Marisa Parker

Review and analyze forecast and customer orders to assure that we have product on the shelf to meet customer demands. Work with our sister company in Switzerland on the ordering and shipping of product to and from our facilities for customer orders. Work with domestic & international vendors. Review MRP & create PO’s as required for parts needed by Production and Customer Service. Responsible for the review & ordering of over 350 sku’s for items to go into our finished goods inventory and for inventory for production. Responsible for the review and creation of work orders for over 83 products made in the production department. Run weekly production meeting. Ensure availability of material to the production line by tracking shortages, expediting, and rescheduling as required. Created a schedule for production so they are aware of what will be coming onto the production floor. Created a Kanban system for Tech Service. Receive and verify inventory in from vendors. Cycle count parts to assure inventory accuracy. Review inventory inaccuracies to determine root cause.

Utilizing the Master Schedule & MRP planned, prepared, & issued work orders to assure a controlled work flow timed to meet production requirement. Reviewed, revised, and updated the Master Schedule based on orders & forecasts from sales. Created production orders to support the production schedule and spares requirements. Revised planning schedules based on usage & customer orders. Reviewed monthly usage and revised production schedule to assure product is available when needed. Monitored and tracked times that it takes for an order to be entered and shipped when not in stock which allowed for more accurate lead times. Created an Open Order Report which allowed for the tracking of where orders were on the production floor and how long it takes an order to be processed from inception to being put into stock. Ensured availability of material to the production line by tracking shortages, expediting, and rescheduling as required. Created work instructions and procedures on all pertinent functions of my job. Was responsible for product stocking transactions to ensure proper back flushing of inventory. Provided daily updates at production meetings. Issued & received material & finished goods from the production floor. Implemented a Kanban system in the finished goods area which decreased the number of stock outs for shipments to customers. Provided priorities to the inspection department. Created reports for upper management as requested.

Originally hired as a Customer Service Rep. 2004 - 2008 Provided quotes for new & existing products. Worked with Sales Managers, Planning, Engineering, Quality, & Production to assure customer orders were shipped in a quality & timely fashion. Worked with Engineering on discrepancies on customer prints and with Quality on returns from the customer. Performed contract review on all orders. Provided customer with weekly updates. Attended production & tooling meetings in the customers' behalf. Production Planner 2010 - 2012 & 2009- 2008 Reduction in work force then called back Responsible for the forecast, manufacturing and shipping for a major customer that resulted in over 6 million dollars of revenue utilizing customers VMI to assure that they received their parts in a timely fashion. Utilize customer forecast & inventory records to plan, release and ship product to the customer via their stocking programs. Review & approve new product releases. Work with Engineering on ECO's and PR's. Work with Quality on customer returns. Run production meetings. Create & schedule work orders for the production floor. Work with Purchasing to assure that there are no shortages on customer orders. Work with our overseas sister company in providing and obtaining quotes on the manufacturing of parts. Based on costing either generated PO to our sister company to manufacture component or kept manufacturing in house. Attended weekly conference calls to our overseas sister company. Reviewed orders to decide if it was more economical to keep order in house or send to overseas facility.

Schedule and coordinate the ordering and delivery of raw materials and sub components. Assure that vendors and in house production can meet required delivery. Work with Customer Service, Engineering, Quality, and Shipping to assure that the Customers’ needs are met. Assure that materials are ready for production to maximize capacity scheduling. Maintain min/max levels for inventory make & buy items utilizing MRP. Work with other facilities on priority and shipping schedules. Work with Quality to determine corrective action recommendations. Work with bill of materials, lot sizes, and lead times to utilize cost effective methods. Wrote and implemented procedures to assist in the communication between Planners and Customer Service. Enter Purchase Orders from sub-contract vendors