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MARIE ANDRADA

Summary

Accomplished Supply Chain Professional with 23 years of experience adept at managing schedules, inventory, and logistics to ensure smooth production operations. Collaborates effectively with stakeholders to monitor productivity, review raw material inventory, and determine production scheduling. Skilled in developing solutions for increasing productivity through a comprehensive understanding of the final product, manufacturing equipment, and daily operations.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Production Planner

Pro Pac Packaging
Melbourne, VIC
04.2024 - Current

Primary Objective: Responsible for the effective planning and scheduling of production activities for 12 packaging machines, optimizing production efficiency, managing inventory levels, and ensuring timely delivery of packaged products while maintaining quality standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain detailed production schedules for 8 printing machines and 4 lamination machines, ensuring alignment with customer demand and inventory levels.
  • Monitor raw materials and finished goods inventory levels to ensure adequate supply for production.
  • Collaborate with the Material Planner to manage the timely ordering and delivery of film materials on the floor.
  • Analyze production capacity and forecast future needs to meet customer orders and minimize bottlenecks.
  • Utilize production data and KPIs to analyze performance and identify areas for improvement in packaging processes.
  • Lead and run a weekly planning meeting with the stakeholders to discuss production plans, potential delays, and sign off the published plan.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance packaging operations, reduce waste, and improve quality.

Material/ Production Planner

Hellay Australia Pty Ltd
Melbourne, VIC
08.2021 - 04.2024

Work Achievement:

  • Streamlined and improved the flow of customer orders into the monthly Material Requirement Planning spreadsheets, thus providing accurate and reliable data for raw and packaging materials ordering.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Sales and Production teams to deliver an optimal and achievable Production Schedule, to ensure seamless manufacturing operations and customer satisfaction.
  • Devise and employ raw material and packaging material sourcing strategies to meet customer objectives of product formulation and design, including achieving the best supply pricing and conditions.
  • Manage JIT raw and packaging materials ordering and deliveries to meet production schedule, ensuring that the production lines are fully operational and running at all times.
  • Build relationships with suppliers, including contract negotiations, and secure optimal pricing and blanket orders.
  • Manage expenditure budgets and build long-term savings on procurement costs; examine and re-evaluate existing payment terms and contracts.
  • Communicate with the Business Development Manager all matters pertaining to the monthly materials ordering financials.

Production Planner

Treasury Wine Estates
Melbourne, VIC
12.2014 - 06.2021

Work Achievements:

  • Achieved 96.4% Sales Versus Demand for Fortified Wines during Father's Day and Christmas promotional activities in F20 through close monitoring of forecast versus stock on hand and production plan.
  • Identified products with long lead time for dry goods and increased days' stock cover.
  • Managed to review run rates for the label and pack products (Luxury Portfolio), which has helped achieve a more reliable view of our line efficiency and production capacity.

Primary Objective: Responsible for deciding a plan and schedule for all wine and barrel movements for the winery in collaboration with the Winemaking, Cellar, and Operational Planning team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Manage the production planning processes for TWE's locally produced SKUs.
  • Build effective relationships with winemakers, which enables the resolution of issues and a collaborative approach to process improvements.
  • Liaise with Commercial Teams and Supply regarding availability, low and out of stocks, and queries.
  • Find and activate solutions to mitigate supply availability issues.
  • Support the scheduling and delivery of NPD activity within the region by ensuring bulk wine availability and production capacity to support NPD projects and post-launch transition to ongoing business.
  • Ensure integrity of the data imported from JDE 9.2 into INFOR from each supply source, stock parameters, and subsequent demand signals are valid.
  • Ensure TWE production requirements with the site are delivered on time and in full to meet customer demand.
  • Continuous improvement of processes to meet business needs - liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure effective processes are in place and being implemented.

MRP/Production Planner

GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
Melbourne, VIC
05.2013 - 09.2014

Work Achievements:

  • Achieved 95% DIFOT (Delivery In Full On Time) to GSK direct customers and affiliates through plan optimization and daily communication and coordination with Production, Operational Quality, and Logistics.
  • Achieved a total savings of AUD $1.45M for Pritor Bulk (year-end 2013 Inventory Target) through weekly review of stock on hand and monthly review of MRP parameters.

