Manager Manufacturing

Jack R. Schachter

*** ******** ******, *** *******, CA 94579

510-***-**** Email: ********@*********.***

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Technology enabled professional, extensively experienced in the Warehousing

and Distribution processes utilizing managerial skills and WMS / ERP

systems. Acknowledged ability to develop, implement, manage and

continuously improve a wide range of Warehousing and Distribution processes

using Lean principals. Highly skilled in team and individual employee

development and effective in formal training of direct reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Greif, Inc. Delaware, OH.

12/2009 -

11/2010

ERP Implementer (Temporary position)

Employed by Greif to implement the Infor ERP Ln system at all Industrial

Packaging Systems Manufacturing Plants in the U.S. and Canada. Appointed

Implementation Team Lead for a number of implementations.

. Analyzed the "as is" Manufacturing and Warehousing processes, verified

functionality fit and identified gaps.

Staples Inc., Alameda, CA.

11/2006 - 07/2009

E-Commerce Consultant

Accountable for pre-sale, integration, implementation and post-sale support

as a Technology Consultant and a Functional Expert in StaplesLink.com, a

B2B transactional website.

Creative Labs, Inc., Milpitas, CA

02/2005 - 09/2006

Warehouse Manager

Responsible for all dock-to-dock warehouse processes as a hands-on

Warehouse Manager.

. Managed all aspects of the Americas distribution warehouse, utilizing

Oracle 11i ERP.

. Improved the order picking error rate by 80% through implementing a

closed loop QA system.

. Realized significant soft dollar cost savings by enabling Creative

Labs to utilize Oracle 11i applications for managing the movement of

inventory between internal departments.

. Key member of Creative Lab's safety committee.

. Responsible for the selection, development and evaluation of a

successful Warehouse Supervisory team in concert with human resources.

. Conducted Physical Inventories and responsible for daily Cycle Counts

including root cause analysis and corrective action development and

implementation.

. Responsible for inbound and outbound Logistics including international

shipments.

. Cross trained warehouse staff to meet month-end volume peaks of a 100%

increase in order picking and shipping activities.

. Resolved numerous operational issues through creative and analytical

thinking.

. Participated in Customer Facing meetings to generate new business,

resolve issues and to increase Customer Satisfaction metrics.

. Generated numerous Oracle reports to maintain and improve operational

metrics.

. Tasked with documenting all warehouse processes for compliance with

the Sarbanes-Oxley act.

. Developed new and maintained existing warehousing processes

documentation, significantly contributing to Creative Labs' ISO 2002

recertification.

. Implemented the Red Prairie WMS system and transitioned all

warehousing processes from Oracle 11i to Red Prairie WMS.

North American Composites, Livermore, CA

05/2003 - 02/2005

Warehouse Manager

Responsible for all business processes of a regional distribution warehouse

and an internal distribution fleet.

. Manage the staff and all office, warehouse and logistics business

processes of a hazardous materials distribution warehouse, utilizing

the ADAGE ERP software.

. Implemented a daily, systematic Cycle Count program, achieving 98%

inventory accuracy within three months.

. Reduced common carrier expenditures by 50% through delivery route

efficiency improvements.

. Selected new warehouse employees and internal fleet drivers for hire

and formally evaluated existing employees.

. Effective in using the warehouse's material movement and handling

equipment including 55g drum pickers.

Jack R. Schachter

510-***-**** ********@*********.***

Non Career Related Employment, Class A Driver

06/2002 - 03/2003

IBM Global Services, Baan ERP Consulting Practice, Atlanta, GA.

02/1998 - 02/2002

Consultant

As a functional consultant, specializing in the execution of manufacturing

and logistics processes, assisted clients in Ban ERP system implementation

projects.

. Utilized functional expertise in the Warehousing and Manufacturing

processes to configure ERP systems.

. Supported sales by conducting ERP systems functional demonstrations

during formal, on site pre-sale presentations.

. Analyzed current business processes for potential gap identification

and presented, to clients, alternatives to resolve gaps.

. Documented functional change requirements to drive technical

development. Provided post go-live support to internal and external

customers.

. Selected as the Manufacturing SME (Subject Matter Expert) on IBM's

"Baan Implementation Factory" development initiative and attained

industry recognized IBM's certification in the Consulting Profession.

. Developed training materials and conducted formal training seminars,

for a global corporation, resulting in a consistent training program

for the client's user community. Trained over 250 key users in five

countries.

. Completed the IBM Project Management Fundamentals certification,

administered by The George Washington University.

CCI/TRIAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Livermore, CA.

Production Operations Manager, Manufacturing Division

1997 - 1998

Operations Supervisor

1983 - 1997

During my employment period, I held a wide range of Supervisory and

Managerial positions, within the Manufacturing, Education and Customer

Support divisions.

. Key member of the Triad to CCI/Triad Transition Team Project. Directly

contributing to the transfer of proprietary manufacturing technology,

resulting in corporate savings of $2.5 million. By managing the

transition of manufacturing and all related activities from Livermore,

CA to Austin, TX.

. Warehouse Manager for periods of time during the 23 year employment

period.

. Created technical documents defining system production and trained new

organization's staff in all manufacturing processes related to systems

production, configuration and shipment.

. Developed and implemented the CTO manufacturing methodology at

CCI/Triad, reducing system build cycle times by 500%, while

maintaining established quality levels. The process increased the

organization's ability to fulfill system orders, at month-end, by over

50%.

. Implemented the production and distribution of the "Serialized

Software Project", significantly contributing to the legal protection

of CCI/Triad's $30 million investment.

. Reduced depot repair's parts expenses by $24,000 per year and reduced

warehousing space requirements by 50%, for trade-in hardware, by

implementing a scrap procedure at the receiving dock.

. Increased Learning Products inventory turns, in one year, from less than

one to six turns per year.

. Increased and maintained outbound order accuracy to 99.5% using the

ISO CIP methodology.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Management, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA.

AA Degree in Supervision, Chabot College, Hayward, CA.

AA Degree in Electronics Technology, Chabot College, Hayward, CA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Baan, Oracle, ADAGE and Agilisys, ERP software packages. StaplesLink.com

website. VAX, MRP software. RedPrairie DLx WMS system. Agile, engineering

software. SFDM, shop floor control software. Sales Force, a CRM application

suite. PeopleNet, a GPS based fleet management software. Lotus Notes and

Lotus SmartSuite. MS Office Suite and MS Project. Visio. Domino.doc,

document control software. TeamTrack, workflow software. ISO methodology.

Six Sigma methodology. Lean Manufacturing methodology. JIT and Kanban

methodologies. DOT regulations. Class A commercial driver's license.

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