Expert Details
Supply Chain Management - including Logistics, Planning, & Manufacturing
ID: 726949
New Jersey, USA
Expert's logistics and manufacturing experience provides him with extensive expertise in sales demand planning and supply planning. He has led initiatives to deliver improved planning processes, install planning software, and implement Sales and Operations Planning. These programs improved customer service while reducing inventories and operational costs.
Expert's Manufacturing background includes a broad range of experience ranging from shop floor management to directing multi-facility international networks. He has led initiatives to improve quality and performance as well as reduce costs. Additionally he has managed several plant expansion and supply network rationalization projects.
As a senior manager and member of several operating boards and executive committees, Expert has been involved with many mergers, acquisiitions, and businesss transformations. This has involved organization redesigns, changes to operating frameworks, and the development of supply chain and business strategies. Expert has directed the activities associated with the development of new and more efficient business processes and functional capabilities, and reducing complexity and improving portfolio efficiency. He has extensive experience in realigning resources and developing supply chain personnel. Expert has been involved with many annual planning cycles and has insured the alignment of supply chain programs and resources to achieve the growth, financial and customer service objectives of the business.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1979 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Engineering Management | Institution: New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Year: 1973 | Degree: B.S.I.E | Subject: Industrial Engineering | Institution: Newark College of Engineering |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2008 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: |
Responsibilities:Provides supply chain consulting and business advisory services. Key areas of focus include Supply Chain Transformation and Performance Improvement, Demand and Supply Planning, and Logistics and Customer Service. Developed and instructs a Sales and Operations Planning program at the Rutgers Supply Chain Management MBA Program. As an Executive Associate at Tompkins Associates Inc. he provides expertise regarding Supply Chain Management programs for the Food and Beverage industry. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2007 | Employer: Unilever USA | Title: VP Supply Chain Integration | Department: Supply Chain |
Responsibilities:Responsible for Supply Chain integration activities associated with merging the Household Personal Care and Foods Divisions in the US. Scope of work included Systems Integration, the development of the Supply Chain Strategy and Operating Framework, Organization Redesign and Consolidation, Supply Chain capabilities and business process development, and the delivery of integration cost savings. Led a multifunctional Sales Forecasting improvement task force with the HPC and Foods Business Teams. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2005 | Employer: Unilever Bestfoods | Title: VP Logistics | Department: Supply Chain |
Responsibilities:Responsibilities included Demand Forecasting, Supply Planning, Warehousing, Transportation, and Customer and Financial Services. Directed both Retail and Foodservice Logistics activities. Represented the Supply Chain on the Division’s Operating Committee, which was chaired by the COO. Steering Committee member or Project Leader for several division wide initiatives. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2001 | Employer: Bestfoods | Title: VP Logistics North America | Department: Supply Chain |
Responsibilities:Responsibilities included Demand Forecasting, Supply Planning, Warehousing, Transportation, Co-packer Management and Supply Chain Financial support. Member of the Foodservice and Specialty Products Executive Committees. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: Bestfoods | Title: Group Manufacturing Director | Department: Supply Chain |
Responsibilities:Directed manufacturing operations at six facilities located in Canada, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the US. Technologies included dry mixing and packaging, frozen soups and entrees and canned soups. Member of the Foodservice and Specialty Foods Executive Committees. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1997 | Employer: Bestfoods | Title: VP of Operations | Department: Foodsolutions |
Responsibilities:Responsible for all technical activities for the division. This included Manufacturing, Engineering (including Packaging Technology), Quality Assurance, R&D, Distribution, and Demand and Supply Planning. Member of the Executive Committee for the Division which was chaired by the President. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1994 | Employer: Bestfoods | Title: Manufacturing Operations Manager | Department: Supply Chain |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Dressings and Spreads Manufacturing sites (total of six locations). Product Categories included Mayonnaise, Margarine, Cooking Oils, and Peanut Butter. Scope of responsibilities included Operational, Technical and Labor relations matters. Was the program manager for several plant rationalization and expansion programs. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Unilever Chairman's Award. Selected by Consumer Goods Technology as one of the "Visionaries 2007" executives. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has 3 publications over the last two years. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert developed and instructs a course in Sales and Operations Planning for Rutgers University Supply Chain Management MBA program. He also developed and instructed several components of the Bestfoods Supply Chain Management Program. (A one week internal management development program). Expert has presented at several industry conferences and symposiums. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| As VP of Operations and VP of Logistics at Bestfoods and Unilever, Expert directed the selection of Warehousing and Transportation providers. He was also responsible for the identification and selection of Manufacturing Copackers. As Manufacturing Director Expert was involved with the selection of Processing and Packaging Equipment. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert has thirty five years of consumer products industry experience in various business functions at Unilever, Bestfoods, Nabisco Brands and Colgate Palmolive. As such he has extensive experience in the Food and Beverage, Household Product, and Personal Care Products Industries. He has worked with a variety of trading partners in various channels including traditional retailers, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, and foodservice operators. Additionally, he has been involved with the development, commercialization, and introduction of many new products introduced into the consumer products industry. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert's extensive executive experience provides him with the expertise to also provide consulting and advisory services regarding Organization Design and Operating Models, Business and Sales and Operations Planning, and Business and Supply Chain Strategy and Transformation Programs. |
Fields of Expertise
logistics, planning, manufacturing, supply chain management, business organization, third party logistics, transportation planning, food manufacturing ISO quality management, distribution requirements planning, soap manufacturing, packaged product, retail product, food product manufacturing, integrated logistics support, corporate strategic planning, manufacturing resource planning, material requirements planning, management, personal care product, household product, strategic planning, capacity planning