Christian Lugo
Dallas,TX
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manufacturing Planner/Production Planner
Henry
Dallas, TX
01.2022 - Current
- Forecast and plan supply needs for multiple plants to ensure timely fulfillment of customer orders.
- Analyze capacity against forecasts to ensure demand can be met consistently throughout the year.
- Conduct weekly meetings with plant managers to review and ensure the success of production plans.
- Review and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) with plants to ensure operational efficiencies and continuous improvement.
- Manage inventory levels to meet open orders and future demand, ensuring optimal stock availability across all locations.
- Lead Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) meetings to align supply chain activities with business goals, ensuring synchronization across all functions.
- Train new production planners, providing guidance and support to ensure their successful integration and performance.
- Collaborate with developers to implement JDE across multiple plants, ensuring a smooth transition and functionality.
- Oversee master data review to ensure accuracy and reliability, facilitating smooth operations.
- Lead SMOG (Slow Moving Goods) meetings to review and address issues related to slow-moving inventory.
- Work closely with customer service teams to ensure orders have accurate lead times, and proactively communicate with customers regarding any potential shortages.
- Continuously seek ways to streamline and improve planning processes, leveraging insights and data analysis for better decision making.
- Create and implement custom Excel tools to enhance planning processes and improve company metrics, contributing to overall success.
Manufacturing Planner/Production Planner
Dal-Tile Corporation
Dallas, TX
06.2018 - 01.2022
- Oversee production scheduling, product availability, and inventory turnover to ensure optimal stock levels and efficient operations.
- Analyze customer demand, sales forecasts, inventory levels, lead times, safety stock, and other planning data to determine and provide weekly production needs to plants.
- Maintain and utilize bill of material information across various systems for effective production planning.
- Facilitate written and verbal communication with plants, marketing, finance, regional distribution centers (RDC), transportation, plant purchasing, customer service, and R&D.
- Prepare data and participate in weekly meetings with plants and marketing teams to discuss production needs and performance.
- Respond to customer service inquiries and ATP (available to promise) questions regarding product availability.
- Manage transportation expedites, prioritize receipts with RDCs, and redeploy stock as needed to ensure timely supply.
- Participate in planning and communication for new product launches, ensuring smooth integration into the supply chain.
- Identify and communicate supply chain constraints, proposing possible solutions to mitigate issues.
- Prepare weekly reports on in-stock levels, service performance, and schedule adherence, and present findings in meetings.
- Understand and explain service or in-stock issues, providing insights and solutions as necessary.
- Maintain planning parameters, such as lead times and min/max levels, to ensure accurate planning.
- Review and maintain target inventory calculations, including cycle stock and safety stock, for work center analysis.
Manufacturing/Production Planner
Priefert Steel
Fort Worth, TX
12.2015 - 06.2018
- Managed the scheduling of 8 steel processing machines, including 2 slitters, 2 cut-to-length machines, 2 flat bars, 1 hydraulic shear, and 1 brake press.
- Assigned bills of materials to firm production orders using the MRP system to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Used open order reports to prioritize and meet customer delivery dates consistently.
- Collaborated with purchasing and sales teams to ensure inventory availability to meet customer demand.
- Worked with the shipping department to ensure timely delivery of finished products to customers.
- Coordinated with other plant locations to transfer stock material, meeting customer demand, and improving cost efficiency.
- Maintained a strong focus on customer demand and forecast schedules to ensure high-demand stock items were always available.
- Assisted in overseeing a group of production employees, providing guidance and support.
- Participated in weekly business meetings with all departments to optimize scheduling in relation to unforeseen circumstances.
Education
BBA - Operations And Supply Chain Management
The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX2017
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word & Access)
- ERP Systems (SAP, JDE, & Microsoft Dynamics AX)
- Power BI
- Lean Manufacturing
- Capacity Planning
- Forecasting
- Self Sufficient
- Problem Solver
Timeline
Senior Manufacturing Planner/Production Planner
Henry
01.2022 - Current
Manufacturing Planner/Production Planner
Dal-Tile Corporation
06.2018 - 01.2022
Manufacturing/Production Planner
Priefert Steel
12.2015 - 06.2018
BBA - Operations And Supply Chain Management
The University of Texas At Arlington
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