Supply Chain Manager
Resume:
Ronald Walker
Sandy, Utah 84094
email: ***@********.***
Over 25 years of experience in Operations and Supply Chain management and
over 10 years of experience in Oracle Applications (Release 12 and Release
11i). Expertise includes Inventory, Bills of Material, Routings, Work in
Process, MRP, Discrete Manufacturing, Purchasing, Order Management, and
Oracle EAM (maintenance) applications
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Impac Services
Principal Consultant, 2005 to Present
. Provides Impac's clients with senior-level operations consulting
support for Oracle Discrete Manufacturing and EAM Applications
including:
o Operational/business analysis
o Requirements Mapping
o Application Configuration and documentation
o Team Training
o End User Training
o Acceptance Testing
o Production and Post Production Support
o Inventory and maintenance material supply chain methods and
practices, materials policies, procedures and performance
measurements
o Interface with Financial and Project Management modules
o Applications included Inventory, Bills of Material, Routings, Work
in Process, MRP, Purchasing. Engineering.
. Industry Consulting experience:
o Manufacturing. Configured and implemented Oracle Manufacturing and
Engineering Applications including Inventory, Bills of Material,
Routings, Work in Process and Engineering Changes in several
manufacturing environments
o Utilities/Power Generation (EAM). Team Lead for implementation of
Oracle Inventory Applications in a multi-site, multi-organization
service parts and maintenance environment for wind energy power
generation
o Higher Education. (EAM) Configured and implemented Oracle
Inventory and Purchasing Applications in a university auxiliary
and plant services maintenance environment, and integrated those
applications into the University's third-party maintenance and
service applications
o Natural Resources. Implemented and trained U.S. users at company
sites in five states in the use of Oracle Purchasing and Inventory
in a maintenance environment, and conversion from the company
legacy system.
o Energy. Established inventory management processes and
measurements for an oil and gas exploration equipment distributor.
o Consumer Goods. Functional Team Lead for a world wide food broker
and exporter implementing Oracle Order Management, Purchasing, and
Inventory.
o Internet Sales. Implemented Oracle Inventory for multi-
organization corporation selling products and services on-line.
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation - 1985 to 2005
Director of Materials and Director of Demand Planning and Logistics, 1999
to 2005
Annual materials budget ca. $100M
. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and advanced planning processes
o bills of material
o engineering changes
o inventory
o inventory cycle counts
o work in process
o vendor-managed inventory
o material supply chain agreements with suppliers
o in-plant stores
o purchase orders
o receipts
o Material Review Board (MRB)
. Evaluation and execution of MRP outputs
o make signals
o buy signals
o schedule changes
o quantity changes
o obsolete inventory disposition
. Material Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
o procurement and procurement price variances
o master scheduling
o production control
o outsourcing
o supplier selection and qualification
o supplier performance measurement
o supplier collaboration
o Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) contract negotiation
o inventory and warehouse management
o global logistics supply chain setup
o agreements with third-party logistics carriers
o foreign customs representation
o shipping and receiving
Operations Analysis Manager, 1998 to 1999
. Performance measurements and analysis of manufacturing and
financial operations.
. Advanced material and financial planning.
Manufacturing Planning Manager, 1996 to 1998
. Master Scheduling and material forecasting for all production control
and material control functions.
Production Control Manager, 1985 to 1996
. MRP
. CRP (Capacity Requirements Planning)
. shop floor tracking
. order releases
. kitting
. stocking
. bar coding
. inventory
. warehouse management
NCR Corporation
Account Manager, 1981 to 1985
. Managed sales and marketing of medium- to large-scale computer systems
to manufacturers, hospitals, medical clinics, and city governments.
. Performed pre-sales analysis, configuration, and bid proposals for
customers and prospective customers.
. Provided customer training in manufacturing, MRP, supply chain
development, and Order Management, as well as in medical and government
software applications.
Applied Digital Data Systems
IT Manager, 1979 to 1981
. Information Systems, Configuration Management, Product Management,
Inventory, MRP, Served multiple functions for a start-up manufacturing
facility - originally in charge of Production Control and developing
the supply chain process from procurement through shipping.
Weber State University
Instructor, Manufacturing Engineering Department. 1988 to 1990
. Taught classes in Shop Floor Control and Capacity Requirements Planning
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Software Applications
Oracle - Inventory, Bills of Material, Routings, Work in Process,
Purchasing, MRP, eAM
Software Packages and Programming Tools
Oracle Discoverer, Manugistics Networks Supply, Wind Chill, Microsoft
Office Applications, UPS shipping applications, DHL/Danzas Air & Ocean
shipping applications and global logistics operations
EDUCATION
MS (Information Science), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
BA (German/Linguistics), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Professional Certificate (Business Administration), University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Inventory, BOM, Work in Process, Routings, Engineering, MRP, Order Entry,
Agile classes from Oracle
Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), APICS
Internal ISO auditor, Lloyds Register
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
APICS (Association for Operations Management)
. Certified (CPIM) in 1987
. Treasurer of Salt Lake City, Utah, Chapter 2006-07
. Executive Vice President of Salt Lake City, Utah, Chapter 1996-97
Manugistics
Manugistics Corporation Supply Chain Software 2002 National Steering
Committee
(Inventory- and Materials-related processes)
Presentations, Publications, and Awards:
. Evans & Sutherland internal publication "Analysis of Uniform Shipping
Codes for International Freight" 2004
. Presented paper: "The Power of Supply" July 2001, Manugistics Supply
Chain Conference, Orlando, Florida
. Presented paper: "Financial Realities of the Material Plan" July
1999, Manugistics Supply Chain Conference, Orlando, Florida
. Received "Supply Chain Innovator of the year Award" for rapid
implementation July 1999, Manugistics Supply Chain Conference,
Orlando, Florida
. Presented paper: "Integrating Kanbans with Oracle Discrete Job
Manufacturing" Fall 1998, OAUG Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
. Evans & Sutherland internal publication "What E&S would have to do to
win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award" 1987
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