Steven K. Converse

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Leland, NC 28451 716-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/stevenkeithconverse adwfqx@r.postjobfree.com

Site Management Supply Chain Professional

Recognize opportunities and implement strategies that simplify processes and improve business financials along with safety

Implement changes that improve profitability and expand capacity. Utilize strong interpersonal and manufacturing supervision skills. Reputation for effectively collaborating with employees from many cultures from shop floor to executive suite. Demonstrate strong business acumen in using continuous improvement processes and problem solving. Skills include:

Supply Chain Change Management Performance and Data Analysis

Inventory Management ISO 9000 Minitab SAP MS Office Lean Manufacturing

Experience

Nouryon Site Manager Burt NY 2017 – Current

Facilitated auditing and action item resolution to bring the site into Process Safety Management OSHA compliance.

Improving documentation for procedures and policies to facilitate better documentation on training

Implemented changes and improvements to improve fixed cost productivity by more than 5% per year and bring the site under budget.

Leading investigations and making changes to improve customer relationships by reducing complaints and improving on time delivery.

Facilitating capital projects for the site and developing new opportunities for another revenue stream

Implemented changes and improvements to improve on time delivery by over 10%.

Lord Corporation Materials Manager Amherst, NY 2016 – 2017

Managing team that encompasses production planning, purchasing, shipping, receiving and material management. Implementing key initiatives to drive improvement for supplier performance from 65% to 95%, inventory control with increased accuracy, on time shipping from 38% to >82%, scheduling improvement to reduce lead time.

DUPONT Master Planner Tedlar® PVFM Supply Chain, Buffalo, NY 2008 – 2015

Managed growing complexity of PVFM supply chain and planned for additional 5 domestic and 2 international contract-manufacturing sites as business grew from $60M to exceeding $275M in sales. Provided supply plans and possible scenarios for planning horizon of 2 to 5 years for larger projects, balancing supply, and demand to meet business objectives. Trained as six sigma blackbelt.

Reduced working capital $1.45M by creating a control plan that reduced mean and variation of global PVF (Poly Vinyl Fluoride) inventory days of supply.

Contributed to improving finishing area yield 6.5% and saving $1.65M by mentoring 1 black and 2 green Six Sigma belts.

Improved decision making on slow moving and obsolete material by developing inventory dashboard for monitoring all possible buckets of inventory according to detail and volume/value.

Supervised asset schedulers and material planners at Yerkes and Circleville sites while delegating responsibility for master / asset schedulers and material planners at other Dupont and contractor sites.

Implemented systems that monitored performance and recognized opportunities to gain additional improvements.

Managed relationships with key suppliers, both internal and external and kept abreast of production planning and changes that allowed improved supply chain activities beyond Tedlar®.

Reduced warehouse / rented trailer space, saving over $250M per year by coaching employees on implementing Lean manufacturing improvements and utilizing SAP/MRP for planning purposes.

DUPONT Master Scheduler Tedlar® PVFM, Buffalo, NY and Circleville, OH 2004 – 2007

Provided supply plans and possible scenarios over 2-year planning horizon for 3 sites. Interacted with plant operations personnel, site management, technology experts, Wilmington operations / leadership, CSRs and demand planners from SA, EU, ASIA, NA regions.

Enhanced production planning of both Tedlar® and Teflon Films® by designing modified transaction that combined sales order data with process order data, simplifying open order review and analysis.

Reduced Teflon® Films lead time from 43 days to 17, improved customer service from 55% to 95% and reduced plant inventory from $8.2M to $3.8M by utilizing Economic Order Quantity (EOC) modeling coupled with strategies started while at Circleville plant.

DUPONT Area Superintendent Teflon® Films, Circleville, OH 2003 – 2004

Managed 24/7 operation, involving over 30 personnel that extruded Teflon® Films.

Gained sales and eliminated delays by developing and implementing operational strategies, which improved uptime, capacity, rates and overall yield.

DUPONT Process Division Engineer, Buffalo, NY 1996 – 2002

Validated Six Sigma green belt projects of $2.2MM and $1.6MM.

Simplified, documented and implemented best practices in operations that enabled improved rates, yields and productivity.

Additional DuPont Experience

Process Engineer Dacron® Yarn, DUPONT CAPE FEAR, Wilmington, NC

Manufacturing Supervisor, DUPONT YERKES, Buffalo, NY

Manufacturing Supervisor, DUPONT SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT, Aiken, SC

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of New York, Buffalo, NY

Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

Certifications

Certified Supply Chain Professional, CSCP APICS, 2009; New York

Certified Production and Inventory Management, CPIM APICS, 2009; New York

Volunteer Activities

President and member of board of managers for Collingwood Homeowners’ Association

Youth sport head coach for basketball and baseball teams

Town of Aurora youth baseball commission member

Boys and Girls club of East Aurora

East Aurora School District long range fiscal committee member

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