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Westfield, Massachusetts, Us

Westfield, Massachusetts, Us

Leads the strategy and execution for all aspects of procurement and transportation over both corporate and plant supply chain teams. Supports $spend across 16 plants with more than 625 suppliers.

Shelby Township, Michigan, Us

Horizon Steel is a steel service center that processes and distributes flat rolled carbon steel products. The company offers various coated, cold rolled, and hot rolled products by providing slitting, edging, cut to length and supply chain management services. ★ P&L responsibility for 2 processing plants. Maintains accountability for the performance of 85 professionals in the two facilities, directing Operations, Procurement, Inside Sales, Quality, Transportation, and Information Technology.★ Introduced safety and 5S programs to lower the lost time incident rate by 50%. Directed a Lean Six Sigma project that produced $425K in savings.★ Achieved and sustained a customer On Time Delivery rate of higher than 98% with a rejection rate of less than 0.4% while lowering operating costs per ton by 10%.★ Lowered costs by $325K annually without impacting shipments by reducing operations and finance administrative staff by 16%. Additionally, consolidated steel mill suppliers to save $50K per month.★ Executed an integrated business planning process to secure 10% in YOY growth from 2019 to 2020.★ Exceeded the requirements of the International Automotive Task Force by eliminating all ISO quality audit discrepancies.

Saukville, Wi, Us

Charter Steel is a $1.1B integrated manufacturer of carbon and alloy steel bar, rod and wire products with manufacturing and distribution facilities in Wisconsin and Ohio. ★ Directed supply chain operations for six manufacturing facilities in North America, managing S&OP, Demand and Supply Planning, Procurement, and Logistics.★ Managed a five-person team and an organization of 178 employees, establishing the company as an industry leader in customer service, operational flexibility and agility, and low inventory.★ Improved on-time delivery from 65% to 93% and set new records for production efficiency across all facilities. Set new records for shipment volume in four out of six years.★ Reduced finished goods inventory by 17% to lead the industry, with weeks of inventory decreasing from 7.5 to 6.5, reducing storage capital needs and generating savings on working capital on the inventory side. Delivered $20M in working capital savings and $5.4M in capital avoidance for storage costs.★ Implemented the Oracle TMS module to save $6.9M in transportation costs in three years. From 2014 to 2017, lowered procurement costs by $17M.★ Partnered with Ohio Energy Group and negotiated with a deregulated utility to lower energy spend by $10M per year from 2016 to 2021.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

SCA Technologies provides category sourcing and cost management solutions. The company offers supply chain strategy and analytics, business process re-engineering, pricing, supplier management, and business process outsourcing services. ★ Advised clients on supply chain consulting projects.★ Established future-state business processes and overhauled the project management life cycle for software development initiatives.★ Achieved improvements in the on-time delivery of projects and the customer experience.

Waukesha, Wi, Us

Director, Materials and Supply Chain Planning: Responsible for supply chain Planning, Inventory Control, and Shipping and Receiving for 3 manufacturing sites in North America. Led staff of 55.★ Led a complete supply chain transformation in only 10 months that reestablished HUSCO International’s reputation from poor execution and on-time delivery to outperforming competitors, positioned for price increase negotiations and the promise of a continuous flow of new business in the future.★ Redefined HUSCO International’s planning and inventory strategies by implementing strategic “build-aheads” for high volume products and build-to-order policy for low volume products for over 1000 customized products.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Responsible for company wide IT program management, Sarbanes-Oxley IT readiness, and management of division Information Technology staff of 20.★ Led successful ERP selection process and established critical business process definition across four continents, three divisions, and 12 discrete platforms.★ Achieved three consecutive years of near-flawless IT audit results by directing Sarbanes-Oxley IT readiness effort for all North American and European sites.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Responsible for worldwide tactical and strategic factory requirements and worldwide supply chain for $2.2 billion division. Managed staff of 7.★ Led development of worldwide factory-build strategies and near- and long-term capacity investment plans that helped drive growth of 100% from $1 billion to $2 billion between 1999 and 2001.★ Enabled doubling of flash memory revenue from $500 million to $1 billion during a period of constrained capacity, while still meeting on-time delivery goals by managing a customer “overcommit” strategy that reduced finished good inventory to 2-3 days, a $2.25 million reduction from current levels.

Washington, Dc, Us

★ U.S. Naval Liaison Officer, Canadian Forces Station, Shelburne, Nova Scotia 1991 to 1993: Senior US officer responsible for liaison between Canadian and US commands.★ Division Officer USS Buchanan (DDG 14) 1988 to 1991:Managed 18-23 personnel in the operation and maintenance of communications and antisubmarine equipment.

Bachelor Of Science, Mathematics

Mba, Industrial Administration And Information Technology

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