Jim Gray Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Corporate Master Scheduler supporting fourteen manufacturing sites of the PlyGem Siding Division of Cornerstone Building Brands.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Responsible for all site responsibilities in support of customer 3PL logistics.

Warrensburg, Mo

Responsible for all aspects of materials management within a manufacturing site.

Columbus, Georgia Area

All aspects of materials and shipping management for a battery manufacturing plant.

Ft. Smith, Ar

Responsible for the leadership and financial well-being of a metal stamping and assembly plant that manufactures seating products for the school bus and commercial bus industries.

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

Responsible for the leadership, safety and financial well-being of an industrial battery manufacturing site with 200+ employees. Direct reports – 8, additional staff – 29, and 165+ Hourly team members. Functional responsibility for all aspects of: Safety/Environmental, Quality, Finance, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Materials, Maintenance, Engineering, and waste disposal. Manages: annual operations budget of $25+ million; capital budget of $2.5 million; and materials COGS of $100 million and maintain an on-hand inventory management of level of approximately $13 million.

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

Recruited back to Exide:Responsible for the leadership, safety and financial management of the materials management team. Processes included: Planning, Procurement, Inventory management and DC operations. Seven direct reports and 12 indirect reports. Overall on-hand inventory values of $8.5 million Raw/WIP and $5 million finished goods. Annual materials inventory spend of $95 million and management of 2,000 inventory SKUs valued at $11 million.

Springdale, Ar

Responsible for the leadership, safety and financial management of the materials management team. Processes included: Planning, Procurement, Inventory management and DC operations. Six direct reports and 20 indirect reports. Responsible for the successful implementation of an SAP Enterprise system within the Materials and DC teams.

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

Responsible for Planning, Purchasing, Warehousing, Inventory Control, and Shipping functions of an industrial battery manufacturer with 225 personnel, $100 million in COGS, and 2,000 inventory SKUs valued at $12 million. • Ensured on time ship rates above 98% through personnel training, optimization of assigned equipment, modification of individual work responsibilities, and management of safety considerations.• Planned and executed three site level Annual Physical Inventories valued in excess of $12 million each.• Reduced assigned on-hand material inventory by 21.8% through the use of detailed material planning, safety stock calculations, and better coordination/communication with corporate personnel. • Project Supervisor for a full supply chain optimization project with goals to reduce on-hand inventory by $1.2 million and reduce lead time by 25 %. Mentored a two person team in the process of developing current state and future state process maps, SKU rationalization process and safety stock calculations to support ongoing business objectives. • Team Leader of a Kaizen event to reduce labor costs by $43K in the Quick Ship process and increase throughput by 51%.• Team Leader of a Kaizen event to reduce labor costs by $45K and the development of a quick flow rack to facilitate the storage, pick and pack operations of over 50% of the systems processed in the Quick Ship parts packing area.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the development of Master Production Scheduling and Capacity Planning processes for an international company that sells pumps and flow control products to the oil and gas industries. • Served as the supply chain functional leader for the implementation of an ERP system (SyteLine) at our Odessa, TX site.• Developed daily analysis tools and more effective production meetings to lead the Production Control Team to increase product on time delivery scores from 79% to 96% in five months.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for: Purchasing, Warehousing, Shipping, Production Scheduling, and MRP system data management. Personnel – 11 Direct and 19 Indirect, FG SKUs – 5,200, Raw Material SKUs - 2,400, Suppliers – 92, Total inventory value $16 million.• Guided 11 direct and 19 indirect reports in meeting the FY 07 inventory reduction goal of $3.7 million in five months without negatively impacting service rates.• Completed vendor management project (lower level ratchet parts) which created $225K in annualized savings.

Hobart, Ny

Supply Manager ------2003 to 2007Responsible for: Production planning and supply chain project management for an 800 person dosage pharmaceutical plant.• Led the integration team for a BPCS (MRPII) system implementation to support the site’s annual budget of more than $140 million. Led the team through business process modeling, implementation and training.• Led a broad based functional leadership team in the supply-side implementation phase of Sales and Operations Planning. Production Superintendent for Packaging ---------2001 to 2003Responsible for: Leadership of 110 indirect and 10 direct reports in the daily packaging of hard dose (tablets/capsules) pharmaceutical products and raw materials for shipment to retail and clinical markets. • Administered an annual labor and supplies budget of $7.2 million. Manufacturing Shift Supervisor ----- 2000 to 2001 Senior Production Buyer/Planne ------ 1998 to 2000

Greater Atlanta Area

Fort Drum, Ny

Battalion Supply Officer (S4), Warehouse Platoon Leader, and Water/Petroleum Platoon Leader