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Julian Cifuentes

Julian Cifuentes

Supply Chain Management
Cartersville,GA

Summary

Developed strong leadership, planning, inventory and logistics control skills. For example, one of the main duties were; Planning and prioritizing operations production lines to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay, at the same time responsible for the inventory flow and supervision of personnel.

Also gained experience in leadership, supply chain management, green belt projects, 5’s and streamline processes projects. Fields that the Production Planner must be familiar with. Had the opportunity to become familiar with the E1, JDE, SAP planning, inventory systems, Agile, Excel planning tools and have the ability to balance supply and demand throughout the network.

Able to ensure the merchandise sent out meets company standards and to make sure all paperwork is in order and updated as needed to ensure shipments are handled in an organized and efficient.

Also had experienced with scheduling and tracking deliveries and making changes when necessary to ensure customers receive their orders according to schedule. When problems arise, have the experience, training and skills to take care of them quickly and efficiently.

Always look at challenges objectively and like to explore different options to look for better and more efficient ways to improve processes. Very pro-active but friendly attitude with the ability to help the team increase productivity in the operations department, while trying to lower operational costs to enhance growth and profits.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Supply Chain Manager

MC Comprehensive Construction
Vista, California
02.2017 - 12.2021
  • Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability and working capital.
  • Guided production operations and met demand requirements by determining priorities, scheduling workers and overseeing prompt production equipment maintenance and repairs.
  • Oversee all supply chain and operations activities to ensure desired results and consistency with overall strategy and mission.
  • Created mechanisms to maintain open dialogue with product and service users and key suppliers, facilitating communication and helping prioritize opportunities.
  • Supervised five staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing and customer service duties.
  • Achieved 97% inventory accuracy by developing and implementing optimization methodologies for accounting processes.
  • Balanced demand and supply while aligning volume and mix to achieve production objectives.
  • Oversaw day-td and documented planning and scheduling processes.
  • Negotiated with suppliers and vendors about contracts, policies and deadlines.

Production Planner

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Carlsbad, California
01.2015 - 03.2017
  • Worked directly with production personnel to resolve production scheduling issues and conflicts.
  • Employed accurate forecasting to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
  • Used Oracle Enterprise One to forecast, planned and scheduled WO's according to supply and demand.
  • Managed over 2000+ SKU's within 200 million dollar MFG department.
  • Managed projects for; new SKU creation, streamline MFG and planning processes, created planning tools using excel, Kanban Projects, 5's projects, participated on Kaizen events locally and internationally.
  • Developed production schedules according to deadlines for existing orders and sales forecasting.
  • Directed materials planning and team performance to support company initiatives and goals.
  • Engaged in both long and short-term project planning, strategizing for on-time, high-quality deliverables.
  • Monitored workload against supply base to assess capacity constraints and communicate potential risks and imbalances with stakeholders.
  • Reviewed inventories, tracked production statuses and ordered materials to foster consistent availability and production schedule adherence.
  • Created new production processes by analyzing current workflow and coordinating customer orders based on material availability and production capacity.
  • Customized SAP production planning and detailed scheduling tools to support factory production initiatives.
  • Created production forecasting plans utilizing Excel spreadsheet tools and input from production and management teams.

Inventory Control Supervisor

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Carlsbad, California
01.2012 - 02.2015
  • Assisted management staff with maintaining budget and schedule controls using standard project management protocols.
  • Responsible for inventory flow at Carlsbad site manufacturing department and supervision of up to 14 Floor Controllers.
  • Implementations of Kanban systems throughout Carlsbad manufacturing
  • Proficient on Kaizen and KPI systems (led one global Kaizen event and more than 5 local events)
  • Increase of inventory accuracy from 75% to 97% and decrease production scheduling misses because of inventory discrepancies.
  • Solved problems, working closely with supply chain planning team, manufacturing teams and leadership team members.
  • Work with process improvement individuals to develop customized database applications. Proficient with multiple databases and current MRP systems.
  • Lead and managed of continuous improvement projects, scheduling of work routines to maintain consistent material flow to MFG and successfully promote team unity among diverse staff.
  • Planned allocation of resources, materials and equipment for facility.
  • Maintained control of cycle counts, physical inventory and discrepancy research.
  • Processed damaged goods and completed wasted inventory paperwork.
  • Traced item history to determine reason for discrepancies between inventory and stock control records.
  • Collaborated with other departments within facility to educate and understand how functions affect inventory.
  • Managed labor assignments and equipment allocations and met transportation, operations and production goals.
  • Motivated workers to exceptional performance through implementation of new strategies.
  • Reviewed orders, production schedules, blueprints and shipping or receiving notices and assigned work sequences and material shipping dates and destinations.
  • Balanced schedule and customer demands against team capabilities and available resources to meet performance objectives.

Inventory Control Team Lead

Life Technologies
Carlsbad, California
01.2009 - 01.2012
  • Addressed internal supply problems head-on and developed creative solutions to prevent delays and missed targets.
  • Managed complex projects as directed by leadership, delivering positive outcomes within time and budget constraints.
  • Led quality assurance initiatives and reduced work flow downtime to increase profits.
  • Audited and corrected discrepancies in inventory numbers, resulting on 95% inventory accuracy.
  • Used equipment like forklifts and pallet jacks to move inventory.
  • Created new processes, training individuals of those processes, working with planners and finance teams, making sure material procedures is within company compliance, and keeping camaraderie within teams.

Associate Manufacturing Specialist

Life Technologies
Carlsbad, California
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Performed Cell Culture and Competent Cells fermentation responsible for Production of cell culture and fermentation, involved in H1N1 project which generated $30 million in revenue. Also, involved in projects to improve yields in Competent Cell and Tissue Culture lines. Worked with MFG scientists helping troubleshoot fermentation and cell culture equipment resulting in $20 million company revenue. Responsible in running daily team metrics meetings and running WOV reports, and making sure WO BOM's and SOP's were up to date.

Product Team Associate

Invitrogen
Carlsbad, California
01.2005 - 01.2007
  • Increased team success by completing jobs quickly and accurately.
  • Responsible for organizing and leading daily functions of filling and assembly molecular biology kits within multi-million dollar manufacturing group. Leadership role of team “Floor Lead”. Responsible for training team members on all aspects of automated production.
  • Pursued learning opportunities to advance knowledge and take on leadership position.
  • Communicate daily with over 10 production groups in manufacturing in order to facilitate smooth scheduling, execution and updates.
  • Involved in process improvements including Kaizen Events, document updating and workflow streamlining and organization.
  • Continually demonstrate ability to learn new tasks and perform all job functions while handling sensitive biological products.

Education

Business Administration

Miracosta College
Oceanside, CA

APICS Course

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Carlsbad, CA

Skills

    Enterprise One Software

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Timeline

Supply Chain Manager

MC Comprehensive Construction
02.2017 - 12.2021

Production Planner

Thermo Fisher Scientific
01.2015 - 03.2017

Inventory Control Supervisor

Thermo Fisher Scientific
01.2012 - 02.2015

Inventory Control Team Lead

Life Technologies
01.2009 - 01.2012

Associate Manufacturing Specialist

Life Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2009

Product Team Associate

Invitrogen
01.2005 - 01.2007

Business Administration

Miracosta College

APICS Course

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Hobbies

Mountain Biking

Cooking

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