Director Operations Management and Supply Chain Planning

CLIFFORD R PETERSOHN, MBA, CPIM

Bloomington, IN *7408 H: 812-***-**** ad9ugx@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/cliffordrpetersohn

Experienced Global Operations Planning Director with a documented track record building cohesive supply planning teams and guiding inventory optimization materials planning systems strategy. Demonstrated effective daily operational problem solving and continuous process improvements in multi-site factory, distribution and logistics settings in wide range of industries including: biologics food processing, T1 automotive OEM smart lighting, navigation audio systems and thermoplastics industries with $150M to $BB in sales. Thorough technical knowledge of ERP Systems Management, Customer Service, Master Data Optimization, Demand Management, Supply Chain Planning, Global Logistics, and Kaizen methodologies to optimize working capital, drive customer on-time delivery, safety and team cohesion. A motivational leader dedicated to building and developing diverse global people into cohesive talented teams through problem solving and thorough training.

Skill Highlights

• Customer Service Excellence • Materials Planning & Control Stategy / Daily Execution

• Supply Chain Mapping / Inventory Optimization • Operational Leadership / Escalation Management • MRP Database Parameter Optimization • Team Building / Development / Communications

• Demand Management / Forecasting • Performance Management / KPI

• Factory Physics / Lean Science / Six Sigma • ERP Planning Systems - MRP / MPS / CRP

Professional Experience

Plant APU Manager (07/2019 – present)

Valeo – North America Lighting / Visibility Systems. Seymour, IN

Valeo Lighting / Visibility Systems - $6.2 Billion global sales. Designs and manufactures interior and exterior lighting solutions tailored to meet all OEM automaker model requirements.

Plan, organize, and lead daily execution of molding and assembly manufacturing with $600 million annual sales, 1,200 associates leveraging Valeo Production System. Lead safety protocols, quality protocols and operations efficiencies driving 99.5+% customer on-time deliveries.

Established Economic Production Quantities (EPQ) database identifying optimal production lot quantities for least total cost, maximizing quality throughput. 25% setup reduction opportunity - $150K.

Established statistical process controls (SPC) modeling for key lens molding surface treatments identifying key defectives, correlation and corrective action thresholds.

Identified critical process overload conditions tracking uptime and throughput insuring critical deliverables are achieved. Increased critical press uptime from 68% to sustained 75% - +10%.

Establish vision of process flow improvements with lean science factory physics CTq minimization.

Supply Chain Manager – US/Canada Operations (09/2016 – 05/2019)

LYONDELLBASELL – A. Schulman Engineered Products Division Evansville, IN

Design formulate, and manufacture engineered plastic compounds, color concentrates and additives for global plastic molding and forming customer applications. $2.5B global sales servicing Americas, Asia, and European customers.

Direct the planning, organization and execution of daily plant production operations and supply chain management for three plant sites with over $400M in finished product flow, 350 associates.

Lead key operations planning supply strategies for eight US/Canada plants with $620M sales and 600 associates. Collaborate with cross-functional Executive Leadership guiding strategy plans for business expansion and business performance excellence.

Cut defective production 30% leveraging EPQ; propelled customer on-time delivery from 80% to ongoing 99%.

Cut inventory from $55M to $39M - $16M reduction (29%) in six months; Implemented inventory optimization decision planning database which standardized best targets and sustained improvements.

Key leader implementing Sales & Operations Planning process including: forecasting, multi-site capacity model machine loading, labor staffing and logistics requirements. Drove throughput efficiencies, balancing operations from 7x24 to flex 5x24 – avoided 30wks Sat. & Sun. O.T. saved over $1.3M.

Director of Logistics (06/2015 – 07/2016)

AMERIQUAL GROUP, LLC Evansville, IN

Produce, Package, Assemble and Distribute high-quality, shelf-stable food products to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and major branded food companies. $250M sales; $150M procurement; $6M transportation spend.

Direct supply chain logistics, demand planning, warehouse operations, inventory control, production flows.

