Supply Chain Manager

Location:

Gilbert, AZ, 85297

Posted:

August 11, 2010

Contact this candidate

Resume:

William P. Wayne

**** *. ******** *** ****: 480-***-**** ****@*********.***

Gilbert, AZ 85297 Cell: 707-***-****

Materials Manager

Demand Planning Management Experience/ Supply Chain Management Experience /

Innovator/ Extensive New Product Experience/ Strong Negotiator / Growth and

Turnaround Experience

Manager Materials & Logistics: I have been fortunate enough to enjoy a

fruitful career that has included key positions in a number of different

industries including aerospace, scientific instrumentation, medical

devices, electronics, biotech, construction equipment and consumer products

with such companies as Honeywell, Hexcel, OddzOn (Hasbro), Axon Instruments

(Molecular Devices) and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Growth Management and Turn-around experience: Over the past 20+ years I

have been utilizing my materials

management skills to support turnaround and growth. I have a track record

of decreasing total cost and inventory

while supporting major growth and increasing on time customer deliveries.

Proven record in all procurement/supply chain/materials functions: I have

extensive experience in all aspects

of Purchasing, Supply Chain and Materials Management including domestic and

international sourcing, contract

negotiation, cost reduction and containment, outsourcing, supplier

relations management, production control and

planning, master scheduling, capacity planning, production scheduling and

inventory control, augmented by

experience in Logistics and Production Management. I have consistently

exceeded company objectives in

inventory and cost reduction and supported significant growth with the same

or reduced staff.

Solid System Background: A solid systems background with experience

implementing and using several

MRP/ERP/DRP systems, including Oracle 11i, SAP, QAD and MACOLA and the

development of auxiliary systems such as capacity planning and

supply/demand systems. Strong Microsoft Office skills.

BA - De Paul University, Postgraduate work: Keller School of Business

Selected Achievements and Skills

____________________________________________________________________________

____

Initiated cost reductions in excess of $2.5MM per year. As Materials

Manager for Thermo Fisher Scientific's

Molecular and Microanalysis facility, I initiated cost reductions programs

in the first 36 months that will generate

over $10MM in annual savings.

Re-engineered the Supply Chain reducing costs by more than a third. As

Director of Purchasing and

Production Planning for OddzOn, I developed new sources for materials and

subcontracting resulting in cost

reductions of up to 35% while increasing on time receipts to 95%.

Inventory reduction. With Thermo, I reduced inventory by 20% in 4

months. As Materials Manager for

Hexcel, I increased inventory turns 400% and on-time shipments from 30% to

96%. Inventory levels at OddzOn decreased by 25% while on-time delivery

improved to 99.2%.

A strong background developing, negotiating and managing contracts - With

Hexcel, I developed and negotiated major contracts that yielded savings of

30% and assured material availability. With OddzOn, I negotiated contracts

that yielded savings of up to 35% and introduced KanBan. I negotiated

contracts with Axon, that yielded 24% savings and introduced pull systems,

affording 24-hour availability. I also negotiated contracts and supply

agreements for OEM products, VMI programs, exclusivity, supplier

partnerships, etc.

Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain: With Thermo Fisher Lean Manufacturing

implementation yielded 30% improvement in space utilization, 20% cost

savings and 80% decrease in process time. Lean supply chain initiatives

with OddzOn and Axon Instruments provided 24% cost savings, 20% reduction

in inventory and 60% reduction in lead-time.

Skills: High Energy, results driven, customer focused, people oriented

professional, who is a proven team builder

and people developer and inspires others to top performance. A cost

conscious, strong negotiator who is able to

meet demanding objectives and has a proven record of success Known as a

motivator and problem solver with

the ability to get things done quickly who has introduced change smoothly

in a cost effective manner.

Experience

Thermo Fisher Scientific Madison, WI 2005

to 2009

Materials Manager with total materials management responsibility for this

Spectroscopy, Microanalysis and Molecular Device manufacturer.

Responsibilities included Production Planning and Scheduling, Purchasing,

Inventory Control, Service Support, Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing.

