Supply Chain Manager

W. PAXSON ACUFF 414-***-****

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin *********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Industry recognized success in supplier management, influential functional leadership and trusted negotiator, influencing positive supplier partnerships and winning contract negotiations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ProActive Engineering: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Director of Inventory - Supply Chain Management Oct 2017 – June 2018

Identify, develop and direct corporate material / procurement strategies, define and establish competitive supplier networks and partnerships that deliver competitive advantages.

Design, advance and execute inventory and supply chain management procedures and policies; integrating material management activities. Result: Streamlined order cycle times by 31%.

Instill continuous improvement best practices, cultivate and realize timely and effective functional performance improvements. Result: Eliminated inventory by inaccuracies by 90%

Rockwell-Collins (formerly BE Aerospace): New Berlin, Wisconsin

Supply Chain Manager Aug. 2016 – Sep 2017

Mentor a staff of 10, deliver effective supply chain and business strategies to successfully integrate supply chain operations and elevate functional performance results and eliminate excess inventory.

Manage supplier alliances, negotiate profitable agreements and govern Supplier Quarterly Performance Reviews. Result: Trimmed supply chain by 43%, strengthened key partnerships, leveraged supplier services and achieved a 99% on-time-delivery in 6 months; an 11% improvement, and cut average order cycle times by 63 days.

Champion LEAN initiatives, formulate corporate material/procurement strategies, and implement functional processes to promote continual improvement practices and support global corporate goals. Result: Minimized material overhead costs and reduced on hand inventory levels by $850,000 in 7 months (a 7% annualized improvement) and increased material release volume by 21%.

Freeport McMoRan, Inc.: Phoenix, Arizona.

Supplier Quality Program Manager 2008-2009 and 2012-2016

Business consultant services to advise, advance and achieve strategic supplier management objectives, negotiations, agreements, and management measures for global supply chain.

Exemplify and advance development, implementation and control successful global business strategies, and international supply chain management. Result: Significantly enhanced production planning, cut order cycle times that exceeded client project objectives and cost goals.

Cultivate successful business partnerships, govern supplier performance and success of defined goals and advance defined objectives. Result: Completed Arequipa, Peru expansion ($5 billion-dollar) project 7 weeks ahead of schedule; perfecting inter-discipline cooperation and performance.

Magnetek, Inc.: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

Commodity Manager – Contract Manufacturing Services 2010-2012

Comprehensive authority guiding successful analysis, negotiation, development and implementation of supply chain strategy, procedures and outcomes. Neogotiate winning contract agreements and advance positive supplier partnerships and material management outcomes.

Analyze, identify and implement successful procurement strategies and partnerships to advance business objectives and support customer product requirements. Result: Transitioned 116 electronic assemblies saving $350,000 annually to negotiated supplier alliances while reducing order cycle times from 6-8wks to 3-5 days.

Rationalize and structured supply chain strategy with Asia licensing partner and contract manufacturing partners. Result: Shaved supplier network from 42 distributors to 12 and cut 5 contract manufacturing services to 3; negotiating respected supplier alliances - creating dynamic competition and dramatically improving material fulfillment results.

Briggs & Stratton / Home Power Products: Jefferson, Wisconsin

Commodity Manager – Commodity Steel / Value Added Contract Services 2006-2008

Identify, develop, and synthesize, strategic sourcing strategies and supplier material management programs for assigned commodities, products and services for a $55 million annual global budget.

Analyze, identify and negotiate favorable cost savings and product consolidation opportunities. Result: Saved $3,000,000 annually and reduced cycle time by 67%.

American Roller Company: Union Grove, Wisconsin

Purchasing Manager 2005-2006

Define, develop, manage and implement strategic supply chain and procurement programs to achieve organizational goals. Directed a staff of 5 with $35 million annual budget.

Rationalize and structure successful supply chain partnerships. Result: Reduced supplier network from 900 suppliers to 100 with 15 partner alliances; consolidated and leveraged material budget, lowering total cost and cutting inventory levels by 18%.

Integrate supplier performance metrics and material management / auto-replenishment programs. Result: Improved annual inventory turns 2 fold.

Rationalized and re-aligned purchasing function to better support corporate business model. Result: Vastly improved both internal and supplier communications while improving on-time delivery performance by 20% - effectively lowering Total Cost of Acquisition by 22%.

Consolidated procurement budgets into single corporate contract and negotiated material management programs. Result: Transferred $375,000 liability to supplier consigned inventory programs and reduced average lead-time from 1-2 weeks to between 1-3 days.

MILITARY SERVICE

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS / VMFA-232 Fighter Squadron

Airframe Structural Mechanic, ANCOIC Metal Shop - F4 J/S Fighter

WISCONSIN AIR NATIONAL GUARD / 128TH AIR REFUELING GROUP

Airframe Structural Mechanic, KC-135 Tanker, VFW Life Member

EDUCATION

BA Degree, Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Strategic Planning Course, Memphis State University

Additional work history is available on LinkedIn at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/w-paxson-acuff-07a98a13/

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