Manager Supply Chain

David W Ropell

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Executive Summary

A highly motivated professional manager in the operations management field with over 28 years of experience in procurement as well. Vast knowledge in the fields of Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Program Management, Manufacturing Planning, Purchasing, Strategic Planning, Inventory Management, Corporate legal/contracts and Product Quality Management.

I am looking for a position within operations/materials management so that I can make a difference in the growth of the business.

Professional Experience

Balfour Beatty Rail Goldsboro, NC

Business/Operations Manager February 2015 to Present

Re-organized division to enhance efficiency from Sales/Marketing, Project management to shop production.

Leader of the installation of a new ERP system, where no such system existed before.

Increased on time delivery and installation of train equipment from 30% to 90%.

Increased communication between the company and the customer, where there was no communication before.

Created a marketing strategy highlighting the company’s capabilities.

Created a new report for the program managers to monitor cost expenditures in a project to insure they stay in budget.

Installed bar code scanning in shop orders for the capturing of real time labor that can be used for the next contract estimate.

Biodex Medical Systems Shirley, NY

Purchasing Manager January 2006 to January 2015

Saved $600,000 in sales dollars by introducing “Scan to Supplier” via KANBAN cards, which lead to a lean manufacturing inventory.

Streamline material movement from supplier to QC, right to assembly floor using JIT method. (via KANBAN cards direct to supplier scan), by creating supplier partnerships.

Developed next generation planning and purchasing tools (KANBAN cards/ EDI) including procedures for supply chain management.

Reduced administrative tasks and improved cost savings by $50,000 utilizing new and innovative approaches such as new software tools (5-S, no waste)

Supervise and support multiple product lines.

Acted as a key member of the implementation team for “Visual Software”, an ERP manufacturing based software system.

Vicon Hauppauge, NY

Business/Program Manager Jan 2004 to Dec 2005

Acted as the team leader (Program Mgr) in taking a new and/or custom product launch to market from inception to market place from, 18 months to six months.

Supervised and supported subcontractors with prototype runs on new programs.

Managed major subcontractors $30,000,000 of business.

To best utilize their manpower capacity to achieve on time product launches as well as companies business goals.

Created and maintained multiple project schedules, by using Microsoft project to show where the projects are to budget and launch to market.

Symbol Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Motorola in 2007) Bohemia, NY

Material Program Manager June 1989 to Dec 2003

Interfaced with Corporate Legal for contractual constraints and corporate liabilities.

Collaboratively developed a new style of packaging for new product launch into the market place.

Managed $40 million in departmental budget.

Collaboratively developed next generation planning/purchasing tools including, procedures and supply chain management.

Envisioned, created and enabled new strategically oriented teams to make step function improvements in supply chain readiness.

Supervised and supported multiple commodities such as cables assemblies and pc board assemblies.

Member of the SAP implementation team for new products. Trained planners and purchasing agents in the “Configuration” module to create “Virtual” BOM for planning purposes and “Permanent” BOM.

Managed APICS of LI, to provide on-site training for all the CPIM modules leading to certification.

Education

B.S. Business Economics Minor: Law: June 2006

Empire State College /New York University, NY

Legal Assistant Certificate: June 2004

International Correspondence School, NY

Core Competencies

Extensive knowledge with SAP systems, Sytline ERP systems, Avante ERP systems & Visual ERP manufacturing systems.

Expertise in the use of Microsoft Office (excel, word, power point & project).

APICS certified (CPIM)

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