Primary Objective: Manage the planning and scheduling of production lines to ensure all components are available to support the production plans.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and oversee the creation of an optimal production plan that is aligned with manufacturing capacity, labor, and/or material constraints based on requirements.
  • Secure materials supply with optimum cost, and ensure on-time delivery.
  • Liaise with suppliers regarding change of plan and review ETA (Expected Time of Arrival) of raw materials into production.
  • Monitor stock levels and maintain optimum business levels; interface with production and consumption points to maintain minimum stock levels.
  • React and review the production plan if there are demand changes, and advise manufacturing lean leaders on how to achieve demand changes.
  • Manage and control excess/obsolete inventory, maintain Item Master, and escalate possible exposure issues.
  • Support working capital projects and manage inventory run-out plans for material changes.

Factory Planning Analyst

O-I Glass Packaging
Melbourne, VIC
06.2012 - 04.2013

Work Achievement:

  • Created a macro template in calculating the inventory on hand, stock cover days for Carlton & United Breweries Supply plan, significantly reducing transportation costs by 50% across states and inventory management costs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Engage in the monthly planning cycle, preparing a rolling 12-month macro plan for the Melbourne plant based on current stock on hand, demand forecast, and production capacity.
  • Liaise with other Factory Planners in the analysis of inventory and the impact on factory schedules.
  • Prepare and review schedules for consideration each week based on production capacity and sales rates.
  • Liaise with plant management through weekly reviews of the production schedule, maintaining communication on upcoming issues in the monthly Supply Meeting.
  • Perform ancillary SAP transactions to facilitate system integration around the planning process, e.g. Create batches, create/monitor POs, review stock on hand, monitor quarantine stocks.
  • Identify and reconcile weekly variances so that information is consistent and congruent with production schedules.
  • Provide planning input into the annual budgeting process.

Production Planner

Natures Organics Pty Ltd
Melbourne, VIC
04.2008 - 06.2012

Work Achievement:

  • Achieved 98% OTD (On Time Delivery) through optimization of production plans and allocation of resources to maximize the efficiency of manufacturing operations.
  • Achieved a monthly sales amount of around $10M (January and February 2011), respectively, during promotional activity within Coles through accurate demand forecasting and effective execution of production plans.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Design and maintain processes for master scheduling, capacity planning, and inventory management.
  • Planned and executed production schedules across 5 lines.
  • Develop and recommend strategies to rectify current and projected customer service issues
  • Liaise with the manufacturing leadership team to support effective plan execution
  • Analyze and determine production capacity and economic batch quantities
  • Run planning meetings with appropriate staff and ensure follow up
  • Participate in projects to improve factory efficiencies and continuous improvement initiatives

Production Planning Supervisor

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Philippines Corporation
06.2001 - 02.2008

Work Achievements:

  • Led the Production Support, Warehouse, and Production in achieving the Best Department Title for Chip Resistor (January and February 2007), where Sales Amount, Sales Amount Per Man, and Production Compliance have been achieved.
  • Conducted and finished a Greenbelt Project entitled 'Chip R 90% Aging Stocks Reduction,' which helped achieve a 3.3 sigma level and an annual cost savings of 15.88 Million Won.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Using SAP and MS Excel, analyze and prepare an Output Plan based on manufacturing capacity and schedule, lead time, monthly production plan, customer's delivery date, and specifications.
  • Analyze and prepare Output Plan and Result Analysis; check JIT (Just In Time) materials, overstocks, and backlog Purchase Orders.
  • Analyze and prepare the production forecast through the supply chain and discuss production sizes with unachievable output. Solve how to meet the desired sales target.
  • Manage and check finished goods in the warehouse, and ensure that stocks are at optimum inventory levels.
  • Ensure that all customer requirements and service levels are met and demanding set of KPIs are achieved.
  • Initiate and implement continuous improvements through the Samsung Global Innovation Team.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Saint Louis University
Baguio City, Philippines
03.2001

Skills

  • Proficient in MS Excel (Intermediate to Advanced level)
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
  • With high data accuracy and numerical skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Flexible and able to multitask
  • A proactive team player and able to work independently
  • With good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Solid background in material planning, procurement, production planning, and inventory management

Certification

Greenbelt Six Sigma Certified

System Proficiencies

ERP Systems: SAP, JDE 9.2, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)

Planning Systems: INFOR, JDA and Prophit E Planner

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Production Planner

Pro Pac Packaging
04.2024 - Current

Material/ Production Planner

Hellay Australia Pty Ltd
08.2021 - 04.2024

Production Planner

Treasury Wine Estates
12.2014 - 06.2021

MRP/Production Planner

GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
05.2013 - 09.2014

Factory Planning Analyst

O-I Glass Packaging
06.2012 - 04.2013

Production Planner

Natures Organics Pty Ltd
04.2008 - 06.2012

Production Planning Supervisor

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Philippines Corporation
06.2001 - 02.2008

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Saint Louis University
MARIE ANDRADA