Supply Chain Manufacturing
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Safely deliver a quality product that meets customer specifications while exceeding expectations and
PAUL BATTLE improving employee morale.
PROFESSIONAL • Management of manufacturing and shipping with SAP MRP of analytical standards in an ISO 17025 and ISO 9001 certified
environment
SKILLS • Experienced working with regulatory compliance and supply chain development to ensure on-time, successful product
launches in a global supply chain
• Advanced inventory control system design in compliance with ISO 14385 requirements
• Statistical evaluation of production environment utilizing Tableau, Minitab and Access with information extracted from
MoveX production system.
• Lean Manufacturing Toolbox – 5S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, PDCA and SMART Goals
• Collaboration across facilities with Marketing, Sales, Quality Control and Distribution of an international company to drive
the development of novel products and technologies in a strictly regulated project management environment
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to address all levels of an organization with appropriate information and
rhetorical techniques.
• Currently pursuing Certified Supply Chain Professional certification from APICS – Testing to be completed by September
2015
EXPERIENCE OPERATION SUPPORT SPECIALIST, DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL
March 2015 – Present (Waltham, MA)
• Designer of inventory control systems for ISO 14385 medical device raw materials – including management of vendors,
usage tracking and batch management in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Statistical evaluation of production environment targeting opportunities for improvement utilizing advanced production
and financial software. Once identified, implement process improvements, track progress towards goals and determine
overall ROI
• Further production personnel’s development by establishing reasonable expectations based on data gathered from
production systems and coaching techniques based on Lean Manufacturing fundamentals
• Leader of action teams to reorganize production environment, 5S auditing system and new product integration
• Collect, organize, evaluate and distribute operational metrics corporate-wide to accurately display work-unit performance
versus expectations
PRODUCT LINE MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ASSOCIATES, A WATERS COMPANY
August 2013 – December 2014 (Denver, CO)
• Responsible for product design, raw material sourcing, securing of vendors and associated supply chains to obtain highest
possible quality and consistency standards
• Oversee purchasing, manufacturing, packaging and distribution of chemical standards in accordance with regulatory
requirements and customer expectations
• Advanced training with leadership experience in quality system improvement, investigative and corrective techniques (i.e.
Value Stream Mapping, PDCA, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys and Fish Bone Analysis)
• Initiator, owner and participant in multiple CAPA projects for manufacturing processes and products
• Work with product design and implementation teams to integrate customer specifications into high quality products while
simultaneously discovering efficiency opportunities in manufacturing and working to better satisfy customer expectations
• Analyze manufacturing and material requirements to set standards costs of new products and set up product bill of
materials in SAP
• Troubleshoot supply and customer issues and communicate to all relevant parties with appropriate information including
both internal and external customers
• Track, analyze and evaluate existing products and processes to increase efficiencies and decrease cost of operations –
including inventory control, shipping planning/methods and raw material sourcing
CHEMIST, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ASSOCIATES, A WATERS COMPANY
January 2011 – August 2013 (Denver, CO)
• Sourcing and purchasing of raw materials for manufacture of analytical standards and reagents for use with advanced
analytical instrumentation in highly regulated laboratories
• Established and improved quality system manufacturing documents to ensure highest quality standards as required by
customers (pharmaceutical laboratory chemists, installation/qualification technicians) in a cGMP environment
• Developed advanced manufacturing techniques and quantitative analytical methods for complex protein and peptide
chromatography standards
• Worked with customers to resolve technical issues related to use and application of the products
CHEMISTRY TECHNICIAN, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE ASSOCIATES, A WATERS COMPANY
August 2009 – January 2011 (Denver, CO)
• Manufactured and verified wide suite of products in an accredited environment adhering to SOPs and cGMP
• Wrote standardized work instructions for manufacturing and analysis of products
SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SAP (Advanced), Microsoft Office (Advanced), MoveX (Advanced), Microsoft Great Plains (Advanced),
Minitab (Intermediate – Advanced), Tableau (Intermediate)
AND ABILITY
EDUCATION BA (2008) Davidson College – Davidson, NC
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