Patrick Pool Email & Phone Number

St. Charles, IL, US

Niles, IL

• Create, review and maintain valid plans of material and manage the supply base in order to meet customer demand.
• Generate contacts compliant to government requirements for FARS and DFARS
• Manage current open delivery schedules to maintain OTD of 97%
• Negotiate and award contracts to optimize the value for short and long term purchasing strategies including discreet buys as well as long term contacts up to 2 years
• Execute and manage 5 and 10 year supplier contracts awarded by the Global Supply Group
• Group lead on the Electronic File Management System (EFMS) project.

• Developed master schedule for the Hagerstown coater line and scheduled 6 slitters in 2 facilities. Managed $5 million of annual raw material purchases to support manufacturing and provided business forecast for 6.
• Published company report that provided visibility of campaign timing and documented build volume against anticipated monthly sales.
• Achieved 95% on-time shipment of customer orders from 2009 – 2010.
• Maintained 90% up time on coater line with on time J-I-T deliveries.
• Selected by management to travel to India to represent the business unit on the Global Logistics Committee to set policies and reporting procedures for each business unit.

• Directed supply chain operations during ten year company sales growth from $30 million to $175 million. Managed annual purchases of $18 million of raw materials including consignment inventories of off shore suppliers..
• Reduced impact of $18 million annual raw material expense by requiring that domestic suppliers maintain inventory on supplier sites and deliver J-I-T for average month end inventory of less than $250K.
• Achieved on hand finished goods inventory of 95% for AA stock items and overall inventory turns of 6-8 per year using the BPCS ERP planning system.
• Reduced commercial market inventory from a monthly average of $5 million to $2.7 million.
• Ordered, tracked and managed supplier consignment film purchases of $4 million from off shore suppliers that satisfied agreement requirements and timely issue of monthly invoicing.
• Successfully facilitated quarterly supplier technical review meeting for new product development.

• Developed master planning schedules and maintained daily production schedules for 3 coating lines in a 24/7 operation. Scheduled shop floor orders for 12 slitting machines. Managed J-I-T- deliveries of raw materials.
• Selected by management to travel to The Netherlands to train supply chain staff during transition.
• Documented and prioritized open custom orders, maintaining 95% on time shipments.
• Recruited by management to participate as Element Champion on project team that resulted in ISO certification.

Managed daily schedules for 2 coating lines in Addison plant. Scheduled raw material deliveries and released work orders to the shop floor for 12 slitters. Attended daily production meetings to provide updates on daily priorities