James Holderman, Mba, Cec Email & Phone Number

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, US

East Windsor, New Jersey, US

Purchasing for all of the Americas and Capital Expenditures

East Windsor, New Jersey, US

Given my 20 years of experience in new product development and plant operations, I was asked to assume the role of Director for Contract Manufacturing to support Elementis’ product development and business acquisitions. Total spend is in excess of $50 million. Total staff consists of two buyers and one technical manager. Prepared scope definition, project.

East Windsor, New Jersey, US

• Recruited to integrate and transform the company’s global portfolio of operations from independent regional manufacturing facilities to a globally integrated manufacturing and distribution network. Hold full.
• Led inventory reduction team in developing new reporting tools and analyzing the finished goods inventory profile. Identified slow move and obsolete products and instructed the sales team to sell the target inventory..
• Reorganized the planning functions to drive a global focus and provide resources to develop robust planning and reporting tools. Planning improvements yielded a $7.0 million reduction in finished goods and raw.
• Developed sales and operations planning process to align manufacturing assets with market demand across five global business units. Established new forecasting families, master planning families, and key process.
• Spearheaded the operational asset utilization process for the production facilities to track and improve reliability and quality performance. All plant managers adopted the process.
• Provided leadership to develop a new complaint handling system tied to analytics and root cause analysis. Improved complaint closure by over 85%.

Colombes Cedex, FR

• Manufacturing Director I had worked for previously requested I join the team to reengineer a fragmented and dysfunctional supply chain organization within a division of over $250 million in sales. Primary focus was to.
• Conceived and implemented plan to outsource Amine and Sulfonyl packaging and production utilizing contract manufacturers and transfer depots. Completed the project within six months of approval, meeting plant shutdown.
• Implemented basic sales and operations planning functions to drive coordination between North American and European production facilities. Reduced $6.0 million in finished goods and intermediate inventories.
• Closed down unnecessary ISO storage terminal resulting in $100 thousand annual savings.
• Championed and facilitated the implementation of customer service rules. Eliminated $100 thousand in expedited freight and sample charges.
• Negotiated standard invoice payment terms for intra-company freight. Eliminated over 3,000 individual invoices and saved an estimated $600,000 in processing costs.

Colombes Cedex, FR

• Promoted from Operations Manager of the Mobile Plant in Mobile, Alabama to this position. Primary challenge was to develop an inexperienced staff into a unified plant leadership team. Also required to reduce costs.
• Slashed headcount by 15% by consolidating workloads, eliminating non-value added activities and introducing new production technologies. Reduced compensation costs by $1.1 million.
• Initiated profit improvement planning to drive small cost savings projects. Maintained portfolio of projects that reduced costs an average of $300 thousand annually.
• Developed a new plant emergency response plan to eliminate paid services from Rohm and Haas. Generated savings of over $200 thousand.
• Championed an employee driven behavior based safety system that was union endorsed. Completed two years with no lost time injuries and reduced OSHA recorded injuries from five per year to zero within 18 months of.
• Drove the operational asset utilization process within the plant. Increased plant operational asset utilization by 15%.

Colombes Cedex, FR

Promoted from SAP Implementation and warehouse coordinator assignment to this position within the Mobile plant site. Primary responsibility was to develop common operating practices within the plant. The plant encompassed eight operating units. Processes included emulsion polymerization, esterifications, alkylations, chlorination, and wastewater treatment.

Colombes Cedex, FR

Chosen by Plant Manager to lead the plant SAP implementation. Primary focus was replacing three legacy ERP systems with SAP. Required to map all processes within the plant, document current reporting mechanisms and map to SAP functionality. Coordinated two on-site and one off-site warehouse and three bulk tank farms. Managed 3 direct and 10 indirect.

Colombes Cedex, FR

Responsible for the operation and supervision of the Impact Modifier plant within the facility.

Colombes Cedex, FR

Process engineer responsible for bulk emulsion polymerization. isolation and drying unit operations.

Process engineer

Master, Business Administration

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Mba, General Business Management