Supply Chain Management

Scott Whipple

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Farmington, MN ***24

*********@***.***

Phone: 651-***-****

US Citizen

Summary:

●Strong business and financial acumen, with a solid working knowledge of business operations.

●Ability to grasp and explain technical and financial concepts and business issues.

●Able to identify and integrate the critical elements of a situation; makes correct inferences from data; specifies alternative courses of action.

●Effectively cope with change; Shifts gear comfortably; decides and acts without having the total picture; comfortably handles risk and uncertainty.

●Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities; Anticipates change and the impact on plans or processes.

●Ability to establish plans and processes for accomplishing work and projects; evaluates progress and results constantly and adjusts when needed.

●Excellent time management and multi-tasking ability.

● Ability to develop strategies, work with others to successfully execute strategies, and measure progress.

●Strong critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills.

●Strong analytical and problem solving skills, along with a sound and timely decision making ability.

●Financial analyst for several global divisions, providing worldwide results and attainment of those targets.

●Presented investment opportunities, new product introductions (NPI), acquisitions and divestitures, pricing plans, etc.

●Ensured full compliance with U.S. GAAP and other financial standards.

●Direct & indirect (SI&OP) supply planning, inventory management, pull systems, demand planning, production/distribution planning, master scheduling, vendor relationships, cost rationalization, MOQ, safety stock levels, capacity modeling, metrics reporting, and Just-in-Time environments in global operations.

●Direct & indirect general ledger reports, payables, cost management, fixed assets, receivables, budgeting (material, capital equipment, labor), consolidations and reconciliations.

●Direct & indirect suppliers & customer’s price reductions, eliminating unnecessary waste in the int'l supply chain, recommendations to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and quality on new or existing activities, lead implementation of new methods and procedures cost improvements.

●Implemented/ Maintained SAP, Oracle, People soft, Great plains, JD Edwards MRP/ERP (fourth shift) systems, materials/products per requirements (Attrition, EOQ, BOM structure, Order Multiples, Lead-times, Consumption rates, Capacity Plans, Inventory targets to actual.

●Implemented/ Maintained company policies and procedures to US/International regulations & compliances to customs, FDA, OSHA, GAAP, Sox 404, Sarbanes Oxley and other regulatory agencies.

●Created monthly/quarterly basis provided executives with revenue and expenses analysis.

●Created pivot tables, charts and graphs using Excel.

●Providing operating department budgets and counsel.

●Developed a partnership with shared financial service group in the U.S and worldwide.

●Performed P&L analysis monthly.

Skills:

●JD Edwards, People Software, SAP

●LEAN principles (Kanban, Kaizen, 6S’s) with ERP/MRP (fourth shift) systems; Oracle, Clearview, auction, RFP/RFQ/RFX, Great Plains, Lawson, GAAP, PL/SQL, SharePoint;

●Blueprint Reading,

●Microsoft Project, Access, Excel, Word, Power point and Outlook.

Education/ Certificate:

●Bachelors of Sciences, Business Operations Management, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse 87

●MBA, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse 98

●Certified Project Management (PMP)

●Certified Supply Chain Management (CSCM)

●Certified Purchasing Management (CPM)

●Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM)

●Certified APICS

●Certified Six Sigma Greenbelt

Experience:

AmesburyTruth, Owatonna, MN Dec 15 – Present

Financial Analyst/Cost Accountant (Contract)

Responsibilities: Financial Analyst reporting to Finance Director – Manufacturing. Position works closely with Cost Accounting as well as Manufacturing leadership.

Helps determine payback, return, and breakeven on capital requests and aids in filling out Capital Expense Requests (CERs)

Prepares and analyzes weekly labor and overhead spending reports...variances

Forecasts standard costs and anticipates variances quarterly and as needed

Works with leaders to develop and maintain KPI reporting

Ensures best processes are followed, participates in Continuous Improvement.

Ecolab, Eagan, MN Mar 13 – Aug 15

Supply Chain/Financial Analyst/Team Leader

Responsibilities:

Supply Chain & Financial analyst, Buyer for several global divisions, providing worldwide results and attainment of those targets.

●Collaborated with multiple departments and groups within the organization that impact Customer Service, Inventory

●Worked as a team leader in the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, researched stakeholder requirements, documented RFP’s, and coordinated all surrounding activities.

●Ensured best practices were followed in the acquisition of goods or services by recommending appropriate suppliers, costs, and processes.

●Evaluated and analyzed supplier proposals.

●Reviewed, redlined, and negotiated contracts. Possessed many software, hardware and many other material successful contracts.

●Negotiated many successful commercial IT terms in order to obtain savings.

●Lead or participated in several successful IT projects, worked with stakeholders and sourcing management.

●Developed and maintained supplier relationships in partnership with over 1000 vendors.

●Participated over 1000 supplier reviews and many internal stakeholders with key KPI’s that were very successful results.

●Sourcing/Purchasing/Procurement/Buyer roles: supplier & material performance, cost reduction, material inventory goals, lead times, safety stocks, quality, identification, blueprint reading, analysis, RFX/RFP’s reports, and purchasing orders.

●Conducted detailed Root Cause Analysis of processes that directly link to Productivity.

●Analyzed existing Finance System capabilities as compared to existing billing process to identify areas of risk and opportunities of improvement.

●Created controls and procedures to remediate finance operations billing process gaps.

●Designed and executed Finance system audits to identify scenarios resulting in Missed, Delayed or Defective invoicing.

●Documented and reported on the audit findings, and recommended the appropriate corrective actions to remediate the findings.

●Worked with appropriate resources to define and execute remediation plans and ensured findings are tracked until gap is closed.

●Obtained and maintained a detailed knowledge base and an awareness of billing processes to assess the impact of changes/remediation.

