Manager Supply Chain
Resume:
JOSEPH R FOWLER Office: ***-
Georgetown, KY 40324
**********@*********.***
Plant Manager
Accomplished Manufacturing / Operations Management with over 12 years
Management experience working for premier Fortune 500 Industrial Companies.
Demonstrated leadership in the areas of Operations Management, Supply Chain
Development, TPS, Demand Flow Technology and Profit & Loss Management.
Significant experience with Heavy Equipment, Metal Fabrication and
Automotive Manufacturing Environments. Core experience in Global Supply,
Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma with focus on
Safety, Quality and Productivity as well as Profit & Loss Accountability
and Multi-Plant management experience.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
GCL (Gotcha Covered, Ltd.) Paris, KY
Jan 2009 - Present
Utility Terrain Vehicle, Heavy Equipment and Boat enclosure and
Covers manufacturing company startup
Plant Manager
Direct all Manufacturing and Support functions for this new $2.5
Million business start-up. Directly responsible all Operations
including company profit and loss. Responsible for all Procurement,
Manufacturing and Distribution operations including Supplier
Relations, Warehousing, Shipping, Receiving and Production. Member of
the Board of Directors.
TYCO / Mallinckrodt Baker Paris, KY
March 2007 - Dec 2009
$250 Million, 275 employee, Pharmaceutical, Laboratory and Micro
Electronics Specialty Chemical Company
Materials Manager
Direct all plant wide Scheduling, Material Planning and Production
Scheduling operations as well as full
accountability for complete Distribution Center Operations including
all Shipping and Receiving functions. Maintained Plant Production
Service Rate of 96% and managed Order Fulfillment On-Time Shipping
Performance at 95% within 48 hrs receipt of order. Responsible for
total plant linkage to Global Supply Base and Inter-plant movement of
Products and Raw Materials in Support of Supply Chain Requirements
with Sister Plants in Holland, Mexico and New Jersey. Direct
activities of 1 Planning Manager, 1 Purchasing Supervisor and 1
Distribution Manager. Indirectly manage staff of 15 Planners, 3
Logistics Supervisors, 5 Bill-of-Lading Clerks and 51 Material
Handlers. Implemented improved Distribution Order Fulfillment
Processing flow that improved efficiency by 15%. Implemented Improved
Sales & Operations Planning processes to identify and manage key
Supply and Demand / business constraints.
Nacco Materials Handling Group Berea, KY
July 2004 - March 2007
$450 Million,1100 employee, Hyster & Yale Brand Lift Truck
Manufacturing Plant
Materials / Supply Chain Manager
Directed all plant wide Master Scheduling, Material Planning,
Production Scheduling, Shipping, Receiving, Stores and Kanban Material
Flow Operations for this 700,000 square foot state-of-the-art Lift
Truck Fabrication and Assembly Manufacturing facility. Responsible for
total plant Material Supply linkage to Global Supply Base as well as
Inter-plant Supply linkage to component plants in Alabama, Mexico and
Ireland. Direct activities of 3 Master Schedulers, 9 Material
Planners, 5 Production Schedulers, 1 Kanban Coordinator, 7 Clerks and
89 Material Processors. Direct Reports; Material Planning Supervisor,
Production Control Supervisor, Stores General Foreman and MRO /
Special Engineered Components Buyer. Reduced Inventory by $14 Million
from July 05 through May 06 through implementation of Supplier and
feeder Plant Kanban Programs. Improved Lift Truck on-time delivery
performance from 80% to 97% through improved supplier delivery
management and internal schedule management practices.
A. O. Smith Corporation Nashville, TN
March 2002 - July 2004
$750 Million / 2500 employee Water Products Division - A. O. Smith and
State Brand Water Heaters
Division Transportation Manager (Dec 2003 - July 2004) - Water
Products Division
Directed Division wide Inter-Plant Transportation, Outbound Logistics
and Order Fulfillment activities for this multi-plant Supply Chain /
Enterprise Resource Planning environment. Directed activities of 8
Load Planners as well as activities of a Third Party Logistics
provider (Ryder Logistics) to ensure on-time delivery to all North
American customers. Coordinated all inter-plant distribution of Water
Heaters to service regional Customer Demand requirements. Managed a
$42 Million Annual Transportation Budget. Improved On-time delivery
by 15% through improved carrier management.
Assembly Operations Manager (Mar 2003 - Nov 2003) - Ashland City
Plant
Managed all Assembly Operations for this $325 Million high volume
(7,000 / Day) Residential and Commercial Water Heater Manufacturing
Plant. Directed activities of 480 Direct Labor Employees. Direct
reports; 11 Supervisors, 1 Assembly Engineer and 1 Continuous
Improvement Quality Assurance Engineer. Successfully managed Assembly
ramp-up production of a major Water Heater Flammable Vapor product
redesign to comply with industry mandated safety standards.
Implemented key process controls to improve Safety, Quality and
Productivity.
Materials Manager (Mar 2002 - Feb 2003) - Ashland City Plant
Structured, Organized and Managed the Materials function for this high
volume Fabrication and Assembly Operation. Responsible for all
Material and Production Planning as well as all plant-wide Stores and
Floor Replenishment functions. Directed activities of 7 Material
Planners, 4 Production Schedulers and 76 Material Processors. Direct
Reports; Purchasing Manager, Production Planning Manager, Warehouse
Manager.
DURACELL / THE GILLETTE COMPANY Cleveland, TN Feb
1995 - Jan 2002
$300 Million / 800 employee Consumer Alkaline Battery Manufacturer
Supply Manager
Managed Material Supply, Planning, Logistics and Inventory Control
functions for this multi-plant facility supporting global supply chain
order fulfillment requirements utilizing J D Edwards Enterprise
Resource Planning System. Directed activities of 37 associates
including a Planning Manager, Logistics Manager, 5 Planners, 2
Warehouse Supervisors and 28 Material Processors. Supplied 3 Domestic
Distribution Centers and 49 affiliate countries in Latin America,
Europe, Asia Pacific and Caribbean Island regions. Managed material
supply through a Global raw material commodity Supply Base with
suppliers in North America, South Africa, France, Germany and Brazil.
Responsible for sourcing and negotiating a $7 Million domestic spend.
Matsushita Ultra-Tech Battery Corp. Columbus, GA
July
1992 -
Feb 1995
$80 Million / 240 employee Japanese Consumer Alkaline Battery
Manufacturing and Packaging Facility
Manager Production Planning and Customer Relations
Managed Customer Relations, Production Planning, Finished Good
Inventory Planning and Shipping functions for this Japanese state-of-
the-art Consumer Alkaline Battery Manufacturing facility. Primary
plant contact for Panasonic and Eastman Kodak Sales companies
worldwide. Directed activities of 2 Planners, 1 Warehouse Supervisor
and 5 Material Processors.
EDUCATION
B S Administrative Management Murray State University
Murray, KY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS),
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
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