David A. Wood, P.E.
**** ******** **** ****, ******, OH 45424
aceqvg@r.postjobfree.com
Summary:
Strong progressive management experience encompassing 19+ years of Global Procurement, Supply
Chain, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Distribution, Logistics, Freight, Import/Export, and
Warehouse Operations in multi-site locations supporting manufacturing, construction,
research/development, and service activities.
Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Clemson University Karrass Negotiation Training
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina Executive Management Program - I.N.M.
Professional Engineering License (NH, MA) Six Sigma / Lean
Qualifications
• Direct Leadership – Results oriented, hands on, experienced, cross functional leader for
tactical and strategic implementation. Aggressive pursuit of consistent standards, key
measures/metrics, policies and improvement activities throughout the value chain.
• Customer Focused:
Internal - Forged cooperation and trust with all levels and groups (operations, finance,
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executive management)
External - Delivered positive supplier/customer relationships both domestically and
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internationally while aggressively pursuing bottom line savings and increased performance.
• Extensive experience with electronic business systems and ERP tools (SAP, ORACLE,
SAGE, Microsoft NAV) Excel, Access, Crystal Reports.
• Inventory Management - Strong interest and foundation in statistical analysis and inventory
analytics. Experienced with Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP), demand
management (pull systems), and stock management.
• Solid financial background. Significant program/project management experience.
• Lean/Strategic thinker with a strong bias toward problem solving and execution driven by
data analysis. Skillful in data acquisition/data mining, and business analytics.
• Lean Programs – Implementation of innovative programs (KANBAN, consignment, VMI, JIT).
• Superior negotiation skills. Demonstrated success with strategic/tactical cost
management. Experienced with strategic sourcing, vendor and supplier management, low cost
country (LCC) opportunities.
• Change Advocate. Architect for the development and execution of lean strategic
initiatives for organizational transformation, and functional improvement.
• High proficiency with contract life cycle management.
• Procurement – Direct Materials, Commodities, MRO, services. Improvement of Supply
base and strategic processes (obsolescence, cost of ownership, quality, delivery)
Professional Experience:
Jones & Frank – Dayton, OH 2013- Present
$150M Distributor of Energy Equipment. (Construction, Distribution/Branch Locations (22), Service
operations (210 Venture Capital.
Director – Corporate Procurement and Supply Chain Operations
Leader for Procurement and Supply Chain Operations. - $105M+/yr spend, $25M+ inventory, 32K SKU.
• Moved from de-centralized to central procurement. Created standard procedures, hired resources,
trained/mentored personnel.
• Changed branch centric warehouse-distribution to central warehouse model.
• Created statistical-predictive analytics model to analyze and optimize EOQ, MOQ, safety stock
quantity, reorder points, inventory forecast, and consumption of current stock levels.
• Negotiated $80K/yr shipping cost reduction.
• Created and implemented physical inventory/cycle count process.
• Establish Goals /Developed KPI’s (commodity savings, inventory value, fulfillment, freight) as basis
of metrics and lean planning.
• Established financial modeling to determine sourcing strategies.
• Implemented corporate wide ERP system (Microsoft NAV-2013).
Digital Signal Corporation – Chantilly, VA 2012- 2013
Development /New Product Introduction - Venture Capital - 3D facial recognition systems.
Director – Supply Chain Operations (Planning/Procurement/Logistics)
Creation/implementation of lean tactical and strategic supply chain operations.
• Created and implemented written policies and procedures using value stream mapping.
• KANBAN – Reduced planning and purchasing transactions by 22% using KANBAN technique.
• Initiated consignment programs for cables, circuit boards, and hardware.
• Managed strategic sourcing activities for NPI process.
• Maintain knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends. Performed marketplace
and supplier intelligence analysis.
DRS-Defense Solutions – Gaithersburg, MD 2011-2012
$750M+ manufacturer of electro-mechanical materials for the defense industry.