. Introduced initiatives such as supplier rationalization, spend

consolidation, supplier partnership programs, low cost region

sourcing, cash flow improvements through KanBan, VMI and improved

terms, outsourcing, continuous improvement programs, enterprise wide

contracts for both inventory and expense spend, performance monitoring

and root cause/corrective action programs that reduced Total Cost of

Ownership by 5% year on year.

. Consolidated the supply chain by 35% leveraging spend to drive cost

savings of up to 40%.

. Improved Cash flow by $4MM through renegotiated commercial terms.

. Implemented Lean Manufacturing including value stream mapping, Kaizen,

continuous flow, development of a Plan For Every Part (PFEP), KanBan

sizing, market establishment and delivery route development, JIT

concepts and 5S, reducing space utilization 30%, cost 20% and process

time 80%.

. Doubled VMI and KanBan participation each of the first 2 years.

. Reduced inventory by 20% in the first 4 months.

. Improved on-time shipments by 50% in the first year.

. Initiated supplier performance metrics and scorecards that improved

overall quality and delivery by 25%. Initiated cost reduction

programs that reduced costs by as much as 35%.

Accepted assignment as NPI Sourcing leader due to several critical new

product introductions that were

15 months late. Responsibilities were for all materials functions for new

products.

. Brought all new products into production within 6 months, 2 months

sooner than expected.

. Initiated strategic initiatives including Design for Manufacturing and

Early Supplier Involvement.

. Reduced COGs of new products by 20% through supplier selection and

negotiation.

Axon Instruments, Inc. (Molecular Devices), Union City, CA

2001 to 2005

Materials Manager responsible for all materials management functions for a

manufacturer of electronic

laboratory equipment used in electro-physiology and genomic research and

drug screening.

Responsibilities included Production Planning and Scheduling, Purchasing,

Inventory Control, Field

Service, Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing.

. Developed Kanban solutions with suppliers that decreased inventory

while providing immediate availability of components, subassemblies

and finished products.

. Initiated a turnkey supply chain reducing overall costs on products by

24% and reduced inventory by 20%.

. Managed the conversion from QAD to Oracle 11i in 90 days.

. Developed capacity planning and supply/demand planning systems that

reduced average order-to-shipment time by 60% and improved on-time

shipments to 98%.

. Re-organized the department to support an 87% increase in sales with a

10 % decrease in personnel.

. Reduced shipping costs by 25% and packaging costs by 20%.

. Initiated Lean Supply Chain techniques that yielded 20% reduction in

inventory and 60% reduction in lead-time.

OddzOn Products (Hasbro), Napa, CA

1994 to 2001

Director of Purchasing and Production Planning responsible for worldwide

purchasing of materials,

components, contract manufacturing, and logistics, production planning,

inventory control and assembly in support of innovative, high-quality toy

company with $153 million in worldwide sales.

Managed Purchasing and Planning of international suppliers for both

domestic and international customers.

. Re-engineered operations in support of sales growth from $37M to

$153M.

. Managed consolidation of purchasing and planning activities for two

companies.

. Converted from an Excel environment to an ERP environment in 1994 and

SAP ERP in 1999.

. Developed manual and automated systems to supplement ERP.

. Established and maintained standard cost system.

. Improved on-time vendor delivery and customer shipments to over 95%.

. Integrated parent company products with existing operations.

. Realigned the Supply Chain initiating lean supply chain techniques and

developed new sources for materials and subcontracting and resulting

in cost reductions of up to 35%.

Hexcel, Inc., Livermore, CA 1984

to 1993

Materials Manager for the Advanced Composites Division of a multi-plant

supplier to the Aerospace and defence industries, responsible for

Production Control, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Shipping, Receiving and

Warehousing

. Managed conversion of planning and control functions to a real-time on-

line MRPII system from a Cardex system.

. Increased inventory turns 400% and on-time shipments from 30% to 96%.

. Designed and implemented supplementary programs including demand

management, flow management and finite scheduling that increased

production efficiency and capacity by 25%.

. Negotiated long term contracts on critical materials that reduced

individual costs by as much as 30%, assured continuous supply and

resulted in increased market share for the company.

. Initiated JIT philosophies that reduced inventory and lead-time by

30%.

Affiliations

APICS, ISM

Contact this candidate