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| Desired Industry: Management |
SpiderID: 3725 |
| Desired Job Location: Alpharetta, Georgia |
Date Posted: 9/27/2005 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Vice President / Director Supply Chain
Experience:
VP, Supply Chain, United Technologies, 2004 – 2005. Turn-around assignment for $90M producer of electronics and commercial hardware. Moved operations and suppliers from Spain and Mexico to China. Reduced cost of goods $5.8M. Renegotiated freight and 3PL contracts, reducing logistics expense 8%. Responsibilities included manufacturing and engineering leadership.
Management Consultant, Resource Systems Group, 1998 – 2004. Consulted 40+ large and small manufacturing, distribution, service, and engineering firms. Managed gap assessment, lean analysis, and problem solving with focus on Lean Supply Chain. Client list: AlliedSignal, Glaxo, Honeywell, Raytheon, and Delphi. Certified 100+ Six Sigma Black Belts. Conducted over 50 kaizen events. Completed over 20 DMAIC projects.
Earlier career: Materials Manager and Quality Manager for Ensign-Bickford, Quality Engineer for Pfizer, Manufacturing Engineer for Ford Motor Company.
Education:
BS, Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Affiliations:
APICS, ASQ, SME
Skills:
Global Sourcing / Vendor Contracts / Consolidations / Process Improvement / Cost Control / Startups / Turnaround / Growth Strategy / Change Agent / Lean Six Sigma / International
Additional Information:
Consolidated suppliers for United Technologies, saving $5.8M annually. Quickly studied cost of goods and operating expenses. Developed strategy to reduce excessive freight, and high raw material and inventory costs. Developed three new suppliers in China and consolidated contracts of 25 European suppliers, adding 4.5% improvement to EBIT.
Improved quality and increased output 50% for Oasis Corp. Water cooler sales growth was limited by production capacity. Conducted lean processes analysis and determined solution. Trained cross-functional teams and lead them through a lean manufacturing transformation.
Consolidated manufacturing operations for multiple sites in Africa for GlaxoSmithKline. Part of 50-person Lean Sigma global consulting team, needed to rationalize manufacturing and supply operations after merger of Glaxo & SmithKline. Coached and trained leadership teams on Lean and Six Sigma. Relocated and recertified products and processes under tight regulatory control. Doubled inventory turns and increased on-time delivery.
Candidate Contact Information:
| Name: Lawrence Loucka |
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| City: Alpharetta |
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| State: Georgia |
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| Zip: 30022 |
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