Julia Barge

Collaborate daily with internal production facilities to prioritize production, manage component inventory, improve processes and ensure product availability Facilitate the integration of a 10 Million dollar external company acquisition, more than doubling the product portfolio and create a new supply chain network strategy for the combined business

Managed inventory across the US and Canada of over 250 SKUs equivalent to $250 million in sales annually in terms of Months on Hand, Obsolescence, Complete Order, and Expired Material Forecasted $10 million of inventory monthly with an 80%+ accuracy including the launch of 20 new items in 2014

Developmental Program rotating through Warehouse, Materials Management, Transportation, customer service and Project Management

Sustained the Focused Improvement (FI) Pillar in a Personal Care Plant by creating training documents and coaching Kaizen projects across 7 personal care production lines Increased the Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) of one line by 10.26 Points (15.9%) by standardizing Run To Target (RTT) settings, creating training documents, performing Autonomous Maintenance, and contributing to an FI project on the Capper/Cap Sorter, a top loss machine center

Developed and implemented process to consolidate redeploy shipments across multiple Global Business Units [GBUs] to minimize non-value added transit while improving customer On Time Delivery - Projected annual savings of $95,000 Work cross-functionally with distribution centers and Planning to analyze all inbound shipments to three internal distribution centers across 432 SKUs ($1.2 billion annual volume)

Facilitated the creation and management of contracts of over $100,000 and purchase orders of under $100,000 for the government

Electronically compiled and organized customer and financial data using automated software program Quickbooks, transforming the company from a paper system which increased organization and improved efficiency Handled customer service issues effectively, created and distributed monthly invoices and filed associated paperwork, and managed all other administrative tasks as necessary Trained replacement in office managerial duties to ensure a smooth transition without any loss of efficiency occurred