Business Planner Resume Example

Managed high-revenue product line covering over 500 manufactured SKUs, $330MM per quarter (40% of SAN business) Leader and manager of site planning, internal/external networking, build planning, critical deadlines, liability mitigation and development and analysis of executive resource materials

• Developed bi-weekly Master Production Schedule to meet Inventory Plan and drive factory MRP for multiple CM sites on major multiple product lines as well as field replaceable units, POD and Optics
• Worked with Contract Manufacturers (CM) and internal Cross Functional Team (CFT) to ensure material, resource and capacity are available to support revenue and objectives
• Executed factory build plan and balanced inventory to meet customer demand. Evaluated Vanilla and Chocolate capacity drive build signal to optimize resources and minimize FGI to avoid buy back
• Managed Available to Promise to ensure urgent orders and upside requests can be fulfilled, supported allocation when supplies were constrained, prioritized and resolved issues to minimize production shipment impact
• Managed inventory to minimize liability from contract manufacturers. Coordinated End of Life product, Rework, RMA, stock rotation to minimize excess and obsoletes
• Supported new products transition into full production with a seamless handoff.Tracked and monitored Material and ECO to ensure visibility for product launch and availability for stocking orders
• Developed ad-hoc Reports in Excel and Business Objects for management use to identify problem/constraints for continuous improvement within supply chain management.

• Plans, schedules and monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.Coordinates and execute production plans to ensure materials are provided to according to schedules.Expedites operations that delay schedules.Resolves all issues related with required materials and capacity that impact production.Worked closely with the Demand Planning team for committed ATP and applied supply chain information to ensure OTS and customer satisfaction.
• Managed worldwide customer orders from receipt to final acceptance.Confirmed order and work with manufacturing to ensure timely fulfillment
• Generated Monthly wafer and Assembly/test forecasts to provide to off-shore Operation
• Directed activities of offshore vendors to accomplish monthly and quarterly shipping goals.
• Managed inventory by location to meet backlog requirements for drop ship and domestic shipments
• Monitored yield, cycle time and vendor commitment support manufacturing build schedules and sales demand
• Established a mature materials organization within the factory and determined necessary replenishment strategies for JIT, guaranteed stock and customer program Managed inventory target levels, tracking and improving On-time delivery CLIP/ RLIP
• Ran ad-hoc query reports to analyze and identify shortages in capacity and anticipate problems concerning Supply Chain accurately and effectiveness.

Planning and forecasting of all activities from wafer fab through shipping; interfacing with Engineering, Manufacturing and Customer Service as Product Line Manager. Manage supply chain to balance demand vs. supply to meet company objectives with respect to customer satisfaction, revenue attainment, margin target and inventory goal.

• Developed and maintained Master Production Schedule
• Developed, maintained and released monthly plan on wafer, assembly and test requirement
• Analyzed Sort and Final Test Capacity to meet monthly forecasts
• Monitored parts shortages and worked with purchasing on resolution
• Planned and executed released materials to production floor
• Tracked and Maintained appropriate product supplies and inventories to meet customer needs
• Developed and maintained metric reports for key performance parameters including inventory analysis
• Support established process controls and collaborated with quality engineer to improve production cycle time and Assembly/Test Yield.