Christopher Lyle
South Bend,IN
Summary
Senior Operations Professional with over 10 plus years in Adhesives, Aerospace, and Orthopedic Medical Devices, along with Six Sigma Green Belt Certified. TPS (Toyota Production System) Lean Practices, and Continuous Improvement trained. Excellent analytical, organizational, team building and planning skill set, including manufacturing Start – ups and turn around improvements. Champion manufacturing philosophy with 5S theory Takt time reduction, Kaizen base, along with concentration on Lean Manufacturing. Exceptional leadership skillset, training and development, with a keen understanding of standard operational procedures. Demonstrated success in serving as a [Area of expertise] for a major [Type] program. Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by [Number] years of experience in leading organizational business units
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Manager
H.B. Fuller
South Bend, IN.
01.2019 - Current
- Plan and manage the overall supply chain strategy to maximize process efficiency and productivity within business center.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Customer Service on daily, weekly, and monthly forecast outlooks.
- Determine key supply chain monthly KPI’s.
- S&OP lead integrating business management processes through which the leadership team can continuously focus and align all functions of the organization.
- Identify process bottlenecks and implement solutions in a timely manner.
- Ownership of all inventory, along with specialty materials, to establish and maintain safety stock and inventory levels appropriate to meet production requirements, while optimizing use of working capital.
- Oversee 16 direct reports, responsible for purchasing, shipping, customer service, and scheduling.
Sr. Production Planning Lead
Arconic Power and Propulsion
LaPorte, IN
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Manages plant schedulers and MRP resources for product families (12 direct reports).
- Maintain and communicates a valid time-phased weekly master schedule.
- Regular review of backorders, and taking necessary actions to minimize backlog and maximize service levels.
- Provide clear communication to operations and commercial team when issues arise, and responsible for coordination of actions to resolve priorities as necessary.
- Actively partnering with operations, sales, and purchasing to communicate forecast to achieve weekly throughput performance month over month.
- Ownership of inventory (Finished Goods, Raw Materials, Packaging, and WIP) along with specialty materials.
- Establish and maintain safety stock and inventory balances appropriate to meet production requirements, while optimizing use of working capital.
- Manages shipping and receiving both first and second shifts.
Sr. Production Planner
Zimmer Biomet, Inc
Warsaw, IN
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Responsible for planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance with minimum delay.
- Accurately planned production levels for all product groups based on forecast demand, production availability, material availability, and inventory requirements.
- Released work orders and purchase requisitions to support build plans for shop floor daily cadence.
- Effectively took the lead in resolving issues when products where behind schedule,.
- Effectively used capacity planning to determine manpower, equipment needs, and raw materials needed to cover production demand.
Sr. Materials Planner
Honeywell Aerospace
South Bend, IN
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Managed and planned both domestic and global demand for each product line within the facility.
- Supervised the facility with responsibility to material planning, stocking levels, and production planning.
- Maintain daily and monthly metrics to assure on time delivery month over month.
- Effectively resolved complex problems using six sigma principals and strategies to drive process improvements and develop sustained operating systems.
- Managed inventory levels in line with working capital budgeted targets.
- Integrated Supply Chain Supervisor managed 15-40 employees, used broad knowledge of six sigma principles to drive continuous improvement and instill a Plan, Do, Act, methodology.
- Operations Coordinator, handled tasks associated with the workforce such approving time and attendance, utilizing SAP for floor scheduling alignment.
- Responsible for maintaining operational metrics of cost, quality, and safety, in addition to effectively utilizing data to drive improvement activities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Indiana University of South Bend
2002
Skills
- Business management
- Cadence
- Capacity planning
- Continuous improvement
- Customer Service
- Delivery
- Focus
- Inventory
- Leadership
- Materials
- MRP
- Operating systems
- Supervisor
- Negotiating
- Supply Chain Management
- Staff Management
- Process improvement
- Packaging
- Processes
- Purchasing
- Quality
- Receiving
- Safety
- Sales
- SAP
- Scheduling
- Shipping
- Six sigma
- Strategy
- Supply Chain
- Supply chain distribution
- Multi-plant experience
- Relationship building
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
Timeline
Supply Chain Manager
H.B. Fuller
01.2019 - Current
Sr. Production Planning Lead
Arconic Power and Propulsion
01.2017 - 01.2019
Sr. Production Planner
Zimmer Biomet, Inc
01.2014 - 01.2017
Sr. Materials Planner
Honeywell Aerospace
01.2010 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Indiana University of South Bend
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