PROFILE:
Senior Supply Chain professional with expertise in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Demand Management, Inventory Management and general supply chain business processes. Experience in organizations from medium-sized operations to Fortune 500 companies, in both international and domestic markets. In-depth knowledge of multi-national and multi-cultural business settings. Ability to forge relationships between business leaders and technology experts. Recognized for achieving supply chain effectiveness leading to working capital reduction, asset optimization, productivity improvement and improved customer service. Extensive experience in the implementation and support of ERP systems. Knowledge of both business process and systems utilization. Aligns systems and process to achieve operational efficiencies. Excellent leadership, communication, project management and analytical skills.
WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS, Collegeville, PA 2004-2007
Assistant Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Led the development of the global supply chain management vision for Wyeth and the strategy to achieve the vision. Designed strategic business processes and system changes to support the vision.
* Built team of supply chain experts to identify areas of opportunity and drive business change.
* Influenced change through partnerships across functions to achieve results without direct administrative authority.
* Improved fundamental supply chain capabilities by assessing most critical areas and directing project initiatives. Major change areas included supply chain data visibility and availability, global supply chain metrics and performance measurements, S&OP processes and supply planning.
* Achieved buy-in of senior leadership of the value of supply chain which resulted in a second phase diagnostic to create the supply chain strategy.
* Conducted a focused diagnostic of supply chain capabilities resulting in a supply chain vision and a 3-year strategy to create a world-class, recognized Global Supply Chain organization. Resulted in the creation of a formal, global Supply Chain organization within Wyeth.
* Led overall functional design in SAP for Supply Chain processes to assure a standard, global design as SAP was extended internationally.
SANOFI AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS, Bridgewater, NJ 1974-2004
Senior Manager, Business Solutions Group, Kansas City, MO (2001-2004)
Managed a cross-functional technology group that supported Aventis, North American manufacturing systems including SAP, Manufacturing Execution, Laboratory Information Management and Laboratory Data Acquisition.
* Turned around an SAP 4.6 upgrade project team that was behind schedule by focusing efforts on executing a detailed plan, resulting in a completed and validated product with no delay.
* Completed an accelerated upgrade to SAP 4.7 by designing a validation plan that could be executed in one third the time while meeting the needs of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Head, Supply Chain Business Operations, Frankfurt, Germany (2000-2001)
Created and implemented global Aventis supply chain business processes, including global inventory management, supply chain KPI’s and annual business planning process,
* Managed global inventory through relationships in a global network resulting in inventory reductions of more than 15%.
* Designed and implemented an inventory data extract and consolidation process that provided detailed inventory data in 7 working days in support of inventory management process.
Sales and Operations Planning Leader - Europe, Frankfurt, Germany (1997-2000)
Responsible for improving communications between Commercial and Manufacturing organizations within Europe/MEAF with goal of maximizing customer service throughout the region.
* Implemented S&OP process in 5 European markets within 6 months with resulting reductions in supply problems, lower inventories and consistently high customer service levels.
* Reduced inventory and improved customer service by creating and implementing an Internal Customer Service metric to measure and improve reliability of manufacturing plant in servicing country markets to above 90%.
* Negotiated manufacturing and supply agreements in asset sale, bridging the differences between buyer and seller.
Director, North American PRISM Resource Center, Kansas City, MO (1995-1997)
Managed a cross-functional technology center to support all aspects of the ERP business system, SAP.
* Designed, created and staffed a cross-functional SAP support center that improved business efficiency by constantly improving the system utilization and gaining business benefits from an integrated ERP system.
* Project Manager for the start-up of SAP R3 implementation project for North America including project justification, staffing of implementation team and selection of consulting support.
Manager, Global SAP-RM Process Design, Kansas City, MO (1994-1995)
Managed the design and implementation of global business processes for the implementation of SAP R2.
* Implemented global, standardized SAP-RM instance on time and within budget by successfully managing a multi-cultural effort and aligning business processes and system configuration.
Manager, Global MSMS Development Center, Midland, MI (1990-1994)
Led cross-functional support team for The Dow Chemical Company spare parts inventory and procurement system that managed $2.5 billion in inventory.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Held a series of progressively responsible positions at Merrell Dow, including Purchasing Manager; Manager, Production Planning and Inventory Control, Project Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Department Manager and Project Engineer (1974-1990).
EDUCATION
MBA, Operations Management, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
BS, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Certified Production and Inventory Manager (CPIM) through APICS
Leadership and Management Seminars
Lean 6 Sigma Champion Training
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) |
