James M. Gregory

**** ******* ******, **** ******, FL 346**-***-*** 9948

Linkedin.com/in/james-gregory-jim adh59e@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Process Engineer - Lean Six Sigma Sr IT Manager Dir Mats & Plng

Experienced Leader in Fortune 100 and mid-size Venture Capital funded companies

Delivery of Lean Six Sigma based Operations - Program & Project Management, Operations, Process, ERP and data management – analysis & Workflow changes to increase Quality and On-Time performance. Customer Value - Satisfaction KPI – ROI increase up by 35% and Operations OTD up by 80%.

Negotiated 50 + Key Supplier contracts including terms for Kanban, Vendor Managed Inventory and significant annual cost reductions. Win-Win long term partnerships. a Reduced component lead-time from weeks to real-time as key to Lean Enterprise strategy

Delivered IT Portion of 30+ Mergers & Acquisitions – Transitions. IT Scope was a critical item in the Integration Team structure. Delivery included, Security, Infrastructure, Apps & Operations integration. Results were 100 % success and Corporate Achievement award

Owned IT Customer relationship - IT Face to Customer – Owned IT Delivery performance

Developed Management support and implemented cross-functional SIOP - S&OP Planning process improvements including Customers, Product Owners & Suppliers that resulted in first year cost savings + $1 Million with 25% increase in ROI - seasonal sales and decreased inventory 20 %

Led Strategic Digitization Planning Programs & Projects via Agile – Six SIgma Lean approach with Global IT & Functional departments - Teams of 10 to 30 Direct and Indirect members (including Leadership, IT Department, Functional, Finance and External Suppliers resources).

Managed stakeholders’ perceptions and expectations with all IT Services and capabilities (Systems, Operations, software development, network, Infrastructure) aligned with the Business strategic vision. Advocated for the business and customers driving and aligning requirements for IT Team solution definition, development delivery to the business Customers

Identified opportunities and utilized emerging technology trends, vision & innovative solutions to create value propositions, competitive advantage for Enterprise business transformation and IT Team - Department capability aligned to options, risks, costs vs benefits - impacts

Focused diverse team capabilities to use new ways to work collaboratively & scale efficiencies across multiple projects and environments to deliver customer value focused on high quality, on time and within budget. Led Teams with the ability to see the big picture and details

Applied very strong data analytic skills, relationship management, conflict resolution, collaboration, negotiations - ability to persuade and influence others through developed communication and diplomacy skills to achieve results. Developed One Source of Truth data policy and database for consistent business metrics and Support Community - Operations alignment & ownership.

Delivered 50+ Business – IT Collaborative Agile Scrum Transformation Programs –Projects. Solutions included Global Web Interfaces, Supplier, Logistics, ERP – SAP capability, Customer Resource Mgmt (CRM), Order Mgmt, Cloud Data Analytics, Dashboards - Reports in US – Americas - EU – APAC. Business value in KPIs – ROI - savings of $ 200+ M.

Partnered with Company Senior Executives, built and managed collaborative long term relationships with a wide range of Business - IT Leaders and Stakeholders (C Level, General Managers to Operators).

Utilized strong written and verbal communications skills to achieve clear agreements on dynamic business unit requirement priorities. Coordinated the evaluation, Agile – quick deployment and management of technologies with alignment on the best value. Results were timely cost-effective Program investment to deliver agile IT services that directly contribute to KPIs - Objectives with Finance – Leadership approved Business Cases.

