Jeffrey C. Loeb

**** ***** ******** *****, *********, Florida 32934 ( 321-***-****

abmlcl@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Seasoned value creation and process improvement expert with a unique skill

set and an extensive and successful history of applying best practices and

IT technology to create value and ROI within manufacturing and distribution

companies. Experience includes working with some of the top technology

companies in the world. Results to date have achieved over 100 millions

dollars of audited value creation.

Extraordinarily broad and deep industry expertise with projects that have

ranged from deployment of execution solutions that are currently in use in

the launch control center (LCC) at Kennedy Space Center to optimization of

Global Supply Chains that involve coordinated shipments of product from

China, Sweden and North America for the Gevalia Coffee division of Kraft

foods.

Strategic Focus: Rapid payback and value creation in Manufacturing and

Distribution companies. Analyzed business opportunities,

identify leverage points, developed and executed plans

linked to aggressive targets. Ability to quickly use

analytics to assess high value creation activities and

rapidly deploy solutions to achieve the desire value

creation.

Leadership: Entrepreneurial, value based approach with the flexibility

to act as a director, manager, leader, team player or as a

significant individual contributor. Have successfully

managed multiple teams with 100 + reports to teams with 2

members. Strong leadership skills and proficiency in

program management, practice management, project

management, process improvement as well as application

development. Uncommon ability to effectively communicate

and connect with all organization levels from sales to IT

and from the shop floor to the board

Business Acumen: Operational experience in supply chain management,

manufacturing, automation, distribution, quality and

information technology. Adept in developing and

implementing industry best practices and global business

process optimization in multiple supply chain management

functions including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, forward

and reverse logistics management, and inventory

optimization

IT Acumen: Deep expertise in technology project management,

integration, implementation, upgrades and Software

Development. Over 24 years of comprehensive enterprise

system experience with a unique range of technology

expertise including Decision Support, Business

Intelligence, Process and Discrete ERP, Supply Chain

Management & Logistics, Supplier Relationship Management,

eProcurement, and eBusiness from the Front to the Back

Office. Comprehensive technical background which includes

Data Warehouses, OLAP, Advance Planning and Scheduling,

Transportation, CRM as well ePricing, eMarketing, Sales

Force Automation, Contact Center, Campaign Management,

Sales Configuration, Field Service

Change Management: Proficient in all stages of change management including

vision creation, value mapping, readiness assessment,

communications, coaching and training, metrics and

incentives, resistance management, participation,

collaboration and success recognition. Skilled in creating

significant and sustainable change. Methodologies applied

include CMMI, TQM, JIT, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.

Industry Acumen: Aerospace & Defense, Agriculture, Automotive, Chemicals,

Consumer Products, Distribution, Electronics, Food &

Retail, Health Care, High Tech, Industrials, Medical

Devices, Pharmaceutical, Textiles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CROWE HORWATH, LLP, Oak Brook, Illinois

2008 - Current

Crowe Horwath, LLP (www.crowehorwath.com) is one of the top 10 public

accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Under its core

purpose of "Building Value with Values ," Crowe assists clients in reaching

their goals through audit, tax, risk and consulting services. Crowe serves

clients worldwide as a leading independent member of Horwath International.

Senior Manager-Supply Chain Management Practice - A business improvement

practice delivering innovative business solutions to large and medium sized

organization both domestically and internationally. Responsibilities

included business development, engagement management, project management,

implementation and full project life cycle management.

Senior Product Manager - Crowe Planning Solutions - Responsible for the

solution architecture and product management of Crowe developed supply

chain planning applications which are marketed to Crowe manufacturing and

distribution clients.

Senior Manager - ERP Practice - This ERP practice included SAP and other

ERP solutions which focused on providing innovation solution for middle

market distribution companies. Responsibilities included business

development, engagement management, project management, implementation and

full life cycle management.

CONSULTING WORK HISTORY

Tempur-Pedic - Lexington Ky.

2007 - 2008

Tempur-Pedic Inc. is the Lexington, Kentucky-based subsidiary of Tempur

World, makers of products using a viscoelastic foam material (the original

named Temper Foam) developed in the 1960s by NASA's Ames Research Center

and refined by Swedish researchers

Supply Chain Project Manager

This role was to lead a small development team in the rapid implementation

of a custom Demand Management solution to enable to Tempu-Pedic to move

from Monthly Planning to Weekly Planning which increased supply chain

responsiveness by 400%. The first go-live of this custom developed solution

was done in 4 months.

iBASEt - Melbourne Fl.

2005 - 2007

iBASEt is a leading provider of paperless Manufacturing Execution Systems

(MES) for the Aerospace and Defense industries. USA is a leading provider

of services for shuttle processing and launch to NASA. By implementing a

paperless MES enterprise system USA eliminated thousands of non-value

activities and have systems deployed that can support the effort to return

to the moon in the new Constellation program.

