Robert R. Dilts

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330-***-****

Medina, OH 44256 email:

abh85i@r.postjobfree.com

Results-driven Supply Chain Management experience in the following areas:

.Strategic Business, Materials and S&OP Planning

.Cost Reduction & Dept. P&L Responsibility

.Purchasing & Global sourcing .Budgeting and

Operations management

.Inventory Management .Logistics / Warehouse

Control

.Multi-Site Operations Management .Lean Process / Six

Sigma Systems

Professional Experience

HJHEINZ CO / Massillon, OH - Materials Manager

2006 - Aug 2010

Responsibilities include direct 300MM Procurement, supplier sourcing,

logistics, plant scheduling, inventory control, new product roll out, CI

Champion for supply chain activities, introduction of RF bar code systems,

Whrse planning along with S&OP, demand planning. Participated in Corp

procurement task force (Proteins and Dairy) that saved over 3.15MM on 159MM

total spend

.Decreased inventory from 12MM to 3.5MM (71%) .Increased

inventory accuracy to 99.3% from 75%

.Increased pack attainment 42% (up to 85%) .Eliminated over

$1.036MM in scrap & inventory adjustments

.Decreased labor in Materials group 17% .Implement RF bar code

system, moved process sheets to electronic format

.Lowered LT of 57 sku's by 38% via alternate sourcing .CI projects

accounted for over $3.27MM in YTD savings

?Represented all 26 Heinz US plants with Project Keystone, a 280MM

initiative to implement SAP Globally within Heinz. This also included

meetings overseas in Europe. Also represent all Heinz US plants on a

Competitive Advantage task force within Corporate to standardize the use of

BPCS and other reporting metrics within the 28 North American plants.

99.95% inv accuracy 2 years running

MTD MIDWEST INDUSTRIES / Willard, OH - Materials Manager

2005 - 2006

Responsibilities included procurement activities, inventory and production

control, logistics, process improvement and product sourcing.

.Total cost savings of $1.32 million on 75M tons of steel per yr

.Increased inventory accuracy to 98%

.Increased ITO 26%, consumed over 3.2 million parts per day

.Eliminated over $412,000 in scrap & inventory adjustments

.Implemented numerous CI operations .Consolidated

obsolete Bills of Materials, Manufacturing orders, ECNs

LUDLOW COMPOSITES / Fremont, OH - Materials Manager

2003 - 2005

Responsibilities included purchasing, inventory control, cost reduction

efforts, quality control, vendor audits, new product sourcing and

development. I also initiated MRP, cycle count programs, customer

deliverable ratings, RF system and packaging reconfiguration. Instituted

KanBan system, KQI, S&OP's, developed "Data-Stream" for orders to major

outside vendor. Note: Company went up for sale.

.Cost savings of $568,500 .Lowered inventory loss

by 11%

.Consolidated vendors and increased ITO 18% .Decreased quality

defects due to packaging 13%

.Implemented ECN and PPAP process .Coordinated a 50,000 sq. foot

expansion project

DELAFOIL INC / Perrysburg, OH - Purchasing/Logistics Manager

2001 - 2003

Responsibilities included purchasing, planning, inventory control,

logistics, customer service, cost reductions, budget 12 key accounts with

monthly reporting, product development, vendor audits, production auditing,

warehouse organization, packaging development, intro of 5S/KanBan systems,

Hoshin planning and KQI implementations for Materials Dept., oversaw all

MRP and JIT practices, production scheduling, product estimating/quoting,

and coordinator of all cost savings activities.

Note: Plant closed late 2003.

.Cost savings of $518,000 .Increased ITO to 126

and reduced inventory stock $386,000

.Reduced ppm level at Sony Display by 4600 ppm through a new returnable

packaging system that also added $50,000 in profits

BUDD PLASTICS CORP / North Baltimore, OH - Materials Manager

1999 - 2001

Responsibilities included purchasing, budgeting, production scheduling,

process improvements, KanBan/Kaizen Systems implementation, inventory

control, production auditing, packaging development, customer service, new

product launches, logistics, vendor audits, coordinated all OEM EDI

systems. Note: Plant was sold and operating under new ownership.

.Lowered inventory shrink by 3.8% .Saved $585,000 in

procurement expenditures

.Implemented business systems (Glovia & SAP) .Successfully launched

73MM in projects with Ford and GM

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Professional Experience (cont'd)

DANA CORP / Upper Sandusky, OH - Production Control Manager

1997 - 1999

Manage all materials requirements and scheduling for 13 plant departments.

Also responsible for shipping and receiving departments and outsourcing of

components at other company plants. I coordinated all OEM EDI systems

implementation of KanBan inventory system and all supporting procedures;

created reporting procedures to track OEE. Monitored on time deliveries

and line fill percentage.

.Increased ITO 18% and on time deliveries 28% .Decreased

expedited freight shipments by 45%

.Implemented a KanBan system that increased machining dept. efficiency by

30%

.Negotiated freight contracts saving 23% .Reduced staffing

10% in shipping/receiving and 15% in scheduling

VIGORO INDUSTRIES / Orrville, OH - General Manager

1990 - 1997

Manage all production, purchasing, process improvements, personnel, cost

savings, logistics, marketing and product development.

.Increased sales from 16 million to 34 million .Decreased tack

time by 13%

.Increased tonnage from 12,000 tons to 62,000 tons .Shipments

increased to over 34 trucks/day

.Raised safety rating to #1 plant in corporation .Increased market

share in Greens materials by 11% with new product line

Education and Certifications

Fremont Ross High School graduate

Clark Technical College, Springfield, OH - Major: Business Management

Owens College, Toledo, OH - Major: Business Management

Almeda University - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

APICS Inventory Management School / Certified 1999 San Diego, CA

HJHeinz Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Zenger-Miller Personnel Improvement Seminar / Millbury, OH

Vigoro Quality Assurance Seminar / Winterhaven, FL

Vigoro COQ Trainer Course / Orlando, FL

TFI Safety School / Raleigh-Durham, NC

DuPont Safety Audit School / Athens, GA

Procter & Gamble Quality Improvement Seminar / Augusta, GA

Thyssen Krupp Six Sigma Seminar-Certification Green Belt / Troy, MI

Computer Applications

Microsoft office modules, Microsoft Projects, Report Writer, Windows 5.0 /

95 / 2000 and XP, AS/400, Mapics, SSA BPCS, SAP, FoxPro, Dbase, numerous

MRP modules, Glovia, Diamler/Chrysler SMART screens, Lotus notes, Ford/GM

EDI Systems, Thomson Consumer electronics EDI system, SONY SMI system,

Citrix, Panasonic SO program and JDEdwards.

Professional references can be provided upon request.

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