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Manager Supply Chain

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Audubon, NJ
Posted:
April 15, 2021

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CHARLES J. DEVINE CPIM, CIRM, C.P.M.

**** **** ***** ~ Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

•Cell: 856-***-**** •adlpum@r.postjobfree.com

DIRECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Strategic Asset Management ~ Hi-Tech Industries ~ Risk Management

Accomplished Supply Chain professional having served as Director, Supply Chain Management and Director, Purchasing & Logistics in highly competitive and complex technology product, software, life science and consumer product industries often managing global supply chains. Consistently focus on Supply Chain Governance as the driving force to assure that the investments in supply chain initiatives delivered business value, mitigated the risks associated with supply chain operations and achieved and maintained a strong competitive advantage. Deep ability to understand business requirements, articulate a vision, evaluate risks and define roadmaps to strengthen supply chain capabilities, processes, and infrastructure / system investments. Rapidly build key relationships with a range of business participants including executives, vendors, and client stakeholders.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ANCILLARE LP, Horsham, Pennsylvania 2017 – May, 2019

Leading Partner with World-Class Pharmaceutical Organizations in managing Global and Ancillary Supply Chains operating in more than 120 countries globally

Supplier Relationship Manager

Design, Communicate, and Implement ANCILLARE Supplier Relationship Management vision, strategies, practices, & procedures partnering with External Suppliers & Internal Cross Functional Teams

• Responsible for the development, communication, and escalation quickly of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) in the event of Manufacturing or Distribution incidents, Serious Adverse Event or Recall.

• Responsible for negotiating and managing on-time manufacture and delivery of custom specialty clinical and medical supplies such as custom syringes from approved Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO) to meet scientific requirements for International Pharmaceutical Organizations to support global clinical trials.

•Responsible for Sourcing, Vetting, and Managing domestic and international distributorships

to identify and develop viable sources of supply to gain visibility into distributor’s supply chain databases avoid product stock-outs, and ensure sufficient safety stock inventory at all times to meet client project milestones.

•Key player for the establishment of best distribution practices and the establishment and monitoring of distribution key performance indicators to ensure the highest possible level of service to internal and external clients.

Coordinate drug supply delivery timelines with Site Clinical Study Sponsors and key Suppliers, and indirectly with internal Project Management, QA and Global Distribution resources, as required.

Maintain close communications with all internal-chain groups to ensure the adequate supply of clinical supplies throughout the duration of a clinical trial.

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• Responsible for identifying, vetting, managing key Strategic Depots and Importers of Record to facilitate the importation & export of pharmaceutical comparator drugs, medical and clinical supplies between USA, EU, ASIA PAC, LATAM in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations

Direct Reports: 1 FTE

C.W. DUNNET & CO. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2015 – 2016

$100MM Regional Food Industry Redistributor serving Food Service Industry in Mid-Atlantic Region

Vice President of Supply Chain

Managerial functions include sales, marketing, merchandising, product line development, procurement, inventory control, expense control, and vendor sourcing & negotiation.

• Program Management to Conceptualize, Design, and Implement Business Analytics Systems to Analyze Purchasing and Commodity Trends and Forecast success of existing and new Product Lines.

•Managed Supply Chain functions in full compliance with USDA, cGMP and FDA regulatory guidelines.

•Direct Reports: 1 FTE

OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, Pennington, New Jersey 2014 – 2015

Pioneer in developing renewable wave-energy technology that converts ocean wave energy into electricity

Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

Responsible for combining strategic orientation and hands-on tactical experience to provide start-to-finish purchasing support for the Engineering, Business Unit and Project Manager teams, and others to ensure a smooth, efficient and timely project execution process.

• Program Management to Identify, Qualify, and Establish vendor relationships; particularly near potential OPT deployment and fabrication locations in the U.S., Europe, Australia, Japan, and elsewhere in the world as required.

GENESIS BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP, Hamilton, NJ 2012 - 2014

Consortium of vertically integrated corporate entities which facilitate the overall market implementation and delivery of basic science products such as diagnostic assays and drug discovery.

Corporate Procurement Manager

Responsible for developing and managing the company's supply-chain to ensure adequate supply of various biological and laboratory products and services to meet production requirements and enable introduction of new products.

Conceptualized Strategic Group Purchasing Division operating as a profit center to leverage and optimize aggregate expenditures over multiple Limited Liability Corporations (LLC) targeting scientific and non-scientific market sectors.

Resolve issues involving distribution of clinical and medical supplies to US and International Clients and adjust distribution plan accordingly.

Monitor client clinical supply inventories and formulate recommendations that ensure continuity of supply to prevent delays to Clinical Trials.

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• Key player for successful development and implementation of corporate long-term procurement and distribution strategy including establishment of necessary company infrastructure, procedures, policies, and budgets.

• Direct Reports: 1 PTE

NISTICA, Bridgewater, NJ 2010 - 2012 A global supplier of agile optical modules that simplify, automate and make affordable the delivery of bandwidth applications.