Project Manager Ground Operations

This role is to lead a project team to deploy in the firing room at Kennedy

Space Center a paperless MES for electronically managing the execution of

Ground Operations procedures during shuttle processing. Key activities

included requirements analysis, creation of solution architectures, process

design using lean methodology, project planning, team building, monitoring,

testing and deployment on one of the most complex process in the world.

Tyco Safety Products - Boca Raton, Fl.

2004 - 2005

Tyco Safety Products is a World Wide Leader in fire protection and

electronic security solutions. The implementation of Logility in the

Intrusion business unit resulted in approximately 2 Millions dollars of

reduction of the costs of goods sold.

Senior Manager ERP and Supply Chain

Responsibilities included the managing of 5 reports and projects ranging

from the Global Rollout of Demand Planning, Inventory Planning,

Transportation Management, improved EDI processes, new Distribution

Centers, new ERP implementations, and improved warehouse processes.

Kraft Foods - Gevalia Division, Tarrytown, NY.

2002 - 2004

Kraft is one of the leading international food products and services

companies in the world. The Gevalia division operates a global distribution

network to provide coffee products from Sweden and Premium products from

China/Asia to millions of customers. By implementing Manugistics Version

7.1 supply chain technology Gevalia significantly increased productivity

and customer service levels while reducing costs.

Program/Project Director - Supply Chain

This role's responsibilities included the implementation of the Manugistics

Fulfillment and Demand Planning solutions reducing the planning cycle

from 3 weeks to 3 days and creating the infrastructure to support strategic

growth initiatives Key activities included solution evaluation, business

consulting and process design, project planning, research and analysis, and

the hiring of key resources and project execution. This project required

diverse expertise due to very broad scope combined with a small but

talented team.

CHEP International - Orlando Fl.

2001 - 2002

CHEP international is the leading pallet and container-pooling provider in

the World with customers such as Walmart, Krogers, P&G and Best buys. Chep

operates an international distribution network to provide Just-in -time

leased pallets and containers. By recycling and reuse CHEP not only

generates savings to its customers but also has a positive impact on the

environment.

SCM Program Manager - Supply Chain

This role responsibility included the rapid record-breaking 5-month

implementation of the Manugistics (version 7.0) Master Planning, Demand

Planning and Transportation solutions generating a million dollars/months

in audited savings. Re-deployed and integrated with SAP for America's Go-

live. This also included the execution of program management key processes

such as change control, issue tracking, resource development and

interaction with all organization levels from executive management to

technical IT resources with overall responsibility for a team of 40 and a

budget of 15 million.

I2 Technologies - Melbourne Fl.

2000 - 2001

I2 Technologies is a leader in providing technology solutions for value

chain management, which include CRM, SCM, SRM and eBusiness. Over 40

billion dollars of value has been created from these solutions to date.

I2's CRM solution included Online Order Processing, Sales Configuration,

Personalized eMarketing, ePricing and eCommerce.

Principal Business Consultant - Consultant of the Year

Responsibilities included the rollout of I2's CRM solution to field sales

and required extremely strong presales skills including value assessments

and proposition generation, business analysis and discovery, product

positioning, presentations at the strategic and operational levels,

application modeling and demo creation, and sales cycle execution. Within

4 month of joining i2, participated in a business transformation strategy

at Caterpillar using I2's CRM & SCM solutions to provide a customer/dealer-

facing marketplace, which was expected to reduce costs by 100 million

within the first full year of operations. This generated over 40 million

dollars of sales revenue for I2. At Corporate Express as CRM Lead

Principal Presales Consultant, demonstrated how I2's CRM & SCM solutions

could replace existing in-house developed CRM solutions resulting in an

additional 10 million dollars of revenue. As a result of these achievements

I was the only I2 consultant to be invited to Presidents Club after just

six months.

Siebel,- Atlanta, Ga.

1998

- 2000

Siebel was a leading provider of integrated Customer Relationship

Management software design to provide one face to the customer across all

interaction channels including the direct and indirect Sales Force, Contact

Centers, and the Web. Siebel was later acquired by Oracle.

Principal Consultant

At Siebel supported the design of the solution architecture for

international retail banking and an insurance institute. Product experience

includes Siebel's Sales Force Automation, Contact Center, Marketing,

Configuration and Marketing and their eBusiness solutions.

Oracle - Melbourne, Fl.

1995 -

1998

Oracle is one of the leading technology companies in the world providing a

comprehensive solution set including Data Base Management, Development

Tools, Enterprise Applications, Business Intelligence, Reporting and

eBusiness .

