Supply Chain Quality Assurance

Gregory Bylo

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ** ********** ****

City: Livingston

State: NJ

Zip: 07039

Country: USA

Phone: 973-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $193,000

Willing to Relocate

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GREGORY R. BYLO

16 Winchester Road * Livingston, New Jersey 07039

973-***-**** * *********@********.***

DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN

Performance and action-oriented management strategist with extensive experience in leading global supply chain activities within major corporate environments. Drives International Supply Chain and Sales and Operations planning, manages and optimizes functional processes, and develops and implements process improvements. Leads global projects to enhance supply chain effectiveness and efficiency, implement new systems and develop new business competencies. Spearheads systems implementations and upgrades. Develops and conducts key education regimens, including Certified Planning and Inventory Management. Builds, trains, mentors and manages high functioning teams in the delivery of outstanding supply chain and operations excellence.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Leadership * Supply Chain Management * Operations Management * Continuous Improvement

Process Management / Improvement * Quality Management * Business Performance Management

Systems Implementations * Efficiencies * Team Building / Management * Customer Satisfaction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BECTON DICKINSON INC., Franklin Lakes, New Jersey * 1997-Present

A $7.5 Billion multinational life science company that operates in 102 countries specializing in medical devices, diagnostics, bioscience and pharmaceuticals.

Director of Supply Chain Program Manager (2012-Present)

Working for the Vice President Global Supply Chain in support of Supply Chain initiatives focused on optimizing the processes, organization and supply network. Supports the attainment of Supply Chain costs as a percentage of sales goals. Currently managing a network study for Europe and the BD Pharmaceutical systems business to decrease distribution and warehousing costs while increasing customer service levels.

Core Team Lead EVEREST Program (2007-2012)

Demand-to-Supply (DTS) Plan / Business-to-Sales / Operations Planning (BTS) Planning

Drove the Supply Chain, as well as the Sales and Operations integrated planning process. Held accountability for the development and utilization of these processes and the supporting IT applications. Worked across 6 international business units and 7 regions in designing, building and deploying new generation processes and systems that will support the organization for over the next 10 years. Directly reported on program deliverables to the Program Leadership and the business impact and change to the Integrated Supply Chain Leadership team consisting of the Chief Supply Chain Officer and all worldwide business and region Vice Presidents of Operations. Supervised an 8-member personal team and 13 global associates that represented 400+ global business planning associates.

Major Achievements: Facilitated enhanced projected forecast accuracy to 80%+, a 20% increased inventory turn, and a 15% to 20% boost in customer service levels. Eradicated inefficiencies for the single BD supply chain by designing standardized and stabilized supply chain, sales and operations planning processes. Enabled BDs meeting customer demand by enhancing production capacity and inventory availability through the implementation of a demand supply balancing process in support of customer service levels and improvements. Led global teams in the successful migration from the legacy system and process to a new one in a single go live.

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BECTON DICKINSON (continued)

Circumvented management expectations, and established a realistic understanding of system migration progress by directing the IT organization to publish weekly IT status updates, and by creating a super-user network to educate end-users on process and system use, as well as implementing planning pilots across global regions to demonstrate effective system usage to meet business requirements.

Director Global Business Process (2003-2007)

Oversaw Supply Chain, Sales and Operations Planning, as well as Warehousing and Logistics, Order Management and E-Business business processes. Partnered with team members, as well as all businesses and regions in tracking and improving business processes to meet the Integrated Supply Chain Operating Committees annual performance goals and inform project schedule decision-making.

Major Achievements: Led global teams in the delivery of 50+ global projects. Saved $10M in finished goods inventory by optimizing inventory for a single business through the development of a single echelon inventory optimization process and application. Grew forecast accuracy from 64% to 85%. Led a Weights and Measures Project that created a global technique to weight and measure every pallet each product for the ERP system, and deliver warehouse and transportation process excellence in DCs globally. Integrated change management, organization behavior and process improvement into a single integrated methodology with the development of a best-in-class Sales and Operations planning process implementation model. Addressed organizational change needs through the development of the Global Supply Chain Strategy Council in cooperation with the Vice President of the International Supply Chain that managed the global integrated supply chain. Spearheaded team efforts in North America to develop an E-Commerce strategy, including the integration of the E-Catalogue and GS1 process model. Held responsibility for the North American Forecast-to-Stock (NA FTS) process. Developed the justification and upgrade of the Advanced Planning Optimizer (APO) application from v. 3.5 to 4.0. Managed an ISC project to launch a competency model that provided ISC associates with a consistent career path. Organized APICS Certified Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) classes. Contributed to BD winning awards as an example of supply chain best-in-class. Recognized as the Supply Chain Process leader and global design expert, serving as the main point-of-contact for all supply chain issues.

