John Ray Email & Phone Number

US

A Consultancy to drive value to your organization

• ERP Implementations, upgrades, improvements
• Supply Chain – Driving Value
• Demand Planning – Being on time at or under costs
• EBITDA – Getting the most from decision making
• SIOP – Bringing it all together
• Six Sigma / Lean – Stop wasting time and money

St. George, Utah, US

Develop and grow an exceptional supply chain organization which will be scalable with a highly robust team of experts. Our team will be able to pivot and flex as our Customers, Technology and Strategy requires.

Rochester, New Hampshire, US

• Working directly with all functions and levels within the site and Corporate to align SAP Functionality, Production Schedules, Supply Chain Schedules and processes in support of revenue targets
• Managing lead for 7 different teams and 48 people with 7 direct reports
• Lead for SAP, SIOP, Production Control, Shipping, Receiving, Warehousing, Parts and Tool movements
• Implemented SIOP, SAP health metrics and PFEP at the SLC Facility
• Developed an ongoing working relationship with the SAP governance team which had not previously existed
• Developed process for maintaining long lead materials ahead of Engineering Changes to support business

• Working directly with executives to review and improve current business and operational processes. Helped businesses change and improve through smart and targeted improvements. Clients include: Toys R Us, Kellogg’s.
• Directed increase in profitability with 30% reduction in total inventory ($24M), from $80M to $56M for ToysRUs
• Implemented forecasting accuracy to ensure efficient stock rotation
• Strengthened client’s On-Time Delivery by 64% from 55% to 86% Meggitt
• Investigated existing logistics methods to locate pain points and resolve inefficient transit
• Instigated drop shipments from several suppliers to facilitate JIT and eliminate hand offs between facilities

• Initiated cost savings measures to compensate for decrease in sales. Reduced capital expenses by decreasing inventory, reassigning workflow and ensuring best practice sharing throughout department. Analyze data to.
• Reduced stagnant inventory by over $4M by selling slow turning inventory to 3rd party vendors
• Analyzed, reviewed regional forecast accuracy, and redefined over 350k part numbers
• Identified $28M non-turning finished goods inventory for potential sales
• Evaluated all potential sales entered into SFDC and history of win percentage for 2+ years
• Led team to review and approve S/4 - Hana upgrade to all facilities for SIOT. Approved $16m budget an 10mo plan

Coventry, England, GB

• Led inventory reduction, Global Supply chain optimization, SAP ECC implementation & SAP S4/Hana conversions.
• Realized 25% (from 342 to 256) reduction to supply chain through consolidation
• Implemented automated PO system to replace manual entries
• Initiated Bar Coding for part movement, labor collection, and manufacturing standards validation
• Executed system tracking for Supplier Quality issues, used in annual supplier review and monthly score card
• Upgraded SAP system from R/3 to ECC and obtained approval for $10.4M to implement SAP S/4 HANA

Directly partnered with various clients within the Aerospace, Defense, Medical Device, Real Estate and Government industries to audit, develop, improve, and implement new solutions related to Global Supply Chain, Inventory, LEAN/Kaizen principles, SAP, JDE, Oracle and MS Dynamics, business and manufacturing processes. Developed and supported both on shore.

Amsterdam, NL

Provided expertise on SAP proposal development and delivery, oversight on existing SAP implementations and issues, and training focusing on SAP PS, FICO, MM and PP modules.Led team of 30 developing $23M proposal of SAP full lifecycle implementation for American Airlines after market group, actions included sales demonstration, proposal development.

• Master Scheduler, Master Scheduling Manager, Program Operations Manager, Program Manager, PMO lead
• Created and ran SIOP process for Aircraft Nacelle programs
• PMO lead and Program Manager for Airbus, Boeing, Rolls Royce and Pratt Whitney programs with budgets exceeding $200M
• Global Supply Chain lead for programs under PMO responsibility (Value Stream Mgt)
• Expanded Supplier base in ASIA and Mexico to reduce costs
• Executive and Operations Implementation lead SAP go-live, (SAP users in PS, Materials Management, New Program Development, Recurring Engineering and Master Scheduling)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Public Administration, Finance

Six Sigma Green Belt