Career Management-level or lead responsibility in Materials Management or Procurement Objective: employing my extensive operations and systems experience for a manufacturing concern demonstrating commitment to quality, customer service, and world class status.
Career
Summary:

• Extensive experience with progressive responsibility in supply chain/materials management with expertise in production planning/control, procurement, inventory mgmt, traffic.
• Eighteen years of supervisory/managerial experience including budget creation/ control, goal-setting, performance metrics, mentoring , personnel appraisals, career development.
• Strong background in ERP systems implementation as a developer/implementor and user.
• Excellent overall knowledge of business processes and data flows with in-depth knowledge of MRP II, Purchasing , shop-floor , Inventory control , Traffic and Cost Accounting.
• Successfully managed departmental projects employing sound project management skills.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and good oral/written communication skills.

Work Experience:

Confidential Newark, N.Y.

2007 to Mar 2011  Materials Manager
Reporting directly to the corporate V.P., Supply Chain, responsible for shipping and receiving, warehousing and component replenishment planning/procurement campus-wide in support of two business units generating $120M for this battery/communications equipment manufacturer.

• Managed staff of five direct reports and 13 indirect personnel.
• Developed formal SOPs (none existed) for each area under my purview.
• Developed campus-wide cycle counting program achieving 95% unit count accuracy.
• Conducted annual physical inventory involving 150 personnel,achieving 2% net dollar variance.
• Introduced first ever APICS training to inter-departmental campus-wide team .
• Developed performance metrics/ tracking mechanisms for each area under my purview.
• Implemented third party freight audit/payment service provider for all domestic corporate sites.
• Enhanced team productivity by personally developing exception reports via ERP report writer.
• Reduced component inventory from $20M to $15M via focus, assigned actions,follow through.
• Recruited and mentored key positions including buyer/planners,shipping and stockroom leads.

Confidential Batavia, N.Y.

2003 to Nov 2007  Supply Chain Manager
Reporting directly to the COO, responsible for master scheduling, procurement, warehousing , traffic and customer service for this $80M engineer-to-order capital equipment manufacturer

• Managed staff of four direct supervisors and 18 indirect personnel
• Reduced warehouse inventory from $3M to $1.8M (40%) via improved planning parameters
• Developed rough-cut capacity-planning model for assessing build (revenue) plan feasibility
• Developed on-time shipment metric for assessing actual performance vs our quotes
• Implemented VMI/consignment programs reducing inventory investment and transaction overhead
• Implemented blanket order pricing with large steel distributor employing JIT ordering
• Improved professional image of customer progress reporting employing Microsoft Project
• Implemented inventory projection application to improve visibility of future supply/demand imbalances
• Implemented LOTUS Notes workflow aligning all internal parties for sub-let contracting initiaitves
• Member of site IT Steering Committee and site Leadership team

Confidential Canandaigua, N.Y.

1999 to Jan 2002 Sr. Materials Manager, Ink Jet Manufacturing Operations
Reporting directly to the Plant General Manager, responsible for all material planning, procurement and warehousing activities for two Ontario County high volume focused factory manufacturing operations (Printer supplies sales of $60-70 million per annum)

• Control expense budget of $1.4 million with a staff of 5 salaried, 8 hourly personnel.
• Plant champion for successful MRP implementation for printhead product line
• Maintained minimal inventory investment of 10 days supply via kanban relationship with key suppliers
• Chaired Materials Review Board while achieving zero line down occurrences due to quality issues
• Supported operational performance over 98% build/ship plan
• Successfully supported identified plant direct material cost down initiatives with the forward procurement team via re-tooling, re-sourcing, volume negotiations
• As process owner for plant inventory validation, implemented cycle count program in the production warehouse achieving 96% unit accuracy and established metrics, targets and report formats for rollout to the shop floor and spares warehouse
• Successfully supported two major product launches establishing initial production component seed stock,initializing mission-critical business system master files and meeting project schedule
• Absorbed procurement responsibilities for all non-production spend in the facility while achieving centralized sourcing control, requisition control, spend authorization limits and employment of a formal procurement business system
• Implemented formal lot control for warehouse finished goods inventory .