Facilitator of the Forecast-to-Stock Team Genesis Program (2001-2003)

Led the implementation of the new Genesis Supply Chain Planning and Manufacturing ERP solution across 52 global locations over 4 years. Stabilized and improved APO software functionality and usability that employed demand and supply planning modules, as well as R/3 system integration. Integrated the APO and Business Warehouse aspects of the SAP system in the companies disaster recovery protocol to ensure risk mitigation. Oversaw the activities of 4, 5-member global implementation teams.

Major Achievements: Launched a standardized SOP methodology across all businesses and regions that became BDs foundational business process. Replaced 400+ individual computer systems with a single SAP system on a global basis. Instituted a global design through localization of 50 manufacturing sites and minimized change requirements while moving to a common application. Empowered global inventory, demand and capacity visibility through the establishment of a single planning and execution process across the supply chain.

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ADDITIONAL BD EXPERIENCE

Facilitator of Manufacturing Team Genesis Project Managed the Genesis project manufacturing redesign and validation of production planning and execution, as well as quality management and plant maintenance functions. Led the successful rollout of 13 manufacturing plants across 4 regions.

Team Member Quality design Team Genesis Project Configured the quality notification module that tracked and controlled preventative and remedial actions. Implemented the Columbus manufacturing plants quality module, coordinated the Columbus team, and brought the 1st manufacturing site onto the SAP ERP global design. Served as a team member in the companys global integrated manufacturing design.

Corporate Quality Systems Manager Developed the SAP ERP global design proposal and business case as a Genesis Blue Print Team member. Eliminated redundant supplier audits and saved business expenditures through the creation and presentation of an integrated global supplier evaluation methodology to the global procurement council.

EARLY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

KEARFOTT GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CORPORATION, Wayne, New Jersey

Manager Quality Assurance Drove all Quality Assurance functions to meet TQM and MIL-Prime goals and enhanced the ISO-9000 implementation plan. Identified, developed and conducted training needs that included Six Sigma, SPC, DOE and DFMA courses.

Manager Procurement Quality Assurance Charged with redeveloping the Procurement Quality Assurance and Incoming Inspection departments to improve received materials quality, and redesign the departments systems and procedures. Decreased the vendor base by 50%, improved Incoming Inspection time from 60 to 14 days and decreased headcount by 22%. Served as the Assistant CPI Chairman responsible for the development of customer quarterly reports, program training, team facilitation and corporate procedures.

Principal Engineer Played a key role as Quality Coordinator for 4 major production contracts. Addressed quality issues, ensured cross-functional education and remediation. Developed the SPC training course and led classes for 120 engineers as Assistant Program Chairman for the CPI Program. Acted as the main point-of-contact with customers concerning CPI and SPC issues.

Supervisor Incoming Inspection Operations Developed inspection guidance, resolved material issues, and participated in daily operational inspections.

Senior Staff Engineer Held accountability for the Machine Shop and Assembly Department Continuous Process Improvement Program as Vice President, Quality Assurance.

Intermediate Engineer Bolstered production rates from 3 to 70 per month through the development of an automated test facility for highly accurate gyroscopes. Identified the need for an Expert System to diagnose failures and develop remedial actions for improvements.

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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (continued)

SMITH WESSON, Springfield, Massachusetts

Manufacturing Engineer Resolved production line issues, maintained quality, and met cost goals. Conducted machining line investigations, ensuring print-to-part conformity, and implemented remedial actions. Served as the Process Engineer on the concurrent engineering design team, redesigning the trigger mechanism for government handgun submission.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified Lean Leader in the Officer Leader

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

Certified Building Sub-code Official State of New Jersey

Competent Toastmaster (CTM) of Toastmasters International

Certified Quality Engineer from American Society of Quality

AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Quality

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Association for Planning and Inventory Control

BD UNIVERSITY

Developing Your Career in a Changing World Instructor

Certified Organizational Profiler

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

SAP R/3 4.0B * SAP SCM and APO * SAP BI * SAP ECC

Microsoft Office Suite * Microsoft Project * Microsoft VISIO

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