Supply Chain Manager

Richard C. Finnegan

**** ****** **** ******, **** 2628

Naples, FL34109

Cell: 508-***-****

Email: *****@**.***

Summary: Retired Supply Chain Manager wishes to re-enter the materials management field of a small to mid-size company and help grow the business. (Part time or telecommute in the Ft. Myers or Boston areas.)

Experience:

2004-2011 NexTek, Inc. (Employed summer 2013)

Manufacturer of lightning arrestors

Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Manager ($600K in purchases)

Managed for all materials functions

•Achieved on time deliveries from 65% to 98.7% while reducing inventory levels

•Planned and accomplished bringing manufacturing in house from sub-contractors saving $75K per year

•Achieved cost savings and value analysis savings over $3.0 million

•Accomplished phase in phase out of new and old products and components with minimum obsolesence

•Managed components of Bills of Materials and Document Changes

•Chaired annual materials budget with purchasing and finance teams

•Recognized for achieving best profitable year in company history (2010)

2002-2023 VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (Employed as needed)

Hazardous waste management

Cost Analyst

•Audited invoices and found thousands of errors saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in intercompany billings

•Filled in as warehouse manager at Marlboro MA DC and on site technician at Millenium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge MA

2000-2002 Measurement Computing Corporation

Manufacturer of data acquisition printed circuit boards

Purchasing Manager ($10 Million Purchases)

Managed inventory control, domestic and international purchases

•Motivated and encouraged staff to achieve cost savings of $750K and reduce inventory by over $1,000,000 in one year

•Sourced and qualified Far East suppliers that yielded cost savings of $350K annually

•Attended DFARS and ITAR seminars and convocations.

1999-2000 Cabot Corporation

International specialty chemical manufacturer and importer

Purchasing Manager ($75 Million Purchases)

•Negotiated contracts with e-commerce suppliers for printed materials for 19 Cabot sites saving $85K during the first year

•Achieved documented cost savings of over $800K in 15 months in general purchases

•Implemented p-card program eliminating thousands of check purchase order and invoice transactions, as well as A/P labor.

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1995- 1999 International Electronics Company

ISO 9000 manufacturer and importer of security devices and card readers.

Director of Purchasing ($5 Million in Purchases)

Responsible for capital equipment, MRO, machined, sheet metal and cast parts

•Achieved cost savings of over $1,000,000 while in position

•Reduced inventory by 20% while increasing customer service level 15% to 96%

•Received the coveted “IEI Champion Award” in 1998 for exemplary performance

•Team leader on IBM AS 400 and Growth Power MRP implementation team

1985-1995 M. W. Carr Company

Designed, manufactured and imported photo frames and giftware.

Director of Materials

Purchasing responsibility for contracts, capital equipment, MRO, raw materials, and imported photo frames, requiring 30 % Pacific Rim travel

•Managed four distribution centers, traffic, and production /inventory control

•Eliminated Taiwanese trading companies by buying direct from manufacturers saving 30% of purchases of $900K annually on ceramic, glass and acrylic frames

•Moved tooling and production from Korea to China saving $750K annually on purchases of $1.8MM of metal frames

•Negotiated rent reduction of $200K over 2.5 years

•Hired and trained offshore buying and inspection agents

•Motivated materials group to contribute cost savings of $350K in 1994

•Persuaded management to go JIT/Kanban reducing inventories by over $1MM

•Learned customs, religions, history, economies, and politics of Pacific Rim countries to better understand how to do business in these cultures

•Convinced management to allow offshore manufacturers to sell frames in countries in which company had no previous business presence; efforts resulted in $50K of new revenue annually

Education:

Babson College Wellesley, MA

Master of Business Administration

Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA

Bachelor of Science

C.P.I.M

Honorable Discharge U.S. Army Armor Tank Commander

D Troop 5th Cavalary

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