Senior Manager Logistics. Planning Director
Resume:
Larry
Lawson
Wylie, TX ****8
adh1ac@r.postjobfree.com
Motivated business leader with significant experience in, Supply Chain & Operational Planning, Financial Analysis & Forecasting and Vendor/Customer Relationship Management. Proven ability resolving complex business issues. Multi-talented visionary behind company operations and strategies with superior organizational and analytical skills. Mobilizes top-tier talent to create high performing cultures that consistently achieve in volatile markets. Seeks and Accepts new challenges. Produces meaningful, measurable, and permanent change in both small and large environment.
Skills
Strategic Project Planning and Execution
Cross-Cultural Talent Training and Development
Large Client Relationship Management
Contract Negotiations and Compliance
Communication and Collaboration Skills
Risk Management and Performance Metrics
Budgeting and Cost Control
Team Building and Leadership
Pricing Analysis and (ROI) Return of Investment Analysis
Experience and Accomplishment
6/2019 02/2020 Senior Manager, Logistics II-VI Corporation
Prepared factory loadings, new product support, working issues with customer orders. Supervised a staff of Senior Production Planners and Senior Inventory Specialists with a combination of onsite and work from home employees. Supervised the shutdown of the Finisar facility in Allen, TX, and startup of production in Sherman.
3/2019 5/2019 Walmart Grocery Sachse, TX
Worked in the Deli full time preparing food, stocking shelves, washing dishes, mopping the floor, waiting on customers, and doing other things as requested by management. Proved to myself I was ready to return to fulltime work.
8/2013 3/2019 Retired
6/2005-10/2013
Planning & Purchasing Director / TAOS, Inc., Plano, TX
Managed planning, developing, and controlling inventory budget, including interpretation of sales forecasts and history, in accordance with company goals and objectives.
Developed, managed, and updated annual plans including strategic and tactical plans, objectives, costs and impacts
Supported large clients on product ramps and ongoing product life cycle maintenance
Successfully helped the full cycle implementation of SAP Business One as the Operating System
Spearheaded the planning team in meeting customer service objectives
Managed division revenue growth from <$2m to >$80m over a 3-year period
Reduced total inventory by 20% and implemented strategic initiative for key accounts
10/2004-6/2005
Materials Planning Manager / Semicoa, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA
Ensured material scheduling strategy and processes were in place and worked effectively to ensure material supply met production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimizing costs
Coordinated inventory management with logistics team
Developed and built strong lasting relationships with vendors and customers
Implemented a priority system for manufacturing and optimized the inventory plan for the current and subsequent years to reach corporate goals
Successfully reduced delinquent backlog 20% during first two months of employment
1/2004-5/2004
Team Leader / Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA
Managed Network Infrastructure Planning Team to try to identify the correct path to follow and automate the planning systems
Worked closely with CIO on the implementation of a Build to forecast planning process
Converted the team from a full manual planning process to a system integrating support of Build to forecast scheduling
Successfully implemented and trained BRCM team in Singapore to use the automated system and processes established by the company
9/1978-9/2003
Operations Manager, Planning Manager, Member of Financial Reengineering Team/ Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
Responsible for short and long-term financial forecasting, capital planning and analysis of profit and loss at the department and product level
Scheduling qualification material in production facilities, initial product stocking, shipping to customers during time critical startups, inventory control, cost to market models, ROI and break-even analysis and cycle time reduction.
Monitored and managed order fulfillment, inventory control, process simplification, cost reduction, cycle time reduction, financial forecast, and reconciliation of the forecast with actual results.
Led a Profit Improvement Team that identified $204m per year in profit improvements.
Member of Semiconductor Reengineering Team that recommend SAP be used to replace all financial systems at TI. Our recommendation was accepted, and SAP was implemented.
Reduced cycle time for evaluation samples from receipt of design to shipment, from 17 weeks to l2 weeks, reduced lead-times by 4 weeks and established a true worldwide focus that included contributors in all regions.
Was a key member of production team that recommended SAP and in the successful implementation of SAP in manufacturing, purchasing and logistics.
Worked with TI factories and subcontractors to ensure availability of capacity to support customer orders
Recruited and managed a team located in the U.S. and Japan that was responsible for managing the Supply Chain Process including coordinating the building of products in 15 international factories
Developed format and prepared cost analysis for all newly designed products.
Set records for on-time delivery and had the lowest dollar amount of backlog delinquencies ever for this product department.
Education
August 1978
B.S. Accounting/ University of Texas at Dallas
Professional Development
APICS-Constraint Management SIG
Reengineering-Advanced Implementation
Reengineering-The Implementation Perspective
Supplier Strategic Cost Management
Jonah Cycle Time Reduction Training
Valuing/Managing Diversity in the Workplace
IEF Business Process Engineering-Guiding Radical Change
Jonah Thinking Method
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