Kyle S. Wanick, MBA, CPIM
Union, KY
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Professional Profile
Eighteen years in Supply Chain Management and Operations in various positions with increasing responsibility to include: Supply Chain Manager, Production Planner, Material Planner, Buyer, Master Scheduler. Experience managing direct reports in high volume manufacturing/assembly and low volume high mix. Industries include: Plastics, Automotive Aftermarket, Flavor Creation, Automotive, Aerospace, and Electronics.
Education
Northern Kentucky University, Alexandria, Kentucky, USA July 2014
Masters Business Administration, Summa cum Laude
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado USA May 1997
Bachelor of Science – Industrial Technology and Management
Professional Experience
Amcor Rigid Plastics Hazelwood, MO 2/2018 – 6/2018
Materials Manager
Manage all functions of both internal and outside warehouse, including receiving, material handling, shuttling, and customer shipments.
Lead a team of 3 salaried – Production Planner, Warehouse Supervisor, Cycle Count Lead & 17 indirect FTE
Brought 3rd part warehousing from 2 different companies back in house into a new 215,000 sq ft facility, expanded the shipping team by 110% in the process
Developed Standard work and model efficiency for optimal staffing
Manage the overall production planning/scheduling function for the facility, in conjunction with the operations group
Work with Cross-Functional Team on several projects to bring in 4 new silos, 4 new machines, add a shuttle service to a new 215,000 sq ft warehouse facility while maintaining uninterrupted product flow.
Graham Packaging Florence, KY 4/2017 – 11/2017
Supply Chain Manager
Responsible for Planning, Purchasing, Forecasting, and Warehouse functions on $100M SAP based site [12 injection machines, 5 bottle lines, and 2 warehouses over 500,000 sq ft].
Lead a team of 2 salaried – Scheduler and Warehouse Supervisor and 12 indirect FTE
94% on time – in Full order fulfillment.
Coordinated re-qualifications at site level for shifting products to different sites as well as alternative resin production and qualifications.
Directly Scheduled and created labor forecast/crew model while working with corporate, 4 interplant sites, and Maintenance for extensive ongoing projects.
With a spend budget of $30M, planned, purchased and optimized inventory levels to lowest levels possible
Established Kanban for pack supplies [$50,000/mo]
Established cycle count plan to monitor FIFO for excel based Warehouse Management.
ITT – Koni Erlanger, KY 11/2014 – 3/2017
Supply Chain Manager
Lead a team of 4 FTE in Supply Chain and Shipping Departments in a SAP based environment
Reduce monthly backlog year or year by 11%
Reduced monthly inventory over 20% y/y for increase in operating cash flow of 5.5% while establishing effective safety stock program.
Lead box redesign initiative from design through prototype development and into production for new product launch.
Coordinated all activity SKU activity from part setup, through ordering, tracking, receiving and shipping.
Lead SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operating Plan) for site
Coordinated/evaluated freight RFQ for 120 sea containers for import from 4 separate countries
Responsible for Bills of Material (BOM) and routings for site.
Negotiate directly with vendors for payment terms, delivery standards, and pricing.
Reduced utilities consumption as part of green initiative to reduce electricity involving soliciting bids, and coordinating contractors for the removal and replacement of 80% of the lighting.
Increased utilization of site warehouse to allow for US footprint of sister division. Involving setting up new virtual warehouse and training to replicate the overseas operation.
WILD Flavors, Inc Erlanger, KY 5/2005 – 11/2014
Production Planner – Team Lead
Responsible for planning production for 9 different functional areas, including USDA inspected operational departments – over $80M annually
Lead subcontract manufacturing toll blended products process, $15M spend annually
Establish and maintain Item Master file attributes for safety stock levels, master-planned items utilizing AS400/Mapics. Work with Demand Management to plan for beginning/end of life product cycles
Resolve inventory discrepancies through tracking of material from receiving, to storage, to consumption.
Collaborate and actively coordinate with Demand Planning any flavor migrations to new product lines
Manage Production Capacity for standard lead time order as well as Master Planned items
Coordinate with QC and industry leading chemist for first to market technology
Exceed customer delivery fulfillment standard of 95%
ArvinMeritor Carrollton, KY 1/2003-3/2005
Sr. Master Scheduler / Buyer
Utilizing QAD.Mfg Pro Planned, ordered, tracked deliveries, verified purchases and tracked inventory for accuracy in Union environment
Analyze freight inbound/outbound demand patterns. Saved 200,000 through mixed load optimization, destination consolidation and avoiding unnecessary expedite costs.
Utilizing Six sigma principles, increased On-time delivery for assigned commodities by 20% through re-assignment of freight transportation after measuring and isolating cause variation.
Through Lean manufacturing processes, increased thru put by 8% by redistributing workloads for optimized production
Saved company an average of $75,000/year through re-sourcing purchased material. Equivalent to $3.5M Sales (Site sales $95M)
Achieved target inventory goals and consistently exceeded goals by 10-15%
Increased Inventory turns for site from 23 to 31 and for commodity specific from 22 to 35
Redeveloped point of use vs. warehousing of material with a potential to increase productivity plant-wide by 4% and reduce expedited shipments by 9%
Dell Computer Lebanon, TN 8/1999-8/2002
Sr. Material Planner
Coordinated material flow for all speakers, printers, monitors and computer chassis from 3rd party logistics warehouse (over 35 semis per day) in a non-union environment.
Through Lean manufacturing Refined material distribution process to reduce amount of vendor deliveries while reducing on-hand inventory by 15%
Proficient with WTCS, a MRP/ERP Legacy system
ISO experience includes working with QA department to generate job descriptions and processes.
Coordinated part supply and PO issues with buyers in TX
Developed training for other planners
Worked on team to streamline ordering process from a manual process to automated system
Production Supervisor
Supervised 40-75 hourly personnel In 2 functional areas (Kitting and Assembly)
Mentored, developed and assist in the promotion of 20 direct employees to positions of increasing responsibility
Designated as prototype assembly line based on superior leadership in quality and productivity
Consistently performed in the top 2 of 10 manufacturing lines, quarter over quarter
Supervised line with lowest turnover for 2 straight years
Scheduler
Trained department in master scheduling including 2 replacements
Developed new standards for site scheduler
Part of the team to develop end of quarter planning sequence and standards
Targeted for promotion after obtaining management experience
Boeing Corp Everett, WA 8/1997-4/1999
Industrial Engineer
Responsible for work flow of 75 hourly mechanics in a union environment; re-assigning job tasks as necessary
Team lead for engineering study of alternative manufacturing method for floor grid assembly
Worked with Quality and Design engineering to resolve manufacturing/design conflicts
Maintained and restructured critical path of manufacturing process as tack time fluctuated month over month
Certifications
APICS The Association for Operations Management
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), certified April 2012
Member since May 2004
Systems background includes: SAP, AS/400 Mapics, QAD/Mfg Pro, and other Legacy Systems. Fluent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)