Manager, Operational Planning& Project Delivery

Manage ERP system selection and implementation process to support dynamic ramp-up for start-up high technology Electronics Corporation in telecommunications sector.

Program Manager for Identifying and vetting ERP systems that would meet needs and were scalable.

Developed and sent RFPs to all vendors. Reviewed each to determine which delivered the best combination of performance, lowest initial and ongoing costs, value and ease of installation and management. Developed statement of work, business requirements documentation, project plan, integration requirements, implementation schedule for ERP system to support all major business areas.

Original resource requirements and budget estimate for project was 10 FTEs at a cost of $500K. Delivered project on-time with only two FTEs at a cost of $100K.

Manage vendor relations to ensure availability of outsourced components and achieve best costs.

Developed and implemented robust supply chain process to meet stringent demands of major

customers. Given broad range and complexity of products, established models and metrics to rapidly

identify potential shortages while managing and rationalizing inventory to minimize carrying costs

Critical to tight cash flow in this start-up.

Maintain supply chain process connecting US plant with contract manufacturer in Vietnam and

multiple US-based and Off-Shore Suppliers, made very challenging given the distance, time to produce

and rapid buildup in demand.

ENTECH SOLAR, Ewing, NJ 2007-2009

Manufacture and Install solar concentrator arrays for ground and space power applications.

Director, Supply Chain Management

Oversaw contract negotiations and ensured compliance standards and contractual obligations were set and met with essential suppliers. Managed sourcing, flow of materials, goods, and supplies for an

International developer of renewable energy technologies in the commercial and industrial markets with

Annual sales of $100M. Assumed complete accountability for procurement, raw/WIP/finished goods

inventory to include analysis and reporting in addition to logistics management of direct/indirect materials and services for solar construction projects & manufactured solar products with operating budget of $1M.

Strategically identified and obtained alternate supply sources in China to achieve lower landed cost for Solar Panels (critical path material accounting for 80% of direct material costs). Slashed COGS giving company a distinct competitive advantage.

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Expertly controlled $25M solar panel investment through the design, execution, and superior administration of central/remote warehousing protocol in addition to perpetual inventory systems and procedures. Located remote warehouses to meet JIT requirements of major customers.

Developed and implemented a highly successful automated bar code scanning system and serial number tracking system. Achieved 99+% inventory accuracy levels and zero shrinkage.

Formulated, established and managed Procurement Project Plan to achieve zero budget overruns for critical path items to include solar panels, power inverters, and transformers for 5 megawatt solar projects.

Seamlessly managed $50M direct and indirect annual expenditures while taking full ownership of all implementation and support activities for Materials Management module of Navision ERP system.

Developed and implemented continuous process improvement initiatives. Compiled and strengthened cost reduction strategies, including competitive bidding and forward buying, to enable and certify achievement of 20% gross profit margins on all statewide residential and commercial solar installation projects. Delivered ability to secure business by having significant flexibility in pricing.

• Direct Reports: 5 FTEs

ACSIS Inc. – Marlton, NJ 2006-2007

Provide an integrated suite of packaged software solutions to supply chain companies in the Life Sciences, Food, and Chemical Industries that track products and assets from raw materials to the consumer.

IT Project Manager

Provided project leadership for a global enterprise software and services provider for manufacturing and supply chain automation solutions (SAP Integration, RFID, Automated Data Collection) in

Chemical, Consumer Products, and Pharmaceutical industries. Managed all stages of budgeted $2M project lifecycle involving automated supply chain solutions in pharmaceutical and chemical industries with pronounced focus on resource loading and leveling, developing project scope (budgets, timelines, delivery dates, project costs), customer relationships, software maintenance agreements, and ongoing technical support.

• Managed DSCSA Serialization & Labelling project for major pharmaceutical client to serialize clinical supply items at the unit level so they could located and acted on in real time wherever they are in the supply network to increase the accuracy of chargeback and returns processes, and improve overall operations with end-to-end traceability.

• Led worldwide execution of RFID and automated data collection solutions for DuPont (largest corporate client), resulting in 90% reduction in accumulated IT issues within 9-month period, significantly improved client relationship and development of resource capacity for subsequent business collaborations.

Leveraged calculated negotiations with renowned global Chemical Corporation for impartial disbursement of performed work for integration testing project phase not documented in original Statement of Work (SOW), resulting in supplementary revenue growth of $100K.

• Direct Reports: 4 FTEs

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McCORMICK AND COMPANY, Hunt Valley, MD 2000-2006

Develops, manufacturers and markets spices, seasonings and flavorings to consumers, retail outlets, food manufacturers and food service businesses.

Director, Customer Fulfillment Systems & Project Delivery

Secured position as IT Project Leader/Program Manager for spices, herbs, seasoning, and flavor manufacturer, marketer, and distributor to entire food industry with $5B global sales and 10,000 employees. Dedicated to SAP Logistics Execution module in global ERP implementation project as Lead Business Analyst (with expertise in business process definition and modeling, converting captured business requirements to functional specifications, designing and developing systems-based solutions and strategies; experience in testing, altering and certifying system design; scrutinizing statistical performance and recommending effective optimization processes).

