SUMMARY

A hands-on, dynamic and results oriented operations management professional with substantial experience in significant and continuous process improvements. Demonstrated skills in leadership, teambuilding, effective coaching, organization development and analysis. Led organizations in utilizing best in class practices to effectively improve operations and supply chain processes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

$10M Corporation in Alpharetta, Ga. 2008 – Present

SR. OPERATIONS MANAGER

Accountability for Distribution and Manufacturing facility to include Operations, Customer Service, Supply Chain and Contract Manufacturing partners.

● Implemented process improvements which improved inventory by 20%.

● Improved on time delivery performance by 10%.

● Facilitated Kanban utilization to improve inventory and delivery performance.

● Led activities to develop Contract Manufacturing partners.

● Executed outsourcing initiatives to encompass board manufacturing and turnkey solutions.

● Improved manufacturing throughput by 45% through Lean initiatives implementation.

● Coordinated activities which generated positive year to year Purchase Price Variances.

● Initiated supplier development business reviews.

● Coordinated Access training to improve employees’ productivity.

● Utilized Score Card approach to establish appropriate metrics to drive improvements

in support of Corporate Vision and Mission.

DONALDSON INC. – Filtration Systems & Solutions Provider 2004 - 2008

FACILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER Knoxville, TN.

Responsible for manufacturing facility Operations, Customer Service and Supply Chain Organization. Accountability for facility Lean Initiatives implementation.

● Improved Inventory Turns by 15% through Lean concepts utilization.

● Led Purchasing team in cost reduction efforts which resulted in $300K savings.

● Improved office productivity by 10% through task streamlining and workforce alignment.

● Facilitated activities to meet and surpass on time delivery to 98%.

● Led inventory rationalization efforts to support delivery goals.

● Coordinated efforts to improve Inventory accuracy to 99%+

● Implemented 5S activities in receiving, stores and shipping areas.

● Established focused metrics in P.C., shipping and receiving organization to drive productivity

improvements and support established goals.

● Facilitated Oracle browser training to augment team members’ productivity tool box.

DIVERSITECH INC. – H.V.A.C. Industry Manufacturer and Distributor 2002 – 2004

Director of Operations, Decatur GA.

Responsibilities for all Distribution Center operations plus offsite storage facility and factory Production Planning, Procurement and Scheduling functions.

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●Led a cross functional team to develop and implement an RF based WMS (warehouse

management system) which increased DC productivity by 25%.

● Facilitated implementation of an MRP system which reduced planning/replanning,

procurement and scheduling cycle times from 2 days to 4 hours.

● Implemented improvement processes which generated raw material cost reductions of

$150K.

● Improved value add services process which yielded annualized cost savings of $50K.

● Led the manufacturing team to improve Inventory performance from 6 to 9 turns

● Effected methods to attain Distribution Center inventory accuracy to 99.5% gross deviation.

● Led DC team to eliminate annual physical inventory.

● Established successful and effective offsite storage facility and process.

● Implemented and successfully executed 3rd party logistics services to include storage,

packaging, cross docking and order fulfillment.

● Facilitated successful and effective WMS and MRP installations

● Established focused metrics, trained team members to utilize in root causing and resolution

processes. Developed and strengthened the DC organization to adapt a continuous process

improvement methodology.

MOTOROLA INC. 1979 - 2002

Distribution Center Operations Manager, Suwanee,GA 1998 - 2002

15 direct reports with responsibilities for 300 associates of Distribution Center inbound, outbound, light assembly and reverse logistics organizations. This was a 5 by 24 operation distributing 2-way communication equipment to retail/consumer and dealer channels. ERP system was Oracle coupled to Yantra, a RF based WMS (warehouse management system) utilizing computer-aided order picking technology.

● Implemented process improvements which reduced order fulfillment cost by $1.5M annually.

● Coordinated activities which improved inventory investment significantly while improving on

time order delivery to 95%.

● Led team to improve inventory accuracy from 75% to 99.0% gross deviation and eliminated annual physical inventories.

● Improved product returns reclamation cycle time from 5 days to 12 hours.

● Successful and effective WMS (warehouse management system) installation.

● Facilitated development of self empowered continuous improvement teams.

Distribution Center Material Manager, Suwanee,GA. 1996 - 1998

10 direct reports with responsibilities for 50 associates in planning, procurement, receiving, stockroom and shipping organizations.

● A primary member of a core team responsible for new facility startup to include facilitization, staffing, training and systems implementation (Oracle and WMS).

● Successful new facility startup, systems implementation and organization development.

● Utilized best in-class practices to improve inventory turns from 8 to 17.

● Significantly impacted receiving processes to yield a dock to stock cycle time improvement from 6 hours to 2 hours.

● Facilitated and implemented process improvements to yield a stock replenishment cycle (bulk to pick face) of 30 minutes, a 75% improvement.

Material Manager, Schaumburg, IL 1994 - 1996

Direct responsibilities for supply chain initiatives encompassing 2 way radio manufacturing and distribution facilities worldwide.

● Ownership for developing delivery and inventory improvement strategies.

● Utilized Benchmarking approach to develop and implement Divisional inventory management best in class practices.

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● Improved Division inventory utilization from 4 to 6 turns, an inventory reduction of $100M.

● Facilitated activities which improved Division on time delivery from 80% to a goal of 90%.

Material Control Manager, Schaumburg, IL 1991 - 1994

Support international facilities in areas of planning, scheduling, product transfers, staffing and training of material organizations. Duties encompassed significant travel to Latin America, Europe and Asia.

● Implemented successful product transfers and outsourcing initiatives.

● Developed self sufficient production planning and scheduling organizations in multiple International facilities.

● Led teams in manufacturing and distributions sites in utilizing EDI processes to manage inventory and attain targeted improvements.

● Facilitated and implemented cost improvement activities in numerous International facilities to meet targeted objectives.

Replacement Parts Manufacturing, Schaumburg, IL 1979-1991

Positions of progressive responsibilities in production planning/control

Production planning/control manager (1989 - 1991)

Production control section manager (1987 - 1989)

Production control group leader (1985 - 1987)

Material Control supervisor (1982 - 1985)

Production Planner (1979 - 1982)

EDUCATION

Lewis University Romeoville, Illinois

MBA

Alliance College Cambridge Springs, Pa

BS in Business Administration

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Numerous APICS and CLM Seminars

● Six Sigma ● DFM/DFA ● TQM ● ISO 9001 ●Value Stream Mapping ● 5S

● Pull/Kanban Systems ● Lean Manufacturing Concepts ● Just In Time ● MRP ● Inventory Management ● Statistical Process Controls ● Advanced Order Picking

● Warehousing Layout and Equipment ● Supply Chain Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

● Excel ● Powerpoint ● MS Project ● Brio Query ● MS Word ● Crystal Reports

● Oracle ● Macola

EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member Council of Logistics

A.P.I.C.S. Member

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