Alexandra Korona

Senior Supply Planner • Create and issue purchase orders for finished goods and maintenance of those planning parameters in the ERP • Analyze stock at SKU and vendor level and maintain inventory based on policy while optimizing working capital and fulfilling customer orders • Work as liaison between demand planning, merchandising, procurement, and accounting departments to drive business efficiencies and cost-effective solutions • Participate and organize in monthly S&OP (Sales & Operations Process) and weekly S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution) processes by providing inputs and insights to support alignment between supply/demand as well as stake holders as well as alignment on KPIs • Experience leading planning team that establishes processes which exceed service level goals and foster relationships between internal and external customers • Provides in-depth strategy on supply chain analytics to determine optimal inventory stock, coverage of customer orders, and cost to serve in a changing and fast-paced industry where quick action work ethics are standard for achievement • Manage 50+ vendors with an average of 9K SKUs and an average inventory value of $85MM COGs • Involved in implementation of advanced planning system to aid whole team in navigation of key strategies • Seek opportunities to reduce excess and obsolete inventory of finished goods through projected forecast balancing and identification of slowing trends within portfolio lines • Identify supply chain constraints and risks within forecast plan

• Formulates daily delivery schedules for multiple locations to meet all customer demands for various product lines for over 50 drivers • Communicate and collaborate with multiple areas of business including operations, tactical planning, customer service, and customer engineering to guarantee continuous supply • Maximize service levels in order to maintain customer retention • Produce creative solutions to business issues in order to optimize driver hours, product on hand, customer needs, and dislocation miles • Led CO2 distribution team in reduction of purchase transportation cost and reduction of dislocation miles resulting in a EBITDA of around $600,000 for January 2020 vs. January 2019 • Lead and assist a team of 13 distribution schedulers to succeed in meeting quarterly KPIs

• Formulates daily delivery schedules for multiple locations to meet all customer demands for various product lines for over 50 drivers • Communicate and collaborate with multiple areas of business including operations, tactical planning, customer service, and customer engineering to guarantee continuous supply • Maximize service levels in order to maintain customer retention • Produce creative solutions to business issues in order to optimize driver hours, product on hand, customer needs, and dislocation miles • Led CO2 distribution team in reduction of purchase transportation cost and reduction of dislocation miles resulting in a EBITDA of around $600,000 for January 2020 vs. January 2019 • Lead and assist a team of 13 distribution schedulers to succeed in meeting quarterly KPIs

• Established daily delivery schedules for multiple locations with upwards of 60 drivers to serve customers in various industries utilizing software consisting of customer databases, product measuring systems, scheduler and driver tracking along with customer communications by phone and email • Maintained end goal of continuity of supply for all customers with highest regard to safety, customer service and key performance indicators such as variable trucking cost and payload efficiency resulting in zero customer service interruptions for region in 2016 and 2017 • Collaborated cross functionally with production supply and demand in order to establish customer’s continuous supply and secure cost efficiencies • Utilized and analyzed customer tank capacities in order to increase deliverable amounts and decrease mileage positively impacting personal KPI’s by 10% • Improved forecast performance goal from 80% to 95% in West Region of yearly goal • Trained, mentored, and provided guidance for new hires while in senior planner position • Conducted regular analysis of customer data to secure most accurate forecast in order to meet KPI standards • Acted as team lead in emergency situations to ensure number one focus was safety of drivers and personnel and coordinated efforts from various groups in order to alleviate situation

- monitor delivery schedules and customer needs across the entire United States for Linde product deliveries - ensured customer storage tank levels were maintained through delivery scheduling and dispatch modification, utilizing software consisting of customer databases, product measuring systems, scheduling and driver tracking -implemented real time, on demand changes to driver dispatches and ensured drivers were informed of changes in order to address sudden changes in customer demand throughout the country - maximized company profitability, employee and customer safety, and customer satisfaction through the coordination of customer needs, Linde production capabilities, driver and equipment resources, and sales requirements -maintained an open line of communication between Customer Engineering Services, Sales, Distribution, and Production after hours in order to react to changing customers needs or issues as quickly as possible -consistently maintained the highest statistics in customer telemetry alarms answered and solved, phone calls taken and late driver alarms resolved. -assisted in the support of all Linde teams in meeting the safety goals of the organization -became an agent of change by supporting new solutions and systems to further improve business performance -acted as the lead in event of an emergency by working with the SHEQ/HIRT team on emergency response, spills, personal injury, and vehicle accidents

Completed the Applied Mathematics major with an overall GPA of 3.5 with a focus on engineering based mathematics courses

Completed a French Language and Literature minor with an overall GPA of 3.5

Completed a minor in Economics with an overall GPA of 3.5