Manager Sales

MICHAEL R. SCARPONE

**** *. ***** **. ****: 561-***-****

Pierson, MI 49339 email: *******.********@**.***

SUMMARY

Senior Production - Supply Planner / Purchasing-Distribution Manager with strong organizational

and analytical skills who promotes a customer focused approach. Supervised to completion in excess

of 40 new product introductions from development through customer shipment and eventual end of

life cycle. Developed and implemented processes supporting system installations of the I2 Factory

Planner tool. Designed and delivered training domestically and at five offshore support facilities.

Expertise in Purchasing, Production and Inventory Control, Distribution, New Project Materials

support, Demand Planning, Logistics, VMI and CPFR. Strengths include:

Bill of Materials Distribution Fulfillment Costing Structure

Process Optimization Material Requirements Warehousing

Strong Communication Skills Production Operations Inventory Turns

Shipping and Receiving AME Member Constraint Analysis

Oracle MRP and Demand Planner On-Time Delivery APICS Inventory

SAP Purchasing/MRP/Demand Control

Planner

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 - 2012

Applica Inc. / Spectrum Brands

(Global supplier of consumer appliances)

Supply Planning Manager, responsible for purchasing and allocating product supply in order to

support on time delivery of demand forecasts and actual customer orders. Our supplier base is

predominantly from China. Managed inventory of approximately $30mm for my product categories.

Successfully transitioned from Oracle MRP to SAP without negative impact to customer delivery

while maintaining appropriate inventory levels. Selected to participate on a task force team, meeting

with suppliers in China to better-set expectations and influence supplier participation in delivering

peak season demands on time. Worked directly with Wal-Mart, Target and several other retail sales

teams in order to manage through constraints and review upcoming demand events. Led weekly

S&OP meetings with sales and upper management tracking project and open issues status.

Successfully directed the transition of the Pest and Pet product categories out of the company

portfolio (inventory and forecasts) over to the new business units while maintaining on time

customer delivery.

2002 – 2006

MPL, Pompano Beach, FL.

(Global manufacturer of OEM pneumatic switching devices)

Inventory Control, Planning and Purchasing Manager – Responsible for all purchasing and product

scheduling supporting the Pompano Beach Manufacturing site as well as the new offshore production

facility in Costa Rica. Participated in the new Visual Manufacturing system installation as it related

to inventory control, purchasing and manufacturing. Direct reports to me were three buyers, the total

warehouse team and the shipping team.

MICHAEL R. SCARPONE

MOTOROLA CORPORATION, INC., Boynton Beach, FL 1978 – 2002

(Global manufacturer of telecommunications solutions)

Senior Supply Planner 2000 – 2002

• Implemented and refined systemized scheduling process for Distribution Center shipping up to

180K units monthly. Coordinated the restructuring of bills of material in support of Oracle

system installation. Evaluated, defined, expedited and maintained Distribution Ship plan using

sales and marketing forecast against current inventory levels. Drove two tiered customer

fulfillment program ensuring drop ship delivery and production flow. Prioritized customer

expedite requests, current deadlines and retail demands. Prepared collaborative forecasts with

new product introductions.

• Implemented I2 Factory Planner scheduling in Distribution Center reducing WIP 60% while

improving on time delivery to the customer 20% to 99.98% on time.

• Reformulated 100% bills of material with zero defects in structure/cost, 30% ahead of schedule.

• Developed distribution ship plan supporting drop ship program requiring order fulfillment in five

days from receipt with 100% on time delivery for three consecutive quarters.

• Improved inventory turns from 11 to 23 turns as a result of plan and schedule implementations.

Production Planner 1995 – 1999

Selected to manage transition of Core Technology products. Conducted training courses supporting

new systems installations. Key member of cross functional team developing manufacturing

operations as well as planning and scheduling processes required for Oracle system integration.

• Managed Core Technology product crossover involving 340 new and unique procurement piece

parts along with 140 items for cancellation. Eliminated $33M in excess inventory exposure.

Achieved product launch with 100% material availability per program schedule.

• Headed training development for use of I2 Factory Planner and conducted training for associates

located in Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, China, and Singapore.

• Organized team with goal of 10X-cycle time reduction for new product introductions. Team

received Corporate Engineering Award for setting benchmark for all future programs.

Production Scheduler 1983 – 1994

Formulated production schedules for three manufacturing sites while coordinating material between

them in support of total product portfolio. Scheduled electronic assemblies from Motorola Puerto

Rico facility while analyzing inventory availability and clearing constraints as required. Provided

inventory-balancing plans based on forecast changes.

Created documentation and formulated a training program facilitating consolidation of

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scheduling and Materials Planning job functions.

Selected as subject matter expert to establish planning department in Puerto Rico. Conducted,

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training for materials planning process as well as user testing of newly installed planning

systems.

Director of total physical inventory in Texas facility. Also key contributor to facility start up and

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product manufacturing transfers.

Buyer Analyst 1981 – 1982

International Order Administrator 1978 – 1980

MICHAEL R. SCARPONE

EDUCATION

Motorola University: Scheduling and Cost Control

Time Management

MRP1&2

Oracle Demand Planner

SAP MRP/R3

Project Management

Negotiating Skills

Change Management

Business Accounting

Fundamentals of Inventory Control

Supply Planning and Manufacturing

APICS

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