Michael R. Zander Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Currently seeking an opportunity to work with a multi-national organization that needs immediate results in identifying, designing, implementing and sustaining value chain opportunities for increasing sales revenue and decreasing costs of the supply chain. I have proven experience in increasing productivity and generating customer value in the entire Quote to Order and Order to Cash cycles. This includes the application of Six Sigma and Lean enterprise principles to the following cross functional areas: Customer segmentation and market share analytics Sales administration Accounts payable Accounting, Profit Planning and monthly close schedules Credit and collection Financial management Inventory Warehousing and physical distribution Transportation and logistics Forecasting demand and resourcing supply Materials management Information technologies Customer logistics Alignment with industry standardsPittsburgh. Pennsylvania area resident.Available for international travel in the Americas, EMEA and APAC.Skills update - Data Science / Machine Learning accreditation from John Hopkins and Stanford for enhancing forecast models with customer affinity, sentiment analysis and brand analytics technologies. Computer languages, operating systems and statistical packages include Java, Python, Microsoft Visual Basic, Minitab, R and Octave.

Americas, Emea And Apac. $1+Bn Usd Inventory. 26 Unique Erp Systems.

Developed the Eaton Electrical Sector Standard Process Catalog for PLAN based on the APICS – SCOR model. Defined Oracle and SAP process flows that encompass multi-industry best practices, performance metrics and assessment criteria in Forecasting, S&OP, Master Scheduling, Capacity Planning and Material Requirements Planning.Benchmarked, scoped and created the overall PLAN and S&OP strategy. Developed expertise in Cognos BI, Oracle, SAP and Enovia and created a comprehensive and integrated set of Standard Process documents for PLAN and S&OP activities in order to identify all cross functional roles and responsibilities with process steps. Aligned internal and external processes across the global value chain to achieve customer performance expectations.Created coordinated control processes for plan activities across the global enterprise using Master Scheduling roles, a responsibility matrix, and job description. Deployed change management and personnel readiness assessments to effectively manage global change management for the SCOR PLAN standard processes.Developed the Oracle S&OP PLAN Business cases and scenarios, Future State Design, use cases and business requirements documents.Created standard training documents and led plant training sessions for Order Management, Forecasting, S&OP and MPS / MRP. Aligned training content to the PLAN standard process catalog, standardized assessment and APICS process disciplines.Reviewed and analyzed all Oracle e-Business suite applications and related material management concepts for forecasting, S&OP, master scheduling and planning bills in support of their roles in Oracle implementations and conference room pilots.Participated in Oracle Governance reviews to ensure adherence to the PLAN standard processes.Defined performance metrics that are used for pre and post Oracle implementations. The metrics provide both leading and lagging indicators of the potential for customer service on time performance issues.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Provided financial management analysis in support of monthly reporting and annual profit planning. Used performance measures to identify root causes for data issues, sensitivity analysis of new acquisitions and impact on DOH calculations. Led the creation of performance tracking capabilities to provide an ongoing review of key performance measures to profit planDeveloped a process and analytical capability to provide detailed Plant level information on inventory management for performance measure calculations in real time. Utilized a user friendly visualization scheme to highlight performance issues. Simplified and automated the process of identifying root causes of variances.Director - SCC (Supply Chain Council). Responsibilities included membership growth on a global basis; identify and install a new management team with principal offices in Washington DC and Amsterdam, Netherlands. As Chairman of the Marketing and Membership Committee I led a team of Fortune 100 practitioners, consultants and SCC management personnel to develop innovative ways to utilize the internet to drive membership growth on a global basis. Conducted SCC customer focus group sessions. Created a subsidiary in China in order to access government funding sources. Supported the marketing needs of current chapters in North America, Europe, Greater China, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, South East Asia, Brazil and Southern Africa. Evaluated extended value chain demonstrated capabilities on the following dimensions: Industry structural analysis Business environment Business unit scope Product line scope and complexity Internal supply chain – vertical integration Core competencies identification Capabilities assessment External supply chain Scope prioritization and management Organizational change management issues Complexity management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance; Banking; Investments; Entrepreneurship

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma