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Supply Chain Engineer

Location:
Fort Wayne, IN, 46814
Posted:
November 15, 2016

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Stephen Walulik… Enhancing operations through transformational leadership

***** ***** ***** ****, **** Wayne, IN 46814 • 260-***-**** • acxh9w@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Operations Executive certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt promoting a “get-it-done” attitude passionate about motivating global teams through strong leadership. Specialization in turnaround opportunities. Significant experience in production floor management, multi-facility management, global supply chain, manufacturing engineering, and development engineering. Responsible for millions of dollars in savings through product transfers, vendor negotiations, and lean implementation. Excellent creativity and team building skills have led to more efficient operational strategies and 14 patents.

Exceptional Leadership Translating to Exceptional Results

Scale production of a startup by a factor of 8 in 1 year while decreasing the cost by 25%.

Direct global supply chain responsible for procurement of $130M of orthopedic instruments.

Perform strategic negotiations with supplier generating $4M of annual savings.

Achieved $20M of savings annually through international transfers.

Rewrote entire Quality Management System and successfully passed ISO 9001 recertification audit.

Champion of continuous improvement minimizing the need for international transfers.

Fourteen approved patents and thousands of new manufacturing items released.

Strong Attributes

Leadership

Operations

Technical

Visionary

Six Sigma

Creative

Lead by Example

Lean Implementation

Analytical

Integrity

Strategic

Design for Manufacturing

Motivational

Global Perspective

Solutions Oriented

Ethical

Turnaround Specialist

Pragmatic

Decisiveness

Visual Metrics

Well Organized

Broad Background including Operations and Commercial Experiences

SCP Limited, Auburn, IN, 2015 to 2016 – Manufacture and distribute hot surface igniters.

Vice President of Operations, August 2015 – October 2016

Responsibilities include engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, human resources, and distribution.

Responsible for scaling operations by a factor of 8 in 1 year.

Responsible for supplier negotiations leading to a $300k reduction in spending.

Responsible for full management of P&L.

Directed process development activities reducing machine downtime from 50% to 10%.

Automated production activities to reduce headcount by 30% and improve quality.

Biomet, Warsaw, IN, 2009 to 2015 – Leading orthopedic manufacturing company.

Global Director of Instrument Operations, January 2012 – August 2015

Global leadership for instrument operations was lacking requiring a strong leader to improve global collaboration.

Responsible for worldwide orthopedic instrument supply chain including an annual value of production of approximately $130M.

Directed complex logistical activities to ensure international supply chain covering US, EU, and Asia delivered product to customers on time.

Led global transfer activities generating $20M of annual savings.

Directed all aspects of operations for orthopedic instruments including procurement, production activities, manufacturing engineering, and distribution.

Managed direct reports in US and EU.

Director of Instrument and Trauma Operations, October 2010 – January 2012

Leadership to transfer trauma operations from Parsippany, NJ to Warsaw, IN was required. This responsibility was added to current responsibilities.

Planned and oversaw the implementation of the transfer of trauma operations from Parsippany, NJ to Warsaw, IN.

Directed trauma operational activities as they were moved to Warsaw, IN.

Oversaw logistical activities in Parsippany, NJ and Warsaw, IN to ensure that transfer was seamless to Biomet’s Customers.

Director of Instrument Operations, October 2009 – October 2010

Supply chain activities in Warsaw, IN required a strong leader to restructure team and reduce the total spend.

Responsibilities included manufacturing, planning, purchasing, manufacturing engineering, and manufacturing transfers to China for all orthopedic instruments designed in Warsaw, IN.

Significant interaction with commercial team to ensure that new products were released on time at an acceptable cost.

Managed triage approach by determining whether products were manufactured internally, purchased from US Vendors, or manufactured in low cost countries.

Biomet, Parsippany, NJ, 2004 to 2009 – Subsidiary of Biomet Warsaw focusing on the manufacturing and distribution of trauma and spine product portfolios.

Senior Director of Operations, August 2007 – October 2009

Successful creation of an operations team led to the opportunity as an executive leader for all operational activities.

Responsible for $15M operating budget and 170 employees.

Responsibilities included manufacturing, planning, purchasing, manufacturing engineering, and manufacturing transfer to China for spine and trauma product portfolios.

$6M of savings realized with China Transfers within 2 years.

$750k of lean savings achieved through improved efficiencies and productivities.

Senior Director of Process Development, November 2006 – August 2007

Process Development Team did not exist creating a high level of frustration between the commercial and supply chain teams. This opportunity included creating a new process development team to create a link between the supply chain and the commercial teams.

Significant focus on ensuring that all new products were released on time.

Personally applied Six Sigma Concepts to improve production efficiencies.

Department previously did not exist so responsibilities included creating the structure of the team along with establishing a budget for the department.

Director of Fixation Development, July 2004 – November 2006

Proven capabilities from design and leadership perspectives led to the opportunity to lead all development activities for the trauma product portfolio.

Responsible for all domestic and international development activities for a $65M product line.

Extensive interaction with consulting surgeons to identify appropriate business strategy.

Products included external fixation, intramedullary nails, hip screws, internal plating systems, and screw systems.

Extensive interaction with patent lawyers to evaluate impact of competitive intellectual property.

Inventor of Patent Numbers 7,749,224, 8,273,111, 8,303,590, and 8,801,760.

EBI, LP, Parsippany, NJ, 1995 to 2004 – Subsidiary of Biomet.

Manager of Fixation Development, January 2002 - July 2004

Managed development activities, custom devices, and testing laboratory.

Inventor for Patent Numbers 6,616,664 6,702,814, 7,422,593, 7,449,023, and 7,468,063.

Worked closely with marketing and consulting surgeons to ensure that all inputs for all trauma projects were appropriate.

Monitored clinical evaluations and cadaveric studies of new products to ensure that the products met the needs of the user.

Senior Development Engineer, June 1999 - January 2002

Mentored engineering colleagues while maintaining previous engineering responsibilities.

Inventor for Patent Numbers 6,152,925 and 6,277,119.

Development Engineer, November 1995 - June 1999

Project leader responsible for managing all aspects of projects from concept through commercialization.

Inventor for Patent Numbers 5,941,879, 5,997,537, and 6,010,501.

Performed static and fatigue testing on servo-hydraulic testing machines.

VLV Associates, Inc., East Hanover, NJ, 1995

Research Engineer, May 1995 - November 1995

Product engineer for intravenous line set components allowing for sterile transfer of fluid without the use of a needle.

Machined and constructed prototypes out of various plastics and metals using lathes, drill presses, mills, and a variety of epoxies.

Graduate Level Educational Background Enhancing Experience

Masters of Business Administration

Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, 2012, 3.9 GPA.

Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate

Aveta Business Institute, Cranberry Township, PA, 2015.

Executive Education, Global Leader Program

University of Notre Dame – Mendoza College of Business, South Bend, IN, 2009.

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering with premed

The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1995, 3.7 GPA.



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