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Land O' Lakes, Fl, Us

Since 1952, McNICHOLS is the worldwide leader in providing Perforated Metal, Expanded Metal, Wire Mesh and other Decorative Metals, as well as a full line of Grating and Flooring Products. Our loyal customers continue to rely on our experience, vast product inventory and shipping options to produce the right solution for their projects. As an ISO 9001:2000 certified company, we will provide you with an unsurpassed level of Service, Quality, and Performance...that’s The Hole Story®!

Lead a staff of 32 supply chain professionals in a growing organization managing all materials aspects of over a Half Million Square Foot Facility encompassing Reverse Logistics, Service Parts Logistics, Life Cycle Management, Refurbishment/Repair, RSL Distribution Management, Full After Market Services in long term Strategic Partnerships with Fortune 100 OEMs

Led team of 22 directs operating in China, Hungary, Mayalsia, Mexico, and US. Managed international supply chain top-to-bottom for $2B customer from forecasting/planning to product delivery (often measured in hours) in HV/HM environment PCBA, CTO, BTO etc . Implemented complex Lean Supply Chains reducing inventories over 30% to 18 turns, and earned $14M in favorable price variance, increased supplier payment terms avg to over 60 days. Traveled extensively, built a great team of top notch… Show more Led team of 22 directs operating in China, Hungary, Mayalsia, Mexico, and US. Managed international supply chain top-to-bottom for $2B customer from forecasting/planning to product delivery (often measured in hours) in HV/HM environment PCBA, CTO, BTO etc . Implemented complex Lean Supply Chains reducing inventories over 30% to 18 turns, and earned $14M in favorable price variance, increased supplier payment terms avg to over 60 days. Traveled extensively, built a great team of top notch professionals Show less

(15 major customers including Diebold, Raytheon, Boeing) Led a team of 18 operating at 5 locations from $120M to $210M in revenues at Brooksville FL, DeLeon Springs FL, Jackson MI, Albuquerque NM, and London Ontario. Held strategic responsibility for all Planning, Forecasting, Purchasing, Inventory, EDI, and Logistics. Implemented first EDI and Web Based B2B programs for Sparton.

(8 major customers including AMF, Motorola, Stryker) Held Strategic responsibility for all Planning, Forecasting, Purchasing, Inventory, EDI, and Logistics in Tampa Fl and Gaylord MI. Also managed IC Device Programming Center for Distribution arm of Reptron TPA. Implemented “Flex-Plus”, one of the first demand pull, actual consumption based lean models. Had 9 direct reports. Was also Asst Operations Mgr from '95 to '98. Yes, held 3 simultaneous positions...learned how to multi-task in a fast… Show more (8 major customers including AMF, Motorola, Stryker) Held Strategic responsibility for all Planning, Forecasting, Purchasing, Inventory, EDI, and Logistics in Tampa Fl and Gaylord MI. Also managed IC Device Programming Center for Distribution arm of Reptron TPA. Implemented “Flex-Plus”, one of the first demand pull, actual consumption based lean models. Had 9 direct reports. Was also Asst Operations Mgr from '95 to '98. Yes, held 3 simultaneous positions...learned how to multi-task in a fast paced environment. Show less

Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb: Medical Devices, Sterile Implants, Capital Equip. Surgical Suites. Primarily in Arthroscopy and Cardiolgy arenas. Class 100K Clean Environment, GMPs. FDA, etc experience.

Aerospace & Defense for US Army, McDonnell-Douglas, Lockheed, as well as extremely large scale Commercial High Voltage Transmission Monitoring Stations and Power Cast Transformers. Was also field sales applications engineer from '82 to '83. Began in Stockroom picking parts and fell in love with manufacturing and supply chain.