Manager Supply Chain

Gerald E. Baker

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Waterford, Mi 48329

Summary

Twenty-eight years of experience implementing and executing innovative Lean

Management solutions in the Manufacturing and Logistics sectors. Core job

responsibilities have included personnel management, continuous improvement

activities, managing global supply chains, lean logistics engineering, production

capacity management, and outsourcing manufacturing activities.

Professional Experiences

L&W Engineering

(Automotive “Hot stamping” and conventional stamping) 2012- Present

Operations/Materials Manager

Responsible for all manning

Start up of green sight plant.

Hired staff

Development of all TS and QS systems.

Global supply chain management.

Manage OEM service manufacturing and sales.

Master scheduling and MRP practices

Capacity planning

Sales volumes and plant processes.

Implemented lean manufacturing process with in the opertations.

Developed continuous improvement system for future cost savings.

Developed company KPI measuring tools.

Developed roles and responsibility matrix with job descriptions and training

matrix.

Professionally interfaced with customers and suppliers to improve working

relationships

Magna

Eagle Bend Manufacturing 2010-2012

(Automotive “Hot stamping” and conventional stamping)

MP&L Manager

Managed staff of 15 salary and 105 hourly employees in three facilities.

Administered two warehousing facilities of 200,000 square feet.

Managed OEM service manufacturing and sales.

Implemented master scheduling and MRP practices to improve on time

deliveries and reduction in plant manning requirements.

Initiated innovative capacity planning methods to efficiently manage

companies’ sales volumes and plant processes.

Reduced freight budget by $1.2 million per year.

Implemented lean (TPC) practices internally and within the logistics

stream

Executed continuous improvement system for future cost savings.

Developed company KPI measuring tools.

Outsourced 85 tools in three month period due to over capacity issue.

Managed IT department that implemented a new MRP system.

Developed roles and responsibility matrix with job descriptions and training

matrix.

Professionally interfaced with customers to improve working relationships

Geb Consulting 2009-2010

(Self employed)

Material master planning scheduling and planning (Mapics / Future 3)

Developed alternative packaging methods

Proposed improved domestic and global supply chain management

practices

Implemented innovative Global Lean Logistics practices

Created supply chain reduction initiatives.

Bosch / PBR International LLC. Knoxville TN 1995-

2009

(Automotive Supplier 850 employees)

General Manager

• Directed a startup project staff of five at two manufacturing facilities (one

with 500 employees, one with 350 employees).

• Managed three warehousing facilities comprised of 250,000 square feet

that stored an inventory value of $15,000,000

• Implemented Lean Logistics and Lean Manufacturing Systems that

reduced inventory by $2.5 million, domestic freight cost by $1.2 million,

and sea freight for off shore suppliers by $1.4 million annually.

• Established team development activities that deployed lean logistics

methods for future continuous improvement projects.

• Purchased and implemented new MRP and EDI systems that resulted in

improving customer delivery performance from 70% to 100%.

• Developed planning processes for proto type requirements. Improved start

to finish delivery timing from 22 weeks to 10 weeks.

• Designed standard packaging concepts for supply base. Saved freight

utilization costs, warehouse storage requirements, and cut future

procurement costs by $600 thousand annually.

• Designed and implemented a global supply chain tracking system.

Reduced in-transit inventories by 20%. Saved $2.6 million annually in

inventory handling cost.

• Designed and developed an international consolidation facility that

handled NAFTA products for the Latin America, Asia and Europe regions.

• Mentored, trained and developed two PC&L teams that consisted of 32

employees for a Mexico sister plant.

Engineered Plastics Products Inc., Roseville, MI 1992-1995

(OEM Automotive Plastics Supplier 150 employees)

Materials Manager

• Managed a staff of six directing functions that included production control,

purchasing, logistics, and warehousing.

• Aligned strategic logistics providers through annual bid process activities

that resulted in 30% annual freight savings.

• Reduced inventory requirements 20%, resulting in annual savings of $2.3

million.

Quincy Stamping and Manufacturing Inc., North Adams, MI 1992

(Stamping and Manufacturing 280 employees)

Materials Manager

Indiana Freight Service Inc., Angola, IN 1988-1992

(Logistics, Freight, Brokerage)

72 power units and 150 trailers

Co-Owner

• Established existing marketing regions, and aligned sales objectives while

increasing P&L metrics by 7%.

• Reduced annual operating costs by 5.5% through improved purchasing

process.

• Established a freight brokerage division that improved gross profits by

$1.5 million per year.

Lectron Products Inc., Hamilton, IN 1984-1988

(OEM Electronic Supplier 600 employees)

Manufacturing Manager

Education

AS Business Administration, 1980

San Diego State, San Diego, CA

Accreditation

Certified Production Control and Inventory Management (CPIM)

Professional Organizations

APICS

ATA American Transportation Association

JOC Journal of Commerce

Database systems proficiency

(ie: SAP, Mapics, Future three, Trans4m,QAD, Excel, Word, Project)

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