Director of supply chain, quoting, purchasing warehouse and logisti

James Quillen

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Franklin, TN 37064

Cell: 615-***-****

Alternate: 713-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

Executive Profile

Accomplished Executive with over 20 years experience in Supply Chain Management with demonstrated results in setting up supply chains in Low volume-High Mix and high volume electronic manufacturing service companies with Military, Aerospace and Medical turnkey manufacturing. Responsibilities are Quoting, purchasing, Materials planning, warehouse management and supplier Quality. Customer interface with all customers including Applied materials, Bombardier, Hart Intercivic, Halliburton, Baker Oilfield, Schlumberger, Sensus Metering, Comverge Metering, ADS/IDEX,ISI Avon, Cobham Aviation, Yulista, Science and Engineering Services, Cantine Armaments and Electrolux.

•Multi-Site Operational Leadership

•Strategic and Tactical Business Planning

•Cost Containment and Profit Management (2% - 560MM savings )

•Quality objectives supplier management (99% On time delivery-99% Quality )

•Inventory management (99% plus Inventory accuracy)

•Obsolescence programs

•APICS Material requirements planning, Purchasing, Inventory Control

•Mil-Spec, Commercial and Medical Experience

•Established AS9100C, ITAR, ISO 13485 procedures

•IPC Conflict Mineral reporting

•Export /Import including Nafta documentation

•Component Engineering

Skill Highlights

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Warehouse and logistics

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Managed 36 employees

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Planning

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supplier relationships

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Purchasing

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inventory control

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commodity management

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warehouse kitting

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supply chain programs

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Cycle counting

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Logistics

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component cross reference

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Obsolescence management

Integration of factories

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BOM Scrubbing

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Material Quotes

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Customer relationships

Core Accomplishments

Supply Chain Management

•Set up supply chain for multi site companies and established a full line supply chain inclusive of fabrication of plastic and metal product lines in low cost regions and US Companies. Wire and cable, Interconnect, passive and electromechanical and Integrated Circuits to meet material requirements for a 72 million dollar company and for a 500 million dollar company

•Set up Replenishment programs to reduce soft cost

•Spearheaded supplier cost reduction 2% (560MM annual)

•Negotiated 60-90 day terms with major suppliers

• Set up and managed purchasing organization

• Set up and managed planning organization

• Managed warehouse reorganization and increased inventory accuracy to 99%

• Supplier On time delivery 98%

• Supplier Quality 99%

• Established relationship with the customer base material organizations and worked cost reduction programs

• Established relationships between Sales teams and Supply base for sales opportunities

• Established strong customer relationships for taking over supply chains for their product.

•Established Quote Win –Supply Win for improved Material quotes

Professional Experience

Corporate Director of Supply Chain Management

April 2004 to Current

TS3 Technology – Franklin, TN

Accountable for all areas of the TS3 Supply Chain with responsibilities of Quoting, purchasing, planning, warehousing, inventory control, supplier-supplier quality management, customer conflict mineral programs and Import –Export responsibilities. Vax, Oracle, Syteline, and Made 2 Manage MRP Systems

Built Strategic Alliances with the supply base including, all commodities of Electronics, plastics, metal and cable

Responsible for hiring and managing personnel in Warehouse, purchasing and planning Defined purchasing, warehousing, kitting and inventory procedures and policies Managed reorganization of warehouse in both facilities

Managed implementation of RF bar code system Managed and sold excess and obsolete Inventory

Purchasing Manager

September 1997 to April 2004

KTEC/Suntron Corporation – Sugar Land, Texas

Managed 26 buyers and 3 commodity managers

Responsible for 300 million dollar supplier Spend maintained cost reductions of 2-3% by annual quoting

Established supplier relationships with Distribution partners with supplier programs including line side replenishment programs, consigned inventory programs, and In-plant stores with 3 major distributors Established Kanban programs with Metal Fabrication suppliers

Set up VMI line side with Hardware, and MRO line side replenishment programs and Wire and Cable Kanbans

Worked in AS400 JD Edwards MRP and accounting systems

Buyer/Planner

February 1996 to September 1997

Sanmina Corporation – Guntersville, Al

Responsible for purchasing Wire and Cable, IP&E for customer Northern Telecom

Used VAX MRP system to plan, purchase and control all requisitions and exception messages for the commodities of IP&E and Wire and Cable.

Assisted in implementation of Oracle MRP system

Education

Florida Tech

Orlando FL, USA

General Education

Sparkman High School

Toney, AL, USA

General Education

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