribution and global inventory management and control to maximize customer satisfaction and minimize costs
• Developed a highly capable production planning and inventory control team through personnel development and strong performance management
• Monitored & reviewed key MRP metrics with production planners and plant management teams. Identified and led key initiatives to improve on time delivery, optimize plant capacity, balance plant absorption all while also controlling inventory level to achieve corporate and division inventory goal (inventory turns/ DOI)
• Overseen and collaborated across functional boundaries for successful management of manufacturing inputs into Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process
• Driven accountability and closure of supply constraints in partnership with Planning, Plant Operations, Engineering, Business Unit Planning, Business Unit Marketing and Purchasing
• Led development and maintenance of raw material & semi-finished goods inventory targets and safety stock strategies in accordance with Business Unit strategy
• Participated in budget planning and developed strong accountability across materials team for variance mitigation, inventory right-sizing, as well as E&O inventory management (including MRB & Scrap)
• Driven continuous improvement opportunities with an emphasis on cost reduction, supply chain reliability & sustainability (BCP)

Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of 6-7 supply chain professionals as a player/coach
• Moving labor and machine capacity planning into the ERP system allowing the site to use the production scheduling functionality of SAP
• Demand, Supply, and Inventory planning in support of the Sales, Inventory, And Operations Planning (SIOP) process
• Plan For Every Part implementation for enhanced inventory control and material availability
• Assisting with Honeywell Operating System (HOS) implementation based on Lean manufacturing principles
• Team coaching and division of task responsibility among current supply chain team
• Tier 1 and Tier 4 reporting based on the Lean disciplines

Responsibilities:

• Demand planning
  
• Inventory planning
• Order entry and confirmation
• Initiating Plan For Every Part implementation
• Assisting with Honeywell Operating System (HOS) implementation based on Lean manufacturing principles
• Team coaching Planning Team on Lean principles and advanced planning strategies
• Tier 1 and Tier 4 reporting based on the Lean disciplines

Responsibilities:

• Site raw materials planning and daily ordering
• Forecasting and inventory management of raw materials
• Optimizing vendor managed inventory programs as well as transitions and new product 
• Providing detailed data analysis and root cause problem solving used for identifying trends and supply gaps
• Back up support for Master Production Scheduler
  
• Back up support for Specialty Asset Scheduler
• Reviewing and managing excess and obsolete inventory to optimize warehouse space
• Logility Voyager Demand Planning System support as a Subject Matter Expert
• Cleaning up core processes and focusing on inventory management
• Re-establishing Tier 2 Managed Daily Improvement meetings
• Member of the company Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)

Responsibilities:

• Logility Demand and Requirements Planning System installation and implementation
• Centralized support for forecasting and inventory management of raw materials 
• Material buyer and production planner training and support across the division
• Cross functioned as back up Buyer/Planner for multiple sites and divisions
• Central review and management of aged inventory to optimize warehouse space
• Established Standard Work and documented core processes

Responsibilities:

• Developed standard work for material planning and daily ordering across multiple sites
• Improved on forecasting and inventory management
• Optimized vendor managed inventory programs and inventory level reporting
• Managed raw material transitions for new item set-up within our planning systems
• Back up support for local facility Buyers and Planners
• Reviewing and managing aged inventory to optimize warehouse space
• Refurbished standard work and analytical tools
• Re-established core processes and brought more focus to inventory management

Responsibilities: 

• Improved on site raw material planning and daily ordering
• Improved on site manufacturing planning and replenishment coordinating
• Established streamlined processes for forecasting and inventory management of raw materials
• Cleaned up vendor managed inventory programs
• Managed raw material transitions and new product set-ups
• Back up support for Master Production Scheduler
• Developed a process for reviewing and managing aged inventory to optimize warehouse space
• Implemented PFEP (Plan For Every Part) strategy using refurbished standard processes, analytical tools, and Tier 1, 2, and 3 Managed Daily Improvement meetings with escalation process
• Created a standard raw material planning process for neighboring facilities utilizing PFEP
• Cleaned up core processes and brought greater focus to inventory management resulting in an
• $800,000 reduction in inventory within 60 days
• Member of the company Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)

Responsibilities: 

• "Exact" batching and planning for Quakertown and Cranbury Finishing centers
• Enhanced run optimization program that resulted in reduction trim waste and slit roll inventory
• Developed waste metric 
• Reduced Cranbury's slit roll inventory by 35%
• Member of the company Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)

Responsibilities:  

• Operated and qualified to lead all machines within the Painesville Films Coating department
• Back-up team leader
• Back-up production scheduler and raw material buyer
• Member of the quality department ISO audit team
• Member of the company Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)