Principal Consultant Director

At Oracle achieved recognition as one of the top performing principle

consultant implementation managers. Over four years, was responsible for

the implementation of application of: Oracles CRM Sales & Marketing

Solutions, Business Intelligence & Reporting Solutions and Process &

Discrete ERP and Supply Chain Solutions. These implementations ranged from

fortune 500 to the geographies (less than 500 million). Achieved the

reputation of having deep vertical expertise in High Tech, Consumer,

Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Metal and the Apparel markets. At Oracle in the

Process & CPG vertical was responsible for IMI's Order Management solution

as well as Manugistic's Advanced Manufacturing Scheduler (AMS)

Consilium International, Melbourne Fl

1989 - 1995

Consilium was the leading provider of Plant Floor and Manufacturing

Execution Systems to the Semiconductor, Electronics, Pharmaceutical and

Medical Device Industries. Consilium was acquired by QAD.

Development Product Manager - Manufacturing Execution Systems

In the role of product manager for Consilium's MES & SCM applications

product defined market and customer solution requirements. Developed,

prioritized, and committed six-month, one-year, and two-year product

roadmaps that were attractive to customers and attainable by development.

Mapped and prioritize product capabilities to a solution value framework

and establish differentiated positioning for this solution.

Principal Consultant

At Consilium achieved the reputation as one of the top experts specializing

in their High Tech (Workstream) and Process Industry Solution (FlowStream)

and the integration of enterprise systems and the rapid implementation of

advanced manufacturing and planning systems. Was also responsible for

integrating Honeywell's DCS system, Consilium's Short Interval Scheduler

and SAP R/3 Product. Activities at Consilium also included the detailed

design and development of the solution architecture for NASA's Advanced

Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) program.

Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne, Fl.

1987 - 1989

Harris is one of the top suppliers of semiconductors for high performance

communication, military and commercial applications.

Strategic Applications Director

At Harris Semiconductor, was responsible for a team of 12 that implemented

the global rollout of SCM (Factory Planner, Short Interval Scheduler and

Company Wide Planner) and plant floor systems (WorkStream) at 12

area/sites. This included sites throughout the United, Malaysia, Singapore

and Taiwan. This solution provided savings of 20 million dollars per year

and supported over a thousand users. For the Trident Missile Program,

transformed the operation from being 3 years behind schedule to a year

ahead of schedule in deliveries through the application of this technology.

Consilium International, Mountain View, Ca.

1985 - 1989

Application Development Management Director for Engineering, Planning &

Automation Systems

Responsible for the development and rollout of new product lines for

manufacturing, advanced planning, scheduling and automation applications.

Responsible for providing guidance to the CEO on strategic partner

relationships and technology. Product Management responsibilities included

Company Wide Planner and Short Interval Scheduler, which were, implemented

globally at Intel and National Semiconductor as well as many other top

semiconductor manufacturers.

Consulting Manager

Entrepreneurial based role responsible for the training and development of

a small group of presales consultants to support Consilium's early product

releases. This included the creation of presentations, training materials

and the establishment of presales boot camps and the coordination and

support of new sales cycles.

Commodore International, West Chester, Pa.

1979 - 1985

Comodore International was a high technology firm that introduced some of

the first commercially available personal computers.

Corp Director of IT

As Director of IT with a staff of 15, was responsible for day to day

operations, infrastructure, networking and the implementations of global

enterprise systems for Plant Floor Management, Supply Chain Management,

Design Center of Excellence and Global Documentation and Content Management

Systems.

EDUCATION, AFFILIATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Widener University, Chester Pa. 1993 - BS with Dual Major, Business

Admin/Computer

Affiliations: Regular Presenter - APICS, ISA Panelist

Society of Manufacturing Engineering - Presenter, Panelist

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International Manufacturing -

Automation Workcell Standards Chair

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan Graduate School of Supply

Chain Management

Publications list and copies provided on request

APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATIONS

Systems implemented include Manugistics, Master Planning, Fulfillment,

Demand Planning and Transportation, I2's CRM Configurator, eMarketing,

eCommerce Solutions, and Factory Planning (Rhythm), Crowe RapidPlan,

Logility's Demand and supply Planner, Oracle's (11i) Discrete and Process

Manufacturing ERP and Plant Floor Solutions including Solumina, WorkStream

and FlowStream. Integration experience with legacy systems, SAP, Baan ERP,

Siebel, Broadvision, Cincom ERP, Honeywell Distributive Control and SCADA

System, Maximo 7.1, Ventyx - Asset Suite,eSOM and Material

Handling/Factory Automation, Manhattan ILS. Visual Basic, Access, SQL

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

P&L Experience: Yes

Largest Budget Managed: 15 Million

Number of People Managed: 100+

Turn-around experience: At Harris Semiconductor, for the Trident Missile

Program, transformed the operation from being 3 years behind schedule to a

year ahead of schedule in deliveries through the application of technology.

IPO Experience: Supported the successful IPO of Datalogix, which was later

acquired by Oracle.

Start-up Experience: At USBID provided consulting to executive management

and helped with business model development.

Entrepreneurial Experience: Founded CIM consulting and formed a small team

to develop for Allen Envelop one of the first PC based custom integrated

Front Office/Back Office Systems which was later deployed at five plants.

Patents

Microprocessor controlled card handler -Patent 417885 - Sept 14th, 1982

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