Project Manager Manufacturing
Resume:
Laurie Massengill
**** ****** ******, ********, ** 38372
*******@*****.***
WORK HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
Supply Chain and Logistics Manager
TBEI, Inc - Tishomingo, MS - December 2012 to August 2014
Managed 6 people in $10M business manufacturing dump truck bodies and
trailers
Defined and implemented production kitting process cutting lost time by 50%
Increased production loading from 275 hours per week to 400 hours per week
without increasing manpower proportionately
Increased third party revenue loading form $800K per month to $1.3M per
month without increasing manpower proportionately
Implemented paperless purchasing process resulting in $6K annual savings in
inter company mail costs
Achieved annual savings goal of $100K for FY14
Defined and implemented multiple ISO type purchasing, inventory, receiving,
and shipping processes
Responsible for
All preproduction activities, including production scheduling and planning
to meet revenue and manpower forecasts
All bills of material maintenance, production routing maintenance, and shop
floor work order creation and maintenance
All logistics planning, shipment coordination, contact with customers
regarding shipments, shipping activities, load layouts, and parts order
processing and shipment
All receiving activities, incoming quality inspection, and warranty return
inspection
All physical inventory activities and maintenance, including cycle counts
and annual counts
All production reporting and closing
All local purchasing activities, including contract negotiations and
supplier management
All material utilization planning and optimization
Monthly preparation and presentation of performance metrics to executive
team
5S operations
March 2010 - December 2012
Left work force to care for terminally ill family members
Vice President of Procurement
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company - Memphis, TN - 2004 to March 2010
Managed 13 local and 5 regional employees in $1.5B business manufacturing
passenger elevators
Increased annual supplier rebates from $883K to $5M over three years
Averaged $2.5M in material cost savings annually
Configured and implemented Purchasing and Inventory Modules of Oracle
system in US
Responsible for
Strategic planning and tactical implementation of all corporate purchasing
and inventory policies and procedures
All daily operations of purchasing department, including but not limited to
personnel management, budget preparation and adherence, facility planning
and management, interaction with German parent and international
counterparts
Identification, justification, and implementation of centralized purchasing
business model including software sourcing, personnel hiring and training,
process creation, and national roll out to 130 locations
Commodity market analysis and corporate spend analysis to set and
prioritize purchasing strategies
Coordination with sister company counterparts throughout the world to
ensure optimized performance for each
Coordination of activities with other corporate departments, i.e.
Engineering, Finance, Production, Quality, IT
New Product Introduction Project Leader
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company - Memphis, TN - 2003 - 2004
Led ten member team responsible for design and introduction of new elevator
product
Maintained 98% on time performance to development/introduction schedule
Lowered initial product cost from $10K to $5.8K in eight months
Responsible for
Beta testing, troubleshooting, and resolution of initial product issues
upon installation
Sourcing and costing of all components required
Detailed insourcing/outsourcing decisions for all components, including but
not limited to definition of production processes, and quality standards,
analysis of overhead impact, manpower planning, logistics planning, etc.
Commodity Manager
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company - Memphis, TN - 2000 - 2003
Managed commodity spend of $50M to $75M annually for North American
manufacturing entity
Achieved cost savings goals of 5% per year
Responsible for
Sourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier management across six US
locations
Leadership of purchasing and data analyst team across various US locations
responsible for sourcing all manufacturing raw materials
Preparation and presentation of performance data to executive managers
Coordination with other corporate departments as required for new product
development, new material selection and sourcing, product cost analysis,
comparative product analysis, support of lean manufacturing, support of jit
production methods, etc.
Identification and implementation of opportunities for consigned inventory,
vendor managed inventory, kanban, electronic vendor communications/payments
Manufacturing Engineer/Project Manager - SAP
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company - Middleton, TN/Horn Lake, MS - 1997 - 2000
Designed work centers and implemented manufacturing processes to facilitate
optimum product flow
Improved existing processes to optimize production rates/capacity
Ensured adherence to environmental policies, maintained records, and
reported to governmental agencies
Supported product installation and troubleshooting
Prepared and ensure adherence to departmental budgets
Identified, justified, and sourced capital assets
Represented manufacturing entity regarding implementation of SAP where
responsible for
Data cleansing of all manufacturing data
Validation and/or alteration of all production bills of material and
routings
Configuration of production module for shop floor operations, including
processes, inventory, material handling, production reporting, etc.
EDUCATION
BS in Industrial Engineering, MS State University, Starkville, MS
(Lacked 18 hours of electronics projects and labs due to promotion,
relocation, and travel required by ThyssenKrupp Elevator where began as a
coop)
REFERENCES (IF REQUIRED)
Terry Abby, President, Abby Manufacturing, Walnut, MS 662-***-****
Monty Geter, Director of Operations, AMF Automation, Richmond, VA 804-691-
7626
Denise Birchum, Teacher/Personal Friend, Savannah, TN 731-***-****
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