Sales Customer Service

Stephen A. Simpson

*** ********** ******, ***** #*

Dover, New Hampshire 03820 U.S.A.

603-***-**** (Cell)

************@*****.*** (email)

Objective: Seeking a challenging position as a Senior Master Scheduler,

Production Planner or Buyer-Planner, in a fast paced manufacturing

environment, where my acquired skills and experience will be best utilized

and advancement is possible.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. 29 years of Manufacturing experience.

. 24 years of MRP experience.

. 9 years of SAP R3 / ERP (Systems, Applications & Products in Enterprise

Resource Planning) MRP experience.

. 19 years of lean Scheduling\Planning experience.

. 12 years of JIT and Kanban experience.

. APICS Training and Certification in Materials and Capacity Planning,

Inventory Management.

. 15 years Statistical Process Control (SPC) experience.

. 20 years Management experiences.

. 20 years Microsoft Office experiences.

. 1+ Years Unicam / 7 years PCBA Planning experience.

. People Soft Experience. Access Mfg. Database experience. PowerPoint

experience. M2M experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Schneider Automation, Square D Company. April, 2000 to July,

2009

Division of Schneider Electric, Inc.

One High Street

North Andover, Massachusetts 01845 U.S.A.

Senior Master Scheduler-Production Planner/Senior Buyer-Planner Spec.

(April, 2000 to July, 2009:

. Primary Master Scheduler-Production Planner for Worldwide Sales in

manufactured goods from North Andover facility in Sales Operational

Production Plan for ERP/MRP. (SAP/SOP).

. $84 Million Plan Forecast responsibility (52% of sales) with a 98.6%

O.T.D. Previous O.T.D was less than 89%. Developed and managed strategy

of the SOP Plan. Overhauled stocking levels. Created and generated

production releases for manufacturing, based on daily backlog demand.

Evaluate and create Production Plan on a daily basis.

. Performance Evaluations for 9 years were "Exceeds Expectations" category.

. Partnered interaction with Commodity Buyers to expedite component

shortage deliveries to support the Master Schedule and maintain O.T.D.

performance goal.

. Partnered with Order Administration to support the customer in their

requirements.

. Partnered with Sales, Marketing and Engineering, to develop a ramp

up\ramp down of products and implement ECO requests.

. Perpetual maintenance of Master Schedule to line up with current economic

conditions.

. Managed Purchase Orders for Sub-Contract Mfg. and International Inter-

Company Shipments.

. Corporate Delayed Delivery Analysis / On Time Delivery reports

generation.

. PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) Production Planner and subcontract

Buyer.

. Working knowledge of Unicam Engineering Software and Access Manufacturing

Database Software.

. Leadership Development & Business Focus Training / Team Building

(Schneider Automation).

. Laid off in July of 2009, as part of the Reduction in Work Force, due to

poor economy.

Foss Manufacturing Company, LLC. May, 1980 to

March, 2000

11 Merrill Industrial Drive

Hampton, New Hampshire 03843-5000 U.S.A.

Manager, Conversion Operations (April, 1993 to March, 2000):

. Directed Equipment Allocation/Manpower to insure wide range of

production/quality requirements for a 24 hour/7 day a week basis.

Excellent production output with high quality level. Performance

evaluations were "Exceeds Expectations" category.

. Managed MRP for Master Scheduling/Production Planning.

. Production Planner for Conversion Dept., as well as consultant within

Business Unit.

. Maintained Kanban / J.I.T. production.

. Managed Inventory Control of Department. High level of Inventory turns

and FIFO.

. Provided Costing Data of product mix. Evaluation of production process

for lower costs.

. Interaction with internal / external Engineering for product design /

revisions in QS9001 format.

. Develop/Maintain QS9001 instructions. Design/Develop/Maintain SOCondition-

SOProcedure system.

. Managed Personnel issues. Managed cross training within the department.

. Laid off in March of 2000, as part of the Reduction in Work Force.

Plant Coordinator (February, 1990 to April, 1993):

. Directed entire Manufacturing Facility Equipment/Manpower for most

effective and efficient Plant Production for 180 million Company sales

revenue per year, on a 12 hour shift basis (24 hour production).

Performance evaluations were "Exceeds Expectations" category.

. Evaluation/Manipulation of entire Facility Production Schedules to insure

availability of raw materials/timely production.

. Managed Personnel issues. Directed entire staff of Manufacturing

Supervisors on a shift basis (24 hour production).

Manufacturing Supervisor (May, 1980 to February, 1990):

. Managed entire production staff and equipment on a shift basis (24

hour production).

EDUCATION

East Coast Aeronautical Technical

Lexington and Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(Former partnership of Wentworth Institute of Technology; Boston,

Massachusetts, and now part of Corinthian College)

. Aeronautical Technology Degree (3.78 Grade Point Average). Ranked 2nd in

class.

. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe / Power Plant

Certification.

New Hampshire Technical College

Stratham, New Hampshire and the Foss University Campus, Hampton, New

Hampshire U.S.A

. Enrolled 1994 through 1999.

. APICS Material & Capacity Requirements Planning Certification (4.0 GPA).

. APICS Inventory Management Certification (4.0 GPA).

. Operations Management in Manufacturing Certification (4.0 GPA).

. Technical Documents Writing Certification (4.0 GPA).

. Advanced Microsoft Excel/Word Software Certification (4.0 GPA).

. Customer Service Certification.

. Team Building / Business Unit Training (Foss Manufacturing Company, LLC).

PERSONAL

Former Professional Baseball Player in the Netherlands (Holland). Other

interests: Spending time with Family, Sports, Travel, Ocean, Music,

Reading, Fitness, Antique/Classic Autos, Ongoing Restoration of my Nissan Z

car.

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