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Lansdale, PA, US

Philadelphia, PA, US

Directs the Global Supply Chain and ERP product configuration for 3 international companies. Leads 4 direct/ 50 indirect reports domestically and 18 foreign indirect reports. Oversees the planning, purchasing, inventory control and supply chain management of a $300 million budget. Monitors finished goods and raw material inventory management. Determines.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Directed leadership a team of 50, 25 product managers and 25 buyers, distributed between 3 companies located in USA, China and Europe. Responsible for the internal sales quotation process/execution, the supplier rebate ( Ship & Debit) operation, product assortment selection, ERP procurement setup, Supplier Relationship/ metrics, customer on time delivery.

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• Responsible for all import / export operations and international/domestic purchasing operations, manage a staff of 13; negotiate ocean freight contracts, negotiate small parcel contracts (DHL, UPS), enforce.
• Reduced Small Package shipping cost by $1,500,000 annually:
• Reduced Export Freight Costs by $500,000 annually:
• Decreased Export Shipping Cost to Canada by $200,000 and increased sales by 10%:
• Implemented a 3PL warehouse solution in Germany resulting in a 70% reduction in order fulfillment time:
• Achieved real time collaboration between supply chain partners using EDI integration.:Implemented Planning / Purchase Order Management system integration solution between Lenox Corporation and International 3PL.

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• Oversee the creation of demand plan forecast for wholesale, retail and direct to consumer sales divisions generating $380 million in annual revenues of consumer products. Insure that the demand planning process is.
• Decreased Operational Costs by $160,000 annually: Integrated 4 MRP2 systems JDA, ASI, OMS and JDE into a single corporate ERP/MRP2 system (ASI). Consolidated all purchasing functions from 4 separate divisions to a.
• Reduced domestic Warehouse costs by $100,000 annually: Developed a direct to customer USA import shipment process resulting in a 50% reduction in delivery time and eliminating domestic warehouse usage and costs.
• Reduced Office supply costs by $100,000 annually: Negotiated a more favorable Office Supply contact and Implemented a corporate office supply purchasing system.
• Reduced Procurement cost by $90,000: Using Lean and value trend mapping modified the existing ERP system to maximize the efficiency of the purchasing processes and by increased efficiencies eliminated the need for 2.

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• Responsible for the generation of the sales forecast and material requirements for a 110 door, 10000 SKU, $120 million retail outlet store operation selling consumer products. Insured dynamic replenishment calculations.
• Decrease in the Replenishment Planning cycle time from Monthly to Daily: Determined that the store replenishment system Intefaced to the corporate procurement system manually on a monthly schedule and delayed the.
• Reduced the excess and obsolete inventory by 23% by increased Inventory Control and Forecast accuracy: Developed planning and performance measurement systems bridging multiple business units and data sources (i.e..
• Integrated a AS400 based JDA retail replenishment system into the ASI ERP system: The Lenox Retail division accounts for 25% of the total corporate inventory and sales. The division implemented the JDA Retail.
• Decrease in store out of stock items 15% and reduce average store inventory by 10% for same sales levels:

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• Responsible for the production planning, purchasing, scheduling and inventory management of a $42 million consumer goods manufacturing facility. Supervised warehouse and distribution operations for inter-facility.
• Reduced customer backorders by 50% and increased production plan conformance to 90%: Using Lean techniques determined the waste and ineffiencies in the production planning process. Implemented a series of middle ware.
• Increased average work in process inventory accuracy from 75% to 95%.: Implemented improved WIP tools to eliminate the sources of error in the inventory reporting.
• Increased finished goods inventory accuracy from 90% to 97%.: Implemented a finished good cycle counting program and eliminated yearly inventory shrink.

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• Responsible for the Design and implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System ( M.E.S.) based upon Microsoft SQL Server, Crystal Reports and Wonderware Manufacturing Suite. Supervised the design, programming and.
• Reduced Work in process inventory by 10%.
• Improved work in process (WIP) inventory accuracy by 20%.
• Implemented real time inventory visibility and logistical control of all work centers.
• Project Completed on Time and under budget.

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• Responsible for the daily operation of all fine china decorating and for finished goods warehouse. Supervised 6 managers and 120 union laborers to produce $400,000 dollars of finished goods per day. Managed the profit.
• Improved first pass manufacturing yields from 70% to 88% and reduced cost by $1,200,000 annually: Implement improved process control using SPC processes, defect reporting, root cause analysis and best manufacturing.
• Reduced manufacturing tooling/refractory cost by 15% and $120,000 annually by the redesign of the refractory materials using design of experiments and LEAN processes.
• Converted the operations to a Just in time 7 day 24 hour work schedule. Resulted in a 20% improvement in equipment utilization, $300,000 annual energy savings, a reduction in the required workforce from 6 supervisors.
• Implemented a corporate MRP2/ERP system (ASI) in the Pomona manufacturing plant: Lead the implementation team to set up all work centers, bills of lading, cost centers, routing and inventory points in the System.

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• Responsible for Technical support of all plant manufacturing processes and the Implementation of an unleaded glaze system to replace the traditional leaded glaze system in the coating operations. Achievements
• 30% decrease in raw material costs. Developed process control improvements to reduce material waste and recycle waste materials.
• 50% reduction in defects due to coating process: Engineered and implemented to production glaze rheology control process improvements that eliminated the root cause of many defects.
• Implemented a Lead Free ceramic glaze system to replace the leaded glaze system with minimal refitting of the manufacturing equipment.

• Responsible for technical support of all plant manufacturing processes including slip and glaze formulation, mold making and kiln control. Managed daily operation of all ceramic materials manufacturing operations.
• Developed and implemented a digital color control system that reduced the ceramic stain usage $100,000 annually
• Developed slip and glaze reclaim processes to reduce raw material waste by 75% saving $200,000 annually.

Performed all technical support of all plant manufacturing processes and operations.