Paul Arena

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East Windsor, New Jersey 08520 acw9sb@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Supply Chain Professional with diversified Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Utility experience in both Fortune 500 and Start-up firms. Directed the Planning and Scheduling activities of contract manufacturers and corporate manufacturing sites in the US, EU, and the Caribbean. Experience with Solid Dosage, Vaccines, Oral Liquids, Lyophilized Parenterals, and Consumer Products. Entrepreneurial, community-minded individual possessing superior interpersonal skills and a talent for building cohesive, motivated teams. Exceptional Planning, Warehousing, Distribution, Project Management and Negotiating skills. Ability to think clearly and deliver results in pressure situations. Knowledge of SAP, JD Edwards, and Manugistics ERP systems. Participated in numerous FDA inspections and compliance audits.

Key Words

Cold Chain

ERP

Planning

Sarbanes-Oxley

Supply Chain

Generics

Materials Management

FDA Audits

Manufacturing

SAP

Contract Manufacturing

DEA Controlled Materials

Distribution

International Logistics

VMI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS,

Somerset, NJ

April-2010– May- 2016

Electric & Gas Utility

Manager: Materials & Logistics Operations

Managed the Materials and Logistics Organization for New Jersey’s largest electric and gas utility. All materials required to keep PSE&G’s 2.1 million Gas and 2.3 million Electric customers ran though my group.

Responsible for Average Inventory of $140 million, and maintain 99.8% net accuracy.

Provide Material and Logistic support to Electric and Gas Distribution, Projects, Substation, Transmission Construction, Critical Spares, and Appliance Repair divisions.

Manage operations at 22 warehouse locations throughout New Jersey.

Manage staff of 105 associates- 22 Management and 83 Bargaining Unit Employees from three unions.

Alpharma Pharmaceuticals,

Piscataway, NJ

2007 – 2009

Specialty Pain Management Products

Manager Supply Chain:

Hired to establish the Virtual Supply Chain and manage launch activities for a newly licensed NSAID Medicated Patch. Developed and initiated relationships with contract Manufacturing Sites in the US, Italy, and Japan.

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Formulated contract manufacturing and supply plans to ensure availability of product to support launch, and beyond. Selected and Qualified service providers for inbound/outbound Logistics, and Product Distribution. I Worked with US Customs and FDA to obtain clearance and release of product.

Developed Supply and international Logistics strategy for Flector® Patch Launch

Developed SOP’s for Shipping and Product Release.

Adjusted Supply Plan and managed inventory levels with zero backorders, to support sales that exceeded forecast by >70%.

Implemented Sales & Operations Planning Meetings with Finance and Marketing C-suite executives to revise forecasts and sales projections.

Managed Storage of Raw Materials and Controlled Drug Substances.

MEDIMMUNE VACCINES/ AVIRON,

Philadelphia, PA.

2000– 2007

Biotech- Live Virus Vaccines

Supply Chain Site Lead/Acting Director 2005- 2007

Position reported to Senior Director of Global Supply Chain Operations.

Key member of Site Leadership Team.

Development and Management of Expense and Capital Budgets

Responsibilities expanded 3Q2005 to include Management of Production Planning and Purchasing groups.

Managed Shipping, Receiving, Warehouse, Dispensing, Production Planning, and Purchasing Departments.

Exceeded stretch target of 3% reduction in expenses.

Delivered >$100K savings in shipping spend through improved scheduling.

Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations- 2003- 2005

Supply Chain Site Lead during multi-phase deployment of SAP system upgrade. (Version 5.0), 2Q2005.

Managed core staff consisting of 13 regular, and 12 seasonal contract employees, across three shifts, at two sites.

Led team to facilitate successful warehousing and Cold Chain distribution of 3.5 million doses of frozen FluMist®.

Core Team Member for Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives with responsibility for multi-site audit reporting and Compliance.

Materials Control Manager –Aviron 2000- 2003

Initially hired to establish the Materials Management Organization at Aviron’s Philadelphia Vaccine manufacturing facility.

Developed departmental SOP’s and hired staff to prepare Aviron for its Biological License Application, and Pre-License FDA inspection.

Site lead for Supply Chain Transition Team during MedImmune, Inc.’s acquisition of Aviron. (1Q 2002).

Collaborated on the acquisition, design, and construction of a 43,000 sq. ft. satellite warehouse facility. Includes 20,000 sq. ft. of -25 C specialized freezer space, and integrated frozen loading docks.

Supply Chain Lead for SAP implementation.

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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Princeton, NJ - 1984-2000

Positions Held:

Senior Inventory Planner- Global Materials Management

Finished Goods Inventory Planner

Master Scheduler- Parenteral Operations

Bulk/API Material Planner

Container Planner

Served as a Marketing Liaison, planning commodity and branded products sourced primarily from contract manufacturers.

Generated > $1 million cost savings on an annualized basis principally from inventory cost of money savings, reduction of obsolete inventory write-offs associated with outdating and returned goods, SKU reduction.

Managed division’s inventory and kept it below budget by an average of 18%. On a YTD basis, this generated a cost of money savings of $1.1MM. Overall performance resulted in a 25% reduction from budget; well beyond the target improvement of 3%-5% for the year.

Published a weekly backorder report, specific to division’s products. The report provided guidance to the Customer Service Teams, and to the Sales Force regarding expected backorder resolution timing.

Planned the launch of approximately 300 third party generic products.

Finished Goods responsibilities for various manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Implemented “Manugistics” M.R.P. & D.R.P. systems.

Innovation Award winner for participation in Bristol-Myers Squibb’s first generic launch of a former patent protected product.

Served on launch teams for various new product introductions.

Master Scheduler for BMS’s sterile parenteral facility creating and managing daily production schedules for liquid filling and lyophilizing operations.

Buyer/Planner for Raw Materials and Packaging components.

EDUCATION

Barton College (The former Atlantic Christian College), Wilson, NC

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration & Marketing.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

APICS: American Production and Inventory Control Society.

Cold Chain Pharma Professionals Network

Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network

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