Inventory Program Manager & Product Owner
Chevron
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :12 years, 8 أشهر
• Partnering cross-functionally with IT and Finance to design, test, and implement transformative inventory processes, analytics, and digital tools
• Identifying and leading projects, programs, and opportunities to enhance visibility and optimization of inventory worth $4bn across global locations.
• Developing and designing inventory performance metrics and analytics to support business units in surplus reduction and optimization
• Redesigning inventory cycle count process to adapt a risk-based approach for count frequency and scope while reducing burden on resources from counting
• Evaluating digital inventory optimization tools from external vendors in terms of capabilities and compatibility to Chevron businesses
• Creating and enhancing inventory management processes to help business units transition to SAP S4 Hana
Created a Power BI dashboard for Forecast Accuracy to drive discussions with sales team for demand trends vs actuals
•Represented base oil S&OP function on Lean Sigma Project team for Railcar Fleet Optimization project which is expected to contribute savings of USD 1.5mn. Provided demand insights and customer info to project team to help optimize the base oil fleet size without compromising on service levels to customers.
•Developed Demand Tracker during COVID 19 sales slowdown to help provide updated high-level overview of demand outlook by channel and region as a percentage of pre COVID average demands.
•Collaborated sales managers and logistics to generate accurate forecasts for railcar and barge requirements to help optimize fleet availability. Increased forecast accuracy for railcar customer by 24% from 39% to 63% since Feb 2020
•Worked with S&OP lead and sales team to develop demand forecast and assumptions for 2021 to manage inventory going prior to multiple refinery turnaround events in Q1 2021
•Lead base oil demand planning SAP IBP implementation as business process owner for transition from SAP APO planning.
Assisted in the development and reporting of key performance metrics for Forecast & OTIF in Power BI
•Identified gaps in product master data impacting MRP processes and worked with IT and supply planners to rectify the fields
•Developed and implemented revised ABC classification process for over 20k SKUs globally. Coordinated with IT for the mass upload of the new classifications into SAP
•Helped to establish and support the regular cadence for monthly supply review process to be followed by all supply and demand planners
•Collaborated with IT project team to test and calibrate APO SNP and Demand Book from a planner perspective
Performed material requirement planning for 110 raw materials SKUs to support monthly production volume of 1.5 million gallons.
•Supported raw material requirement for production volumes with forecast variances of +/-20% through close coordination with finished goods planners and purchasing team.
•Developed revised raw material ABC classification and safety stock norms to make them more customer centric, which increased IFOT deliveries to customers by 10%.
•Managed raw material shelf life tracking and testing across 3 plants to ensure usage before expiry date and prevented write off of raw materials worth $ 680K by coordinating with production and quality assurance team.
•Created raw material planning template for managing bulk vessel shipment ETAs and quantities in line with tank storage capacity to minimize demurrages and stockouts.
•Successfully implemented numerous raw material phase in phase outs and formulation changes with tight deadlines without impacting production and with minimal write off
•Lead optimization project for bulk storage raw materials resulting in annual cost saving of $ 285K for finished products and $ 280K reduction in annual demurrage charges.
•Executed raw material cost saving projects at toll blending facility providing annual cost saving of $ 50K.
•Worked with 3PL and warehouse team to export excess raw material back to supplier additive worth $ 100K which was approaching expiry date.
Developed monthly production plan for over 100 SKUs based on forecast and open orders.
•Coordinated with production, customer service and logistics team to maximize on time customer deliveries.
•Planned and managed inventory of imported & locally outsourced greases and coolants to ensure optimum stock availability.
•Created management of change process and represented supply chain function for coordinating product or label changes
•Coordinated closely with marketing and sales team for successful execution of 14 marketing projects as per target launch date without any delays or major write off through management of change process.
•Provided feedback to regional team on aggregate demand outlook across all businesses - automotive, marine, energy and aviation.
•Managed SKU Master data in JDE and coordinated with relevant teams for code activation and deactivation as needed
•Monitored and created action plans to reduce slow moving and obsolete SKUs from inventory through coordination with customer service and demand planning team.
Planned material requirements to support production volume of 1.25 million gallons per month.
•Participated in daily production planning meeting to advise material availability before locking production plan
•Maintained and updated MRP master data and parameters in GSAP for efficient use of APO.
•Managed scheduling of locally and internationally procured raw materials
•Delivered $2.4M of cost saving through opportunistic sourcing of base oil through working with suppliers and finance
•Successfully managed transition to new product BOM in Rimula portfolio without raw material write off or disruption on production delivering annual cost saving of $191K.
•Managed and initiated transition of raw material from drum to bulk consumption delivering annual savings of $240K.
Managed inventory levels for 80 grades of finished lubricants to ensure maximum sales
•Revised safety stock levels to streamline inventory with sales trend and lead times.
•Maintained and updated purchasing information records and outline agreements in GSAP for current imported lubricants.
•Performed material requirement planning for imported lubes on a weekly basis to maximize OTIF score.
•Coordinated with vendors for end to end purchasing, delivery and payment process.
•Generated lubricant product costing analysis using price sheet from suppliers.
•Updated Material Master in GSAP to ensure data consistency and to streamline system processes for finished lubes.
Performed demand forecasting and supply planning for weekly national sales of over 20K units worth $1M.
•Carried out supply chain planning for launch of new W200 Camcorder for maximum sales and distribution.
•Increased forecast accuracy by 25% for Camcorder products over 4 month period.
•Communicated with warehouses and Business Operations, Sales and Marketing to track and expedite orders.
•Advised sales and marketing regarding availability of inventory for un-forecasted orders.
•Allocated spare inventory across national and regional accounts to fill open orders to meet delivery dates.
•Generated daily reports and weekly sales estimates using data from SAP regarding sales and inventory levels.
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