Supply Chain Process

James L. Kadenyi

Email: ********@*****.***

Phone: 614-805--7858

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslkadenyi

Summary:

. I am a Six Sigma Certified IE/Process Improvement Specialist, with

several years experience spanning multiple responsibilities in

Business Process and the Supply Chain Industry.

. I have provided Industrial Engineering support for 8 delivery centers

and Manufacturing Engineering support for 2 manufacturing departments,

with continuous improvement focus.

. I have worked on system implementations, optimization and analysis

projects with Oracle and SAP.

. I have implemented and supported Transportation Management

applications used in the development and execution of Delivery

Dispatch, Work, Load and Service Forecasting plans.

. I have experience both leading and participating on Business Process

and Supply Chain Projects (Logistics, Plan to deliver, Order to Cash

and Source to Pay) that improve and bridge the gap between business

process and information Technology.

. I also have a degree in Industrial Systems Engineering.

Certifications

. Lean Six Sigma (Green)

Computer Skills

. Oracle 11i, SAP (MM, BW, SD), PDM.

. SQL, Business Objects, SAP SQVI, Minitab.

. MS (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SharePoint,

Visio - Process Mapping / Flowcharting), Lotus Notes, HTML, Norton

Ghost/Antivirus, Problem Management (Remedy, PPM, QC TestDirector),

Remote Tools (FTP, PC Anywhere, RSM, ControlIT, NetOp & VPN), HP

Openview (Remote Node Mngt), LAN/WAN Admin., Arena, Storm, LabView,

Mappoint.

. C, C++, JavaScript, RESOLVE/C++, VBA,

. Operating Systems; MS DOS, Win. 3.1/ 95/98/NT/2000 (Wkstn / Server),

UNIX, Novell.

. UPS Dispatch and Load Balance Planning Tools (Dispatch Planning

System, Dispatch Management System, Preload Assist System, Load

Planner and Package Forecasting Tool).

Work Experiences:

McGraw - Hill Education (MHE), Columbus, OH

11/2009 - Present

Consultant - Office of Continuous Improvement/Business Enablement (Global

Technology Solutions (GTS)).

Responsibilities:

. Continuous Improvement; to assess consistency, drive improvement and

standardize development/support practices within the MHE GTS.

. Evaluation of Metrics to ensure that the right KPI's are selected to

align IT activities with Overall Business Strategy. Analysis of

operational metrics to roll them up to KPI's based on ITIL best

practices.

. Coordination with Business Subject Matter Experts to identify data

sources for the analysis of Critical To Quality Metrics..

. Developed Dashboard Performance Reporting Pilot (Excel-

VBA/ODBC/Access) for GTS Services, which include ERP, EDW, eCOMM, EDI,

IMDS(WMS), IPUB, MPD, CRM and QC.

. SharePoint Web Site Dashboard Development designed to a) Highlight or

alert whether business expected targets are being met b) Provide

trending and overview of performance indicators c) Provide details

that pinpoint which areas within each performance indicator require

actions.

. Data extraction (SQL) from Remedy, Topaz, QC, TM and PPM along with

VOC to analyze trends and issues towards proactive identification of

improvement and standardization opportunities.

. Implemented OCI Business Intelligence: Developed Microsoft Access

database to manage the Metric data, including the scripting of

automated and interactive reporting features (SQL/VBA).

. Business Enablement; Currently working on the IT Roadmap for MHE's

Global Technology Solutions department. Evaluating current state, and

envisioning 2 & 5 year forward snapshots.

. Update of Application Inventory (Coordination with Bus. Sol. / Bus.

Unit Leads) to expose all applications in use by the MHE Org.

. Determination of App Environments (Prod, Dev Business Unit, Owner,

Functional Area and Features with the goal of mapping up into a

Business Process Decomposition.

. Business Process Decomposition is aligned to 2004 Global

Transformation Project implementation of Oracle ERP 11i (White Paper

and Custom Functional Designs for Supply Chain, Order Management,

Financial, Sales-Marketing & EDW).

. Presentation of Gaps, Opportunities and Cost Analysis for application

replacements/interfaces with Oracle GTP ERP 11i.

Ashland Inc, Columbus, OH

12/2007 - 12/2009

Process Standardization and Improvement Specialist - Global Supply Chain

Responsibilities:

. Utilizing knowledge of business process applications, Supply Chain &

Lean Six Sigma, drives standards and financial efficiencies through

process improvement across the network.

. Leads corporate level projects to improve throughput and cut waste in

the production/delivery and Business process; Improve cash flow and

the working capital position in the sourcing process.

. Identifies opportunities for process optimization and implementation

across the organization.

. Identifies Bottlenecks, Sources of Delay, Rework Steps, Ambiguity,

Duplication, and cycle times through Process Mapping with the help

teams comprised of representatives from the entire process.

. Works on the post Go Live system optimization of Ashland's Global

Supply Chain SAP Application Solutions (MM, SD and PLM Recipe

Management).

. Identifies process improvement or execution opportunities through data

driven analysis using SAP's Business Warehouse, SQVI, SQL, Access and

Excel/VBA.

