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Accomplishments Established/Running SolarWorld Planning & Supply Chain Processes, Chartered with developing and running all forecasting, master scheduling, production planning, and procurement processes and systems where none existed. Developed integrated global demand forecasting process with Sales and Mfg. Have worked with factory and production managers to change philosophy of production loading and establish internal supply chain planning. Established purchasing strategies for Materials group to align with new production planning processes, and developed inventory control methodologies leading to world-class inventory accuracy. Responsible for weekly and monthly S&OP process coordination and facilitation. Responsible for SolarWorld Customer Service/Order Management, Staffed and developed the customer facing order management function and team in the Hillsboro site. Developed new processes and policies dealing with order content, intercompany transactions, customer fulfillment, and product/customer allocation. Co-Led Intel Systems Mfg Supply Chain Re-engineering. Manual processes within Intel were leading to long supply/demand cycle-times, bloated inventories, and declining customer service. Developed more automated process design which reduced cycle-time. Personal program focus was on forecast process design and the selection and implementation of demand forecasting tools to align with new design. Reduced process cycle times 50%, inventories $200M, and improved on-time delivery from 70% to 95%. Led Intel B2B e-Commerce development. Intel began outsourcing production of board and system level products. Existing processes and systems required manual communication between Intel and sub-contractors, which were error-prone and required longer cycle times. Led design and implementation of Intel's first b2b e-commerce solution for sub-cons and suppliers, including demand forecast integration with production scheduling. Decreased cycle times and inventory 50%, and error rates 90%. Chaired Intel Demand Forecasting Process Improvement Program. After playing a critical role on the team that re-engineered Intel's customer facing structure, was requested to chair a program to improve and develop the processes and systems for Intel's demand forecasting areas. Delivered a new forecasting infrastructure architecture that allowed seamless flow of forecast information from Field Sales all the way to Factory Planning, for the first time at Intel. RELEVANT Career History SolarWorld USA, Hillsboro, OR ($1B solar manufacturer) Head of Planning & Logistics Americas, since 2009. * Ownership of all Logistics functions for the U.S subsidiary, including on-site and off-site warehousing, customer order management functions, domestic and international transportation, shipping, receiving, kitting activities, re-cycling efforts, inventory management, and solar cell and scrap sales. * Responsible for coordinating demand forecast processes between U.S. factories and Americas/Asia-Pacific Sales groups, along with demand planning for accurate factory planning and revenue forecasting * Responsible for master planning and production control activities for the two U.S.-based factories of SolarWorld USA: Photovoltaic Cell Manufacturing and Solar Module Manufacturing. * Management of cross-entity supply chain and coordination with SolarWorld AG production sites in Germany. * Management of factory Industrial Engineering team, including speed modeling, capacity forecasting, Lean improvement activities, and operational efficiency. * Management of Customer Service/Order Management function within the Americas. Staffing and development of the OMS team working with the team and Sales organization to define policies related to purchase order receipt and sales confirmations. Development of processes for OMS engagement with carriers, forwarders, and internal warehouse to manage customer order shipments and schedules. * Tasked to continuously improve both tactical and strategic production planning processes for the Solar World group, along with global supply chain alignment, from raw materials through finished product. Responsible for sales activities for all SolarWorld non-Module products. * Managing $8M annual budget and 36 staff addition to, master planning, and business planning for large scale systems integration. Responsible for forecasting demand, assuring valid configurations, planning system/software integration, accurate delivery schedules, internal and 3rd party component forecasting, and performing to customer service and financial targets. COMPLETE Career History responsibilities below ownership of all customer order management functions for the U.S subsidiary as well as incorporation of new demand planning activities/personnel. Managing $8M budget and 36 staff.
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