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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Wheeling, Illinois, Us

Responsible for Scheduling, Planning, and SIOP processes at 7 domestic plants while overseeing the launch of MRP (Epicor) across entire organization.•Reduced past due sales dollars from $1.4 million to under $300,000 in 12 months with no increase in inventory•Implemented plan for every part (P.F.E.P) process that resulted in the linkage of commercial & supply chain strategies•Designed finite scheduling, job release, and capacity planning processes applicable to each plant, that enabled schedulers to balance supply & demand at every work-center

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Responsible for Scheduling, Purchasing and Logistics functions at three manufacturing facilities. •Re-implemented an under-utilized MRP software package (Syteline) automating inventory control, scheduling, capacity planning and safety stock replenishment. •Re-designed and implemented purchase parts receiving process that reduced average dock to stock time from 3 days to 1 day and eliminated lost parts•Implemented periodic cycle count process that eliminated inventory write-offs

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Led Purchasing, Scheduling, Shipping, and Warehousing functions throughout Eaton integration activities:•Re-implemented MRP (QAD/MFGPro) from ground up establishing 10,000+ SKU’s, 750+ inventory locations and over 100 work centers in ERP system that directed all capacity planning and shop floor control activities•Utilized ABC analysis to synchronize Finished Goods stocking strategy with market dictated fixed customer lead time resulting in OTD improvement of 20 percentage points in 18 months•Re-aligned scheduling, purchasing, material handling and shipping functions under Supply Chain Department model which decreased indirect labor by 23% and increased throughput by 43%

Burr Ridge, Il, Us

Responsible for every aspect of raw material and component procurement while directly supervising the activities of buyers. •Applied lean manufacturing principles, a “Total cost of ownership” strategy and vendor consolidation to deliver average Annual cost-outs of $300,000 (2.5% of COGS or 5% of total direct material Spend) while simultaneously reducing raw material inventory by 78%•Spear-headed the implementation of a process to scan Kan-ban releases directly from manufacturing floor to vendor resulting in $100,000/year reduction in ordering cost•Implemented a 100% visual inventory management system for all purchased parts that eliminated the need for MRP system

Stamford, Ct, Us

P&L accountability while responsible for day to day factory operations, over-seeing Customer Service, Estimating, Purchasing, Scheduling, and Shipping at three manufacturing facilities. Implemented team based Customer Service structure and re-engineered order flow process to result in reduction in order cycle time with less indirect staffing. Merged the scheduling function at three facilities to maximize run length and minimize setups. Implemented consistent performance measurements at all three locations.

Bsba, Operations Management / Procurement

Mba, Systems Management