Karen Fuentes
Ontario,CA
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Planner / Buyer
American Woodmark
09.2000 - 11.2026
- Conducted daily material shortage meetings for the Anaheim and Kingman plants.
- Oversaw weekly manufacturing forecasts for storage, kitchens, and make-to-order (MTO) products.
- Reviewed customer orders to ensure alignment with plant capacity.
- Configured new items within the Oracle system.
- Performed audits to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Communicated with shipping teams daily to ensure timely processing and delivery of priority orders.
- Monitored and accelerated overdue orders to meet deadlines.
- Managed orders in Oracle, creating or canceling, as necessary.
- Created and canceled purchase orders for Mexico in both Oracle and JDE systems.
- Worked closely with purchasing to resolve material shortages quickly.
- Informed customer service and plant managers of potential back orders due to machine downtime.
- Organized weekly lamination schedules.
- Expedited material shortages from Mexico as needed.
- Maintained a master list of new items and their pallet quantities.
- Collaborated with production teams to discuss weekly capacity planning.
- Ran reports such as BPS, weekly forecasts, demand through, and hot items.
- Coordinated with quality control to rush urgent orders.
- Collaborated with customer service to address urgent order needs.
- Prioritized production schedules based on the priority of customer orders.
- Worked on Oracle and JDE integration projects.
- Serve as Oracle implementation trainer.
Timeline
Production Planner / Buyer
American Woodmark
09.2000 - 11.2026