Manager Supply Chain

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Lake Villa, IL 60046 Email:***********@*******.***

Edwin Walker

Experience:

Sr. OPEX Mgr. and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Brightstar Corporation/ Advisor to the COO 8/12/2013-8/01/2014

Lead KPI Matrix and measure the organization through balance scorecards.

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Train and coach supply chain teams and operations project resources.

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Reduced operational costs totaling 1.6 Million in 6 months and Leads forward improvement events.

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Serves as an Advisor to the Operations leader and the COO on matters related to processes, procedures and desired outcomes.

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Monitors and tracks benefits of projects delivered for Reverse, Forward Ops, Supply Chain and IT, Trade and Non Trade

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release, purchasing and e-commerce.

Develop Supply Chain metrics for Brightstar/Sprint US Operational Excellence Community of Practice.

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Leads post implementation reviews and drives corrective actions where appropriate (mechanization instead of automation, took

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inventory reduction and control from 95% to 99%.

Develop, deploy and Implement with the EHS team, employee engagement and reduction in our workers comp by 35% in 4

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months.

• Statistical Analysis: Utilized SAS and Minitab for statistical analysis with the utilization of Visio for the graphical

representation of the process control, iGrafx for mapping out and tracking of the process and lastly used Smartdraw for the

presentation of the process.

• Created training curriculum for Green Belt candidates as well as creating a Sharepoint Knowledge Database Framework for the

Green Belt process as well.

• Created Data Analysis Framework for the ability to oversee the entire budgeting and PMO, managing up to 75 projects at once,

worth 39 million.

Pricing and optimization for forward and reverse logistics BOM configuration.

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HR migration plan from Peoplesoft to Workday. Develop budgeting and ROI for project

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Process design for CSO, Virtual good receipts, SRM’s and network cycle revenue management

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Project management support for migration of JDE to Microsoft X.

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Consulting Director of Lean Six Sigma and Blue Ocean Strategy

Lagniappe Restaurants and Property Group 10/01/11-07/31/2013

• Analyze probability distribution and statistical overview of vendor accomplishments and interpret results to stake holders.

• Measure targeted market validity and run correlation of population matrix.

• Review contracts and recommend best RFP for long term and short term SMART goals.

• Lean Six Sigma, Blue Ocean Strategy and Change Management implementation.

• Assess the development of marketing campaigns and review the impact of revenue, sales of services, market segmentation

etc…

• Web and IT implementation projects, integration and capability models for reporting inventory.

• Order to cash (O2C) and process management and revenue utilization

Consulting Region Continuous Improvement Manager

Gate Gourmet, Chicago, IL 03/23/- 07/05/2012

• Train and build capability in all levels of organization regarding Six Sigma and lean manufacturing.

• Created migration program software for SAP and access to manage production planning.

• Communicate with unit management and leadership team on implementation of changes.

• Develop and Build data base for production planning and material management.

• Participate on cross-fertilization with other sites/areas, Supply Change and Production Planning.

• Perform and managed diagnostics on major cost drivers (material, labor and OOC, OEP).

• Train managers in the utilization of Economic order quantity, space utilization, JIT, FICO & LIFO.

• Created a tool for Buyers to reduce cost and improve targeted accurate performance.

• Support and drive continuous process improvements utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles to maximize departmental

efficiencies, minimize waste and improve safety.

• Reverse logistics .

• Plan and guide Unit management in productivity, material, waste, safety, and quality improvement initiatives; analyze

material and information flows; analyze opportunities in productivity, material consumption, other operation expenses, and space

utilization; quantify the effects of improved processes, work flows and fore mentioned opportunities.

09/01/2009 – 09/01/2011

Consulting Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Chicago, IL

Greyhound Bus Lines

• Implementation of Value Stream and Process cycle analysis.

• Created KPI standards for new distribution for the supply chain and Production Planning.

• Managed labor distribution and statistical analysis of product and work implementation.

• Provide accurate forecast of product demand and shipments based on metrics.

• Administration of contracts for purchasing, pricing, production Planning and Supply Chain departments.

• Provide accurate and timely responses to inquiries regarding repeatability, reproducibility and reliability of warrantees

engine, tires and OEM products.

• Structure the quality control deployment for sales of service and POS production.

• Review P&L and financial metrics to pin point the cost of poor quality.

• Help with he internal auditing for ISO 9001:2008 certification and 14001 for warehouse.

• Designed experiments and quality function deployment to ameliorate productivity regression.

• Resource stock availability and integration with SAP.

• Capability analysis and model building for re-engineering of plant production.

• Collect root cause and determine cost of accidents, identify and determine.

Consulting Operations Manager,

01/26/09 – 09/01/2009

Sodexho, Kennedy University Healthcare Systems, Cherry Hill, NJ

• Change Acceleration Process and Implementation of the 5s program.

Designed a VSM (Value Stream Mapping) for the organization, translate company goals in metrics

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• Reduction and the TAT (Turnaround Time) in the ER and admission units.

• Established a process performance metrics for the operations measurements.

• Participated in the Development of space utilization for the expansion and development of the ER.

Regional Manager OPEX, ARAMARK, North East 2004-2008

• Recommended and managed capital requirements that exceeded and maximized financial returns.

• Negotiated union contract reducing labor cost by 13%.

• Increased sales for services by 25% in a 4 months period.

• Increased profitability and production and decreased labor by 18%.

• Turn around a minus 75K Front Line Contribution location to a +25K in 16 months.

• Awarded Implementation Manager of the year.

• Suggested new products and services that increased earnings by Twenty Three percent (23%).

• Implemented Six Sigma, Kaizen and Lean methodologies for the supply chain warehouses.

• Created financial forecasts, balance programs, and resources for district and selected accounts.

• Recommended and managed capital requirements to maximize financial returns.

• Implementation RF Inventory system implementation with ARRIBA and SAP.

General Manager OPERATIONS, ALL WORKS IN GENERAL, Brooklyn, NY 2003-2004

• Planned and strategically implemented new business revenue in the market.

• Executed publication plans, speaker training programs and customer education web initiatives.

• Developed and maintained relationship with Buyout Labor agreements.

• Reviewed proposal for educational grants consistent with guidelines, brand goals, & objectives.

• Communicated reports and status to share holders.

• Identified areas for customer expansion.

NUCLEAR PHARMACIST TECHNOLOGIST, SYNCOR International, Bronx, NY 2000-2003

• Managed radio pharmaceuticals operations.

• Tracked Key Performance Indicators, cost and other factors necessary to achieving financial goals.

• Oversaw and assured reliability and development of annual operating plan production.

• Practiced and conducted inter-laboratory studies to determine the precision of a testing method (ASTM).

• New product development portfolio and enterprise visibility options

• Work closely with sales, marketing and IT and legal in regards to compliance

• IT management and SOP governance compliance

Skills

Knowledge of EPA, ISO1401, 9001 DOT, SOX specialist, Microsoft Office, Visio, Smart draw, CAD. MSA, SAP,

Minitab, ARIBA, BRAVO, Bi-lingual, CAPM, TPS, A3, Kaizen, TPM, SQL.

Education

MBA – University of Illinois on (Hold). 2012- 2015

Lean Master Black Belt Six Sigma – ASQ Certified-Villanova University. 2007- 2008

Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Behavior - Briarcliffe College. 1987-1991

Nuclear Pharmacy Technologist Certified, University Of Tennessee. 2001-2003

AXELOS ITIL Foundation. 2014

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