Victoria Ehasz
Phillipsburg,NJ
Summary
Dedicated procurement professional with strong background in materials management, adept at streamlining supply chain operations. Known for fostering team collaboration and consistently achieving procurement goals. Reliable and flexible, with deep expertise in vendor negotiation and inventory control.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Raw Material Buyer and Scheduler
DSM Nutritional Products
11.2019 - Current
- Plans demand forecasts to develop production and material supply plans for product groups clustered by manufacturing stream. Creates and optimizes production schedules with cross functional global team. Coordinates and manages the replenishment of raw material inventories and packaging supplies in conjunction with Procurement groups to ensure availability of people, equipment, raw materials, packaging supplies, meet production plans.
- Creates and optimizes production schedules that ensued the availability of people, equipment and raw materials.
- Oversees procurement processes to ensure raw materials are on hand for production needs.
- Manages 3rd party tolling production activities to ensure global product demand is met.
- Provides reports and analyses of financial outlooks for annual budgets and raw material forecasts.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with vendors, enhancing collaboration and communication throughout supply chain processes.
- Lead initiatives to streamline purchasing processes, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced lead times for material acquisition.
- Conducts supplier audits to assess performance, compliance, and quality standards in line with company policies.
Third Party Manufacturing Manager
DSM Nutritional Products
12.2015 - 11.2019
- Lead and develop Third Party Manufacturing Programs for the Human Nutrition business category with the goal of meeting/exceeding targets for sales, and margins. Responsibility for overall direction and performance of third party contracts and supply stability.
- Develop sourcing strategies, for various nutritional supplement delivery formats according to market trends
- Conduct RFQ’s with suitable manufactures for private label opportunities
- Develop secondary supply and risk plans for top tier volume
- Negotiate contracts for security of supply and specification
- Lead cross functional teams focusing on timely deliverables during commercialization of skus
- Developed a Supplier Scorecard to deliver strategic KPI data such as OTIF, manufacturing lead times, product innovation and market benchmarking for evaluation discussions with suppliers
- Create obsolete inventory outlets to avoid write off
- Manage weekly open order communications with suppliers to ensure customer OTIF targets are met
Indirect Sourcing Manager
DSM Services USA Inc.
01.2012 - 12.2015
- Sourcing responsibility for Indirect Services across North America. Perform Strategic Sourcing methodologies for competitive vendor comparisons and market analysis to delivery maximum cost savings. Present value-added opportunities to streamline processes and create sustainable solutions for business partners.
- Implemented savings strategies for Indirect spend for North American business units
- Negotiated sustainable contracts with primary focus on cost savings, supply security and risk management
- Defined and lead cross functional teams to maximize success and implementation of cost savings projects
- Developed and managed relationships with key suppliers through well-defined KPI metrics
- Analyzed North American spend to leverage EBITA cost savings opportunities through all North American units
- Managed spend risk through market analysis methodology- Strategic Sourcing Methodology
- Provided support for valuable complaint resolution
- Developed yearly Business Purchase Plans with top management of DSM Nutritional Products
Supply Chain Analyst
Albea Packaging
05.2008 - 01.2012
- Responsible for purchasing and maintaining sufficient raw materials for plastic and laminate tube production for Beauty and Personal Care divisions
- Process purchase orders for raw resins, colorants, and components based on customer demand, and forecast
- Establish appropriate lead-times from vendors to ensure stability in line scheduling
- Ensure bills of materials are accurate and complete
- Form an action plan for disposition of scrap or out of spec materials
- Analyze and report monthly plant forecast model for S&OP communications
- Current project- working with corporate purchasing to secure primary/ secondary resin suppliers for the Beauty sector
- Plan trials for the use of line auto packers through approvals of alternate packing corrugate
Supply Chain Planner
BASF
07.2006 - 05.2008
- Responsible for the Global supply and demand planning process for classic dyes and pigments
- Processed demand requisitions of imported raws using SAP ERP functions
- Monitored MRP exceptions to ensure material availability, inventory levels, and cost objectives were met
- Developed and maintained MRP planning data in SAP
- Lead times
- Safety stock levels
- Order quantities
- Lead and facilitated monthly Regional Supply Chain and Operations meetings
- Reviewed forecast accuracy and absolute deviation for forecast vs. actual sales
- Reduced distress inventory through global outreach and rework opportunities
- Created, updated, and maintained material masters, information records, and transfer pricing agreements
- Served as key interface between Marketing, Sales, Vendors, Affiliates and Tollers
- Worked with the business Leadership Team to develop strategies and plans in establishing customer and supplier partnerships to include all areas in the supply chain
- Performed analysis and plans of action for high DIV and OIV to achieve global targets
Customer Service Representative
BASF
04.2004 - 07.2006
- Responsible for being the primary point of contact for key accounts for Performance Chemicals
- Processed customer orders via phone, e-mail, fax and E-Commerce tools, for key accounts (A customers)
- Created direct ship purchase orders through MRP for imported material
- Monitored and tracked imported sea and air shipments to ensure on time delivery to customers
- Provided customer forecasting information to product managers and site planners for production scheduling
- Tracked shipments and provided estimated times of arrival for domestic and import orders
- Submitted nonconformance reports for customer complaints using SAP’s non-conformance management system
- Advised pricing administrator of pricing discrepancies to resolve short pay issues
- Created and approved inspection lots for imported materials in the QM module of SAP
- Planned raw material deliveries for consignment customers using Vendor Managed Inventory systems
Acquisition Specialist- Quality Management/ Customer Service
BASF
09.2002 - 04.2004
- Quality Management
- Validated test data to be automatically loaded into the SAP QM module and LIMS
- Reduced incidence of failure by tracking/trending
- Managed SAP QM integration projects for completion on-time and within budget, implementing and validating systems within structured systems
- Created documentation for SAP QM to conduct training and knowledge transfer as required for SAP QM users
- Developed project plans and resource requirements to complete projects
- Reported and presented the status of projects to Information Technology and QA/QC management
- Assisted with product complaints through manufacturing record retrieval
- Customer Service
- Acted as the liaison between Honeywell’s Engineered Plastics and BASF’s Performance Polymers customer service
- Validated and organize Honeywell customer master data to be loaded into BASF SAP R/3
- Facilitated integration meetings between customer service teams
- Collaborated with team leaders to create a customer service organization chart for the integrated team
- Updated project databases for organization of acquisition documents for both the supply chain and customer service
- Documented all customer service processes and off-line systems
- Analyzed customer service productivity levels
- Trained newly acquired customer service representatives through BASF business policies and procedures
Education
Bachelors of Science - Merchandising/ Marketing
Centenary University
Hackettstown, NJ05.2000
Skills
- Proficient in SAP R/3 APO and quality management
- Negotiation expertise
- Experienced with Ariba solutions
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams
Timeline
Sr. Raw Material Buyer and Scheduler
DSM Nutritional Products
11.2019 - Current
Third Party Manufacturing Manager
DSM Nutritional Products
12.2015 - 11.2019
Indirect Sourcing Manager
DSM Services USA Inc.
01.2012 - 12.2015
Supply Chain Analyst
Albea Packaging
05.2008 - 01.2012
Supply Chain Planner
BASF
07.2006 - 05.2008
Customer Service Representative
BASF
04.2004 - 07.2006
Acquisition Specialist- Quality Management/ Customer Service
BASF
09.2002 - 04.2004
Bachelors of Science - Merchandising/ Marketing
Centenary University
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