●Developed and adjusted user documentation and training material needed by Finance Operations, based on remediation efforts.

●Presented investment opportunities, new product introductions (NPI), acquisitions and divestitures, pricing plans, etc.

●Created monthly/quarterly basis provided executives with revenue and expenses analysis.

●Created pivot tables, charts and graphs using Excel.

●Provided operating department budgets and counsel.

●Developed a partnership with shared financial service group in the U.S and worldwide.

●Performed P&L analysis monthly.

●Ensured full compliance with U.S. GAAP and other financial standards.

●Created PowerPoint presentations for Executives.

Toro Company, Bloomington, MN Aug 11 – Feb 13

Supply Chain Analyst

Responsibilities:

Planned, implemented & managed (SI&OP) 2 new product lines, sourced & purchased over 100,000 new materials/parts.

●Improved supplier performance and cost reduction.

●Managed purchase orders.

●Reduced supplier chain issues.

●Maximized material inventory through Kanban, Min/Max, and SAP MRP/ERP (fourth shift) lean management systems.

Patterson Companies, Eagan, MN Jan 02 – Jul 11

Financial / Supply Chain Analyst/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

Operations: $1billion supplying materials (raw & purchased) for US & Canada production plants, distribution centers, and service centers for Patterson divisions (dental, medical, vet nary).

Manufacture/Production/Distribution: direct & indirect fulfillment of orders for dental restoration products, on time deliveries, eliminate waste, minimize inventory, maximize flow, pull production from customer demand, meet customer requirements, do it right the first time, design for rapid changeover and a culture of continuous improvement or Kaizen.

Sourcing/Purchasing/Procurement/Buyer: supplier & material performance: cost reduction, material inventory goals (100 sku’s, 100,000 parts), lead times, safety stocks, quality, identification, blueprint reading, analysis, RFx reports, and purchasing orders.

Planning/Scheduling: direct & indirect (SI&OP) supply planning, inventory management, pull systems, demand planning, production/distribution planning, master scheduling, vendor relationships, cost rationalization, MOQ, safety stock levels, capacity modeling, metrics reporting, and Just-in-Time environments in global operations.

Quality Control/Assurance: direct & indirect supplier quality reduced failures, inspections, testing, finished customer production/distribution products and quality improvement projects/processes.

Material/Inventory Control & Analysis, Auditing, Cycle Counts: direct & indirect material/inventory physical counts, audits and lean management improvements.

Supplier/Customer Contracts Management: formulated contracts with suppliers and customers (framework agreements, term contracts etc.) for the procurement of goods and services.

Accounting/Budgeting/Reconciliations: direct & indirect general ledger reports, payables, cost management, fixed assets, receivables, budgeting (material, capital equipment, labor), consolidations and reconciliations.

Spend/Cost/Pricing Improvement: direct & indirect suppliers & customer’s price reductions, eliminating unnecessary waste in the int'l supply chain, recommendations to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and quality on new or existing activities, lead implementation of new methods and procedures cost improvements.

Just-in-time (JIT) ERP/MRP (fourth shift) systems & processes: implemented/maintained SAP, Oracle, People soft, Great plains, JD Edwards MRP/ERP (fourth shift) systems, materials/products per requirements (Attrition, EOQ, BOM structure, Order Multiples, Lead-times, Consumption rates, Capacity Plans, Inventory targets to actual.

Regulations/Compliance: implemented/maintained company policies and procedures to US/International regulations & compliances to customs, FDA, OSHA, GAAP, Sox 404, Sarbanes Oxley and other regulatory agencies.

Northern Tool, Burnsville, MN Jan 99 – Dec 02

Financial / Supply Chain Analyst

Responsibilities:

●$100 million materials (raw & purchased) for distribution of industrial products.

●Warehouse/Distribution: fulfillment orders, on time deliveries, meet customer requirements, performance.

●Combination of: shipping, receiving, loading and unloading trucks, stacking, picking and palletizing finished products.

●Space requirements for storage and scheduled delivery and distribution of products, parts, and accessories.

●Maintenance of equipment and a safe, clean environment.

●Freight performance: on time deliveries, handling, cost analysis and freight spend and better utilize transportation services on a global basis.

YUM Group (Pizza Hut & Taco Bell), MN Jan 92 – Dec 98

Assistant and Supply Manager

Responsibilities:

●Led, supervised, a successful company staff and food products sales of over $2M, in store operations and delivery service operations.

● Managed and directed successful company strategic plans, promotions, advertisements, sales incentive programs, financial forecasts, pricing, product mix and new product rollouts.

●Oracle MRP/ERP systems and reporting sales of over $2M.

Whipple Farms Pepin, WI Jan 92 – Dec 98

Operations and Supply Manager

Responsibilities:

●Managed, directed successful operations and inventory controls of family dairy farms and sales of over $500K.

US Army (Wisconsin and Germany) Jan 86 – Dec 99

Engineer / Air Defense Officer

Responsibilities:

●Led and managed 10 direct and 300 indirect reports and 10 teams.

●Coached, mentored, trained and promoted professional development and teamwork, and provided successful 'hands-on' leadership.

●Specialized Training: US Army officer schools.

●ROTC 4 years, Basic and Advanced schools.

●Logistics/transportation school, staff and operations schools and supply management schools.

US Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, CO Jul 87 – Jul 88

International Division Games Manager

Responsibilities:

●Managed, directed and organized activities in apparel, housing, food, and travel arrangements for athletes and staff participating in the 1988 Winter & Summer Olympic Games.

Sports and Fitness Clubs, Arizona and Wisconsin Jan 84 – June 87

Sports and Fitness Director

Responsibilities:

●Managed and executed over 100 different intramural sports events and managed staff of 15 personnel.

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