Manager Customer Service
Resume:
HENRY T. WALKER
**** ****** **** ********, ** ***64
abm1ne@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Manufacturing professional with record of accomplishments in management
positions in high volume automotive assembly; market leading consumer
goods, and in customer-driven engineered to order environments. First hand
experience with Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Process Improvement, Total
Quality Management techniques, SAP, JDE and other systems implementations.
The Homax Group
September 2008 to October 2009
Materials Manager-Ashland City, TN
Responsible for Production Scheduling, Inventory Control, Purchasing,
Shipping and Receiving. Responsible for forming a materials department
with buyers, inventory control personnel, material handlers, shipping,
receiving, and a scheduler in a start-up situation.
Implemented JDEdwards MRP module for the facility - Sep 08
Redesign of the complete back half of the facility for shipping and
receiving - Oct 08
Improved production downtime waiting for materials by over 400% percent by
implementation of proper scheduling techniques and improved processes for
material scheduling and procurement.
Properly aligned production needs and purchases to achieve a 20%working
capital reduction at Ashland City and increased Finished Goods turns by
over 100%.
Improved inventory controls at the facility to reduce the variance to book
from over $400,000 to under $5.000 on $4 million of inventory
Johnson Controls.
April 2008 to August 2008
Materials Manager-Franklin, TN
Responsible for Production Scheduling, Inventory Control, Purchasing,
Shipping and Receiving. Tier 1 and tier 2 automotive supplier to Ford and
Nissan. Managed software systems and procedures for In-Line Vehicle
Sequencing of Parts (ILVS) for the automotive assembly plants.
Delphi Automotive Systems.
July 2004 to April 2008
Materials Manager, Delphi Energy & Chassis-Columbia, TN
Responsible for all SAP MM/.PP activities and training, including Master
Schedules meeting customer requirements, scheduling of components required
for assembly, logistics associated with incoming components and customer
shipments, inventory integrity and reconciliation, supervision of
personnel for shipping/receiving, and system integrity/compliance for
sequencing systems to support customer demands.
Improved on year-end inventory commitment by better than 20%.
Scheduled components and production schedules for >99% on time shipments.
Managed cost savings of >$200K in budgeted freight costs year on year.
November 1997 to July 2003
Cooper Industries
Materials Manager, Cooper Hand Tools-Sumter, SC
Responsible for Procurement, Master Planning, Inventory Control, and
Production Control departments for a facility with >700 employees, $160M in
revenue and >$40M in inventory, direct and indirect materials.
Implemented structure and reorganized personnel to standardize planning
methods for best business practices to achieve double digit increase in
customer on time shipments.
Cost Savings for FY2002 in excess of $1.8 million related to procurement
initiatives such as team participation in cross divisional teams for Cooper
Strategic Sourcing, make versus buy analysis, and site specific
optimization of the supply chain.
Managed Inventory levels to allow for write off of over $1.5 million in E&O
inventory.
Operations Manager, Cooper Hand Tools-Greenville MS
Responsible for all facets of two manufacturing plants at the Greenville
Operations. Dual responsibility for the materials department. Proven
track record of success in meeting financial estimates to division office.
Responsible for the planning and overseeing timely and cost effective
divestiture of the Nicholson bandsaw product line as it related to the
plant activities and subsequent shutdown of one of the facilities in
Greenville.
Manufacturing & Materials Manager, Cooper Hand Tools-Greenville, MS
Responsible for the manufacturing departments plus the maintenance
department.
Managed manufacturing departments to the financial estimates. The
departments had not met the estimates for the 18 months preceding me.
Reorganized tooling and MRO inventory, modernizing the inventory techniques
and implementing the SAP module for the central suppliers area.
Improved Corporate Safety standard score by more than 20% (Audit is based
on OSHA compliance)
Responsible for SAP implementation, Procurement, Production Scheduling,
Receiving, Shipping, Inventory, and Customer Service Departments. Also
Factory manager for the finishing factory production line.
Power user for MM/PP modules in SAP system implementation. Responsible for
data cleanup, training of personnel, and effective implementation of the
MM/PP modules.
March 1997 to November 1997
Implemented scheduling techniques to utilize capacities on the production
lines and meet demand for customer requirements.
Cleaver-Brooks
Greenville, MS
Manager of Production Control/Inventory Control
Responsible for managing the production planners tasked with developing and
producing accurate and on-time material and fabrication schedules for use
on 5 different product lines in an engineered-to-order environment.
Introduced and implemented Critical Path Method Scheduling. Successfully
implemented a KANBAN replenishment system for supply of raw materials from
multiple suppliers
October 1987 to February 1997
Babcock & Wilcox
West Point, MS
Production Planning Manager
Responsible for managing production planners tasked with quoting lead-
times, developing fabrication and material schedules, releasing of
manufacturing orders and coordination of shipments in an engineered-to-
order environment. Responsible for implementing a Critical Path Method
scheduling system and a successful MAPICS implementation
Production Control Supervisor
Resource & Capacity Planner
Replacement Parts Planner
Production Supervisor, 2nd & 3rd shifts
1984 to 1989
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Experience and work related training
APICS certified 1991.
120 hours formal SAP training on the majority of modules in the system. 9
years SAP experience.
One week intensive leadership training in Providence RI. Leadership
Insights by Judd Associates
Understanding Financials for Non-Financial Managers 1999
B&W TQM training 1993
Xerox Team training 1994
FACTOR finite capacity scheduling systems by Pritsker Inc
Skills
Able to clearly establish goals and objectives, provide people with the
tools necessary to meet those objectives, and insure accountability within
the organization.
SAP implementation and Power User experience since 1998
Proficient in multiple PC applications, MS Office, Lotus, SureTrak and P3
scheduling systems by Primavera, etc.
Highly developed knowledge of SAP & ERP software systems. Full
understanding of the interrelationships within the software
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