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Christopher T. Allen

Perrysburg

Summary

Highly experienced in supply chain and operations management with an outstanding record of devising and implementing production, sourcing, and distribution solutions providing greater efficiency and profitability PROFILE Supply Chain Solutions: Use of Lean Manufacturing principals, supplier management and risk mitigation strategies to initiate new concepts, promote growth and solve problems to deliver materials on time and under budget. Devise, explain, and implement solutions and improvements. Noted for ability to integrate and institute new policies and procedures into daily activities and processes. Managerial Skills: Hands-on manager with first-rate organizational, motivational and training skills, with the ability to lead a diverse staff. Display initiative, flexibility and “jump right in” approach. Promote and maintain team morale with “can-do” attitude, delivering projects on time and on budget. Technology Utilization: Highly adept at leveraging technology to improve processes and productivity. Familiar with a variety of ERP systems, including SAP, J.D. Edwards, Oracle, Dynamics AX.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager

D.S. Brown Company
02.2019 - Current
  • Materials and Quality for the D.S
  • Brown Company, the leading worldwide designer, supplier and manufacturer of engineered products for the bridge and highway industry
  • As the supply chain leader for the organization, responsible for leading the direct and indirect material purchasing team, shipping & logistics team, warehouse team and quality assurance team
  • Achieved $1.8M (3.5% of direct material spend) in purchased material cost reductions, driving record profitability in the most recent fiscal year
  • Negotiated a roll and hold program with custom steel shape mill, directly leading to a 37% reduction in total inventory, at no increased material cost, while increasing inventory turns to over 10
  • Renegotiated pricing agreements with steel plate fabricators resulting in 16% direct material savings and reduced pricing volatility
  • Created supplier risk mitigation program for key materials, qualifying alternate sources in event of supply disruption
  • This allowed for a rapid response to a force majeure related shortage of neoprene, preventing missed customer shipments due to material availability.

D. S. Brown Company cont
  • Improved workflow to reduce downtime due to annual physical inventory
  • Reduced the physical inventory process, including variance reconciliation from 2 days to 8 hours
  • Restructured material handling team and implemented project kitting to eliminate line shortages, leading to a 9% productivity gain in fabrication and welding operations
  • Implemented a Material Review Board to disposition nonconforming materials, document root cause, and implement countermeasures
  • Developed supplier management tools, including scorecards and handbook, leading to a reduction of supplier defects and supplier on-time delivery of 97% in the first quarter of 2024
  • The handbook was used by corporate parent (Gibraltar Industries) as a best practice and the basis for the corporate handbook
  • Develop commodity tracking tools for steel and other key raw materials to improve estimating accuracy for project bids
  • Executive sponsor and advisor for the employee led Employee Engagement Committee
  • Recognized for exceptional performance with the CEO's Discretionary Award in 2021 and 2024.

Supply Chain Manager

Tronair
11.2015 - 11.2018
  • For the market leader in Ground Support Equipment for business jets, light commercial and military aircraft
  • As the senior supply chain leader for the business, responsible for leading the direct/indirect purchasing, planning, and warehouse teams in supporting worldwide business operations
  • Renegotiated steel purchasing contracts leading to a 20% reduction in material cost, including retroactive credits for the previous two quarters
  • Developed a set of Buyer tools that utilized shortage reports and supplier metrics that reduced purchase part shortages by 95% within 6 months
  • Re-implemented Thruput (a constraint based MRP system) by remodeling the drums and buffers, improving customer OTD by 23%
  • Led the organization's first low-cost country sourcing efforts and qualified three new suppliers in Asia with over 30% savings in the first year
  • Implemented an electronics modernization and consolidation program that leveraged suppliers to redesign outdated components and circuit boards, leading to 7% cost reduction and 18% SKU reduction
  • Led the supply chain & warehouse consolidation for 4 acquisitions leading to a 65% staff reduction in the combined organization and first year direct material cost savings of over $2M (4%)

Materials Manager

Vitamix
08.2012 - 08.2015
  • For the industry leader in high-performance blending technology, providing the highest-quality blending equipment to consumers and the foodservice industry in more than 80 countries throughout the world
  • Led the procurement and planning teams responsible for coordinating incoming raw material and production schedules to meet worldwide demand
  • Led the Operations portion of the S&OP process, directly resulting in a 47% improvement in on time delivery to 96% and while improving inventory turns 17%
  • Developed a “plan, do, check, act” supplier management system that utilized scorecards, running action item lists (R.A.I.L) and business review to improve supplier on time delivery to 98%
  • Implemented a process that coordinated purchasing and supplier activity with the production schedule, leading to an 80% reduction in part shortages
  • Created capacity planning model to improve visibility for production capacity, eliminating sales allocations during a period of high growth and realized over $5M in additional sales over the final two months of 2012
  • Implemented visual kanban system for raw material inventory, improving inventory accuracy by 22%
  • Led team that negotiated price reductions by leveraging volume that realized $5.3M savings on motor purchases, a 6% reduction over prior year pricing.

