CHARLES G. WITTUM, JR.

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Cleveland, Tennessee 37312 E-Mail; acegs3@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR-LEVEL OPERATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN, PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS

Executive-level supply chain, procurement, logistics, and operations management professional with a reputation as a leader and

motivator who can create innovative solutions and implement processes and programs that reduce costs, increase cash flow, improve

quality and customer satisfaction, and capitalize on new strategies for business growth in global markets. Possess a broad scope of

experience from tactical involvement with logistics management to oversight of strategic planning and onsite management of offshore

commercial operations; with the ability and experience to restructure and improve operating efficiency for the Procurement & Materials

Management Groups in the U.S. Latin & South America, Mexico, Europe, Thailand, Argentina, Korea and the Pacific Rim.

• Strategic Planning • Global Supplier Quality Management • Six-Sigma Training

• Continuous Process Automation • Multi-Site/Multi-National Management • Price/Contract Negotiations

• Project Management • Cross-Function Team Leadership • Training & Mentoring Development

• Global Logistics (JIT Delivery, Kanban Systems, Lean Methodologies) and Supply Chain Management

• Global Procurement, Warehouse, Material Handling, Overall Workflow Strategies & Procedure Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Walter Energy, Birmingham, Alabama July 2013 – Present

Director of Strategic Sourcing (corporate/division)

Walter Energy is a publically traded multi-national mining company of coal with approximately $750-million in spend. Responsibility;

• Execute sourcing strategies for identified spend categories; developing the tool to identify spend within Oracle

• Direct process to select & manage suppliers (currently over 1000)

• Executed 25 to 30 Good and Services contracts to improve through put timing on construction and repair work within the

mines / This identified the primary suppliers to use

• Develop annual Procurement Department savings targets to be incorporated into the Company budget process

• $25M savings 2013 / $11M YTD 2014 with an addition $17M to be executed and ~$1.75M run rate each of the next 6-

quarters executed. We achieved $50M in savings and avoidance in 9-months (substantiated by Sr. Management)

• Manage key vendor relationships to deliver superior service, low cost, and high quality products and services.

• 30-yr cost per ton contract; renegotiated to pay-as-you go developing a savings of over $10M over the next 3-yrs

• Brought in a second source for the Mining Shearer producer and mining services – Yielded a $2.5M savings

• Participate in interdepartmental committees and work groups as assigned; collaborated to develop spec and standardize materials

for more competitive ability between suppliers (develop competition).

• Collaborated with Legal to develop commercial contracts templates that supported Walter Energy

• Took 8 contracts and developed into 3 primary templates / ease of which contract to use when

HARSCO-RAIL, Columbia South Carolina – Division of HARSCO Corporation Jun 2011 – July 2013

Director of Global Supply Chain & Supplier Quality (corporate/division) May 2012 – July 2013

Director of Global Procurement (corporate/division) Jun 2011 - May 2012

HARSCO-Rail is a global manufacture of railroad maintenance equipment with $300M+ in sales. The Rail division is a part of HARSCO

Corporation, a diversified industrial public company with annual sales exceeding $3-billion.

• Led organizational development (succession planning, salary administration, right-sizing), policy administration, budgets and

strategic planning. Establish quality objectives, materials planning supporting & co-developing operation flow and policy

• Reorganized the siloed Materials Management groups including Supplier Quality over several divisions into a cohesive materials

supply chain group to gain internal and external supply chain synergies. Developed Global Commodity Sourcing teams (using

the cell concept) that within 12-month time period developed a $2.75M 3-year run-rate cost reduction program

• Revitalized lean efforts in outsourcing $7M of materials, components and fabrications supporting the increase in the

manufacturing velocity; over 12-month period to improve support in the Engineer-to-Order as well as the Assemble-to-Order

• Co-developed the manufacturing core competency strategy taking the facilities from an integrated manufacturing to an assembly-

of-equipment operation resulting in % reduction in lead-time while improving material velocity internally and externally.

Developing a global footprint that is agile enough to introduce anywhere in the world to support global growth.

• Developed over $16M worth of supplier contracts and developed an auto supply chain replenishment system which reduced

inventory and improved components/fabrications lead-time.

• Revitalized and re-instituted the S&OP process; implementing the Demand Planning portion into the overall process to better

align the forecast to Operational activities improving insight to inventory management.

SUNCOKE ENERGY, Knoxville, Tennessee - Subsidiary of Sunoco, Inc., a Fortune 100 firm Jan 2008 – Jun 2011

Procurement Director of Coke & Chemical Divisions (corporate/division) Nov 2009 - Jun 2011

Procurement Manager of Operations Chemicals & Energy Division Jun 2009 - Nov 2009

Manager of Strategic Operations / Manager of Commercial Operations Jan 2008 - Jun 2009

Provided strategic leadership over large-scale international projects, operations and procurement initiatives for this global company that

produces and furnishes over 3.5M tons of metallurgical coke per year (25% of total U.S. production) to integrated steel makers.

• Developed strategic sourcing strategies for facility construction and expansion projects in Brazil that identified 25 low-cost

suppliers from China, India, and Brazil and generated a 20% reduction in supply costs

• Led 400+ activities on the $75M Brazil facility renovation project to bring the plant back to full capacity of producing 1-Million

tons of coal to supply the Arcelor Mittal Vitoria, Brazil steel blast furnace. In addition; co-developed and implemented

manufacturing action plans while gaining “buy in” to US corporate methodology with Brazilian colleagues

• Developed first Supplier Quality Program that improved product quality provided by the existing supplier base; installing SPC

equipment to monitor the coal blend and developing robust, repeatable test to support the coal standard testing.

