APICS Colorado Chapter 81 Denver

Villanova University

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Planning & Inventory Manager at Youth To The People

Los Angeles, California, United States

Youth To The People

Planning & Inventory Manager

Soylent

- Transition leader for 10 production line plant, provide leadership for 200+ formula/packaging/new sku’s production in 2016 while reducing 90% of obsolete material write-offs from previous year.-With twice as many transitions in 2016, created strategic processes and saved over $475k of excess obsolete/seasonal materials cost versus 2015.-Partnered with R&D to ensure all formula and new packaging changes performed similar if not better than previous versions with savings over $1MM.-Project leader for new raw & packaging materials warehouse, $500k+ of capital funds secured to design most efficient warehouse layout for over 2,000 pallet while increasing pallet positions and reducing unloading time by 25%.-Successfully passed SQF, RSPO, UTZ, Organic & Kosher audit.-Supervise team of 5 Receivers to synchronize order patterns to maximize warehouse floor space to reduce unloading time and demurrage charges.-SAP Go live team launch member at a new plant.-Reduce daily inventory carrying cost by 15% from $5MM to $4.2MM.-Currently partnered with over 100 different vendors worldwide to source high quality materials. -Expired ingredient cost reduced by 75% with new FIFO strategy and ordering patterns.-Inventory cycle count completed on time each month and within 98% accuracy.

Danone North America

Material and Production Planner

- Lead plant team to reduce overall waste from raw materials to finished goods by $1.5MM in 2015 versus previous year.-Subject matter expert for the production facility responsible for training personal on how to use SAP and trouble shoot production issues. (COGI’s)-Launched new strategic daily direction setting plant wide system to help improve communication and operator ownership.-SAP implementation for newly acquired Earthbound Farms, trained team of 30 supervisors and managers.-Reduce Milk waste by 25% estimated $500k.-Reduce CIP (cleaning time) by 20% to increase production time and OEE.

Continuous Improvement Analyst

- Budget/Forecast Factory primary/fixed expenses, labor, maintenance & material cost.-Manage capitalization & depreciation of fixed assets.-Perform end of month closing steps.-Lead DMAIC teams to improve factory performance & cost.-Monitor plant labor and material variance daily.-Prepare dynamic forecast for plant expenditures to reallocate excess funds to proper projects.-Ensure accurate month end reports on profitability and cost.-Prepare weekly reports on production efficiency including labor and material variances to update factory performance KPI's.-Reconcile the balance sheet to ensure all accounts are correct.-Produce Month end journals entries to capture cost in the correct period.-Prepare inventory reports to track budget storage days for each material.

Nestlé

Financial Analyst

- Planned and developed projects to increase cost savings and plant efficiency.-Developed new sustainability recycling plan to reduce amount of waste produced. -Created and established LOTO(Lock Out Tag Out) procedures for plant equipment.-Generated RCA(Root Cause Analysis) reports.-Analyze material variance to develop cost savings.

WhiteWave Foods

Operations Management Intern

- Created and implemented a new system to forecast employee vacation accruals.-Streamlined the automation of information of all 300 union employees, supervisors and managers.-Generated ad-hoc reports to analyze variance from month to month.-Partnered with Plant Controller to minimize employer liability and variance cost.

Junior Business Analyst Intern

- Audited and assessed sensitive employee information and personnel files.-Aided the Human Resources department in addressing in the FMLA process.-Experience with Abra system (Electronic Employee Information System)-Able to recruit and communicate with people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Foothill Family Service

Human Resources Intern

- Selected to coach the Alhambra All-Stars in football and basketball and traveled with them to tournaments.-Increased participation in activities and signups for football and basketball each year by 20%-25%.-Organize basketball and football practices for local middle school children. -Supervise and organize activities for an annual sports camp for kids -Supervised the distribution and care of foods in the Summer Foods Service Program supported by the USDA.

Ricky Phan