Manager Supply Chain

TERRANCE HERRMANN

**** ***** ******* ****, ******, California 92881 951-***-**** *************@*******.***

SUMMARY

Manufacturing materials management professional with broad-based industry success. Hands-on leadership, education, motivation and mentorship of high-performance teams dedicated to continuous improvement, optimal productivity and maximum profitability. Collaborative agent of lean and agile enterprise transformation. Advanced analytics and root cause diagnostics in highly-engineered electromechanical and hydraulic product manufacturing environments.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Organization and prioritization

Process and performance analytics

Reality-based fundamentals

Accountability

Identification and control of root causes

Continual rapid improvement

Coordination of resources and processes

Supply chain performance and partnership

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

CONFIDENTIAL

Practice Lead – Operations and Materials Management, 2016 – present

Industries Served: Automotive, Aerospace, Retail, Storage Technology, B2B, B2C

Conduct research, compile data, and prepare summaries for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors.

Map, analyze and correct deficient processes.

6S deployment champion.

Interview, evaluate, plan and initiate upgrade of personnel.

Partner with freight brokerage and 3PL providers reducing cost and improving performance.

Deploy product identification and automated work instruction methodologies.

Perform comprehensive daily analysis of transaction processing.

Initiate aggressive cycle counting, obsolescence identification and warehousing protocols.

Plan and coordinate contract and warehouse closure processes.

Improve cost allocation practices through configuration management corrections.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PNEUDRAULICS INC., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA

Materials Manager, 2006 – 2008

Identified deficiencies and corrected existing ERP installation and user training to double throughput and process efficiencies.

Focused ERP users and system beneficiaries on data integrity to yield requisite business intelligence and execution performance.

Initiated visual work instructions and routing operations for product preservation and packaging virtually eliminating rework.

Deployed automated purchase order analysis.

Enacted auto-scaling lot sizing calculation.

Implemented planned order firming stabilizing scheduling.

Installed barcoded stockroom locator and logical pick sequencing to accelerate pull rates.

Implemented aggressive value-based cycle counting and verification exceeding 98% record accuracy.

Identified and corrected legacy costing deficiencies and causes.

Designed real-time dashboards of kitting; assembly; testing; stocking; order picking and shipping performance for enterprise-wide visibility.

Distilled fundamental KPI’s discretely to corporate objectives.

Implemented bottom-up automated planning models prerequisite to PFEP.

Provided business analysis supporting critical process development, maintenance and enhancement.

Automated identification and inspection scheduling of discount-eligible payment transactions achieving 100% recognition.

Doubled supplier participation in discount payment term agreements.

PNEUDRAULICS INC., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA

Director of Materials, 2009 – 2014

Introduced and championed PFEP for new and legacy products.

Identified, developed and deployed required processes and human capital enabling sales growth to $55M from $30M.

Drove annual material and service cost reductions exceeding $250K.

Established simplified real-time intranet-based access to work center capacities, loads and dispatch reports increasing visibility and tactical responsiveness. Oriented production personnel to the importance of cycle time reduction and schedule adherence to process execution and new program marketing campaigns.

Deployed intranet-based utility for simplified work and set-up standard maintenance by supervisory and lead personnel to yield capacity, load, efficiency and actual cost accuracy. Automated and simplified variance identification and analysis.

Installed barcoded, schedule-based inspection queue system tripling efficiencies.

Conducted extensive problem-solving, cost of quality and root cause analysis training with fabrication management to achieve corrective and preventative action process results.

PNEUDRAULICS INC., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA

Director of Operations, 2014 – 2016

Directed, coordinated and enhanced supply chain; production and capacity planning; inventory control; shipping; receiving; CNC and conventional machining; solenoid assembly and test; manufacturing engineering; warehousing; maintenance; workplace safety and facilities management.

Consistently exceeded corporate OTD benchmark of 98%.

Value stream EBITDA exceeded 55% for OEM and 85% for Aftermarket.

Strong SOX and OSHA orientation.

Mentored and engaged direct and indirect personnel to understand, collaborate, contribute to and celebrate collective organizational successes.

Deployed SMED initiatives ranging from chuck-change reductions to laser engraving.

Enhanced and standardized employee appraisal process.

Ensured customer satisfaction through quality and schedule performance initiatives. Consolidated OEM and Aftermarket value stream past due valuation maintained below 1/2-day revenue equivalent.

Drove annual productivity improvements exceeding $600K.

Oversaw and monitored equipment maintenance or modification including addition and replacement of assets averaging $2M annually.

EARLY CAREER

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CORPORATION, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

Director of Asset Management

Designed and deployed centralized procurement, warehousing and distribution processes for HQ and 13 campus locations. Responsible for corporate real estate, construction and facility management. Negotiated key commodity, service and lease cost reductions.

ITT FLUID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, MULTIPLE NORTH AMERICAN SITES

Supply Chain, Materials and Operations Management

Progressively responsible roles from buyer to divisional ERP manager. Member of North American Purchasing Council. Member of North American ERP and Process Reengineering team. Established and managed world-class value streams executed by high-energy multifunctional teams in diverse technological environments

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, CALGARY, ALBERTA

BSc Organizational Behavior

AFFILIATIONS

APICS Region VIII Former Director of Program

APICS Orange County member since 1998

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