Senior Supply Chain Leader & ERP Advocate

Michael Shelton

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Supply Chain Professional Profile

Strong advocate of ERP systems by exploiting their capabilities and ensuring full engagement. Also driving continuous improvements through effective data mining analysis, process optimization, materials commodity strategies and remedial actions to achieve targets. Developed Frame agreements & Master Supply Agreements (MSA’s) for strategic suppliers, standard Purchase T’s & C’s, Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), and have developed T’s & Cs for the Sales organization.

Managed an annual spend up to $ 600 Million, ensuring compliance with all internal and regulatory compliance. Been responsible for up to 11 Direct Reports.

Other Core Competencies

Leadership/People Development Commodity/Category Management Strategies Turnkey Project Sourcing

NPI to Production Release Demand Forecasting including S & OP “Negative” Inventory Turns Implementation

Distribution/Warehousing Inventory Reductions Total Cost of Ownership

Logistics & Trade Compliance Supply Assurance Risk Mgmt. & Governance.

Career Experience

E-Zinc Inc. Oct. 2023 to Nov. 2025 (OEM in renewable energy sector) Head, Procurement/Supply Chain

Improved Time to Market by 15% on a critical program launch by utilizing Statistical Risk Buy Analysis Model.

Led Tiger Team on Should Cost Analysis and performed various models for existing and new products.

Spearheaded Make vs. Buy Projects which netted in 22% cost savings based on Total Cost of Ownership.

Created Reverse Marketing Package which was successful in engaging strategic suppliers.

Implement robust Inventory Control FIFO system which replaced “FISH”, result of 73% reduction of obsolescence.

Implemented Tariff Countermeasures dashboard with focus on maintaining margins.

Accelerated Systems Inc. Dec. 2020 to Oct. 2023 ( E mobility components) Director, supply chain

The organization has been going through exponential revenue growth and at the same time dealing with severe component supply issues and cost containment initiatives.

Established a Supply Chain Center of Excellence focused on lead times, costs, vulnerabilities including countermeasures, supplier re-sizing and optimization as well as logistics, supply assurance, & fostering relationships.

Championed a cost functional team on mitigating cost increases and ensuring no supply disruptions.

Established Master Supply Agreements which increased On Time Delivery by 33%, reduction of quality related items by 41%, initial cost savings of 17%, and annualized recurring cost savings of 3%.

Optimized data-driven decision-making process, resulting an increase of 15% in procurement efficiency.

Project Procurement Consultant May 2019 to Nov. 2020

Enwave Energy (District Energy provider)

Consolidation of suppliers at 11 sites to leverage spend & value add services on major capital equipment, construction, sub-contracting & materials; net result was a cost savings of 15%

Lead key negotiations of strategic & high dollar projects involving 3rd party suppliers by establishing a competitive bidding process.

Petro Techna Int. (Waste water recovery systems)

Mentored and trained staff members on best practices including negotiation methods, inventory management, logistics, commodity management for both direct & indirect, global sourcing & trade compliance.

Spear heading $ 380 Million in key vendor negotiations for Balance of Plant, setting up localized 3rd Party Installation & Service agreements as well as Logistical services including mobilization and demobilization.

Maratek Environmental (Pharmaceutical Equipment)

Championed the selection of a new ERP system which the payback was calculated at 5.6 months.

Spearheaded supplier consolidation program, cost savings of 15.3%, reduction of suppliers by 32% coupled with lead time reductions and dock to stock replenishment engagements.

Trimaster Group June 2018 to May 2019 (Machined Components including Aerospace) Director, Materials

Revamped the Supply Chain function while managing 11 direct reports (team of 17) for this controlled goods, medical components, aerospace and high precision parts manufacturer.

Provided full-cycle oversight of supply chain from bidding, to procurement and planning, to warehousing, logistics and Customer Service, working in collaboration with engineering and manufacturing with a focus on materials cost and availability.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Transformed the Supply Management Process by implementing a Vendor Performance Scorecard leading to a 10-25% improvement on quality and delivery while also achieving Tier 1 pricing attributes by resizing the Supply base by 33%.

Innovative Steam Technologies May 2017 to May 2018 (Oil extraction) Head - Global Supply

Managed the day-to-day operations with a team of 7 direct reports for this manufacturing organization that went unfortunately into receivership.

Acted as key advisor on the Senior Leadership Team, developing and providing strategic recommendations on process optimization, vendor management and cost-effective supply chain functions.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Grew productivity by 12% through the leading of a Supply Chain Transformation project that included transforming the group into a commodity organization with a global responsibility, empowering and re-engaging the team, and optimizing the ERP system.

Increased savings by 23% through the development of a Supply Assurance and TOCO models and resizing of the supplier base.

Electrovaya October 2014 to May 2017 (Battery storage systems) Director – Supply Chain

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Managed an ERP project, streamlining processes within multiple business units (Project Management, Service, Facilities, Finance, IT, Engineering, Sales and Operations), enhancing productivity, increasing on time delivery by 35% and reducing working capital by over 60%.

Saved 17% on direct materials by engaging with the Supplier Ecosystem through leverage of 4 major levers coupled with effective vendor negotiating strategies.

Siemens Canada May 2012 to October 2014 (Energy Sector) Director, Supply Chain

Directed all Canadian supply chain operations with 12 direct reports within 4 divisions ( O & G, Transmission, Renewals, Nuclear) which included sourcing for large projects.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Improved the Canadian division’s ranking to 7 (out of 50 countries) through exceeding KPIs and for providing key strategic planning and analysis as member of the Global Procurement Council.

Conducted comprehensive commodity market analysis that identified $ 650 k in potential savings.

Additional Experience

SatCon Renewable Energy Director of Procurement

WC Wood Corporation Director, Procurement & Logistics

IMAX Corporation Director, Supply Chain

Omron Automotive Electronics Sr. Supply Chain Manager

Education & Training

National College Business Administration – Honours

Magnet Institute Six Sigma Lean Concepts

Learning the Secrets of High-Performance Sales Teams Miller Heiman Program

APICS Certification Association for Supply Chain Management

Master Manager Diploma Program Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

Principles of Successful Project Execution Program Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

Certified Instructor for ASCM and Supply Chain Canada

Should Cost Analysis 4 Levers of Implementation

William Bridges Transition Model for Change

Professional Programs Taken

CONTRACT LAW FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS MARGIN STACKING ANALYSIS

PLM, VA/VE COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS WMS

SAP, EPICOR, JDE SUCCESSFUL PROJECT EXECUTION QA CONCEPTS

5S/7S METHODOLOGIES ISO9001/13485, AS9100D, GMP VALUE PROCESS MAPPING

TPS (Toyota Production System) POKA YOKE TECHNIQUES

Professional Associations

* Frequent Guest Speaker, Supply Chain Analytics Conference & Procurecon Canada

* Mentor, MBA Student at Richard Ivey School of Business & University of Ontario Institute of Technology

* Past President & Executive Member for ASCM, and previous Board member for Supply Chain Canada

* Written various articles for Supply Professional Magazine

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