Education – Masters (M.A.), Mathematics – (B.S.), Mathematics; Minor in Economics University of Pittsburgh

Certifications – Six Sigma Greenbelt, Lean Enterprise, ITIL 4, Scrum Master, DevOps

Core Competencies

IT Leader • Program Manager and Project Manager • Agile Transformation Scrum • DevOps • Lean • Complex Problem Solving • Analytics • Negotiation • Collaboration • Conflict Resolution • Executive Communication • Build Effective Teams • Strategic Management • Multi-Cultural Competency • Plans Actions • Delivers Results • Program Financials • Cloud • Supply Chain • ROI • KPIs • Excel • PowerPoint • Microsoft Office • MS Teams • Executive Communications •, Interpersonal - Group Communications • Change Management • SOX • S&OP • SIOP • Coach • Supplier Mgmt • Partnerships • Budgets • Staffing • IT Architecture • Web Connectivity • SAP • ERP • OEM • After-Market • Data Analytics • Dashboard interfaces • IIoT• Web Interfaces Applications • Cloud Data • Hardware & Software • VMWare • Tableau • Skype • Zoom • B2B • HANA • Business Objects - BO • AWS • SaS • Government • ITAR •

Experience

Honeywell International, Inc., Clearwater, FL 06/2007 – 03/2020

Senior Information Technology Manager – Aerospace Business Group

Led Strategic Digitization Planning Programs & Projects via Agile – Six Sigma Lean approach with Global IT & Functional departments - Teams of 10 to 30 Direct and Indirect members (including Leadership, IT Department, Functional, Finance and External Suppliers resources).

Focused diverse team capabilities to use new ways to work collaboratively & scale efficiencies using Lean – Six Sigma tools across multiple projects and environments to deliver customer focused high quality improvements on time, within budget.

Led Teams with the ability to see the big picture and details based on data, applied very strong analytic skills, relationship management, conflict resolution, collaboration, negotiations - ability to persuade and influence others through developed communication and diplomacy skills to achieve results. Developed One Source of Truth data policy and database for consistent business metrics

Delivered 50+ Business – IT Collaborative Agile Scrum Transformation Programs –Projects. Solutions included Global Web Interfaces, Supplier, Logistics, ERP – SAP capability, Customer Resource Mgmt (CRM), Order Mgmt, Cloud Data Analytics, Dashboards - Reports in US – Americas - EU – APAC. Business value in KPIs – ROI - savings of $ 200+ M.

Delivered IT Portion of 30+ Mergers & Acquisitions – Transitions. IT Scope was a critical item in the Integration Team structure. Delivery included, Security, Infrastructure, Applications & Operations integration. Results were 100 % success and Corporate Achievement award

Owned IT Customer relationship and IT Face to Customer – Owned IT Delivery performance

Deployed new SAP - ERP Business Sites in US, EU and Canada with Agile – Scrum &, Kanban – JIRA task mapping and Waterfall approaches. Verbal and Written communications at all levels of Management and the Operating Business.

Partnered with Company Senior Executives, built and managed collaborative long term relationships with a wide range of Business - IT Leaders and Stakeholders (C Level, General Managers to Operators).

Utilized strong written and verbal communications skills to achieve clear agreements on dynamic business unit requirement priorities. Coordinated the evaluation, Agile – quick deployment and management of technologies with alignment on the best value. Results were timely cost-effective Program investment to deliver agile IT services that directly contribute to KPIs - Objectives with Finance – Leadership approved Business Cases.

Utilized strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and presentation skills to understand emerging trends and innovative solutions that create a competitive advantage for business transformation and communicate to Stakeholders. Developed One Source of Truth policy, database and reports - dashboards with consistent business performance metrics.

Utilized strategic roadmap for multiple deliverables included Application Development focused on SAP - ERP, OEM, Workflow, After-Market, Data Analytics, Dashboard Cloud Data. Development used the best fit in-house, external or cloud Hardware to deliver core secure Enterprise process improvements with increased Customer Value.

Program – Project Leader cross-functional expertise led development & deployment of automated cloud-based User interfaces & cloud data to support business needs for analytics, dashboards, Workflow and flexible capability. Delivered Lean Customer / OPS Order Mgmt Product Team new Web capability for daily planning and resource management. Delivered improved Product Flow On-Time Delivery per Corporate Strategic KPI improvement directive and customer contract requirements & Business growth

Participated in Strategic Planning, developed and controlled the operating and capital expenditure budgets within overall strategic & tactical objectives with Finance and Leadership approval.

