Paul Hine, MBA

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Southbury, CT 06488

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Experienced Supply Chain Manager

Experienced Supply Chain Manager in a high tech fast paced environment. Skilled Negotiator with the patience to deliver favorable outcomes. The proven ability to motivate teams to achieve what were thought to be impossible goals. A track record of eliminating Part Shortages by applying Root Cause Analysis and eliminating the causes. Works well with Finance to manage Inventory to meet financial objectives. Experienced at bringing New Products to Market. Professional skills include:

●Meeting Budgets ●Motivating Teams ●Inventory Reduction

●Cost Savings ●Contract Negotiation ●Project Management

●Lean ●Problem solving ●Six S

●Forecasting ●MRP/ERP Functionality ●DMAIC Method

●”No” to Part Shortages ●Value Stream Process Mapping ●Cross Functional Teams

Professional and Hands on Experience

ProfitLink, Inc. 1992 -Present

Consulting and Training Company that focused on Supply Chain Improvements

Head Coach and Founder

Set up and facilitated a Supply Chain team that delivered a $20 million improvement in cash flow, establishing us as the top performing division in the US for the quarter.

Worked with the Logistics Department of a company to reduce the cycle time for the creation of export documentation from 17.5 to 2.5 days.

Facilitated a team of 15 people that reduced the cycle time by 60%, from 15 months to 6 months as measured from engineering release to construction completed of the Ships Control Station for the USS Texas SSN 775 which is a Nuclear Submarine.

Established a Value Analysis process with a team that met once a week for 6 months. The team implemented savings of just over $480,000 per year.

Twice took over as Interim Supply Chain Manager to right the ship and conduct the search for a full time replacement. One of these assignments was for a capital goods manufacturer for Apple Phones during a ramp up in production. Seven of their machines went on each line. Was able to keep operations supplied with material to ship on time.

Rensselaer of Hartford 2009 - 2013

School Established to Train UTC Engineers

Graduate School Lecturer

Lead Instructor in the Masters of Engineering Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Degree.

Mentored and approved students in the Thesis Process for their Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma.

The average savings for the company on a Black Belt project was $562,000 per year.

Co-created and taught in the Masters of Science Degree in Healthcare Process Improvement that was on site at St. Francis Hospital.

Paul Hine, MBA

Pro-Tech, Inc. (Professionals for Technology Associates) 1988 - 1992

Number One Consulting Company in the World for Supplier Certification

Vice President of Consulting

Acted as the Project Manager for the development of the First Supplier Certification Process at Allied Signal for one of their Aero Space Divisions. Revised the internal Supply Chain at an electronics company to eliminate part shortages as a cause for late shipments. Taught Negotiations course as part of the training staff for the Institute of Supply Management.

Various Manufacturing Companies 1976 - 1988

Held the following positions;

Purchasing Trainee, Buyer, Traffic Analyst, Purchasing Manager. Materials Manager and Director of Materials

Spent 4 years as Director of Materials with a Materials staff of 30 people in a high volume manufacturing multi-plant setting.

Reduced material costs each year when the annual inflation rate was high and the rest of the industry was absorbing price increases.

Worked with sales, planning and operations to eliminate part shortages which improved productivity by 25%. This included creating a forecasting process that was supported by Marketing.

Started Materials having an early involvement with Marketing and Engineering on NPI to smoothly introduce new products to Market, a first for the company.

First year in Purchasing saved five times my annual salary in Value Analysis ideas.

Established a centralized transportation approval process that beat the target goal of a 5% annualized savings in expenses in year one by 100%.

Negotiated a 20% decrease in delivered cost with Japanese Diamond suppliers.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Masters of Business Administration 1980

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Bachelors of Science in Business Management 1976

Authorized to work in the United States

Memberships & activities

Co-Authored the book The World of Negotiations Never Being a Loser

Member - Association of Production and Inventory Management

Volunteer High School Youth Worker

Avid Hiker and Skier

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