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RIA IGNACIO-CATACUTAN

Rancho Santa Margarita,USA

Summary

Driven and determined supply chain professional with 7+ years of combined experience in operations, warehousing, production and planning in a manufacturing environment.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Planner

MKS Instruments
03.2023 - Current
  • Develop weekly production schedules, release and manage manufacturing jobs to support plans consistent with S&OP
  • Collaborates with sales team and internal groups to manage scheduled sales order ship dates to meet customer demand and improve on time fulfillment to customer request dates
  • Supports the S&OP team to improve manufacturing capacity planning processes and implement risk mitigation
  • Coordinates with purchasing seamlessly to eliminate gaps between the demand and supply sides of the business and avoid/resolve critical material shortages impacting on time shipment
  • Functions as coordinator for 3 product lines including managing forecasts, work orders, components inventory, on time shipments & RMAs
  • Facilitated transition of 1 product line from NPI to production and currently involved in 1 product line at NPI stage
  • Key person in identifying gaps in ERP data and ensuring accuracy of demand to generate valid MRP requirements resulting to move rate ramp achievements
  • Implemented Kanban replenishment system, value stream mapping techniques and consistently participates in lean efforts on product lines assigned resulting to a notable decrease in downtime by 20%
  • Revised S&OP Revenue report to a more effective data presentation and reduced time required to update by 80%
  • Performs ad-hoc analysis and prepares series of reports utilized by senior management through SAP data exports and MS Excel
  • Oversees NPI production demand and scheduling including sub-assembly and top level builds with over 300 components in bill of materials
  • Utilized Gemba walks with production technicians to foster team cohesion
  • Lead efforts in reducing MRB inventory.

Associate Production Planner

MKS Instruments
04.2022 - 03.2023

Warehouse and Operations Lead

SeaSpine Orthobiologics
01.2021 - 04.2022
  • Ensures Purchase Orders are processed timely in accordance with Accounting, Purchasing and manufacturing demands
  • Streamlined an effective process improvement for Job Creation DHR export and printouts that significantly reduced cycle time by 80%
  • Generated a 'Dock to Stock' metric report for Receiving Department to track efficiency and highlight areas of bottleneck
  • Created time study for all warehouse processes that lead to process improvements incorporating lean principles
  • Managed the Kanban process between warehouse and manufacturing to ensure supplies and materials are delivered in a timely manner
  • Performed a thorough inventory clean up and reconciled inventory reports with physical availability
  • Issued work orders consistent with manufacturing goals and capacity
  • Utilized MRP (Opera) and Cognos to monitor, track and control inventory.

Production Supervisor

Applied Medical Resources
04.2020 - 01.2021
  • Supervised a sub-assembly production line composed of 30 team members in the manufacture of 5 different medical devices in a clean room environment
  • Collaborated with Engineering teams for process improvements and introduction of new products from Prototype, Development and up to Production stage
  • Worked closely with Planning Department and Internal Suppliers to ensure timely execution of production activities to proactively meet goals set for inventory levels
  • Strategically managed daily production runs and inventory by utilizing MRP (SAP) along with measures such as takt time, cycle times, lead times, scrap analysis, labor capacity and forecasting with the goal of prompt support to internal customers
  • Effectively increased labor utilization from 87% to the goal of 93%
  • Conducts material and labor variance analysis for medium to high impact shop orders to support root cause analysis at the Operations level and to aid in Finance functions
  • Increased production output by 20% through TQM and Lean principles
  • Reduced material variance by 15% through Fixed Quantity Project and Rework and Scrap Log Improvement Project
  • Generated production planning spreadsheet at the operational level that comprises safety stock, lead times, machine and labor capacity
  • Managed daily manufacturing operations in accordance with shop order operations, engineering drawings, manufacturing instructions and SOPs
  • Conducted performance reviews including pay increase, promotion recommendations and team member coaching/training for all subordinates to promote a growth focused environment
  • Performed audit and restructuring of manufacturing instructions to identify gaps and ensure consistency throughout the production line
  • Performed analysis, maintenance and review of KPIs from ERP and manufacturing data.

Lead

Applied Medical Resources
06.2019 - 04.2020
  • Supervised the Production Support team of 10 team members who are responsible in inventory monitoring and accurate ERP transactions
  • Facilitated training of current and new team members
  • Provided support to plan and update the production schedule in accordance with resources availability
  • Assigned as the SME to investigate and resolve SAP issues across department relating to material movements and ERP transactions
  • Responsible for time and personnel management including payroll hours, time off requests and performance reviews
  • Headed the cost reduction project of maintaining 1-month supply inventory of Packaging Department by implementing control and monitoring through a spreadsheet tracker (safety stock, lead times, reorder point, min-max inventory) allowing Warehouse Department to save 25% in warehouse costs
  • Implemented time cycle reduction project on Shop Order Release process through collaboration with Logistics and Business Analyst team that aided in time savings of up to 40% and automated implementation of FIFO.

Production Support

Applied Medical Resources
08.2016 - 05.2019
  • Trend and control of direct labor hours
  • Prepared shop order packets and transfer orders for material movements
  • Procured raw material based on consumption
  • Documented monthly SOCWA reports in compliance with environmental requirements
  • Performed document review for shop orders to ensure completeness and accuracy
  • Utilized MRP (SAP) for data entry and inventory transactions.

Education

Supply Chain Planning Certificate -

ASCM

Operations Leadership Program -

Applied Medical Resources

BS in Business Administration major in Business and Operations Management -

De La Salle University
Cavite, Philippines

Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt -

California State Fullerton
03.2020

Skills

  • SAP ERP
  • Opera PMS
  • Oracle ERP
  • MS Office
  • Material Requirements Planning
  • Data Analysis

References

Steve Ngo, Manager, 714-932-9027, Applied Medical Resources

Extracurricular Activities

ASCM Member - Orange County Chapter

Timeline

Production Planner

MKS Instruments
03.2023 - Current

Associate Production Planner

MKS Instruments
04.2022 - 03.2023

Warehouse and Operations Lead

SeaSpine Orthobiologics
01.2021 - 04.2022

Production Supervisor

Applied Medical Resources
04.2020 - 01.2021

Lead

Applied Medical Resources
06.2019 - 04.2020

Production Support

Applied Medical Resources
08.2016 - 05.2019

Supply Chain Planning Certificate -

ASCM

Operations Leadership Program -

Applied Medical Resources

BS in Business Administration major in Business and Operations Management -

De La Salle University

Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt -

California State Fullerton

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