Deployed Lean Agile IT Web Solution that covered Program requirements for Workflow - Materials - Warehouse Management and Technical Operator interface – ITAR Security compliance. On-Time and within Government contractual budget & quality

Managed program Security requirements and deliverables to meet contract terms for Commercial Avionics (FAA), Government - Military (ITAR) Security. Compliance insured legal terms were met and key – major ongoing business.

Negotiated IT Supplier contract SOWs and managed Commercial and US Government Program resources with focus on contract terms & successful IT Project delivery

New IIoT Engr – IT vision on Manufacturing - Production – Test data capture and Data Analytics for a new Technology vision in Quality and Automation to improve Quality PPM

Certifications

Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification – Honeywell International

Lean Enterprise Certification - University of TN, Graduate School of Business

ITIL 4 Foundation Certification – New Horizons – PeopleCert

DevOps & Scrum Master Certifications – New Horizons – PeopleCert - SCRUMstudy

Chromalox, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 11/2003 – 03/2007

Director IT – Materials and Planning

Managed strategy and execution of all technology projects, Infrastructure, Operations, systems and organization including deployment, training and development of IT and Functional Users.

Scope included the corporation Information Technology and Materials / Planning global organizations to provide the Technology tools and Lean Six Sigma processes.

Alignment with the Venture Capital based Leadership team was key to the implementation success. Infrastructure and applications were moved to open architecture, Key supplier contracts were negotiated with a strategic view to joint ownership of KPI - ROI improvements in all Enterprise areas to provide joint Customer Satisfaction - Value. Business process such as SIOP - S&OP processes were revamped,

Delivery of Lean Six Sigma based Operations - Program & Project Management ERP and data management – analysis & Workflow changes to increase Quality and On-Time performance. Customer Value - Satisfaction KPI – ROI increase up by 35% and Operations OTD up by 80%.

Negotiated 50 + Key Supplier contracts including terms for Kanban, Vendor Managed Inventory and significant annual cost reductions. Win-Win long term partnerships. a Reduced component lead-time from weeks to real-time as key to Lean Enterprise strategy

Developed Management support and implemented cross-functional SIOP - S&OP Planning process improvements including Customers, Product Owners & Suppliers that resulted in first year cost savings + $1 Million with 25% increase in ROI - seasonal sales and decreased inventory 20 %

Led Value Engineering project with cross-functional teams to implemented major product lines value improvements coordinated with Supplier capabilities and cost improvements.

Reorganized resources and improved Workflow - processes / programs focused on business growth via increased value in a global environment and supplier partnerships for a Lean Enterprise

Eaton Cutler-Hammer, Pittsburgh, PA 06/1993 – 11/2003

Information Technology Manager

Managed all Systems, software development, network / communications on various hardware platforms, Infrastructure, Operations and organization as Integral member of the Business Management Team with key leadership relationships.

Coordinated Lean Enterprise integration activities in all Functional areas.

Consistently delivered system and process improvements On-Time with Business Wide employee process ownership and KPI – Customer Value

Earned Eaton Corporation Global Best Practice Award

Led cross-functional team conversion project from Legacy Mainframe system with cost savings for hardware and software of $800 K.

The ERP system change impacted all departments resulting in doubled inventory turns with JIT on-time delivery in a new Lean Enterprise environment integrated with IT – ERP process.

Managed project to develop web-based systems to increase empowerment of the workforce in problem solving and cost improvements.

The web-based Process system was recognized by Eaton Corporation with a Global Best Practice award.

Electronic supplier communications were developed including requirement broadcast, Workflow and vendor-managed inventory control

Greater than 50% decrease in customer order shipment cycle time to set new Enterprise standard for performance. Management - Employee recognition and Employee ownership was key to driving new levels of performance.

Education

Master of Arts (M.A.), Mathematics – University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics; Minor in Economics – University of Pittsburgh

Certifications

ITIL 4 Foundation Certification – New Horizons – PeopleCert

DevOps – New Horizons – PeopleCert

Scrum Master Certification– New Horizons – SCRUMstudy

Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification – Honeywell International

Lean Enterprise Certification - University of TN, Graduate School of Business

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