Supply Chain Manager

Damian G Kosempa

** *** ***** ** ****, Pa ***** *17 - 825

- 1739 abhize@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Senior Supply Chain Manager with extensive experience with major

corporations in global project management, vendor relations, and value

stream management. Proven abilities in new business

development, supplier negotiations and resource optimization resulting

in process improvement and cost savings. Adept at

orchestrating cross functional teams and mentoring to achieve desired

business objectives. Expertise in streamlining production

requirements for maximizing bottom line results. Excellent

leadership, communication and analytical skills.

. Risk Management

. Procurement

. Materials Management

. Budgetary Analysis

. Project Management

. Production Planning

. Process Re-engineering

. International Business Development

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

BAE Systems Supply Chain Program Manager

2008 - 2011

. Served as key member of Israeli Merkava Armored Tracked Vehicle

Proposal Capture Team - Appointed as Supply Chain Lead in major

international defense program, responsible for capturing requirements

and proposal pricing for Foreign Military Funding (FMF) of Israeli

armored vehicle 8 year proposal effort. Key involvement with:

industrial cooperation plan, Israeli supplier qualifications, business

development, pricing efforts, Israeli statement of work and technical

data package integration, domestic supplier capabilities and

agreements. Supply Chain requirements completed ahead of schedule and

below budget in proposal response to Government of Israel.

. Negotiated pricing in excess of 5,000 Merkava vehicle parts with US

suppliers for best value in response to Merkava proposal.

Negotiations resulted in 9% reduction of initial responses and

below price to win. Recognized by executive management for efforts and

business results of Merkava proposal with "Chairman's Award".

. Developed process to procure material with Israel supply base with

numerous in country visits. Secured ITAR approval to issue RFQ's to

major Israeli suppliers with subsequent purchase orders. Efforts

exceeded industrial cooperation Merkava proposal requirements.

. Coordinated and managed program, production and supply chain

interrelationships resulting in process improvements and overall multi-

functional synergies for production of several wheeled vehicle

programs. Established metrics and process flow requirements to

identify and mitigate issues between operations, program management,

engineering, sourcing and supplier management, and supplier quality.

Results exceeded schedule milestones and program objectives.

. Developed metrics and flow process mapping to identify opportunities

for improvements in systems enhancements, resource allocations,

timelines and milestones in meeting program objectives.

Process resulted in improved visibility of issues and subsequent risk

mitigation plans to minimize impact to enterprise.

FEDEX Ground - (Contract Consultant)

2007 -2008

Business Analyst / Project Manager - Led project to map A/P payment process

for Smart Post Division.

. Converted manual activity into automated third party payment process

. Captured requirements of functional users

. Identified process flow for software development

. Significantly reduced manual processing with major efficiency

enhancements

. Increased billing accuracy and speed of payment processing time.

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JBG Enterprises - 2004

-2007

Consultant/Partner - Established global sourcing opportunities for business

start-up to develop market for selected hand tools in North America with

offshore supplier.

. Secured partnership with US global hardwood handle supplier to meet US

specifications

. Secured interest with 200 store hardware chain and major rental tool

franchise of 700 outlets

. Developed international supply chain sourcing strategy to support five

year sales projections

SC JOHNSON WAX 1977 - 2004

Positions of increased responsibility in this largest privately held

manufacturer of household goods

Senior Supply Chain Liaison Manager - 2000 - 2004

. Established supply chain process for new manufacturing facility

o Streamlined material receipt procedures.

o Developed benchmarks resulting in process improvements.

o Led creation of multi-function task force to address ongoing

production issues.

. Developed process to capture material requirements in support of sales

forecasts and marketing objectives for new plant start-up.

. Achieved efficiency improvements of 60% boosting production to meet

20% market share goal

. Captured process flow of business requirements for purchasing of

materials and established production and capacity planning modules

for SAP implementation.

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Senior Business Resource Manager - 1998 - 2000

. Scheduled production for market leading insecticide brands on three

state-of-the-art filling lines.

. Initiated changes to production planning environment resulting in 40%

improvement in inventory turnover, 5% improvement in customer service,

and 10% reduction in functional budgets.

. Reduced material process costs by $300,000 through implementation of

"JIT II" vendor management

. Achieved material cost savings of 3% and warehousing requirements by

10% through improvements in purchase order processing.

Business Resource Manager - 1993 - 1998

Production scheduler supporting requirements of market leading shave gel

and air freshener categories.

. Through major scheduling changes, reduced inventory 10%, increased

capacity utilization by 10% and improved customer service 3%

. Executed flawless transfer of business divestiture to major

pharmaceutical company below budget and ahead of schedule.

EDUCATION

Penn State University, State College, PA - BS / Business Administration /

Logistics

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