Project Manager Supply Chain

** *********** ***** ** . ************, Georgia **121

**********@***.*** . 770-***-**** . 704-***-****

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Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Manufacturing / Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 Processing / SPC / Supplier

Negotiations / Lean Manufacturing / Purchasing / Inventory Control /

Kaizen / Aluminum Recycling / 6S / Supply Chain Certified / AS400 / SAP

Super User / Advanced Planning Finite Scheduling / Demand Flow /

Diversity / ISO 9000-2008 / Direct Cabling/Twisting / Lean / Six

Sigma / SAP Kanban / Polyurethane /

Seasoned, results-producing management professional with experience

steering and directing all aspects of plant operations, logistics,

administration, budgeting and equipment maintenance. Success managing

multiple projects with competing priorities involving international and

domestic supply chain management, process improvements, safety initiatives,

and quality control. Effectively collaborate with both domestic and

international groups to achieve organizational objectives. Proficient in

delivering comprehensive analyses and reports to facilitate site-wide

improvements and continuity.

Intuitive leader inspiring high productivity levels; repeated success

guiding diverse cross-functional teams as well as training, coaching and

motivating staff. Establish, build, and maintain productive relationships

with executive-level management.

Operations and Management Strengths:

. ERP and MRP Systems

. Warehouse and Logistics Management

. Process Redesign / Change Management

. Project and Operations Oversight

. Cost Analysis and Reporting

. Policy and Procedure Development

. People management / Quality Control

. Heavy Equipment Fabrication

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Professional Experience

Elster Meter Services. (Division of American Meter) (2007 - 2013)

Director of Operations

On site director responsible for the Cartersville, GA facility. Provided

direction to 100+ exempt, non-exempt and hourly employees, performing

diaphragm and rotary gas meter refurbishing, AMR Programming and meter

assembly.

Responsible and accountable for all plant key performance indicators for

the Cartersville facility, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, SAP

KANBAN, International and domestic sales and distribution, managing the

internal and external supply chain and morale. These responsibilities

involved managing manufacturing operations, warehousing, sales and

distribution, maintenance, customer relations and reporting key metrics to

the president. Performed financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting for

the Cartersville Facility.

Selected Supply Chain and Lean Six Sigma Contributions:

o Created a safety culture which resulted in no lost time accidents in

the last year

o Increased revenues by 242% in the last 5 years.

o Increased profits by 63%

o Improved productivity by 25%

o Led the effort to train employees in Lean, 6S, Kanban and ISO18001

(Safety).

o Managed the move to a new facility which included overseeing the

design and all contractors involved. This facility tripled the output

of the previous facility and improved the process flow. The move was

performed without disruption to customer orders or expected revenues.

o Led the effort to become successfully ISO-9001-2000 certified. Became

recertified to ISO-9001-2008 three years later. Zero non-conformances

from external audits for the last 3 years.

o Designed, programmed and installed an Access based container management

system for improved warehouse management.

o Designed a data collection process in concert with existing plant systems

and SAP to allow for more accurate and efficient production reporting.

o Designed a quality check system that was integrated into the packaging

process. This system virtually eliminated data errors for meter, AMR

parameters and customer identification.

Hanesbrands Inc. (formerly Sara Lee Hosiery) (1992 - 2007)

Plant Production Operations Manager

Provided direction to 200+ exempt, non-exempt and hourly employees, dyeing,

finishing and packaging over $100 million of L'eggs brand hosiery,

annually.

Managed all plant dyeing, finishing and packaging operations including

plant scheduling supply chain management and P&L for manufacturing. This

included managing separate warehousing and mail order processing along with

24 different types of packaging operations. Performed financial analysis,

budgeting and forecasting for the manufacturing operation. Consistently

exceeded all customer fulfillment, financial, inventory, quality and safety

goals. Utilized SAP MRP along with in-plant WMS systems to plan and

execute operations following Lean guidelines to minimize inventories and

optimize added value.

