Thomas Dougherty Email & Phone Number

Souderton PA

Warminster PA

• Supply Chain ManagerManage the Purchasing, Warehousing, Shipping, and Receiving teams and processes responsible for supporting existing products as well as relocating, launching, and supporting 4 new production lines.
• Setup new warehouses and transferred $3 mil of inventory comprised of 2000 SKUs
• Established Material Handling teams and processes to Receive, Pick, and Ship using SAP
• Integrated 3rd party Packaging and Vendor Managed Inventory suppliers on-site
• Co-leader of annual plant-wide Physical Inventory which resulted in <1% net variance
• Participate in daily Production meetings, Gemba walks, and Executive Team updates

• Materials & Planning ManagerManaged the Planning, Purchasing, Warehouse and Customer Service teams responsible for forecasting, on-time delivery and meeting monthly revenue and PBIT goals.
• Coordinated manufacturing outsourcing transfer to low cost countries
• Project leader for the implementation of Lean Manufacturing programs
• Developed numerous reports designed to forecast and smooth workloads
• Reduced inventory levels by 25% while increasing On Time Delivery
• Collaborated with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to reduce costs

• Senior Materials Planner/BuyerHired to support the initial product area launch of Infor XA system based on Purchasing & Production Planning experience and demonstrated technical expertise.
• Provide complete material planning/purchasing support for new product line launch
• Develop MS Access tools to forecast requirements prior to MRP system support
• Automated the Manufacturing Order creation process saving time and reducing errors
• Led the Materials group through several Lean Mapping and Kaizen efforts

Contract Position -Current and future state mapping of material/information flow.Design/develop MS Access tools to improve material/information flow. Design material forecasting model. Develop/implement material forecasting software.Develop/launch software to electronically transmit supplier releases.

• Managed team of Planners, Distributors and Part Analysts in charge of all aspects of inventory control and production planning for a world-class, $500M+ automotive electronics manufacturing facility.
• Provided 200+ customers with daily shipments to achieve on-time delivery metrics
• Maximized plant efficiency by providing weekly plans /daily schedules for 20+ product areas
• Led $38M (75%) inventory reduction effort while reducing production line downtime
• Launched processes to achieve 100% compliance of financial (SoX) and process (ISO) audits
• Managed supply base of 100+ vendors to provide 99.9% production uptime

• Managed purchased part analyst team in charge of providing just-in-time deliveries to a lean manufacturing environment. Resolved delivery/quality issues that threatened material flow.
• Developed plans to exceed all monthly and annual inventory financial objectives
• Created software tools to analyze inventory data that increased inventory turns by 65%
• Minimized premium freight expedites to achieve annual freight budget by 10%
• Maintained parts throughout the entire product lifecycle reducing obsolescence costs

• Formulated daily/ weekly production schedules to optimize resource utilization
• Organized daily shipments for up to 50 customers achieving 100% on time delivery
• Served as customer interface for resolving packaging, labeling, and EDI issues

• Led current/future state mapping sessions improving material handling process
• Launched warehousing system and trained users to achieve Y2K compliance
• Implemented consignment warehouse process reducing inventory by $4M
• Project manager for implementing pull system (Kanban) part ordering system

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

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