Josh Linn

About Josh Linn

Senior Supply Chain & Analytics professional with 10+ years of experience driving…

Experience

1. External Processing Operations Lead

   Novelis

   Jan 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Leading and coordinating a sustainable supply chain department in a sophisticated environment that involves coordination across different corporate organizations, product lines and operating locations.• Meeting inventory objectives (cash flow) while maintaining a high level of customer service and on-time performance during a time where the primary assets for this value stream are completely full.• Optimize EPO process from receipt of Mill through Delivery to FG’s POS. which may involve multiple EPO locations and systems.• Coordinate with other Supply chain departments on the definition and accuracy of SAP planning parameters such as lead times, lot sizes, safety stocks, time fences, choices of heuristics and heuristic parameters.• Serve as escalation point for EPO issues and questions encountered by EPO Planners. Collaborate with EPO-EDI Leader to document and request resolution of issues that require IT help• Coach the EPO Planning team through development of policies, guidelines and SOPs as well as implementation of standard methodologies• Develop a culture where planning becomes predictive rather than reactive• Supervise daily scrap levels at EPO locations and take appropriate actions to maintain inventory targets.• Partner with recycling and logistics teams on weekly scrap direction to support remelts centers• Handle and Develop BI Page as needed to support the business. Distribute Monthly/Quarterly recovery reports with analysis of product improvement opportunities. Create and distribute other KPI’s/Reports as advised by the EPO manager.• Lead set up and onboarding on new tolling locations that have been Identified as needed. Implement all Novelis quality and EDI standards• Problem solves and code A/P issues to their resolution in collaboration with NNA A/P team

Education

• Michigan State University

  BA, Telecommunications

  2000 — 2005