Cory Ryan

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SUMMARY

15+ years of expertise in supply chain, procurement, inventory management, and supplier relationship management, with a relentless focus on delivering exceptional customer-centric solutions. Instrumental in leading cross-functional problem-solving teams, actively listening, and providing innovative ideas to drive impactful outcomes. Balances practicality and ambition to ensure optimal efficiency and foster a culture of excellence within the organization. Thrives under pressure, consistently meeting deadlines with unwavering accountability. Utilizes data-driven decision-making to facilitate constructive discussions with teams and stakeholders, resulting in data-backed strategies for success. Recognized for maintaining integrity in supplier dealings and navigating challenging situations with the utmost professionalism.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Supply Chain Management

Continuous Improvement

Budget Planning & Cost Control

Contract Management

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Forecasting

Global Sourcing

Project Management

Cross-Functional Leadership

COMPUTER SKILLS

SAP S/4 Hana

Oracle Agile PLM

Sage MAS ERP

MACOLA ERP

Microsoft Office 365

Activant Prophet/21

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NuSil Technology LLC – Carpinteria, CA

Procurement and Planning Manager Mar 2021 - Present

Managed procurement and MRP teams in a dynamic supply-chain environment, refining processes and mitigating disruptions.

Led lean methodologies to streamline transportation, logistics, and internal handling processes, eliminating NVA activities.

Successfully executed corporate priorities, reducing costs while enhancing supplier partnerships

Business process lead for procure-to-pay function for SAP S/4 HANA implementation, ensuring seamless transition with a focus on compliance with regulatory requirements, process optimization, and elimination of NVA activities.

Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring consistent alignment with SIOP targets.

Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability, and working capital.

Purchasing Manager Mar 2019 – Mar 2021

Negotiated contracts with suppliers to obtain favorable terms and pricing.

Developed and implemented procurement policies and procedures to enhance compliance with company standards.

Managed, coached, and developed staff by creating development goals aligned with corporate KPI’s.

Supported significant YOY increases in manufacturing throughput while simultaneously reducing inventory by transitioning from ROP to MRP order logic.

Effectively managed supply and quality agreements with suppliers of CTO materials to mitigate pricing and supply risk exposure for commodity materials.

Created a process for evaluating and responding to supply chain risk through coordination of information sharing with key suppliers and force-ranking of SCRM criteria.

Senior Buyer / OPX Project Leader Sep 2014 – Mar 2019

Managed $30 million in spend, achieving ~12% annual direct materials cost savings.

Served as Scrum Master on multiple projects.

Improved supplier engagement by instituting strategic procurement contracts with suppliers of CTO raw materials.

Successfully led project team in development of planning & scheduling system improvements.

Revised material handling and warehousing process through process improvements, eliminating NVA activities and barcode system design.

Enhanced AS9100D compliance through the design and implementation of supplier ranking and reporting system.

ADDITIONAL EXPEREINCE

EXCELTA Corporation - Buellton, CA Dec 2007 – Sep 2014

Purchasing Manager

Rowe USA Corporation - Santa Maria, CA Jan 2000 – Nov 2007

Office / Purchasing Manager

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

University of The People – Pasadena, CA 2023

Masters, Business Administration

University of The People – Pasadena, CA 2020

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Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Certified in Production & Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management Institute

Certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Alliance

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