Donald Rabe

• Planning raw materials and finished goods from the main distribution center to the plant facilities of the company located in the US, Canada, and Mexico
• Maintaining and tracking the supply levels of the company in close coordination with the Finished Good Planning Manager
• Executing the release of Internal Sales Order (ISO) and rescheduling of ISO and Sales Orders (SO)
• Managing delivery and lead times for the main distribution center
• Creating, executing, and monitoring a schedule management system
• Coordinate and work closely with the various production departments, planning team, Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain teams.
• Support as liaison between the Central Planning team and Plant Facilities
• Ensures right materials arrive on time to avoid factory operation delay or line stoppage.

• Maintain and track material and supply levels communicating with Finished Good Program Managers (FGPM) utilizing Demand Planning Tools.
• Execution of Purchase Orders coupled with coordinating and resolving material constraints which would impact production, customer fill rates, and inventory exposure.
• Supports core Procurement transactions, such as Supplier Management and Inventory Management.
• Coordinates and supports immediate resolution of payment issues, receiving issues and other related issues affecting operation in distribution centers.
• Coordinating supplier engagement meetings and coordinates production plan and deliveries.
• Review Direct Plant Shipment (DPS) planning signals on an on-going basis to execute expediting and schedule push outs as required providing accurate forecasts for incoming material control and projected inventory analysis and control.
• In conjunction with logistics team support supply chain initiatives including but not limited to cycle time reduction, customer service level improvement, and integration of supplies into planning process.
• Develop reports and trend analysis schedules as required to track major objectives but not limited to supplier lead time, inventory dollars, fill rate objectives, and other items as assigned.
• Manage supply issues, including lead time development, on-time shipping performance, and logistics lead times to support rate.

• Maintain and track material and supply levels communicating with Finished Good Program Managers (FGPM) utilizing Demand Planning Tools.
• Execution of Purchase Orders coupled with coordinating and resolving material constraints which would impact production, customer fill rates, and inventory exposure.
• Supports core Procurement transactions, such as Supplier Management and Inventory Management.
• Coordinates and supports immediate resolution of payment issues, receiving issues and other related issues affecting operation in distribution centers.
• Coordinating supplier engagement meetings and coordinates production plan and deliveries.
• Review Direct Plant Shipment (DPS) planning signals on an on-going basis to execute expediting and schedule push outs as required providing accurate forecasts for incoming material control and projected inventory analysis and control.
• In conjunction with logistics team support supply chain initiatives including but not limited to cycle time reduction, customer service level improvement, and integration of supplies into planning process.
• Develop reports and trend analysis schedules as required to track major objectives but not limited to supplier lead time, inventory dollars, fill rate objectives, and other items as assigned.
• Manage supply issues, including lead time development, on-time shipping performance, and logistics lead times to support rate.

Monitor and ensure the timely release of orders from PR up to approval and PO release to suppliers. • Communicate with supplier for delivery lead time and to make sure that the given lead time is on the range of the project requirement. • Issue resolution with vendor and support to Purchasing department once there is any discrepancy within price, minimum order requirement and others. • Communicate & Support to Research & Engineering Department if there is any Technical issue from vendor in relation to product order technicalities and approval of drawing to avoid delay in production. • Coordinating, arrange booking and flight details with Forwarding Company for the collection of goods from the place of vendor up the Port of Loading (POL) or Airport. • Ensure and monitor that the given Transit time especially for the SEA Freight Cargo are within the time range to reach the unloading port. • Decide and advise the best mode of shipment in any ready cargo from vendor for LCL, FCL, Consolidation, Airfreight or Courier to optimize transit cost. • Everyday interaction with almost 70 different countries for the Foreign Purchase Materials all over the world especially European Countries (i.e. Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Asia, U.S.A. and Middle East) through emails and phone calls. • Issue resolution for the received items through QC Receiving Team (QCRI) which are not as per specification, arrange replacement from vendor, discrepancy report, and coordinate with concern departments to close the issue as soon as possible. • Warehouse and Production Support for the issuance of the material requirement as per BOM. • Issue Resolution for Quality Control Vendor Related (QCVR) for the Rejected Materials from Production and coordinate with vendor for replacement or Credit Note issuance, especially for the high cost items. (I.e. Compressors, coolers, electrical and electronic items). • Weekly Report Running for the Purchase Orders to ensure that all orders are dispatch on time. • Every Mid of the Month Running Report for the Purchase Request to ensure that all orders is in the range of required lead time. • Monthly Running Report for QCVR & QCRI to ensure that all the rejected items are properly attended and replacement are received.