Jessica Larios
Bell Gardens
Summary
To succeed in an environment of growth and excellence and earn a job that provides me with job satisfaction and self-development and helps me achieve personal as well as organizational skills. Opportunity to grow within a new environment.
Experienced with production scheduling, inventory management, and resource allocation. Utilizes strategic approach to minimize production delays and enhance operational efficiency. Knowledge of coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure seamless production processes and timely delivery.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Production Planner
Simulator Product Solutions LLC
Carson, CA
08.2023 - Current
- Developed production schedules to optimize workflow and meet project deadlines.
- Analyzed inventory levels to ensure materials availability for production continuity.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline processes and enhance communication.
- Implemented process improvements that reduced lead times and increased efficiency.
Material Planner/ Material Specialist
Stellant Systems
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Reduced inventory by 30% by removing excess, obsolete, and duplicate materials.
- Monitor jobs to ensure they will be completed on schedule.
- Kept lines up and running by expediting critical parts using the database and tracking delivery to the production floor.
- Facilitated increased inventory accuracy by identifying problems and doing the necessary research to solve them.
- Provided inventory information to management in Excel format, which enabled them to more efficiently advise procurement of needed parts.
- Coordinate with program management and the manufacturing manager on staffing requirements for production operations to ensure productivity.
- Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects to ensure better outcomes for each program.
- Prepare and issue RFQs (requests for quotes) to suppliers, follow up to assure understanding.
- Frequently participate in and lead continuous improvement meetings with team members to improve quality, delivery, and productivity within the company.
- Improve and optimize the lead time between our suppliers and our facilities to improve shipments.
- Planned and researched part shortages, availability, ETA for material and deviated parts (per shortages and/or buyer's request)
- Reviewed material flow and recommended safety stock and/or inventory levels that prevented inventory shortages.
- Review drawings, specifications, and purchase history to determine sourcing strategy for build-to-print machined parts.
- Assist in determining material outcome required to meet schedule demands.
Material Specialist
Mercury Systems
12.2019 - 01.2022
- Knowledge of AS9100 to obtain proper certification for the aerospace business industry.
- Issue proper material in the MRP system to keep track and reflect physical and MRP material on track.
- Helped with the preparation of Request quotations for material needed for production preparation. Coordinate RTV product shipments, requesting RMAs, generating shipping documents, and coordinating shipments with shipping.
- Manage and maintain purchasing planning information in the MRP system.
- Follow up and expedite the manufacturing and delivery of all types of material shortages of materials.
- Manually sorted traveler packages/documents to the appropriate unit for production release.
- Receive, store, and distribute materials, parts, and supplies throughout the appropriate areas of the inventory/production floor.
- Performance of all tasks involved in receiving, preparation, storage, issuing, shipping, physical inventory discrepancies, control, and protection of government property.
- Follow up and expedite the manufacturing and delivery of all types of material shortages of materials.
- Assemble the required parts to create sub-assembly units for production to build the unit as per the drawing requirements.
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
- Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
- Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, shortages, shipments, and goods used or issued.
- Create, maintain, and enter information into databases for records.
- Keep track of files regarding picklists, Shortages, and MO for each project created.
- Keep track of the Shortage report, the Procurement team ordered material to obtain a complete unit for production use.
Inventory Specialist
DCX-CHOL Enterprises
04.2016 - 12.2019
- Reported, monitored, and reviewed daily inventory adjustments and changes.
- Managed inventory through the MRP (Material Requirement Planning) system to control the entire inventory being used for jobs being built & processed throughout the day.
- Create documentation for all new incoming material to be stamped and ready for Source inspection to review Material government owned.
- Review new incoming material to determine which Customer is going to be provided to.
- Trained Office personnel on the operation and use of MRP for stockroom daily essentials.
- Run shortages to determine shortages for a new incoming job, after the engineering releases the drawing.
- Assisted sales representatives with knowledge of product placement in the stockroom.
- Directed and assisted in the pulling of raw materials needed for scheduled production jobs.
- Knowledge of the MRP system to have an accurate count of inventory.
- Maintain and review all inventory, including follow-up on all shortages, and maintain minimal inventory for cost reductions.
- Identify and distribute stock to appropriate locations within and out of the company premises.
- Investigate inventory errors and perform corrective measures using MRP.
- Safety audits (General Planned Inspections), which lead to the development of better safety habits and ideas of new areas to implement knowledge and improvement for the Yearly Audit.
Education
AA - Psychology
Rio Hondo College
Skills
- Bilingual: English and Spanish
- Data entry 45wpm, 10 keys by touch
- Customer service & Communication
- Computers, MS Office-word, Excel, PowerPoint, Advanced
- Computer database proficiency
- Good telephone & interpersonal
- MRP system
- Materials requirement planning
- Supplier relationship management
- Effective communication techniques
- Supply chain coordination
- ERP system experience
- Inventory management proficiency
Certification
Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Senior Production Planner
Simulator Product Solutions LLC
08.2023 - Current
Material Planner/ Material Specialist
Stellant Systems
01.2022 - 08.2023
Material Specialist
Mercury Systems
12.2019 - 01.2022
Inventory Specialist
DCX-CHOL Enterprises
04.2016 - 12.2019
AA - Psychology
Rio Hondo College