Selected Supply Chain and Lean Six Sigma Contributions:

o Developed Finite Scheduling software to work with SAP and plant systems

data in order to prioritize work flow on a daily basis. Installed

division wide to all packaging and distribution facilities. Credited

with improving order fulfillment from 90% to 99%.

o Managed the implementation of Lean, ISO 9000-2001 and WRAP (Worldwide

Responsible Apparel Preparation) initiatives.

SAP / Dye Manager

Directed operations in the Florence and Rockingham Dye Department. SAP

coordinator for the Rockingham Facility.

Oversaw and directed the 24 hour, 7 day operations of dyeing. Prioritized

activities to maximize staff productivity and meet plant metrics and

company objectives. Worked closely with Supervisors and Team Leaders to

implement TQM, Diversity and process improvements along with meeting

downstream product requirements. Collaborated with Product Development and

manufactured new products, approximately 300 new products per year. New

process improvements included working with DuPont developing their Infinity

process for increased dye exhaustion, working with the Intera group on a

wicking product and working with Ciba on carbolic acid PH reduction.

Selected Plant Engineering Contributions:

o Conceived, designed and received capital ($1MM)) for the installation of

the "Winchester Process", which improved dye exhaustion while improving

dye shade consistency. Annual realized savings averaged $.5MM.

o Oversaw the construction of two complete moves of all dyeing equipment to

another facility. Included new and used equipment installation along

with site preparation and training of new personnel.

American Environmental Products (formerly Cellin Manufacturing) (1991 -

1992)

Project Manager and Plant Engineer

Project manager for the building of a mulch, fertilizer & seed packaging

plant for the entire Scotts Patchmaster product line.

Directed maintenance and contract construction personnel. Also responsible

for improving the mulch hammer mill lines along with the cellulose

insulation line, using an innovative piece of equipment called a

"Fiberizer" to increase bulk in the fiber.

Selected Contributions:

o Designed the new Patchmaster plant to be flexible enough to allow for

package sizes ranging from 1 to 50 pounds on the same assembly line

($3MM). This reduced capital expenditures by over 50%.

o Developed a new process that reduced seed destruction loss in the

packaging process, thus increasing germination and improved customer

satisfaction.

Stowe Woodward Company (Division of British Tire and Rubber Corporation)

(1989 - 1991)

Plant Superintendent

Directed production operations for this 2 shift rubber, epoxy and

polyurethane roll covering plant which serviced paper mills. This was a

"make to order" union shop organized by the Teamsters.

Selected Contributions:

o Brought customer service levels from 65% to 98% on-time in less than 6

months.

o Created a customer oriented culture which improved quality and sales.

Polyurethane Process Engineer

Designed and worked on projects related to polyurethane roll covers.

Selected Contributions:

o Site engineer for the building of the polyurethane vertical molding

operation. Process improvement and plant expansion project that improved

roll covering durability and quality ($25MM).

o Designed and built heat treating devices for epoxy and polyurethane

curing. Some of these devices included autoclaves, large ovens and

automatic heat lamps.

Kayser Roth Hosiery (1986 - 1989)

Quality Manager, Boarding & Inspection Manager

Responsible for reporting and stimulating a customer realized improvement

in the quality of sewing and finished goods.

Generated defect data on a weekly basis with a staff of 26 non-exempt and

hourly employees on 3 shifts. Managed 3 supervisors and 150 non-exempt and

hourly employees on 3 shifts.

Milliken and Company (Magnolia Plant) (1984 - 1986)

Supervisor, Continuous Dyeing

Entry level management position. Supervised a shift for the Poly / Cotton

continuous dyeing department.

Education and Training

Master of Business Administration (2004) ( University of South Carolina,

Columbia, South Carolina

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (1984) ( University of

Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Cooperative Experience - Combustion Engineering-(Welding and fabrication of

nuclear containment vessels)

TVA-(Electric and magnetic field assessments under 500KV power lines)

Professional Development and Technical Proficiencies

Extensive Management, Leadership, and Business Strategy courses, Diversity,

Inclusion, Microsoft Office (MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook &

Access), Welding Fabrication, SAP, Lean, APICS, ISO 9000-2001, ISO 18001,

Six Sigma, various WMS Software, Welding Techniques, APICS (Basics of

Supply Chain Management certified)

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