Matt Miller

Dir Materials at Jorgensen Forge Corporation

ab87uv@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Professional with 35 years’ experience in the metals industry ranging from fabrication to primary steel making

and currently an open die forging company serving aerospace, commercial, oil and gas, nuclear and marine

markets. I am a proven leader with a strong cross functional business education and work experience including

Business Planning, Sales, Operations Planning, Capital Planning, Project Management, Asset Management and

Information Systems Planning including Oracle Applications implementation, upgrades and ongoing

enhancements.

Specialties

Manufacturing Leadership

Supply Chain Management

Lean system development and implementation

Efficiency improvement

Information Systems implementation (Oracle, Finesse ERP, Syteline, others)

Experience

Director of Materials at Jorgensen Forge Corporation

2007 - Present (6 years)

# Manage Production Control, Purchasing and Shipping Departments.

# Develop, implement master scheduling, material planning, inventory management, working capital

efficiency, inbound/outbound logistics and creative purchase agreements for a $100MM company.

# Maintain zero TCIR record.

# Utilize TOC to reduce days on hand of Finished Goods Inventory by 75%.

# Implemented Daily Management Boards.

# Utilize TOC to improve throughput of a major product line by 150% in three months.

# Completed implementation of Finesse Project Module.

3 recommendations available upon request

Director Purchasing & Logistics at Jorgensen Forge Corporation

2005 - 2007 (2 years)

# Manage Purchasing and Shipping Departments

# Managed $50MM three-year capital asset improvement plan.

# Project Leader for Finesse ERP System implementation. Modules included GL, AP, AR, FA, OE, INV,

CMMS, MRP, MS, CRP, BM, SF, EN and Project.

Manager Inside Sales at Jorgensen Forge Corporation

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2004 - 2005 (1 year)

# Manage Inside Sales Department.

# Modernize computer systems and business processes to enable company to grow sales by 175%.

# Establish 5S team and implemented Lean concepts.

# Used TOC and VSM to reduce quote-to-order lead times by 50%.

# Developed consistent contract language to protect the company's interests

Corporate Business Analyst at Oregon Steel Mills

1999 - 2004 (5 years)

# Project management for Oracle support team. Primary responsibilities include: client relationship, project

planning, team coordination, training and new requirements documentation.

# Mentoring managers on Oracle Systems framework and gathering requirements for new projects.

# Project leader for corporate-wide Oracle 11i upgrade to include technology refresh.

# Project leader for corporate-wide disaster recovery program.

# Managed Oracle account relationship to include all software licensing, support and enhancements.

# Perform daily Oracle support for user community of Oracle Financials Database System.

Purchasing Supervisor at Oregon Steel Mills

1997 - 1999 (2 years)

# Supervision of Buyer and Clerical staff of Purchasing Department.

# Perform Capital Construction and Services purchasing for Mill.

# Acquisition and purchases in excess of $140MM annually.

# Assisted in the install, implementation and training for Oracle 10.7 Purchasing Module.

General Supervisor at Oregon Steel Mills

1995 - 1997 (2 years)

# Responsible for all day-to-day activities at the Heat Treating Facility.

# Supervised 40+ employees and supervisors at the production facility manufacturing 81K tons of specialty

alloy heat-treated plate products annually.

# Annual sales $56 MM

Purchasing Senior Buyer at Oregon Steel Mills

1992 - 1995 (3 years)

# Responsible for Capital Construction and Service purchasing function.

# Maintained and assisted in Oracle Purchasing implementation, administration and training with Oracle

Financial database

Shipping First Line Supervisor at Oregon Steel Mills

1991 - 1992 (1 year)

# Supervised finish processing, clerical and shipping execution personnel on one crew for Mill.

# Project leader for salvage welding improvement.

Corporal at US Army

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October 1974 - June 1978 (3 years 9 months)

Airborne infantry. Served with 2/75 Ranger Battalion and 3/5th Air Cavalry. Distinguished Honor Graduate

Reconnaissance Commando School.

Skills & Expertise

Team Building

Strategic Planning

Process Improvement

Value Stream Mapping

Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Operations Management

Purchasing

Oracle Applications

Project Management

Software Project Management

Finesse ERP

Enterprise Software

MRP

ERP

Supply Chain Management

Metal Fabrication

Steel

Inventory Management

Procurement

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Assurance

Engineering

Quality System

Contract Management

ISO

Education

PCC

Computer Science

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Matt Miller

Dir Materials at Jorgensen Forge Corporation

ab87uv@r.postjobfree.com

3 people have recommended Matt

"Matt is a highly capable individual. I appreciated his pragmatic management style and can do attitude. He

fosters great work releationships and has a great knowledge of supply chain as well as ERP system

implementation. He is fun to work with both inside and outside the office. I look forward to working with

Matt again in the future."

Tony Dedeo, Quality Manager, Jorgensen Forge Corporation, worked with Matt at Jorgensen Forge

Corporation

"I've worked with Matt for several years and have come to deeply appreciate his rare combination of business

and technical acumen, good natured humor, wise insights, common sense, gift for seeing connections and

patterns, and his ability to articulate it all in an engaging manner. In addition, he is a centered, principled

leader who would be an asset to any team, and a strength in any system."

Stace Rudd, VP HR and Administration, Jorgensen Forge Corporation, worked directly with Matt at

Jorgensen Forge Corporation

"Matt is a very capable, resilient and respected leader. He is results oriented and data driven. Matt has an

active leadership style. He masterfully guides his team through the daily “landmines” that arise and takes the

time to mentor his subordinates. Matts in-depth business acumen coupled his lean manufacturing systems

approach to solving problems, has led to the development of a comprehensive system for the management of

inventory and customer deliverables. It has been my privilege to work with Matt and I would highly

recommend him."

Dennis Martin, CSCP, VP Operations and Lean Manufacturing, Jorgensen Forge Corporation, worked

with Matt at Jorgensen Forge Corporation

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