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Director of Supply Chain and Operations

Location:
Cranberry Township, PA
Posted:
April 23, 2015

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Matthew J Garrity

*** ******** *****

Cranberry Township, PA 16066

412-***-****

acpcjp@r.postjobfree.com

SUPPLY CHAIN, MATERIALS & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Offering Strong Qualifications and a Documented Track Record of Success

Driving Inventory Reduction and Improving Overall Supply Chain Performance

of Manufacturing and Distribution Operations.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

o Over 15 years of experience in materials, production planning, and

inventory management for industry-leading firms.

o Able to optimize supply chain to deliver both improved service and

reduced inventory carrying costs.

o Skilled manager, negotiator, communicator, and leader; bring out the best

in diverse, cross-functional work teams.

o Expert technical ability in implementation, use, and maintenance of MRP

systems to provide accurate material demand.

o Demonstrated ability to start up and continually improve sales and

operations planning (S&OP) processes.

o Ability to utilize proven process improvement techniques such as Lean

Sigma and Kaizen to improve supply chain practices.

Specific Skill Areas:

Inventory Reduction Service Level Improvement Production Planning &

Management

Warehouse Management Cost Reduction & Avoidance Continuous Process

Improvement

Supply Chain Management Materials Requirement Team Building & Leadership

Planning (MRP)

Vendor Negotiations Forecast Accuracy Improvement Distribution & Logistics

Lead-time Reductions Logistics Optimization & Cost Personnel Hiring &

Reduction Assessment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

eLoop LLC, Pittsburgh, PA

2013 - Present

Electronics recycling company processing over 1,000,000 lbs of electronics

per month from both residential and corporate accounts.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN

Responsible for all operations and supply chain activities of a multi-site

demanufacturer including direct labor, fleet of local and over the road

drivers, procurement and office staff.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Ground up design and start up of new demanufacturing facility in

central Pennsylvania. Start up included building

layout, material flow, hiring of employees, training, and development

of operating metrics.

. Implemented new logistics plan reducing pick up costs per pound by

50%.

. Implemented processes and procedures effective in achieving both BAN

and ISO 14001 certifications.

Matthews International, Pittsburgh, PA 2005 - 2013

$900 Million manufacturer and distributor of a variety of products

including bronze markers, printed signage and displays, and burial caskets.

DIRECTOR OF Supply chain - Memorialization - $500M Division of Matthews

(2008 - 2013)

Director of Materials - iDL Worldwide - $70M Division of Matthews (2005 -

2008)

Managed a variety of supply chain activities for multiple divisions

including centralized replenishment planning for a network of 60

distribution centers, production planning and scheduling for 3

manufacturing facilities, corporate freight spend of over $25 Million, and

responsibility for over $70 Million in inventory.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Reduced distribution center inventory by $10 Million (20%) in first

12 months by designing, training, and staffing new centralized

planning group. Process changes included improved SAP utilization,

implementation of automated forecasting and reorder point planning

system, and improved communication and accountability of material

planners.

. Reduced freight spend by over $3 Million (15%) through a combination

of renegotiating LTL, truckload, and small parcel contracts,

improved efficiency of internal fleet operations, and introduction

of intermodal shipping.

. Implemented Hub and Spoke distribution model across 60 distribution

centers resulting in 10% inventory reduction and 15% improvement in

inventory availability.

. Led RTC Team during multiple SAP implementations. Areas of

concentration included MRP, production planning/scheduling, and

inventory control.

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Reckitt Benckiser, Inc., Brandon, MS 2003 - 2005

$2 Billion FMCG manufacturer of household cleaning supplies

Materials and External ManufacTuring Manager

Managed all aspects of materials, logistics, and production planning in a

manufacturing and distribution environment that shipped over 10 million

cases annually. Additionally, challenged with overseeing 7 co-packing and

external manufacturing vendors (both domestic and abroad) that were

responsible for production of an additional 3 million cases annually.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Successfully reduced inventory by $3 Million (15%) while improving

case fill rate from 94% to 99.5% through successful re-

implementation of JDEdwards MRP system and improved production

planner accountability.

. Decreased labor spend by $300K (20%) through detailed analysis of

labor spend and corresponding reduction of full time headcount and

overtime.

. Trained, hired, and developed entirely new supply chain team

responsible for managing all production planning and inventory

control activities for the facility.

Sunbeam Products, Boca Raton, FL 2002 - 2003

$1 Billion FMCG manufacturer and distributor of small appliances and

electronic devices

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Managed a team of Supply Chain professionals responsible for both direct

sourcing of finished goods from Asia and maintaining the Master Production

Schedule for North American Manufacturing.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Decreased on hand finished goods inventory by $4MM (20%) through a

variety of process improvement initiatives designed to reduce lead-

times, standardize safety stock setting, and improve supplier

performance.

. Ground up design and implementation of (S&OP) Sales and Operations

Planning Process which lead to 30% reduction in obsolete finished

goods inventory and a 25% improvement in forecast accuracy.

. Led supply chain team responsible for North American Plant closure

and moving product line from internal manufacturing to less costly

overseas purchased finished goods.

Avery Dennison, Concord, OH 1998 - 2002

$4 Billion worldwide manufacturer of industrial adhesives and consumer

products.

Internal supply chain consultant (1998 - 2000)

Materials Manager (2000 - 2001)

Supply chain manager (2001 - 2002)

Responsible for numerous supply chain activities for a division with over

$1 Billion in sales and inventory turns of 19. Responsibilities included

determining stocking strategy for a network of 20 distribution centers

with $25 Million in inventory, meeting divisional objectives for inventory

turns of 15 or better, and supporting 26 account managers to provide

superior service and customer logistics consulting.

Selected Accomplishments:

. Successfully reduced inventory by over $5 Million (17%) through

continuous improvements in both MRP and re-order point usage and

forecast accuracy.

. Successfully led supply chain portion of DRP and MRP implementation

of QAD and Demand Solutions software systems.

. Successfully implemented Vendor Managed Inventory program for a

major retail customer using E3 software package to plan and schedule

store direct delivery of over 325,000 skus.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

BS in International Business Logistics, The Pennsylvania State University

Professional Development Coursework

Selected for Matthews Acceleration Program (MAP) for top 1% of managers.

TBM Lean Sigma Certification.

Achieved Six Sigma Green Belt for project resulting in 40% Raw Material

Inventory Reduction.

Multiple SAP, Demand Solutions, and JDEdwards MRP and DRP Implementations.



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