Charles C. Hanson

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Verbank, NY 12585

845-***-**** (home) 845-***-**** (cell)

abhs30@r.postjobfree.com

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PROFILE

Extensive experience in Supply Chain/Materials management with focus on

continuous process improvement in Supply Chain management, Purchasing-

domestic and international, Lean manufacturing, and asset utilization.

Totally accountable for inventory and supplier management for organizations

encompassing high technology products, military, and commercial offerings.

In depth knowledge and implementation of the systems and procedures that

strengthen the bottom line and make today's organizations successful.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Williams Advanced Materials, TFP Brewster, NY, thin film deposition

products 2009-2010

Manager, Supply Chain

. Managed SAP MM and PP integration into TFP business process which

resulted in reclassification of raw materials and recreation of BOMs and

routers including correction of product costs.

. Conducted quarterly physical inventories and monthly precious metal

inventories as well as managing cycle count program covering standard

materials maintaining 98% accuracy.

. Established planning and scheduling procedures, with concurrent changes

in purchasing processes, which resulted in improved on time delivery,

inventory reduction of 50%, and reduction of excess/obsolete material.

. Effective management of precious metal refine process which yielded

accurate delivery projections, refine settlement amounts, and pool

account balances according to customer's requirements.

. Developed processes to manage ingot inventory in support of domestic

production requirements and also in support of transfer to offshore

production facilities to service foreign markets in cost competitive

method.

. Managed raw material contracts to insure material availability and

maintenance of favorable pricing which allowed establishment of

profitable annual agreements with large customers.

Spence Engineering Company, Inc. Walden, NY, fluid and steam control valves

2005-2009

Materials Manager

. Managed Supply Chain operations budget encompassing $6.2MM in inventory

turning 3.8 times.

. Managed materials, planning, and purchasing functions to maximize return

on inventory investment containing over 100K SKUs.

. Created detailed schedule metrics in support of annual business plan as

reviewed by S&OP process.

. Managed supply chain of domestic and international suppliers to balance

inventory constraints against business requirements.

. Focused on forecast, planning, and scheduling activities that increased

on-time delivery to 98%, increased inventory turns by 30% and decreased

inventory amount by 15%.

. Developed fixed lead times for certain product classes to increase

customer order rate potential.

. Developed alternative domestic sources to cost effectively support

production during factory capacity overload.

. Strengthened the existing cycle count program, which resulted in

elimination of annual physical inventory with savings of $400K/year.

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY (continued)

Melard Technologies, Inc. Armonk, NY, ruggedized hand held computers

1999-2005

Materials Manager

. Directed and administered programs related to the efficient operation of

the Purchasing, Planning, Production Control, and Warehousing functions.

. Ensured that material purchasing procedures were cost effective and

timely, avoiding significant amount of production delays.

. Developed forecasts and production plans to meet customer requirements

and maximize production efficiencies as well as negotiated purchasing

agreements with supplier base.

. Established and maintained lean manufacturing procedures to meet

corporate service level goals.

. Installed MRP system which allowed inventory reduction of $900K in only

one year.

. Established cost reduction program that maintained gross product margin

goals over product life cycle.

. Developed supply chain agreements with critical vendors to assure

availability of material, resulting in substantial savings through lower

freight costs and increased purchasing efficiency.

. Developed cycle count program that eliminated annual physical inventory.

. Developed forecast process that reduced material costs by 16% overall.

REI, Inc. Poughkeepsie, NY, cables assemblies, electronic subassemblies,

military 1996-1999

Materials Control Manager

. Hired personnel and created operational systems and procedures for

materials management compliant with Mil-I-45208.

. Established bid preparation procedures for response to customer RFP

documents.

. Purchased required materials from International and Domestic suppliers

for cable assemblies to support customer base of prime defense

contractors.

. Developed plans for service level improvement that increased yields from

48% to 85% in six months.

. Developed manufacturing information systems that allowed creation of

supplier base, which resulted in 40% annual materials contracts cost

reduction for Intel program.

. Developed procedures and processes to create standard cost system for

improved budgetary control.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Zumbach Electronics, Inc., Purchasing Materials Manager, Mount Kisco, NY

Rojan Electronics Inc., Inventory Manager, Poughkeepsie, NY

Quality Fence Construction, Owner, Verbank, NY

Higgins and Sheer, Inc., Materials Manager, Poughkeepsie, NY

Memorex Corporation, Production Control Manager, Santa Clara, CA

EDUCATION

B.S., Business Administration, Babson College, Wellesley, MA

AFFILIATIONS

APICS, The Association for Operations Management, CPIM

Keyword Competencies

Supply Chain Operations Materials Inventory Forecasting Planning Scheduling

Purchasing Mapics SAP Demand Solutions ERP MRP MS Access MS Excel MS Word

MS Project

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