Tina Maurizi

Responsible to review raw material levels, propose recommendations of purchases, maintain PO's, support inventory control. Monitor and update inventory reports, review product families, and impact of strategic and tactical changes across the inventory pool. Analyze and predict changes in required inventory to meet seasonal, project, or constrained supply conditions.

Use historical data to create baseline plans, highlight gaps against target budget, and measure accuracy of forecasts. Monitor and plan inventory levels to support purchasing metrics including fill rate, inventory turns, order change rates. Accurately maintain product master data, pricing, and vendor information. Establish working relationships with multiple vendors to maintain cost and lead time. Weekly and monthly KPI reporting.

Promoted to Inside Sales Specialist – Mill Direct (10/17 – Current) • Invoice management- review all pertinent information for accuracy. Collaborate with accounting; accurate coding essential. • Contract Management- managing levels to ensure requirements are being held per contract, set up releases, and manage spikes and dips accordingly so data is not misconstrued. • Procurement- raw material/ finished goods obtained from approved vendors within budget parameters. Sourcing approved sub-contractors for additional processing as required. • Successfully collaborate between business teams and over 40+ customers in a complex sales cycle to maintain a 97.0% or better order accuracy completions • Research pricing and estimate quantities of specialized materials and product selection for specific needs, availability and cost efficiency. • Provide feedback on pricing changes and discrepancies in AR billing. • Create, calculate material needs, modify and expedite over 150 monthly purchase orders. • Review invoices for pricing, compliance with 232 tariffs and surcharges. • Reconciliation, prioritization and rationalization of scheduling demands during peak periods. • Analyzed and adjusted purchasing algorithms to increase turnover while minimizing costs. • Collaborated with sales, inventory, logistics and distribution teams to execute inventory control initiatives for allocation strategy and replenishment quantity. Inventory Demand Analyst (1/15 – 10/17) • Generating the statistical demand forecasts that assist in driving the success of the purchasing department • Achieve, track, and maintain statistical forecast accuracy according to stated goals • Achieve optimal inventory management results • Design and generate weekly and monthly statistical forecast reports • Compiling and comparing data utilizing reporting and forecasting models to project future sales.

Order Demand Planner within the bakeware/ cake novelty/ scrapbooking distribution industry. Focus on forecasts of demand vs. supply, communication to incur the least lead time, and resolutions to problems as they arise. As an Order Demand Planner, I am responsible for planning current orders based on customer demand, product forecasts, and inventory available. Several processes are required of analyzing data on stock and quantity’s available, sku’s set to be received in, and reserved sku’s for future orders, is done prior to the planning process. Always striving to meet the fill rate of 100%. Constant communication with customer service and our dc facilities on time-sensitive processing and stock depletion issues is critical to notify, assess, and rectify any problems that may arise. Responsibilities include interaction with all key lead management positions to help rectify problems/ procedures to insure seamless production, dealing with strict deadlines, handling numerous projects at the same time, and remaining calm and focused during stressful situations.