GREGORY PIGNATELLI

Cherry Hill, New Jersey ***** 856-***-**** ac6ggt@r.postjobfree.com

Leader that utilizes deep manufacturing, business operations knowledge, and broad strategic insight to maximize profit with leading edge operational excellence techniques and experience. PARIS CORP

WESTAMPTON, NJ

JULY 2017 – MAY 2018

Director of Supply Chain

• Spearheaded the revamp of the forecast process for Commercial paper, Consumer paper, and Weego products with Sales totaling $55 M per year.

• Developed EOQ and production process to reduce change over timeframes along with improved press layouts to attain maximum efficiencies.

• Enacted a preprinted process with the corrugated supplier to eliminate the requirement for over 240 hours of inhouse printing to be saved per year.

• Initiated Dangerous Goods certification for Lithium battery based Weego product to ensure no Shipping issues.

• Instituted S&OP process to ensure fill rate improvements, cost savings and customer fill rate increases. QUICKIE MANUFACTURING CORP

CINNAMINSON, NJ

MARCH 1997 -- JULY 2017

Director of Materials Management

Directly oversaw production and inventory of Quickie Manufacturing with $200M per year Sales & Lehigh Group with $60M per year Sales with a combined work force of over 750 employees across six distribution centers / manufacturing locations.

Lead / participated in Kaizen events within Quickie in addition to other Jarden entities. Orchestrated all promotional opportunities / execution via homegrown processes that reviews the request, material lead times and manufacturing capacities that account for $18-25M annually. Responsible for inventory level reductions of more than $2M on subassemblies, raw materials and finished goods across three American locations and two Mexican plants in 2015. Instituted Kanban inventory system in wet mop / corn broom factory located in Mexico resulting in yearly savings of over $800K.

Instrumental in folding the Supply Chain / Inventory functions of the recently added Lehigh Group at its

$60M yearly sales into Quickie Manufacturing forming a $250M+ Sales entity. Brought Lehigh over to JD Edwards ERP system and Demand Solutions forecasting software. Steering Committee head for Supply Chain in converting from JDE to SAP in 2017. Data mining, part number, router and BOM set up.

Provided expertise in manufacturing with regards to 16 staple set machines and 18 injection molding presses to multiple production facilities including institution of lean manufacturing. Presided over the Production Planning department with a keen awareness of fill rate requirements of over 98.5% and the maintaining of appropriate safety stock levels. Analyzed OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) & PMP (planned maintenance percentage) for all locations. Ran load profiles 12 – 16 weeks out to explore machine & employee capacity. GREGORY PIGNATELLI page 2

Monitored forecasts to identify changes and determine the root cause with regards to Sales & Supply Chain activities that resulted in an increase in WMAPE of over 79% lead time adjusted. Quickie's forecast accuracy had been the highest of any Jarden / Newell owned company. Instituted collaborate processes with top customers.

Resolved operational problems, such as material use variances, bottlenecks and capacity constraints. Acquired two additional staple set machines and five molds on my recommendations in 2016. Developed procedures for coordination of Supply Chain management with other functional areas, such as Sales, Marketing, Finance, Production and Quality Assurance. Liaison between these departments. Lead the sku rationalization process for both Quickie and Lehigh Group that has resulted in the elimination of over 300 specific items over the past 18 months. WORK EXPERIENCE / POSITIONS

Director of Materials Management Quickie Manufacturing Cinnaminson, NJ 2009 – 2012 Corporate Director of Planning Quickie Manufacturing Cinnaminson, NJ 2004 – 2009 Director of Planning Quickie Manufacturing Cinnaminson, NJ 2000 – 2004 Plant Manager Quickie Manufacturing Delran, NJ 1999-2000 Daily Planner Quickie Manufacturing Delran, NJ 1997-1999 Product Supervisor Nine West Company West Deptford, NJ 1995-1997 Office Manager Agency Rent A Car Cherry Hill, NJ 1994-1995 E DUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AUBURN, AL

Bachelor of Science in Business Management / Operations Management, Jan 1994 APICS member since 1993 (will recertify as CPIM or CSCP) Certified Professional Forecasting CPF Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning Jan 2014 MGI Management Institute certification Material & Capacity Requirements Planning 2011 MGI Management Institute certification Basics of Supply Chain 2009 ADDITIONAL SKILLS& ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Quickie Valuable Performer QVP March 2015

The Home Depot Einstein Product Award winner 2016

JARDEN CORPORATION Chairman's Award of Merit finalist Oct 2015 Fluent in utilizing JDE 9.1 ERP system

Demand Solutions forecasting software expertise

Experienced with High Jump warehouse inventory system Auburn University football program 1988-1989

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