Gladys A.

About Gladys A.

Strategic Supply Chain Manager with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, optimizing inventory planning, and driving operational excellence across global manufacturing and distribution environments. Expert in demand forecasting, supply planning, S & OP leadership, and stakeholder alignment to achieve corporate objectives. Engages in collaborative efforts with manufacturing to enhance capacity and production planning, ensuring optimal inventory achievement. Known for building high-performing teams, managing vendor relationships, and implementing scalable solutions to ensure timely inventory delivery and cost efficiency. Skilled in optimizing available resources and in developing thorough documentation of all solutions. Facilitates positive change by articulating a clear vision, securing stakeholder engagement, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Experience

1. Supply Planning Manager

   House Of Cheatham, LLC

   Sep 2024 — Present · Stone Mountain, GA, US

   Oversees FG inventory production scheduling for seven product families, managing $80 million: 2.7 million cases of finished goods for the Hair and Beauty industry.• Led the Supply Planning team to optimize batch production schedules for alignment with sales forecasts for over 250 SKUs across 14 production lines, including 10 Co-Manufacturing sites to support various FMCG.• Identified and implemented improvements to the Sales & Operations Execution (S & OE) as well as the Sales & Operations Planning(S & OP) processes to enhance stakeholder collaboration.• Participated in key meetings to discuss forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and production plans.• Developed a scheduling model to determine production needs within 120 days, to provide purchasing teams with appropriate lead times for packaging and raw material needs for production, and input into Vicinity MRP.• Developed a KPI model to monitor batch production schedule attainment achievements, KPI Goals 70%-88%, with the plant attaining over 88% attainment in 3 quarters. consecutively. With a YOY increase in production attainment of 9% over 2024.• Creating documented Sales Operations Procedures (SOP) for production control, planning, and scheduling.

Education

• Colorado Technical University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2015 — 2017

• Colorado Technical University

  Master's degree, Operations Management /Private Sector Logistics Management

  2018 — 2020