Supply Chain Manager

ROBERT SAVIGNY

**** ********** ****** ******** ****, TX 77459

281-***-**** (c)

***.*******@*****.***

Supply Chain Professional with extensive experience in Production Planning and Inventory Control, Transportation, Purchasing, Customer Service in a global environment

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

•35+ years of successful Supply Chain Management experience, including site logistics, production planning and inventory control, purchasing, customer service, coordinated on a global basis

•Exceptional SAP knowledge in MM, PP, SD. Served as Business Lead in implementation project, roll outs, and upgrades

•Process oriented individual, with ability to define and implement KPI’s to improve process measurement and performance

•Exceptional problem solver, driven to succeed with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

•Superb mentor, excellent leader that inspires employees to maintain peak performance and productivity while maintaining high morale

•Energetic, capable of adopting a number of roles and tasks simultaneously

•Excellent communication and presentation skills

•Strong ability to turn a vision into reality

SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Executive/Supply Chain Management

•Manage supply chain activities for the Americas, including coordination of activities with other regions

•Took an organizational vision from a Supply Chain Reorganization project and developed it into a highly functioning department

•Was responsible for management of approximately 100 people in three countries

•Responsible for management of a returnable fleet of over 20,000 containers, globally, with a value over $20MM

Budget/Financial

•Responsible for cost center budgets of approximately $12 million, and transportation expenses of $11.5 million annually

•Exceptional cost control, with budgets flat for last three years

•Negotiated changes in payment terms to selected carriers resulting in $70,000 annual working capital savings

Production Planning/Inventory Control

•Implemented product segmentation approach to improve forecasting accuracy from 50% to

70%

•Through planning improvements, reduced inventory by 18%, while maintaining service levels

•Developed materials, and trained approximately 250 planners in inventory management and forecasting techniques

Project Management

•Business lead for initial SAP implementation, roll-out, and upgrade projects

•Leader ISO 9000 implementation for site

•Leader Transport Optimization Project for the Americas

•Dynamo project leader for Systems and Planning, resulting in standardized inventory management and Sales & Operations Planning templates for business area

Transportation

•Manage private fleet operations in Mexico and the US to ensure timely, safe product delivery Over 2 million miles of safe fleet operation

•Worked on a team to bid LTL freight, resulting in savings/cost avoidances to my BU of approximately $70,000 per quarter

•Implemented freight payment and software project on time, on budget for BU

Team Building/Leadership

•Provided superior leadership, direction, and guidance for a team of 100 people in three countries

•Fostered consensus and employee ownership across all functional disciplines

•Able to effective work and communicate with all levels of employees and management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Global Fleet Manager - Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemistry 2015 - 2018

Global Supply Chain Manager – OMS Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals 2013 - 2015

Project Manager – Systems & Planning Akzo Nobel BA Chemicals 2011 - 2013

Supply Chain Manager Americas – Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals 2003 - 2011

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Valparaiso University General business

Valparaiso, IN

Buffalo, NY Transportation Management

Multiple Supply Chain courses and seminars; SAP PP Configuration

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

SAP, Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Valparaiso University 1970-1972

Valparaiso, IN

University of Buffalo 1972-1977

Buffalo, NY

Multiple Supply Chain courses and seminars; SAP PP Configuration

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

SAP, Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows 95/98/XP

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