Manager Project

DARRELL G. COLEMAN, MBA

**** ****** *******, **********, ** 37048 • 615-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

QUALIFICATIONS

Analytical logistics executive with over 34 years’ experience in performance management and collaborative supply-chain analytics. Incomparable depth and breadth of knowledge combined with hands-on experience implementing and managing Logility® supply-chain-management software. Decades of proven success in streamlining production, strategic inventory control, and improving efficiency across a broad spectrum of industries. Spearheaded company-wide implementation of state-of-the-art forecasting and logistics tools to formulate sales forecasts, direct purchasing, and control inventory. Technically proficient in cutting-edge logistics platforms, with over a decade of experience in the implementation and division-wide oversight of Logility Voyager Solutions™ for a publically traded, global manufacturer with company-wide annual revenues of $5.0B. Instructor, APICS Material Requirements Planning and Inventory Management certification classes.

CAREER PATH

BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION (NYSE: BERY), Franklin, KY / Evansville, IN 2003-2015

Tapes & Adhesives Division

Sales, Inventory, Operations, & Planning/Demand Manager

• Collaborate with logistics teams across globally dispersed divisions and hundreds of supply chains to synchronize company-wide forecast and strategic planning.

• Manage division-wide SIOP operations, including sales forecast, demand planning, inventory planning, and reporting.

• Analyze in-depth, supply-chain data in order to collaborate with executives in preparation of strategic demand optimization, inventory control, and supply optimization goals.

• Serve as Project Manager for initial company-wide implementation of Logility Voyager Solutions™ supply-chain-management software.

• Host multiple web-based product-demand meetings per month, with segment managers, product managers, and planning managers, to refine sales forecast.

• Serve as training consultant for interdivision demand managers.

• Lead company-wide enhancement project of forecasting database.

• Managed technical operations of Logility Demand Planning functions during extended medical absences of Systems Manager.

TYCO INTERNATIONAL, LTD. (NYSE: TYC), Franklin, KY 1998-2003

Plastics, Adhesives, and Ludlow Coated Products Division (sold to Berry in 2003)

Purchasing Manager (2003)

• Led procurement of all raw materials and purchasing.

• Invented and implemented process-optimization and inventory-control tools.

• Managed procurement team of six subordinates.

Logistics Superintendent (1998-2003)

• Supervised analyzation and presentation of sales forecasting, production planning, and shipping performance metrics.

• Served as liaison between customer service, marketing, and manufacturing to enhance collaborative efficiency.

• Selected as Project Manager for implementation of Logility Voyager Solutions™ supply-chain-management software.

FUTORIAN FURNISHINGS, New Albany, MS 1994-1998

Manager, Production Planning and Forecasting

• Sole responsibility for implementation and operation of cutting-edge demand-forecasting computer system.

• Oversaw historical sales analytics and statistical forecasting.

• Managed production scheduling, inventory control, shipping metrics, and procurement.

HARTMANN LUGGAGE COMPANY, Lebanon, TN 1986-1994

Former subsidiary of Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE: BF/A)

Manager of Sales Administration (1990-1994)

• Sales analytics, forecasting, and retail sell-through analysis and reporting.

• Product pricing administration and strategic product management.

• Commissions administration.

Master Scheduler & Forecast Analyst (1986-1990)

• Sales forecasting, production planning, and inventory control.

• Designed and implemented innovative scheduling program to automate production planning.

ACME BOOT COMPANY, Clarksville, TN 1979-1986

Product Manager

• Production schedule and inventory control.

• Project manager for implementation of company-first, computerized scheduling system.

EDUCATION

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Murfreesboro, TN

Master of Business Administration

AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY, Clarksville, TN

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

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