Supply Chain Engineer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Success-driven professional with over 10 years of Engineering and

Managerial experience. Expertise includes developing and implementing

continuous improvement strategies and initiatives that positively impact

efficiencies and costs, performing organizational diagnostics, promoting

safety, leading teams, cultivating operator awareness and ownership and

championing lean manufacturing principles that support the organization's

strategic mission.

Areas of expertise include:

. Continuous Improvement . Process Improvement . Product

Integration

. Product Lifecycle Management . Lean Manufacturing .

Facility Consolidation

. Global Supply Chain Management . High and Low Volume Mfg

. Warehouse Management

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Reduced purchase order liability by 78% ($15.9M to $3.5M) within 9 months

without jeopardizing part availability by matching purchase order

quantities with current customer demand

. Reduced quick inventory by 42% ($10.2M to $5.9 M) within 10 months while

maintaining an average 93% OTD to customer request date by purchasing the

right inventory at the right time in the right quantities

. Improved inventory turns by 135% (6.2 to 14.6) within 10 months by

reducing replenishment quantities and lead-times.

. Implemented cycle count program base on ABC inventory classification,

which resulted in exceeding the target by 56% ($7.8M vs. $5M goal) within

3 months.

. Developed a tool to track excess and obsolete inventory. Reduced E&O by

87% ($1.5M to $200K) within 6 months.

. Increased production capacity in 6 months by 700% (25 units to 200 units

per month) utilizing lean principles of continuous improvement ensuring

in production flexibility and an increase in revenue with existing

headcount.

. Realized over $500K in savings for a Tier-1 automotive supplier within a

1 year period utilizing continuous improvement and lean manufacturing

practices.

. During a period of financial and staffing challenges, evaluated cycle-

times, machine outputs and staff functionality, culminating in a 30%

reduction in headcount, improved efficiencies and an average $120K

savings annually.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Videojet Technologies, Inc. (A Danaher Company), Wood Dale, IL

(A global manufacturer of coding, printing and laser technologies)

Materials Manager 06/09 to Present

Responsible for improving inventory accuracy, developing a sustainable

cycle count program, simplifying inventory replenishment method,

planning, purchasing and receiving over 20,000 parts.

. Responsible for the management and development of 14 salary and

hourly employees

. Reduced the number of part shortages by 25% within 7 months by

identifying root cause and implementing proper replenishment

strategy

. Responsible for improving OTD through the management of inventory

valued at $89M annual spend

Obsolescence Manager 10/07 to

06/09

Responsible for development of global standard operating procedure to

minimize the negative financial impact resulting from products at the

end of their life cycle by identifying, tracking, and managing

obsolete inventory.

. Managed and coordinated product obsolescence resulting from new

product development introduction

. Negotiated last time buys with suppliers to reduce financial

liability and protect component availability for product support

period

. Developed obsolescence analysis tool which considers final build-

out quantities and support period requirements

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer 10/06 to

10/07

Provided strategic and consultative support to enhance the

manufacturing material and process flows for the laser division.

Improved productivity through the implementation of a Kaizen event

which assisted with the continuous- flow facility layout, staffing

modifications and materials flow. Evaluated existing processes and

identified key aspects to new product lines in order to incorporate

best practices within the production cell.

. Assumed engineering responsibilities for production, quality,

productivity and process. Re-analyzed inventory by setting max/min

levels thereby reducing inventory at point-of-use for operators,

changed the inventory flow and reduced cell square footage.

. Led a cross-functional team of 6 charged with the

absorption/integration of a less-efficient cell into a highly

efficient cell resulting in reduced square footage and headcount

and improving productivity on the product line.

UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Carol Stream, IL

Industrial Engineering Supervisor 11/05

to 09/06

Served as the principle engineer supporting 7 facilities with the

development, implementation and deployment of operational processes

and best practices for the logistics division of a world-renowned

organization.

. Managed material flow for supply chain accounts by improving

supplier delivery from 93% to 97% in a 3 month period.

. Implemented an A-B-C inventory strategy and reduced daily location

replenishments from 5 to 1 through analysis and redeployment of

staff, materials assessment and facility layout enhancements.

. Served as the lead for consulting and re-engineering opportunities

and in the planning and execution of large project implementations.

. Trained engineering resources in the approved processes and

standards for work measurement application and maintained

organizational databases.

. Developed and validated labor requirements for new business.

. Managed operators to ensure timelines and project deliverables were

met and developed training materials for use.

Select Industries, Dayton, OH

Manufacturing Engineer 08/04 - 11/05

Provided impeccable engineering services for a 5-plant, ISO Certified,

Tier-1 automotive parts supplier.

. Improved inventory turns by 50% within 6 months resulting in

increased profit to the bottom line in one month.

. Created sellable square footage for new business through a

strategic reduction of 96% of supermarket inventory of 6-8 weeks to

1 days.

. Modified 90% of the inventory replenishment process and developed a

successful "pull" vs. "push" system.

. Established inventory min/max levels for existing products

achieving 100% on-time delivery.

. Improved operating availability and performance, optimized plant

layouts, reduced waste, and promoted cost-reduction through

deployment of value-stream mapping, 5 "Why" technique, Kanban and

Kaizen activities, etc.

. Developed and maintained PFEP (Plan for Every Part) database to

include monthly reviews and adjustments.

EDUCATION

University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 08/03

BS, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH

06/00

ASS, Mechanical Engineering Technology

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DePaul University, Chicago, IL 07/08

Supply Chain Management Certification

Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH

11/05

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

Lean College, Troy, MI 08/05

Lean Manufacturing Certification

Select Industries, Dayton, OH 06/05

Harris Lean Systems - Making Material Flow

5S and Lean Manufacturing

03/05

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Software: Oracle v11, Office 2007, Ariba, Team Track, MS Project Pro

2003, MS Visio 2003, LMS (warehouse/distribution), PKMS

(retail), WDS, SPLUS, Exceed v3.5, Solid Works v16, AutoCAD

2008, I-DEAS v8, ProE 2000, MathCAD 2000

Julia Boyd

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