Supply Chain Sales
Resume:
Ron Williams
Bennington, NE 68007 Email: *************@*****.*** Phone:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Results-oriented hands-on executive management professional with experience
in operations, supply chain, inventory management and technology within a
manufacturing and distribution environment. Skills to improve operations
in a manufacturing environment by reducing costs and finding ways to
improve productivity. Significant strengths include:
. MRP/ERP/LEAN Implementations and Operations
. Inventory Management
. Analytical Skills
. Wireless Inventory Control
. Lot Trace
. Sales and Operations Planning
. Forecasting Systems
. Master Scheduling
. Data Collection Systems
. Microsoft SQL
. Microsoft Office Applications
. Demand Planning
. Shop Floor Reporting
. Inventory Management
. Supply Chain Operations
. Vendor Managed Inventories
. Development of Reporting Metrics
. Bill of Materials
. Labor Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wilkinson Industries, Ft. Calhoun, NE 1996 - 2009
High Volume manufacturer of aluminum and plastic containers for the food
packaging industry
Director of Forecasting and Planning
Recruited to return to Wilkinson Industries to lead the Information
Technologies departments, and establish a formal Supply Chain process
including Forecasting, Master Scheduling, and Inventory Control departments
and leverage my experience with Technology systems in a production
environment.
. Established a formal Supply Chain process and directed the daily
operations to achieve:
o Reduced inventory over 25% and increased forecast accuracy to
over 90% by developing and implementing improved forecasting,
establishing inventory turn metrics, and improving production
scheduling practices.
o Improved customer fill rates to an excess of 97% by establishing
contacts with key customers and vendors, improving SKU
forecasting, improved master scheduling, and implementing LEAN
production practices.
o Improved inventory accuracy to over 99%, and also improved item-
costing accuracy through improvements within the bill of
materials.
o Improved inventory accuracy to over 99% and eliminated the
requirements for annual physical inventories through the design
and implementation of a wireless inventory control system
throughout the company to track the movement and receipt of all
inventories. The last corporate physical inventory was in 1996.
o Implemented and led a Sales and Operations Planning process that
met on a weekly basis to review key metrics and improve the
cross department communications.
o Created and directed a SKU Forecasting department that improved
the SKU forecasting accuracy and improved the production
scheduling by reducing last minute changes due to forecasting
errors.
o Established and directed a Master Scheduling department to
provide operations a forward looking schedule that provided a
more consistent building pattern and reduced seasonal peaks and
valleys.
o Developed metrics and reporting methods to constantly monitor
production capacities and seasonal demands to smooth
requirements where necessary.
o Achieved the Circle of Excellence award from Wilkinson's ERP
software vendor for outstanding integration and business
improvements throughout the company.
o Developed tracking metrics to monitor production performance
that improved the production schedule adherence and allowed for
a reduction of raw and finished goods inventories for a
production operation producing in excess of 6 million containers
each day.
o Developed a vendor-managed inventory system for key suppliers
that enabled them to use the production scheduling data at
Wilkinson to set their requirements thus reducing inventory on
key materials to fewer than 4 days on hand by scheduling daily
deliveries from the vendors utilizing an internet based system
that updated automatically from the corporate ERP system.
o Designed and let the implementation of an internet-based
reporting system that allowed for quick custom reporting to
track key operational metrics throughout the company resulting
in the elimination of printed daily reports and allowing access
from areas outside the company.
o Designed an internet-based reporting system for customers to
access their account information including order entry, shipment
information, sales history, item pricing, and accounts payable
information and provide the portal to exchange business
requirements improving customer forecasting and improved
customer fill rates.
o Responsible for all aspects of Inventory Management including
SKU turns, SLOB inventory, and seasonal requirements.
o Led the implementation and design of an internet based company
reporting system for the key daily operations metrics that
enabled reporting and historical tracking of the business areas
including:
. Production Adherence / Attainment
. Material and Labor BOM Standard Deviations
. Labor Reporting
. Production costs
. Shift Efficiencies
. Annual Budgets
. Cash Collections
. Monthly Closings
. Product Costing
. Daily Reporting and dashboard reporting
o Established a new operations department to accomplish the final
assembly of products to meet customer demands leading to the
removal over 40 SKU's from the requirements of the plant floor
and improving production efficiencies through fewer setups and
longer production runs without increasing overall inventory.
Scientific Protein Labs, Waunakee, WI 1994 - 1996
The Specialty Pharmaceutical Division of American Home Products
Corporation.
Director MIS
Responsible for all IT operations across 3 plants in 3 states. Recruited
to design, manage, and implement an ERP installation across the Specialty
Pharmaceutical Division.
. Led the successful implementation of a division-wide ERP implementation,
including all training consisting of 3 unique systems at 3 locations with
a smooth transition in under one year and under the projected budget.
. Directed the implementation of a computer-based lot-trace program meeting
FDA regulations to track product usages and deliveries throughout the
organization.
Wilkinson Industries, Ft. Calhoun, NE 1992 - 1994
Information Systems Manager
Responsible for the company IT Management and the implementation of a
corporate ERP system along with establishment of a corporate computer
network.
. Developed a plan to implement a corporate ERP system including a personal
computer LAN/WAN environment to support the ERP install. Successfully
completed the project in less than 3 months while keeping the project
under budget.
. Led the transition of the current computer department personnel from a
corporate mainframe environment into a LAN/WAN based environment.
EDUCATION
BS Computer Science, College of the Ozarks, Pt. Lookout, MO
Professional Communications
Invited guest speaker at different user groups and professional
organizations including APICS on topics including:
. ERP Systems Implementations
. Inventory Management and Improving Inventory Accuracy
. Forecasting Accuracy and Improving the Forecasting Process
. Sales and Operations Planning
. Customer / Vendor Collaboration
. Paperless Reporting
. Data Collection Systems
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