Director – Supply Chain Management
Leader of tactical/strategic global supply chain - $240M/yr+ spend, six international/domestic locations.
Significant Accomplishments:
• Standardized corporate policy for RFP “request for proposal” and RFQ “request for quote”.
• Reduced inventory by $1.5M and increased OTD by 12% by creating obsolete material
management process.
• Reduced inventory by $2.7M and increased OTD by 27% by instituting $12.5M in consignment
programs with key suppliers.
• Implemented e-business system integration with key suppliers.
• Implemented JIT/KANBAN system for commodity fasteners/electrical items (2 facilities).
• Provided $4.2M of material cost reduction by leveraging commodity purchases.
Curtiss Wright – Littleton, MA and Ottawa, Canada 2008-2011
$500M+, manufacturer of complex equipment for aerospace, defense, and commercial applications.
Director – Strategic Supply Chain Management
Leader of global supply chain strategy - $220M+/yr spend, fourteen international/domestic locations.
Significant Accomplishments:
• Reduced direct material cost by $12.3M using commodity consolidation, negotiation, and low cost
country (LCC) sourcing.
• Provided $750K/yr savings with contract manufacturers utilizing lean demand planning and strategic
sourcing initiatives. Reduced contract manufacturers by 72%, reduced lead-time by 23% and
inventory by 25%.
• Leadership –Mentored personnel and created corporate supply chain training program.
Vectron International - Hudson, NH 1995-2008
$250M+ manufacturer OEM electronics for commercial applications.
Director – Corporate Supply Chain and Global Procurement (2002-2008)
Leader of global supply chain - $125M+/yr spend, $34M+ inventory, 59K SKU, fourteen locations.
Managed distribution network for manufactured and subcontracted materials.
Significant Accomplishments:
• Reduced direct material cost by $5.5M/yr utilizing vendor/material consolidation, material re-
engineering, negotiation, LCC alternatives.
• Created supplier consignment programs for $3.1M in inventory.
• Managed, developed, mentored, and trained supply chain team.
• Wrote software to statistically evaluate historical demand, and optimize safety stock based on
variable service level expectations. Corporate wide program utilized to optimize inventory strategy
(safety stock levels and to predict inventory future value).
• Responsible for global inventory management (physical inventory/cycle count process). Increased
inventory turns from 3.8 to 11.6 at Vectron’s high volume manufacturing facility, and increased
global turns from 4.2 to 6.1 in Global operations.
Created and implemented corporate 3rd party inventory management programs providing savings of
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$1.2M in direct cost, and reduced working capital by 3%. Created KANBAN program with 3rd party
inventory management company reducing and standardizing lead time to seven days.
• Set corporate inventory goals at each manufacturing operation, worked with site supply chain leads
and held site supply chain management accountable for meeting targets utilizing incentive plans
and formal process reviews.
• Implemented part standardization and material re-engineering projects resulting in 32% reduction in
raw material part numbers (59K to 45K SKU’s, and 22% reduction in vendor base.
• Created/implemented SIOP process consolidating sales forecast, historical demand, and current
demand data to evaluate future raw material usage.
• Core team for ORACLE ERP system implementation.
Director – Manufacturing Operations & Corporate Services (1995-2002)
Managed manufacturing operations, supply chain, EH&S, engineering, import/export, construction,
activities for Vector’s largest manufacturing facility. Lead professional and direct labor staff of 280+.
Created and implemented lean “Pull” manufacturing operation for high volume assembly operation
reducing manufacturing cycle time by 70%. Project manager for facility construction/relocation.
Teradyne, Boston, MA 1984 - 1995
Teradyne - $1.2 Billion high speed automated test equipment manufacturer.
Manufacturing Operations Mgr - Corporate EH&S Mgr- Divisional Facility /EH&S Mgr (1984 –1995)
Procurement, Microsoft Excel, LCC, Teamwork