Edward L. Manusakis
Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone: 205-***-**** Cell: 205-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***
SENIOR LEVEL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONAL
Top performing Logistics and Production Control professional uniquely qualified to drive solutions and deliver results. A demonstrated track record offering over thirty-six years of career success, with developing and executing strategies focused to reduce operational costs, promote organizational growth and optimize the utilization of technologies and processes to support the business. A decisive leader of improving operational efficiency, reducing inventory turns and optimizing on-hand inventories. Extensive experience in leading large teams of professionals and providing customer oriented solutions.
Core Competencies Include:
• Material Control
• Customer Oriented Solutions
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Production Control
• Large Scale Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Process Improvement
• Client Relations
• Vendor & Contract Management
• Solutions Development
• Project Management
• Team Building and Leadership
• Presentations & Proposals
• People and Capability Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WKW Automotive – Pell City, AL August 2010 – June 2012
Logistics / Customer Service Manager
Accomplishments
Managing and providing leadership for five salaried and nineteen hourly material management employees across a three shift operation.
Developed and implemented a warehousing facility to control raw materials and finished goods. Developed a pull system between the manufacturing site and warehousing facility for raw materials.
Implemented a cycle count process to maintain very high inventory integrity for all raw and finished materials.
Responsible for managing headcount and transportation costs.
Established and executed a competitive bids process for transportation lanes both inbound and outbound.
Developed a customer service team to manage customer EDI, purchase orders and the creation of customer scheduling agreements.
Delphi Packard Electric – Brookhaven, MS August 2006 – August 2010
Production Control and Logistics Manager
Accomplishments
Managing and providing leadership for eight salaried and 33 hourly materials management employees across a three shift operation.
Trained and developed a salaried staff in a lean operating system that supports production scheduling, supply chain management, customer service, inventory control, receiving and shipping.
Managed headcount, inventory and transportation costs with-in budget with focus on inventory turns and DIO. The improvement on inventory turns went from 35.7 to 55.3 while maintaining a DIO of 4.9
Implemented new operating systems which allowed for improved material flow throughout the facility, floor space reduction, inventory reductions and headcount right sizing based on standardized work and current business conditions.
Eliminated non value added work time (the waiting time with nothing for an operator to do) and double handling of raw materials (move the raw material from its receiving point to point of use or consumption).
Coordinated the seamless launch of the SAP business system for our product business unit which included two sites in North America. With focus on Purchase to Pay (PTP), order to cash (OTC), Mobile Data Entry (MDE) and Manufacturing.
Restructured a distribution/warehousing center which resulted in an inventory reduction of over $4,000,000, floor space savings of 79,000 square feet and improved inventory turns from 18.4 to 35.7 in calendar year 2007.
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Delphi Thermal and Interior Systems – Gadsden, AL June 2004 - August 2006
Production Control and Logistics Manager
Accomplishments
Managed and provided leadership for seven salaried and 37 hourly materials management employees across three shift operation.
Supported the successful launch of a full process manufacturing facility which produced and delivered automotive interior components based on a just-in-time delivery system.
Developed and implemented a supply chain ordering system while maintaining correct inventory levels.
Developed and implemented the logistics network for this site which included obtaining competitive transportation bids and negotiating with prospective shippers to obtain excellent, cost effective service.
Coordinated the seamless launch of the SAP business system for our product business unit which included three site in North America. With focus on Purchase to Pay (PTP), order to cash (OTC), Mobile Data Entry (MDE) and Manufacturing.
Managed headcount, inventory and transportation costs within budget while realizing an inventory turn rate of 32.4.
Implemented a lean operating scheduling tool which provided finished product to our customer with the right part at the right time, in the correct volume shipped just-in-time which was essential to their manufacturing timeline.
Delphi Packard Electric & Delphi Interior Systems – Cottondale, AL June 1994 - June 2004
Production Control and Logistics Manager
Accomplishments
Developed, planned and implemented a Greenfield site (new plant location) and plant floor manufacturing system required to build and ship automotive interior modular systems in sequence to an Original Equipment Manufacturer. Systems capabilities required to receive electronic live broadcast build information every 1.9 minutes, process that data into a modular build document with over 100,000 build variations, keep track of the build until shipped and send billing information to financial systems.
Developed, planned and implemented a supply chain ordering system to manage the “just-in-time” inbound delivery of raw material components required to support the assembly of interior modular systems. In addition to the supply chain ordering system, I planned the material movement, storage and delivery of those components to the manufacturing area.
Developed the logistics support plan required to move the raw material into the manufacturing facility which included materials from 63 different suppliers in six different countries.
Hired, trained and developed a salaried staff to support customer service, supply chain management, inventory control, scheduling, receiving and shipping.
Managed headcount, transportation and inventory costs within a set budget.
Implemented the seamless launch of a new facility, staff and product which resulted in a 100% on-time delivery performance to the Customer.
Set the bench mark for Delphi Packard on inventory turns at 100 plus as well as a show case for supply chain and sequential manufacturing and delivery.
Recognized by Transportation and Distribution Magazine with an award for Excellence in Supply Chain Management.
Additional Supply Chain and Logistics experience not documented. June 1976 – June 1994
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
1977 - Awarded the Presidents Council Honors award from General Motors
1999 - Recognition award by Transportation and Distribution Magazine for excellence in supply chain management
2000 - Received a recognition award from Delphi’s CEO for Y2K readiness.
2001 - Received a PC & L Global Excellence award for maintaining an uninterrupted supply of materials during 9/11
2002 - Received a recognition award from the Boeing Company for allowing their employees the opportunity to use our facility on numerous occasions as a bench mark in supply chain management.
EDUCATION
Business Management – Capital University and Youngstown State; Ohio
Proficient in Spanish
TECHNOLOGY
Highly proficient in SAP, Microsoft Office Suite