Manager Plant

ERIC WOODIE

*** ***** ******** *** ( Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086 (

abn84j@r.postjobfree.com 704-***-****

Materials Manager / Strategic Sourcing Manager with 7 years' experience in

Lean Manufacturing Companies covering a wide array of commodities. I have

experience in several MRP / ERP systems such as MAPICS, BAAN, JD Edwards,

SAP, and Syteline. I have over 13 years of team leadership and management

experience being charge of diverse groups of salary and hourly personnel.

My Noted attributes include a high attention to detail and strong business

acumen.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. GIFTED NEGOTIATOR WITH THE ABILITY TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND A PROVEN

TRACK RECORD OF HIGH PPV SAVINGS.

. Materials Manager / Buyer of commodity based parts and raw material for

large Manufacturing Companies using Lean concepts including Kanban, MRP,

VMI, and consignment pull systems.

. Computer System Proficiencies: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power point.

Professional Experience

Materials / Purchasing Manager (Plant Closure July 2013)

June 2012 - Present

Apex Tool Group (A Danaher Company) Gastonia, NC

. Supported implementation of a new ERP system SAP at plant level.

. Created new SOP / standard work for new operating system (SAP).

. Managed 17 employees 2 Buyers, 3 Kanban coordinators, 3 production

controllers, 7 warehouse employees, and 2 data entry specialist.

. Successfully implemented SAP guidelines for ordering 4500 P/N's from

sister plants using the kanban method.

. Created training documents for the materials team staff showing cross

training status and a plan to ensure every position in the materials team

including that of manager has a primary back-up and an alternate back up.

68 % complete.

. Supported the plant transition team in ensuring all customer commitments

are met.

Strategic Sourcing Program Manager (Contract) March 2011-

May 2012

Hurst "Jaws of Life"

Shelby, NC

. Strategically sourced 6 product lines containing over 2200 P/N's from

Europe negotiating price, order quantities, and contract benefits

"VMI, Consignment agreements"

. Successfully negotiated freight importing rate recognizing an annual

savings of 300K in the first year.

. Reduced on hand inventory from 2.9 Million on April 1st to 2.46

million on June 31st by implementing a multi-card Kanban system.

. Managed a team of 10 employees in all aspects of purchasing, warehouse

inventory control, and material movement.

. I was responsible for the rebuilding of the inventory SOP that

included receiving, pulling, issuing, and rejecting NCM.

. Was responsible for negotiating 7 contracts that netted a total PPV of

over 800K of savings. With successful signing of these contract there

was also a production capacity improvement of over 15% going from make

to buy.

. Implemented a core group of transportation companies which saved on

average 38% per shipment for domestic trips.

. Coordinated the purchasing team in a standard work that attributed to

an increase of OTD from 34% to an average of 89% OTD.

Materials Manager (Reduction of Force Layoff)

March 2009- Feb 2011

Besam Entrance Solutions

Monroe, NC

. Revamped Kanban ordering process for entire warehouse containing over

2600 SKU's.

. Ordered component parts for all commodities within the plant while

increasing OTD from 90% to 97% in a 7 month period.

. Achieved PPV savings of ($48,326) of favorable total spend.

. Managed 47 different vendors while achieving plant goals of vendor

consolidation.

. Performed vendor analysis to assist the Global procurement team in

identifying possible vendors for kanban blanket orders.

. Instructed and cross trained 2 direct reports in kanban processes with

these skills they were able to effectively place purchase orders and

write contracts.

. Reduced plant inventory by $1.7 million by implementing a multi-card

kanban system with our Swedish and Chinese vendors.

. Managed a Materials team that included two buyers, two material

coordinators, and four material handlers.

. Surpassed end of year inventory goal of 51 MTPT days. The stretch goal

was 54 days on hand. Each day was valued at 57K.

. Decreased plant inventory from my first day of hire from 4.7 million

dollars O/H and in Transit to $2.8 Million O/H and in transit as of

December 31st 2009.

Buyer/Planner (PLANT Closure) April 2007 -March 2009

Danaher Sensors & controls

Lancaster, SC

. Responsible for managing vendor negotiations to achieve desirable OTD,

PPV Saving, part quality, and payment terms.

. Purchased Parts in commodity based procurement team while achieving

favorable prices as well as controlling plant inventory.

. Was responsible for purchasing major commodities that included (Raw

Metals, Stampings, Electronic Components, and Industrial Transformers)

Totaling $6 million in spend.

. Achieved PPV goal of 4% ($-189,465) of favorable total spend for the

purchasing department.

. Participated in two Material workshops, (Plastics & Metals) where

workshop objectives were to consolidate vendors and to receive a cost

savings of up to 25%.

. Coordinated with plant product supervisors in ordering and expediting

parts for their perspective areas.

. Worked to reduce Vendor base, by eliminating vendors that had poor

quality, poor on time delivery, and unfavorable pricing for parts

purchased.

. Worked with vendors to reduce lead times, resulting in a higher rate of

inventory turns.

. Worked with Operations team to expedite critical parts to improve on-time

delivery and to accommodate customer with quick ship requirements.

. Supported Cell supervisors with accurate forecasting and level loaded

planning in conjunction with inventory goals.

. Conducted Vendor Analysis in determining defective parts. Created debit

memos for reimbursement of funds from Vendors.

field ammunition supervisor Feb 2006 - March 2007

Northrop grumman

Barstow, California

. Supervised 35-45 employees in a union environment as they executed all

aspects of Army ammunition procedures, including transportation,

accounting, issuing, and receiving munitions.

. Interacted with customers (deployed Army units) on a daily basis to

advise and provide support for their training schedules.

. Wrote the Standard Operating Procedure for the field ammunition supply

point.

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/Rank: Sergeant July 1997 - January 2006

Education And Training

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS 1999

craven community college New Bern, North Carolina

Bachelors of Business Administration

2010

Strayer University

Charlotte, North Carolina

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