Initiated Kaizen warehouse process improvement events – location storage optimization, 5S operations, driver/forklift capacity planning, team building. Increased accuracies from 60% to 96%+, quality of storage from 40% to over 90% (12000 pallet positions).

Implemented plant production Kanban pull replenishment process achieving sustained: 100% line fulfillment, manufacturing OEE 85%, over $1 million operational costs savings and $3 million inventory reduction.

Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning (04/2013 – 02/2015)

HOME PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL Seymour, IN / Chicago, IL

Design, Manufacture and Distribute plastic injection molded storage and metal fabricated garment care consumer products. Major retailers included Walmart, Target, Kmart, ACE, Circuit City and Best Buy with over 140 DCs across North America.

Directed global supply chain operations, production, distribution, inventory planning and inventory control strategies to achieve sustained performance excellence for over $150M in sales.

Championed Kaizen 5S process event in factory and distribution centers. Cut storage violations by 80% within 30 days and sustained safety and inventory control excellence with zero errors.

Led Sales and Operations Planning process implementation. Launched statistical forecast system linking with Materials Requirements Planning and capacity planning.

Reduced process changeover costs by $.4M annually and premium freight costs by $.2M.

Increased inventory turn ratios 15% YoY representing $2.5M optimized reduction.

POSITIONS OF INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY (03/1994 to 02/2013)

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL

Director, Global Operations & Supply Chain Planning Farmington Hills, MI / Franklin, KY (2002 - 2013)

Major Automotive OEMs included Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Lexus, Mercedes, BMW, Chrysler and Audi with over

57 global OEM automotive factories. Designed, manufactured and distributed OEM Tier 1 and consumer electronics with $1.3B in sales, $800M in Material procurement and $50M logistics.

Led the planning, organization and execution of daily plant production operations and supply chain management with eight global plant sites, 2,000 employee and $1.3B in finished product sales distribution.

Oversaw employee development, operations planning, quality assurance and business decision analysis to drive customer excellence managing two Tier 1 OEM plants with 900 associates and over $300M in sales.

Championed continuous improvement initiatives to leverage Toyota Production System Lean Science

Technologies and MRP/JIT production planning.

Key Director guiding strategic global production and distribution expansion supporting $800M sales growth.

Provided strategic operations planning and general oversight of site selections, management, layout, staffing, and SAP ERP / WMS systems for over 800K square feet of production and distribution footprint.

Improved demand flow optimization through SAP ERP system planning for supply chain manufacturing.

Key Achievements:

Received the Chief Operating Officer's Key Contributor Award.

Reduced changeover costs $1.2M annually, inventory flow reduction of $20M and avoided $1.5M in premium freight costs.

Sustained customer steady-state delivery excellence of 99%; inventory turns 12x steady-state; line material

availability 99.5% steady-state.

Senior Manager, Product and Capacity Planning, Martinsville, IN (2000- 2002)

Spearheaded development, coding, and implementation of strategic analytical forecasting and capacity planning model to optimize product loading, capital investment and total manufacturing costs.

Drove $1M manufacturing cost reduction through acceleration to market launch 100% on-time.

Manager, Materials & Logistics, Martinsville, IN (1994 - 2000)

Developed and executed strategic plans for materials, logistics operations, production control, inventory control,

warehouse operations and customer service.

Education

Master of Business Administration

University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN

Bachelor of Science – Operations Management

University of Evansville Evansville, IN

Minors: Quantitative Business Analysis, Accounting

Assoc Hrs: Mathematics and Computer Science

Training, Certifications

Leadership Excellence, Kent State University, Graduate School of Business, Executive Programs.

Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), The Association of Supply Chain and Operations Mgt.

The Science of Lean Manufacturing (Factory Physics), Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Mgt.

Six Sigma / 6 Sigma USA

Decoding Toyota Production System and Application, Harman Operations Excellence Institute.

Advanced Management Communications, Psychological Associates, St. Louis, MO.

Strategy Development and Action Planning, Psychological Associates, St. Louis, MO.

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