Manager Engineer

CAREER SUMMARY

Accomplishments Include:

. Modified facility structures, contract facility exterior painting,

assisted project management with various projects totaling in excess of

500K, modified conveyor sortation system yielding 40% increase in

productivity, identified enhancements that would yield 10 month ROI,

created a metrics reporting visual system, developed 5 maintenance

technicians from skilled to highly skilled position, and was instrumental

in budgetary savings of 1.5M in 2009.

. Reduced Alpharma US Pharmaceuticals Distribution Facility cost by $3M

(west coast consolidation of shipments, establishment of facility

metrics, and reduction in vendor in-house work, and value stream analysis

of internal processes).

. Improved Alpharma USPD Distribution Service Level averages from 72 hours

to fewer than 30 hours saving millions in production carrying cost, raw

materials, and related production costs.

. Reduced Daisytek International's Facilities and Maintenance cost by 41%

resulting in $780K annual savings.

. Reviewed, specified and acquired proper forklift equipment for Cummins

Engine Distribution Center saving $164K annually while upgrading their

fleet. Worked to implement a WMS to control product flow.

. Managed the Environmental, Health & Safety State of the Art Certification

program at Baxter's Memphis Replenishment Center (MRC).

. Served on a Quality Working Team that restructured the facility hourly

employee's structure towards work saving the Memphis facility $860K per

year in overtime dollars alone.

. Served on a Logistics Quality Working Team to restructure I.V. Systems

product within the Southern Region saving the Baxter Healthcare

Corporation $1.5 M annually.

Sears Holdings Corporation 11/2008 -

present

Facilities/Maintenance Manager, Jacksonville, FL

Manage the daily maintenance and facilities groups responsible for all

conveyance and material handling equipment. This DC is a 1 million sq. ft,

non-union facility. Improved productivity and cut the annual budget by

over $1.5M. Created SOP's for all maintenance & facilities functionalities.

Actavis Mid-Atlantic/Alpharma US Pharmaceuticals 2005 to 2007 (Company

merger)

General Manager, Columbia Maryland

Continued responsibilities from Alpharma US Pharmaceuticals after

acquisition of Alpharma US Pharmaceuticals. Participated in weekly S&OP

conference calls to direct the business performance.

Warehouse Operations Manager, Columbia, MD

. Managed the daily operations of the Distribution Center (500,000 sq ft);

84 employees, one manager, four supervisors with capital expenditures,

engineering change controls, picking/packing, receiving, training, order

processing, shipping, transportation, returns, schedule II, III, IV & V

drugs, and purchasing. Created Standard Operating Procedures in address

of FDA 483's and addressed all facility related Corrective Action

Preventive Action response documentation.

Wes-Lakke Consulting, Memphis TN 2002 to 2004

Owner and Consulting Engineer

Consulting services for Alpharma USPD.

Daisytek International/PFS Web, Memphis TN 2001 to 2002

(Company filed Bankruptcy)

Maintenance/Engineering Manager

. Facilitated all technical operation of warehouse conveyor systems,

operational support and planning for three regional sites, security,

regulatory compliance and validation of systems.

. Managed the maintenance departments in three facilities, capital

expenditures, $7.3 M in conveyor, facility investments, continuous

improvement of the warehouse operation, training, and regulatory

compliance.

Wes-Lakke Consulting Memphis TN 1999 to 2000

Owner and Consulting Engineer

. Performed concept development, implementation, training and operation of

various mechanized systems for use in e-commerce businesses. Performed

contract work as a Design & Build Manager for The Buschman Company,

Cincinnati OH.

KM Logistics, Memphis TN 1998 to

1999

Senior Industrial Engineer

. Managing the Maintenance, Custodial, Packaging, and Quality Departments.

Worked with a team to develop QS9000 adherence and coordinated

implementation. Developed the warehouse Quality Manual, the three-tier

system and structured training to attain QS9000 certification.

Implemented warehouse operations improvements in a facility that has

250,000 active SKU's performing disassembly and distribution functions.

Worked on a team to implement a WMS controlling product movement,

shipments, and invoicing.

Kellwood Apparel Company, Rutherford TN, 1997 to

1998

Division Senior Distribution Engineer

. Developed Distribution Engineering functionality's for six (6) apparel

warehousing facilities attached to manufacturing operations throughout

the country.

Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Memphis TN 1982 to

1997

Distribution Center Project Manager

. Managed the daily operations group (108 employees, 3 supervisors), the in-

house facility maintenance programs at the Memphis Replenishment Center

utilizing Baxter Healthcare employees and contract maintenance employees.

. Reported to corporate officers for the facility's Value Improvement

Program (VIP).

. Managed the Environmental, Health & Safety programs with responsibility

for Regulatory Affairs, Employee Training, Workman's Compensation, and

all OSHA reporting.

. Served as the facilities Engineer with $8.9M Capital and Operations

Budget responsibility.

Distribution Operations Manager

. Continued Operations Supervisor responsibilities and assumed

responsibility for the Logistics Department.

. Managed the Traffic, Inventory and Accounts Payable Departments directing

the daily tasks of the staff. Initiated feedback groups that worked to

develop employees and drive management down to the active levels where

decisions could be made to effectively respond to customer requests.

EDUCATION

Memphis State University, Memphis TN

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1991, Emphasis: Power generation and

equipment design with computer science class emphasis

Baxter Training & Development Institute - Baxter Manager Program;

Management Essentials; Supervisory Training I and II; Management Skills;

Coaching and Feedback; Diversity Training; Empowerment Training; Harassment

Training; TQM program implementation and maintenance; Environmental Health

& Safety management training; Allen-Bradley SLC500 and PLC5 program

training; Professional Presentation training; Team Building Techniques.

Facilities engineering training, 5S program, ASE Refrigerant recovery &

recycling review certification program, Novell 4.1.1 Lan administrator

classes (New Horizons Computer Center), Completed Alpharma Train-the-

Trainer program.

MEMBERSHIPS

APICS member, ASQ member, attended formal training for CQE & CQA - not

tested

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Cricket Graph, MP2 Maintenance Program,

AutoCadd 10,13 & lite, AS400, CCPlus, Word Perfect, Visio, Flow Chart4,

AS400 LAN, Microsoft Access, PLC-5, SLC500, DesignCadd 2D, Office 97,

Novell 4.1.1, CCMail, Rapidroute, IRMS, RIMS, MFG/PRO, Trackwise, TM2000,

WDMS, and Qumas certified.

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