• Created new Corrective Action Program that identified root causes and improved operational/supplier performance.

• Enhanced material availability, decreased costs, and reduced inventory 20% over 10 months

• Led Maximo Procurement and Maintenance software implementation that involved developing the new procurement process

which supported cost savings; projected $10M annually in the first year and $30M over the next three years.

• Restructured the entire Procurement & Materials Management Groups providing management leadership to employees located

throughout the U.S. and Brazil. Provided leadership and coaching that turned several underperforming employees into top

company performers; from the bottom 3% of performers into the top 5% of the performers (corporate-wide)

HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL, Chattanooga, Tennessee - subsidiary of Dover Corporation Jan 2004 – Apr 2008

Vice President of Materials & Supply Chain / Retained Of Council Jan 2008 - Apr 2008

Vice President of Materials & Supply Chain Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

Led global logistics and supply chain management improvements for this dry bulk and petroleum stainless steel trailer manufacturer

and played a key role in achieving the company’s goal of expanding and streamlining the global market.

• Streamlined materials flow process by improving quality, reducing inventory, and developing new global suppliers.

• Saved up to $20M by reducing costs and developing strategies to attract worldwide suppliers

Strengthened connection with IT real-time information; improved real time bottle neck analysis and data accuracy and gave lead

time and cycle time tracking and labor accountability and controls.

• Reduced inventory through development of electronic Kanban releases based on container utilization; reduced and paved way

for elimination of card system

• Increased inventory turns 60%-80% in 12-months

• Led a mentoring program that developed supervisors and line staff; received the Outstanding Leadership Award

• Managed cross-cultural relationships interfacing with: Purchasing, Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing processes

from product development through supply chain optimization (senior officers, site managers, supervisors).

Evaluated global warehousing, 3rd party logistics, and duty-free inventory warehousing; set up JIT delivery duty free warehouses

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in Uruguay and Argentina

• Negotiated worldwide to advise, mentor, and lead business direction in global facilities located in Thailand, Argentina, England,

Brazil, China, Poland, and the U.S. with up to $225M in sales

• Leveraged lowest price and cost to gain efficiencies in material handling improving supplier performance, product life cycle, and

aftermarket customer service component response time

GUIDE CORPORATION, Anderson, Indiana Sep 1999 – Jan 2004

Vice President, Materials & Supply Chain Jun 2002 – Jan 2004

Director of Materials Management & Supplier Quality Sep 2001 – Jun 2002

Purchasing Manager – Direct Materials Sep 1999 – Sep 2001

Promoted through senior and executive leadership roles with the nation’s largest automotive lighting manufacturer, including managing

up to $300M in annual purchases for multiple divisions.

• Participated on Sung San Board, Korea to develop a supplier contract

• Developed Lean Manufacturing with the use of JIT and Kanban Systems; developed and implemented external Kanbans with

task teams for the scheduling of raw materials and reducing inventories

• Developed supply base coordinating supplier processes through the APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and control plans.

• Drove improvement with suppliers through CPAR and Preventative Action

• Negotiated consignment programs averaging $20M annually along with moving 80% of the supply base to net 65-day payment

terms that resulted in improving cash flow

Developed 3rd party logistics to reduce plant inventory, overall material costs, and minimize plant overhead

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• Streamlined Mexico’s 3rd Party Logistics to 24-hour of product on manufacturing floor/delivery 2-3 times/day

• Sourced product/components worldwide (U.S., China, Korea, Mexico, France, England, Germany, Honduras, etc.) to reduce

overall cost and drive efficiencies within the overall supply chain

• Consistently produced $10M to $12M in annual savings (between 3 & 4% year-over-year)

• Created and led a major sourcing team working cross functional with engineers, procurement, and supplier development that

produced $5M year over year for 3-years for the a wire-harness for the GMT800 Platform (the largest automotive platform);

developing the process and equipment set-up for the Chinese supplier while procuring the tools and implementing a potted

socket (developed and patented by Guide – Engineer on the team) to support the build

Additional Experience:

Quality Manager, EARLE M. JORGENSEN COMPANY, Plainfield, IN Jun 1998 – Sep 1999

Materials Manager, FOREMOST MOBILE, Indianapolis, IN May 1996 – Jun 1998

Materials/Purchasing Manager, BLUE LUSTER PRODUCTS, INC, Indianapolis, IN Jan 1995 – May 1996

Special Contracts Buyer/Inventory Manager, MASCO CORPORATION, MI/PA Apr 1994 – Jan 1995

Purchasing Manager, STANDARD LOCKNUT & LOCKWASHER, Westfield, IN Jun 1984 – Apr 1994

EDUCATION

B.S. Business Management; Summa Cum Laude - INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Indianapolis, IN - 2002

CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• UPUI Continuing Studies Certification Program for Purchasing and Materials Management

• Certified QS-9000 Internal Auditor • ISO-9002 Lead Auditor

• NAPM Certification Program – Advanced Purchasing • APQP, FEMA, PPAP, MAPM Training

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