RICHARD T. KORPICS

**** ****** ***** *****: 610-***-****

CENTER VALLEY, PA 18034 EMAIL: abm2iu@r.postjobfree.com

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Experienced Supply Chain manager in highly competitive consumer products industry. Skill sets

included:

• Shipping contract negotiations

• United States customs document preparation

Supplier database maintenance

Daily communication with facilities in the United States and China

Purchase order and material transfer entry and maintenance

New supplier search and qualification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

K’NEX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Hatfield, PA 1994-2009

Distribution Requirement Planning Manager 2004-2009

Directed finished goods to proper warehouse based on forecast; negotiated shipping contracts for import

and export, communicated daily with production facilities in United States and China, coordinated

rework. Assisted in physical inventories, monitored disposition of obsolete items, and maintained

vendor/item master files in Avante ERP system.

• Reduced total transportation cost throughout supply chain by 10% through development of

custom reports detailing requirements by item and warehouse for each month

• Expanded supply chain to twelve production and warehousing facilities worldwide in order

to stay cost competitive in the Toy Market.

Worked with product development and marketing to introduce innovative and exciting toys, both on

time and on budget, each year.

Continuously learned and sought methods to improve, develop, document, and implement supply chain

processes and procedures.

Purchasing Manager 1994-2003

Performed purchase order entry, cost verification and maintenance, visited supplier’s to ensure quality

and on time delivery of goods and services, developed purchasing and receiving policies and

procedures, ensured new suppliers met performance standards.

• Developed multiple sources of supply for goods and services to ensure cost competitiveness

and flexible capacity to meet high seasonal demand.

• Successfully installed ERP software without interruption of material flow to the consumer.

Managed production scheduling and purchasing activities for six production facilities worldwide (three

in U.S. and three in China)

Developed product stacking patterns, standard labeling, master carton printing templates and part

numbering system for finished goods, components and raw materials resulting in increased inventory

control

Participated in weekly product development team meeting between Marketing, Engineering Design and

Logistics to discuss status and problem resolution for a number of new products currently in the

preproduction cycle. Issues included artwork revisions, cost control, revisions to do date and quantity

required and capacity analysis, resulting in many problems being solved before they affected the

delivery schedule.

CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, VINYL BUILDING PRODUCTS GROUP 1985-1994

Valley Forge, PA

Master Production Planner and Inventory Analyst for six plants with 3000 skus (stock keeping units)

and sold under 4 brands. Coordinated new product introductions, packaging and label design, developed

min/max inventory levels for purchased items. Assisted in standard cost development, forecasted raw

materials and developed quality control specifications for manufactured and purchased items.

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• Served on Installation Team for new Customer Order Management System. Played key role

in design of a data base to monitor raw materials and finished goods inventory. Coordinated

input from Sales, Marketing, Accounting and Manufacturing departments to develop a new

Sales Reporting System resulting in more comprehensive understanding of market.

• Collaborated with Manufacturing representatives and external vendors in business case

justifications for changes in existing product groups. Recruited and evaluated potential new

vendors, completed research of customer needs, prepared a cost analysis for new packaging

design and revenue forecast.

• Worked with Marketing Department to design, implement and evaluate introductory and

promotional campaigns for new products. Specific focus included label design, packaging

needs and stacking pattern. Monitored inventory levels, tooling and initial production run.

Designed marketing kit, including samples, for the sales force.

GASBOY, Lansdale, PA 1984-1985

Junior Industrial Engineer

Managed methods and standards development for sheet metal fabrication. Instituted new systems that

resulted in cost reductions. Monitored CNC part programming, standard data collection and reporting.

• Developed standard routings and time study data for sheet metal fabrication. Operations

included: sheet shearing, CNC punch press programming, forming die stampings, arc

welding, spot welding and sanding, painting and final assembly.

• Developed job shop orders for bill of materials based on weekly customer orders.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Science – Industrial Engineering

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Attended industry and company sponsored workshops in:

• Management

Leadership

Team Building

TOPS Packaging Software

• BarTender (Label Development)

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Southern Lehigh Baseball and Soccer Coach

• Youth Basketball Coach

• Quakertown Jaycees – president

• Habitat for Humanity

Institute of Industrial Engineers

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