April McLaughlin Supply Chain

About April McLaughlin Supply Chain

Increase Efficiency of Inventory Control, Logistics, Transportation, & Warehousing…

Experience

1. Transportation Logistics Management

   First Quality

   Aug 2016 — Present · McElhattan, PA, US

   Transportation & Logistics Manager:Manage finished goods and raw materials warehouse requirements and ensure adequate space to support inbound and outbound Logistics & Transportation Operations.​• Provide strategic planning and Management support to the Transportation Coordinators for outbound customer shipments and inbound raw materials from multiple manufacturing locations throughout the organization-Lead contractor negotiations with our 3PL partners and make recommendations to company’s leadership. • Work closely with 3PL warehousing operations and transportation teams to ensure timely delivery of finished goods and raw materials inventory.• Communicate with various teams throughout the organization and all levels of management to ensure timely management of finished goods & raw material inventory.• Review pallet specifications to ensure they meet company standards.• Maintain and analyse data in SAP to support day to day Logistics operations.• Audit First Quality 3PL locations throughout the country for domestic and international customers and report to all levels of Management.• Work closely with 3PL Managers to ensure quality compliance is maintained.• Oversaw start-up with Amazon Flex operations which resulted in a single site developing into five FQ Flex Sites• Identified annual cost savings with a dedicated carrier. ​Customer Service Advocate: Plan, maintain, and support customer service requirements for various retailers. Maintain forecasting and support retail demands in Advanced Warehouse Replenishment & SAP for finished goods inventory.• Ensured customer demands were met by coordinating daily requirements.• Communicated with various teams throughout the organization and all levels of management to ensure timely management of finished goods inventory.• Coordinated Demand Planning meetings with customer teams, inside sales and the First Quality Demand Planning.

Education

• Pennsylvania College of Technology

  Business Administration and Management, General

• Penn State University

  Center for Supply Chain Research - Sprint Education

  2018

Skills

• Operations Management
• Supervisory Skills
• Oil & Gas
• Ne Supply Chain Hdf - Sme
• Logistics Management
• Customer Service
• Logistics
• Supply Chain Management
• Materials
• Material Requirements Planning (Mrp)
• Microsoft Office
• Gas
• Budgets
• Petroleum
• Microsoft Word
• Warehouse Operations
• Inventory Management
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Sap Products
• Management
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Leadership
• Materials Management
• Purchasing
• Sap
• Procurement
• Mrp