Michael Rea Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States

• MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY LLC, Jacksonville, North CarolinaJacksonville Materials Manager 2020-2024
• Oversaw ground-up construction of 87,000 square foot warehouse, retired 3 legacy warehouses and migrated $27M of inventory
• Replaced SAP IM with SAP WMS
• Reduced warehouse staff from 21 to 6 in first three years, in part driven by leveraging the power of SAP WMS to drive inventory accuracy, efficiency, and individual accountability
• Led two wall to wall physical inventories in the first year, implemented best-in-class cycle counting with 97% accuracy resulting in a physical inventory exemption for 2022 and beyond
• Assisted sister facilities in Germany, South America, and Pittsburgh PA troubleshooting and solving complex supply chain problems

North Olmsted, Ohio, United States

• Led teams located in Cleveland, North Carolina, Oakville CA, California
• Responsible for all supply planning functions within North America
• Redefined MPS core functions to improve line of site from supply constraint to customers
• Rebalanced work load cross-functionally and geographically resulting in reduced FTE headcount

North Olmsted, Ohio

• Led team in North Carolina responsible for buying activity including new product introductions
• Developed key process indicators and made improvements to inventory forecast modeling
• Established cross-functional collaboration with other supply chain teams

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Responsible for all supply planning processes including safety stock target optimization
• Led Rough Cut Capacity Planning SAP implementation project utilizing PP-SOP
• Significantly improved S&OP process

Solon, Ohio

• Hired into an expansion role: established job roles and hired team of three
• Assisted in SAP implementation and led multiple corporate supply chain projects

Independence, OH

• Created position that reported directly to executive vice president, deployed across the division to assess complex inventory problems and implement immediate solutions
• Provided oversight to planners and schedulers in the US and Canada
• Subject matter expert for labor and material transactions in SAP
• Created and implemented standard work-in-process related to inventory control processes

Fairfield, CA

• 18-month project located in Fairfield, CA, Finished on time and under budget
• Recruited cross-divisionally based on reputation, supervised 5 dedicated project leads
• Positively recognized by leadership and received superior individual performance rating

Brooklyn Heights, OH

• Decreased monthly open service ticket count from 600 to 400
• Supervised staff of 5 co-located in plants in Poland, Canada and the US
• Responsibilities included operations, MRO, labor reporting, production master data and planning

Brooklyn Heights, OH

• 18-month project located in US, Canada, and Poland, finished on time and under budget
• Supervised 4 dedicated and remote project leads across multiple countries
• 5 Legacy ERP systems retired into 1 SAP instance, only 40% of business requirements met by SAP solution at go-live. High degree of business process alignment completed to ensure success

Cleveland, Ohio

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Ace Associate, Continuous Improvement

Project Management Course

Lean Practitioner Certification

Activities and Societies: Participated in numerous lean events, led 2 events with results that met criteria, successfully completed 2 week.

Leadership Excellence Program

Activities and Societies: Leadership Training, Assignments, and Mentoring designed to groom high potential mid level managers for future.