Subject: Summary of Professional Experience Materials Management, Manufacturing and Supply Chain professional with direct line experience in manufacturing, purchasing and materials as Director or Vice President, and five (5) years in senior staff positions of similar nature, working for Fortune 50 and 500 companies.Direct “hands on “ experience in purchasing as either Director or Vice President Purchasing. Procurement background is in chemical, electrical commodities, metals, resins, electro mechanical, mechanical and subassembly purchases. Majority of expertise is in offshore procurement in the EEC and FAR EAST specifically United Kingdom, Milan Italy, Germany,France,Belgium, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taipei, Taiwan, Thailand, Shanghai and Shenzen ChinaLine management in manufacturing, managing high tech capital equipment manufacturing facilities as Director or Vice President Manufacturing. I have also developed and implemented Just in Time continuous flow manufacturing philosophy and techniques in various manufacturing plants; using structured flow, cellular manufacturing, point of use storage and Kanban pull systems.Significant experience as Manager Materials and Director Materials in Supply Chain Management, inventory and material control, manufacturing, purchasing and distribution fullfillment process’s. A significant background has been acquired in distribution requirements (DRP) and materials requirements planning (MRP).Systems implementation experience with Hewlett Packard MM3000, Cullinet Manufacturing Systems, American Software, Inc. (ASI), ASK, Inc. (MAN/MAN), J.D. Edwards, Oracle and extensive S.A.P. Inc., software implementation training.Specialties: supply chain manufacturing,logistics,transportation systems and purchasing