Stephanie Schindler
Trempealeau
Summary
Accomplished Supply Chain Leader with over 15 years of experience driving team performance in fast-paced global settings. Expertise in inventory planning, procurement, and scheduling, complemented by a strategic focus on innovation and continuous improvement. Demonstrated success in executing strategies that elevate customer satisfaction and meet business goals.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Site Planning Manager
Syensqo Composite Materials
Winona
01.2024 - Current
- Lead the site planning team.
- Administered duties related to scheduling, material planning, inventory control and managing promises for orders.
- Coordinate production scheduling decisions, communication, and implementation (with cross functional input) to maximize OTIF performance to customers
- Support customer rate readiness reviews at the site level
- Ensures that most effective planning practices using SAP are standardized and in routine use
- Responsible for inventory plans for the site to meet the business requirements and overall working capital targets
- Primary metrics are days on hand (DOH) and percent SMOG
- Team development and developing talent and succession plans
- Fosters effective communication among S&OP participants.
Supply Chain Finished Goods Planner
Solvay Composite Materials
Winona
07.2021 - 01.2024
- Generate and distribute an effective production schedule each week to optimize machine hours, material utilization, and workforce.
- Daily review and optimization of finite planning schedules, considering operational and material changes along with business requirements/needs
- Daily and weekly reviews of the production schedule and raw material ordering system exceptions or signals are conducted to ensure proper action is being taken to guarantee the supply of finished products to customers.
- Define and communicate raw material concerns, issues, and impact to finite production schedules.
- Review and maintenance of specific system master data fields to ensure appropriate and updated information is driving actions and decisions from ERP systems.
- Facilitate communication among planning, customer service, quality, operations and logistics teams.
- Contributed insights to Winona site and GBU Sales and Operations Plan.
Global Supply Chain Manager
Ashley Furniture
Arcadia
01.2018 - 07.2021
- Lead a team of 27+ and growing whom manage over 280 suppliers located in 8 different countries, ships on average 3000+ containers per week which equates an average $60 million/week of Import finished goods in Ashley’s Supply Chain
- Contribute to planning of long-and -short term business objectives relating to world-class supply chain processes and metrics necessary to track supply chain effectiveness, efficiency, and opportunities
- Lead process improvement efforts by guiding and coaching team members to enhance efficiencies as well as develop and execute integrated goals and objectives to maximize business results
- Accountable for cultivating a customer focused culture
- Responsible for creating alignment and accountability with Ashley’s Internal and external departments and customers as well as solving problems and making decisions for the greater good of the organization
- Accountable for mentoring teams to execute sourcing and supplier management strategies to minimize cost and risk while optimizing inventory levels at all locations around the globe
- Respond professionally in situations with difficult employee/vendor/customer issues or inquiries
- Manage employee performance and assist employees in making improvements to their performance through coaching, mentoring, and administering performance reviews
- Recommend, plan, implement, and/or facilitate employee training and skill development activities
- Drove departmental goals by analyzing daily, weekly and monthly reports to monitor and manage processes to help ensure guidelines are followed, customers’ needs are met and/or issue resolution is timely
- International travel -took 20+ trips to Asia to support Ashley teams and suppliers
Supply Chain Analyst Supervisor
Ashley Furniture
Arcadia
12.2015 - 12.2017
- Lead a team of 5 people initially in finished goods then grew to a team of 15 to include the upholstery and finished good teams combined
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the International Supply Chain Planning team as well as provide direction and advice to the International Warehouse Supply Chain team
- Responsible for the team at Ashley and lead the training and development team
- Integrate objectives, opportunities and goals to maintain, enhance and grow the business while recommending process improvements to maximize inventory turns and maintain high in-stock percentages
- Developed and provide onboarding to streamline the experience for all new hires within our team
- Provide training to new employees along with current team members and our Asia team
- Multiple trips to Asia to provide training and support to the office teams along with building the relationships with the suppliers
- Communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers to fulfill customer demands while maintaining inventory levels
- Handle difficult situations utilizing exceptional customer service, problem solving, and negotiation skills to find the best possible resolution while keeping the needs of the business in mind
- Use profound knowledge to determine when to enforce or override standard procedures
- Adapt to continuous changes and improvements, new technology and computer systems
- High degree of computer skills including word processing, email, purchasing, data analysis and presentation of results by use of Excel, charts, PowerPoint, and Power BI
