SUMMARY:

• Seasoned Materials / Purchasing Manager with 15+ years of experience in total supply chain with focus on Operational Excellence. Strong project management skills with emphasis on logistics and new plant start - ups in Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, and Truck environments. Offering a wide range of experience in capacity planning, production planning, purchasing, MRP, SAP, BAAN, MAPICS, EDI, shipping, sequencing, receiving, warehousing, external warehousing, multiple inventories, lean principles, Kaizen Events, and systems implementation with analytical skills to create cost-effective solutions.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Vandalia OH

Materials / Layer Operator

Responsibilities:

• Shipping, Receiving, Inventory Checker, and Material Delivery
• Verified Shipments for completeness

Confidential, Brookville OH

Materials / Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Production Planning, Purchasing, Shipping, Receiving, Material Delivery, Warehouse and 15,500 SKUS
• Realized cost savings for IC’s of $25K, PCB’s $10K
• Created Checks and Balances with Material Issues and Material Receipts

Confidential, Lexington KY

Materials / Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Sequencing, Production Planning, Supplier deliveries, Shipping, Receiving, Material Delivery, and Whs.
• Implemented Cycle Count program, Point of Use Storage and Primary Bin Locations

Confidential, Tupelo MS

Production Control Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Production Planning, Inventory $8.6 mil, Shipping, Receiving, Material Delivery, Warehouse and 6,500 SKUS
• Managed 4 direct and 18 Team Members
• Reduced premium freight by 18%
• Successfully implemented new product line launch that included material flow and route deliveries (MBUSI)
• Eliminated all Safety Stock $600K

Confidential, Urbana, Ohio

Supply Chain Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Recovery Planning, OTTR for Boeing Defense & Space
• Reduced Past due orders from $2.8 mil to $99K. Increased delivery rating from 75.05% to 93.31%
• Increased Honeywell supplier performance rating from Red to Yellow, first time in over 18 mos.

Confidential, Lafayette, Indiana

Materials Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Production Planning, Inventory $20 mil, Shipping, Receiving, Material Delivery, Warehouse and 6,500 SKUS
• Managed 9 direct and 185 employees
• Reduced Inventories from $26 - $20 mil, Reduced Negative Inventories from $680K to $189K
• Established warehouse optimization plan to include pick areas and address system
• Created receiving windows, shipping lanes, material delivery routes
• Reduced safety recordables from 17 to 6 annualized and safety incidents from

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Director of Materials

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Purchasing, Inventory, Production Planning, Receiving, Material Delivery, Warehouse, $30mil part procurement, MRO Supplies, managed and negotiated accounts payables with supply base.
• Implemented first ever point of use and line delivery systems at Confidential
• Created on-line date driven purchasing reporting system
• Balanced and negotiated extended payment schedules Confidential the contract terms with the supply base

Confidential, Maumee, Ohio

Supply Chain Manager (contract)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for kaizen activities, level work loading for the warehouse, point of use line stocking, warehouse layout, kanban, KPI’s, and root cause analysis for negative inventories.
• Reduced cycle counts from 20 to 2 minutes
• Reduced negative inventories from $1.5 mil to $38k

Confidential, Springfield, Ohio

Global Operations Manager - Global Supply Chain

Responsibilities:

• Managed 125 employees including 114 hourly employees.
• Reduced total supply chain working capital from $57mil - $37 mil (Reduced supply chain from 9 to 6 months)
• Developed detailed forecasting models for all product models including Local Value Content

Confidential

Materials Manager - Global Supply Chain

Responsibilities:

• Project lead on 9 out of 15 major product moves and new plant startups for domestic and international plants
• Created Assembly Sequencing process
• Implemented EDI 830 & 866 with the entire supply base (480 suppliers), quick receive bar code
• Created timing plans and business cost models for sourcing strategies in various countries

Confidential

Materials Manager - Corporate

Responsibilities:

• Managed line-side warehouse stocking, sequence program, and implemented Baan ERP system. (New plant start-up in Mexico). Managed 6 direct reports and 10 hourly employees in Mexico
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing techniques including sequencing material direct to line side locations
• Created supply chain processes and line stocking procedure
• Provided hands on shop floor and warehouse in Baan MRP and replenishment processes
• Implemented KANBAN and returnable container procedures, Created process for bonded warehouse to site location

Confidential, Dayton, Ohio

Materials / Purchasing Manager, Giddings & Lewis, Sheffield Measurement

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented work cells reduce queue times and WIP by 24%
• Reduced obsolete material by 40 % or $30K in 1 year, Implemented MAPICS MRP system
• Removed - dismantled ASRS and implemented KANBAN and point of use system