Supply Chain Manager

Goodrich Corporation
02.2009 - 07.2012
  • For the Blades and Vanes value stream in the Engine Components division, a manufacturer of high precision fuel nozzles, blades, vanes, shafts and couplings for commercial, military and aftermarket aviation industries
  • As the senior supply chain leader for the $350M division responsible for leading the purchasing, planning and logistics teams responsible for supporting five manufacturing sites, with team members located in Chandler, AZ, Greenwood, SC and Guaymas, Mexico
  • Led project that implemented and secured customer approval for second source of blade castings, resulting in annualized savings of $1.2M and lead time reductions of 33%
  • Developed MRP process for J.D
  • Edwards ERP system in Arizona and Mexico, reducing past dues messages 75% while preparing organization for transition to SAP
  • Led initiative to improve SAP planning process
  • Leading to an inventory reduction of $3.5M
  • Division representative on the corporate Supply Chain Leadership Council, setting supply chain strategy., in the Landing Gear Division, a global supplier of aircraft landing gear systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets
  • Responsible for the strategic global sourcing of materials needed to support the delivery of aircraft landing gear to commercial military, helicopter, and business customers worldwide
  • Identified strategic sourcing opportunities that identified in annualized savings of over $4M
  • Initiated project to capture savings with $500,000 in annual savings realized to date
  • Directed low-cost country sourcing efforts for Landing Gear Division in China to identify cost savings opportunities and support raw material needs for joint venture
  • Led lean projects at suppliers to reduce inventory consigned at Tier 1 machining contractors
  • Through lead time and lot size reductions, inventory was reduced from $100M to $80M
  • Supervised a project to correct errors in SAP production planning data
  • The project led to a 75% reduction in action messages after 2 months.

Materials Manager

AMRESCO Inc
04.2008 - 01.2009
  • For the manufacturer of standard and custom products for the biotechnology, and biopharmaceutical industries
  • Responsible for the on-time delivery of over $40M in custom packaged biochemicals for both domestic and international customers
  • Developed planning processes that improved the planning horizon 33%, improving on time delivery from 80% to 91% in 3 months, while maintaining lead time flexibility for customers
  • Implemented inventory control procedures that identified the root cause of material variances and improved inventory accuracy by 15%
  • Created a partnering program with packaging suppliers to reduce stock outages and inventory 50%.

Materials / Production Manager

Patio Enclosures, Inc
02.2004 - 04.2008
  • For the largest manufacturer and installer of sunrooms, solariums and conservatories
  • Responsible for purchasing all raw materials and ensuring on-time distribution of over $30M in custom manufactured product and stock materials to over 50 locations in North America
  • Directly supervised the customer service, production control and purchasing teams
  • Negotiated blanket contracts and identifying alternate sources of supply, implemented annual cost savings of over $500,000 within the first year
  • Initiated cross training and process documentation program to develop flexible work force and standardize operating procedures
  • Resulted in a 50% reduction in order entry errors
  • Improved scheduling techniques that improved glass optimization yields by over 2%
  • Also implemented new optimization software that increased glass yields an additional 3%
  • Enhanced supply change management by implementing vendor-partnering solutions resulting in a 15% reduction in raw material inventory and just-in-time delivery on several key commodities.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Management Technology

Kent State University
Kent, OH

Master of Business Administration -

Kent State University
Kent, OH

Skills

  • Sales & Operations Planning Inventory Control Systems
  • Strategic Sourcing Continuous Improvement
  • Lean Manufacturing Strategies Just-In-Time Principles
  • Key Performance Indicators Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Supplier Management Inventory Management
  • Team / Employee Development Demand Planning
  • Decision-Making
  • Organizational Skills

Timeline

Senior Manager

D.S. Brown Company
02.2019 - Current

Supply Chain Manager

Tronair
11.2015 - 11.2018

Materials Manager

Vitamix
08.2012 - 08.2015

Supply Chain Manager

Goodrich Corporation
02.2009 - 07.2012

Materials Manager

AMRESCO Inc
04.2008 - 01.2009

Materials / Production Manager

Patio Enclosures, Inc
02.2004 - 04.2008

D. S. Brown Company cont

Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Management Technology

Kent State University

Master of Business Administration -

Kent State University

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