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Acrobat, One Note, PowerPoint, Logility/inventory planning system, Microsoft Teams
- Facilitate trainings and presentations to other departments within Ashley Furniture along with facilitated conference calls and meetings
- Multiple hours of training in leadership and teambuilding, Excel, One Note, etc
- Maintain a high degree of confidentiality
International Supply Chain Analyst
Ashley Furniture
Arcadia
03.2007 - 12.2015
- Responsible for many complex items, suppliers, extreme scheduling and capacity constraints that have a significant financial impact on departments and the organization
- Accountable to meet goals and objectives in order to maintain the company’s growth rate
- Recommend process improvements to maximize inventory turns and maintain high in-stock percentages
- Developed and trained a team in China (2012) who purchases product for the China stores
- Continue to oversee and train/mentor five team members in China from 2012
- Provide training to new employees along with current team members and our Asia team
- Work closely with overseas office and vendors along with vendors in the United States
- Place purchase orders for product needed and monitor the inventory at all 5 warehouse locations in the United States along with our China warehouse
- Use of reports and creation spreadsheets to analyze data and continue to update Key Process Measures
- Maintain and develop reports and procedures to improve processes within the department
- Update and create Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
- Give direction to other team members and Asia office team in product moves, vendor schedules, capacity negotiations to continue to work towards having product available
Lead Teller/Vault Teller/Sales & Service Associate
Wells Fargo Bank
Winona
01.2005 - 03.2007
- Trained new employees on the teller line
- Approver & Authorized signer for the bank
- In charge of ordering all currency for the bank and for the local businesses
- Maintained and balanced the Vault along with random balancing of other tellers’ drawers to ensure there were no discrepancies
- Provide customer service and process customer transactions
- Got involved in training programs & seminars that became available
- Introduce customers to new products, services, and engage them into learning about their financial needs and what the best product/account is for their situation
- Maintain and keep cash drawer balanced
- Keep up with compliance with audit and operations, follow all procedures and confidentiality information
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Youth Volleyball Coach
G-E-T Youth Volleyball
02.2022 - Current
- Coached 7th and 8th grade girls' volleyball for the Great Northwest League from February to May 2022 and 2023.
- Coached 3rd and 4th grade girls to introduce volleyball – September 2023 – November 2023.
Intern/Volunteer of Children’s Program
New Horizon’s Women’s Shelter & Women’s Center
LaCrosse
09.2004 - 01.2005
- Plan & facilitated support groups
- Presentations and speaking engagements in the middle and high schools
- Provide childcare to the children in the shelter and provided support to the women
- Maintained client statistics/data forms and general office work
Education
APICS CSCP Online Course - Certified Supply Chain Professional
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI03.2020
Fall 2005 - School & Community Health, Women’s & Gender Studies
Winona State University
Winona, MN09.2005
Skills
- Supply chain management
- Production scheduling
- Inventory control
- SAP systems
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Team development
- Effective communication
- Decision making
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Vendor management
- Process improvement
- Problem-solving abilities
- Adaptability
- Training and mentoring
Awards
- 10/02/20, Emotional Intelligence Certificate Program: American Management Association PMI Provider # 1294/PDU# 1294526NN
- 2019, Nominee for the STEP Ahead Women in Manufacturing Award
- 2018-2019, Ashley Leadership Institute: Mid-Level Leader Workshop
- 05/21/18, IBF- Fundamentals of Business Forecasting and Planning: onsite Facilitator John Hellreigel
- 2016-2018, Ashley Leadership Institute: Senior Level Leaders
- 11/07/16, Fundamentals of Management: Certificate Coursera.Org- University of California, Irvine. Credential ID: LARHM536KUA4
- 11/28/16, Project Management: The Basics for Success Certificate Coursera.Org- University of California, Irvine. Credential ID: DFBBQN9LTYS
- 2012, Awarded Ashley’s Silver Award at Corporate banquet – Developing a team of 5 Buyers in China who are responsible for the China Home Stores and International Customers
Organizations Leadership Activities
- Health & Wellness Association Member & Peer Health Educator
- WILL (Women Involved in Living and Learning)
Timeline
Supply Chain Site Planning Manager
Syensqo Composite Materials
01.2024 - Current
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Youth Volleyball Coach
G-E-T Youth Volleyball
02.2022 - Current
Supply Chain Finished Goods Planner
Solvay Composite Materials
07.2021 - 01.2024
Global Supply Chain Manager
Ashley Furniture
01.2018 - 07.2021
Supply Chain Analyst Supervisor
Ashley Furniture
12.2015 - 12.2017
International Supply Chain Analyst
Ashley Furniture
03.2007 - 12.2015
Lead Teller/Vault Teller/Sales & Service Associate
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2005 - 03.2007
Intern/Volunteer of Children’s Program
New Horizon’s Women’s Shelter & Women’s Center
09.2004 - 01.2005
APICS CSCP Online Course - Certified Supply Chain Professional
Fox Valley Technical College
Fall 2005 - School & Community Health, Women’s & Gender Studies
Winona State University
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