. Continuously improves and evaluates business processes by establishing

and maintaining best practices and evaluating or creating appropriate

metrics and targets.

. Participates on process redesign and documentation efforts to targeted

outcomes

. Utilizes thorough working knowledge of the operations modules of the

business process applications to drive improvements.

. Works across the corporate functions, including supply chain, customer

acquisition, logistics/order management, engineering, marketing, and

finance for the purpose of extended business optimization.

. Recommends prioritization of opportunities for execution.

. Brought to completion 7 projects in one year at Ashland.

Honeywell International, Columbus, OH

8/2006-12/2007

Manufacturing Engineer / Oracle Superuser

Responsibilities:

. Oracle Project Team member on Honeywell's migration from an HP

Material Resource Planning (MRP) system to Oracles ERP 11i (Discrete

Manufacturing Focus - BOM, WIP, INV, Eng).

. Analyzed Business Requirements and coordinated the process to ensure

accurate retrieval (Crystal Reports, SQL) and transfer of data, in the

proper formats for Oracle functionality.

. Established and downloaded all Part # routers for the implementation

exercise.

. Oracle Superuser for Engineering, Operations, Purchasing and

Logistics.

. Validation and modification of operational and resource templates

(lead times, labor) in routers, BOM's, item #'s and components (+

attributes) for proper costing, planning, purchasing and scheduling.

. Liaison between the production and IT to develop Oracle Reporting

Tools, to aid in efficiency.

. Created the production floor documentation for the new Oracle

Procedures.

. Provided Manufacturing Engineering support to the Gaging Sub-Assembly

and Machine Shop.

. Supported Quality Assurance functionality.

. Assurance of accurate operational process documentation in machine &

gaging depts.(PDM).

. Reevaluation of operational, information and system process flows and

layouts for continuous improvement endeavors. Used Lean/Six Sigma

Engineering tools to cut waste and save.

. Utilized process mapping on the production floor to determine who is

doing what, with whom, when and for how long. Used this to create

Process Routers, for SMED projects and to optimize layouts.

. Ensurance of the availability, proper performance and safety of the

machinery, tooling and fixtures used in the production process

. AFE and Cost Justifications for new equipment and enhancements.

. Material and outside process rationalizations to reduce operational

cost.

United Parcel Services, Columbus, OH

1/2004-03/2006

Industrial and Systems Engineer - Div. Planner

Responsibilities:

. Coordinated the implementation of TMS load/dispatch planning suite of

systems, Preload Assist, Dispatch Planning and Production Flow, at

delivery centers in Central Ohio. These systems work in synch to

revolutionarily simplify the UPS morning package sort, for delivery

dispatching.

. All project functions carried out in adherence to a time scheduled

checklist.

. Pre-implementation site evaluation to determine appropriate facility

layouts, for best process flows. Establishment of the hiring needs to

satisfy the new process.

. New System Configuration and input of the data specific to operations

at a particular center.

. Developed Access database to work out Seasonal Territorial Stops Per

On Road Hour, based on delivery area data for all UPS distribution

centers in Central Ohio.

. Use of mapping software to retrace driver route delivery orders to

reduce miles, and increase stops per on road hour.

. Coordination of buy-in meetings with drivers and management to ensure

delivery center involvement. End user support and requirements

gathering.

. User training and Support of software applications used in the

development and execution of dispatch and workload balancing plans.

. System maintenance and auditing to ensure integrity standards of

production systems.

. Industrial Engineering Planner; Development of Short term and Long

Range operating plans designed to exceed the Business Plan targets

(Cost, Service, Performance, and Safety).

. Time Study to develop time allowances based on area territory and job

type.

. Work Measurement & Methods development for most efficient operating

plans and job setups.

. Equipment cost justifications, information systems development, and

technical training.

. Support of operations in the implementation of new technologies,

procedures, forecasting and operating plans that drive optimum

performance, service and compliance auditing.

. Liaison between center management and other engineering functions.

JPMorgan/Chase, Chase Home Finance, Columbus, OH

12/2000-08/2002

Senior Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

. Tier I and II Support of servicing and origination IT customers in the

CHF division, on issues ranging from, PC, laptop and server,

hardware/software/network/VPN problems, to business critical severity

one incidents. Use of service center software to track job ticket

progress.

. Shift back-up situation manager, during severity one (Production Down)

system incidents, to marshal needed IT resources to restore and test

business-critical processes.

. Liaison between lines of business and IT in communicating outages,

updates and resolutions to system irregularities.

. Used HPOpenview to remotely manage nodes on the CHF network,

ascertaining that resources on different nodes on the network stayed

sufficient. Notified offsite resource owners as to node alarms and

network breaks. HPOpenview is built and administered on UNIX.

. Software Pre-deployment testing of Chase Home Finance solutions.

. SDLC; Participated in the Software Development Life Cycle Process.

. Managed Users and Groups on both the Novell/Netware and Active

Directory platforms. Performed adds, deletes, and modification of

users and groups. Modified file access rights to both users and

groups.

. Remotely distributed files and installations via Novell and FTP.

Education:

. Ohio State University - B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering -

2003

. Columbus State Community College - Associate of Science

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