Operations and Supply Chain Specialist with 30 years of experience in industrial supply chain management, continuous operations improvement, and production operations . Currently Purchasing Manager at Phoenix Paper Wickliffe, KY. Previously Logistics/Supply Chain Specialist at Wacker Chemical. Previously an Operations Manager with Exel in Eddyville, KY. Previously Purchasing Manager at Henry A Petter Supply Co. in Paducah, KY managing 3 buyers and a cost specialist. With Setech Inc., managed integrated supply operations and projects in large industrial manufacturers including Harley-Davidson, GM, Delphi Automotive, Tenneco-Monroe Ride Control, NewPage Paper, and SKF Bearings. Broad experience in all operational functions of company. Experience in data mining and information analysis from corporate ERP systems. Extensive knowledge of managing and downloading 3rd party information to update and improve ERP databases. Developed and implemented corporate marketing plans. Extensive knowledge of MRO products used in manufacturing facilities. Power user of all Microsoft office products and user of Epicor, SAP, and Infor software products. Extensive knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodology and specialized in 5S projects.Specialties: Supply Chain,SAP software,Process Mapping and Value Stream MappingManagementKaizenSite Financial AnalysisData Management and AnalysisMetrics and ScorecardsMicrosoft Office Products Supplier negotiations, Purchasing, Prophet 21 software, Industrial MRO Products, Pricing and profit anaylsis, Training,Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement5S, Marketing Strategic Planning, I2 Technologies Data Management, and