Managed Implementation of offshore Global Purchasing Organization in Grand Caymans to ensure gain of $6M annualized tax benefit while serving as IT Program Director.

Orchestrated multi-division MRO E-Procurement outsource project with control of $160M indirect spend and Nistevo On-Demand Transportation Management Solution controlling $60M annualized transportation costs as IT Project Lead.

Spearheaded creation, testing, implementation, and support for all SAP/ EDI transactions to automate tender and acceptance process for the selection of lowest inbound and outbound carriers, attaining an 5% annualized reduction in $60M corporate transportation spend.

Managed internal investigation project for database conversion feasibility and consequently influenced SQL database system transition from Access for MRO Procurement Software for optimized performance level and improved operational efficiency.

Worked closely with senior financial management in conceptualization, design, implementation, execution, and management of financial analysis models to support decision process for divestiture of multiple non-food related business entities to refocus corporate resources.

Direct Reports: 5 FTEs

AAIPHARMA Inc., (now Alcami) Wilmington, NC 1991 - 1999

A leading provider of drug product development, manufacturing and support services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Director, Purchasing & Logistics

Lead Procurement and Logistics Team to develop value optimization strategies, cost modeling, procurement related economics & financial analysis in support of business partner strategies. Major responsibilities included negotiating agreements with suppliers, contractors and partners, working with Legal Department on execution of contracts managing purchase orders and working with business units to ensure budgets are met.

Responsible for managing all Procurement and Sourcing tasks to support major global facility & system infrastructure ramp-up after $50M IPO for global Pharmaceutical CRO in key categories such as laboratory equipment, scientific instrumentation, pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment, information technology hardware, networking, and software.

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Collaborated closely with Regulatory Affairs to ensure FDA and cGMP compliance for comprehensive global supply agreements and drug master file (DMF) for “mission critical” API products to support key CMO and CMC initiatives.

Worked closely with Regulatory Affairs to identify and address potential regulatory hurdles to ensure the quality of ANDA submissions to worldwide agencies to maximize the likelihood of successful review.

Responsible for partnering with Drug Development, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, and Engineering cross-functional leadership to ensure domestic and international 3PL distribution systems and commercial product supply agreements are established and ready to support generic and rare orphan product launches and ongoing supply of required API, Intermediates, Starting Materials, Excipient, Binders, and Fillers.

• Responsible for conceptualization, design, implementation, execution, management and maintenance of High-level Strategic Global Procurement and Supply Chain plan and the effective communication the corporate supply chain vision to applicable internal and external stakeholders.

• Worked closely with senior financial management in conceptualization, design, implementation, execution, and management of financial analysis models to support corporate growth strategy via acquisition in meet investor requirements after successful IPO.

• Direct Reports: 8 FTEs

RHONE-POULENC RORER INC., (now Sanofi) King of Prussia PA 1988-1990

World-Class Publically Traded Fortune 500 Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

Manager, Procurement

Responsible for designing and implementing Sourcing and Supply strategies for clinical CROs, non-clinical CROs, lab supplies/consumables, publications, clinical pharmacology, and R&D specific technologies/services. Strong understanding of pharmaceutical R&D processes and relevant supply chain practices to improve vendor partnerships and drive efficiency in the sourcing process

Managed corporate R&D expenditures exceeding $200,000,000 annually. Project Leader for implementing Oracle ERP system in four major divisions of Fortune 500 Corporation.

• Direct Reports: 14 FTEs

CHROMPACK INTERNATIONAL INC. (now Varian Medical Systems) Raritan, NJ 1985 - 1987

International manufacturer and distributor of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), chromatography columns and instrumentation

Manager, Procurement & Distribution

Responsible for all activities of scheduling, material planning, material procurement, supplier management, and supply chain systems for international scientific instrumentation manufacturer.

Implemented policy regarding pricing and order placement from many foreign firms in China, and Middle East, and South America, as well as Europe, responding in such a way so as to help significantly increase sales and gross profit margin.

• Direct Reports: 2 FTEs

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EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Arts in English

Temple University

Certificate in Computer Science

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Studies in Dynamics of Organization

•CPIM and CIRM certifications from the American Production and Inventory Control Society

•C.P.M. certification from the Institute for Supply Management

•PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (2000-2005)

•Professional Training in Tax Accounting, Cost Accounting, Contract Management, Information Systems, Business Law, Uniform Commercial Code, Technical Writing, and Project Management

Professional Affiliations

* Drug, Chemical, and Allied Trades Association (DCAT) - Purchasing Steering Committee Member

* Institute for Supply Management (ISM) -Contributing Editor for business publication

* Council of Logistics Management (CLM)

* American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

* Project Management Institute (PMI)

Key I.T. Proficiencies

•SAP applications in business-support processes including Inventory, Shipping, Foreign Trade, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Business Intelligence, Purchasing, Materials Management, Systems Design and Configuration, and Functional Specifications

•MS Office including Excel, Access, Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook Email, Navision, HTML, RFID, EDI, Data Mapping, Epicor, Web Design, SharePoint



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