Confidential Rochester, N.Y.

1996-1998 Materials Supply Chain Manager, Equipment Mfg.
Reporting directly to the Director of Operations,Equip. Mfg., responsible for all material planning, external supplier order replenishment, parts bank/raw material warehousing activities for the facility (equipment and service parts sales of $100 million per year).

• Control expense budget of $2.5 million with a staff of 10 salaried, 18 hourly personnel.
• Facilitated the successful consolidation of several off-site third-party warehouse facilities into one off-site facility operated by a third party logistics provider
• Enhanced the cycle count process to include off-site facility , incorporate unit accuracy metrics to enhance operational effectiveness
• Served as the Equipment Manufacturing rep on the inter-disciplinary Worldwide Implementation team responsible for all product changes impacting our customers
• In conjunction with a consulting group, chaired a materials sub-team to map current and future state business flows for potential Rochester-based centralized Materials management organization
• In conjunction with Price-Waterhouse, chaired materials sub-team for facility-wide re-engineering of manufacturing strategy from batch process to demand flow
• In conjunction with our outsourcing business partner, chaired a materials sub-team in support of facility-wide transition effort of our supply chain & assembly operation

1981-1996 Confidential Rochester, N.Y.

1993 -1996 Sr. Materials Manager Confidential
Reporting directly to the Vice-President of Manufacturing, responsible for all material planning, production control, procurement, stockroom and traffic (packing/shipping) activities for the facility (equipment and service parts sales of $70 million per annum).

• Controlled expense budget of $2.4 million with a staff of 22 salaried , 26 hourly personnel.
• Down-sized overall salaried manning levels by 25% saving $400,000 per year while maintaining operational effectiveness and expected customer service levels.
• Introduced measurable goals in each functional section employing criteria of cost, quality , time or productivity to support continuous improvement philosophy.
• Member of the facility ISO implementation team
• Realized over $500,000 in annualized cost savings/avoidance in procurement through vendor partnering and blanket order agreements on yearly commitments of $22 million.
• Improved forecasting accuracy on independent demand spare parts items from mid 50’s% to 90% via enhanced statistical review and exception reporting of historical demand patterns. Reduced parts orders backlog from average $500k to $250k level.
• Improved inventory accuracy from low 80’s to mid-90’s % via implementation of a cycle count program in the main stockroom representing $8M in componentry. Co-chair with Accounting the annual physical inventory of $18M in overall inventory asset each year.
• Reduced inventory levels by $2M (12%) via coordination of build plan with marketing forecast projections, fine-tuning MRP order parameters and better order action discipline.
• Improved shop floor on-time performance employing formal dispatch list for order prioritization. Materials division supported a 95% build plan attainment .

1988 -1993 Production Planning Manager Confidential
Reported directly to the Sr. Materials Manager. Responsible for all material planning and production control activities for the facility. Scope of operation included Master Schedule activity, Capacity planning, MRP, ECO review, excess/obsolete analysis and shop floor control. Direct reports include a Master Scheduler, three planners and five shop schedulers.

• Developed and implemented numerous management-by-exception reporting tools to improve productivity of staff subordinates and enhance value of data as information.
• Trained and coached subordinates as key knowledge workers supporting the manufacturing “system” as internal consultants with a customer service orientation.
• Reduced raw material inventory investment by 60% over past three years through synchronizing shop order release with vendor JIT delivery schedule.
• Plant coordinator for smooth transition of product line transfers to our sister plants .
• Played key role as plantwide facilitator to all manufacturing managers for the annual budget process.

Education: 
Master’s Degree in Business Administration .

Master’s Degree in Operation’s Research/Systems Analysis.

Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude. Majored in mathematics.