Lubricant Supply Chain, Plant Maintenance, and Quality Control Expert

Expertise

• Supply chain management.
• Plant maintenance best practices: Maintenance training, preventive and predictive maintenance, planning and scheduling.
• Implementing reliability engineering to improve plant operations.
• Plant lubrication practices (plant mechanical functions).
• Plant operations.
• Quality systems and managing plant operation.
• Project management.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Supply Chain Manager, 1999 - 2013

• Manage global supply chain for several businesses under this company.
• Responsibilities ranged from securing raw material supplies and contracts, managing production assets, managing tolling operations and coordinating global distribution systems.
• Function as part of the Business Strategic Leadership team to develop and lead the 5 year business plan.

Quality Manager, 1997 - 2010

• Led implementation of quality best practices for performance lubricants business.
• Ensured compliance with ISO 9001 certification for performance lubricants business.

Operations Manager, 1995 - 1999

• Managed two production facilities.
• Supervised a work group of approximately 25 people including operations, maintenance and support facilities.

Plant Maintenance Resource, 1992 - 1995

• Provided assistance to site maintenance groups on corporate maintenance best practices including reliability engineering, preventive/predictive maintenance, planning and scheduling and training.
• Functioned as site training consultant and site lubrication consultant.

Corporate Maintenance Training Consultant, Corporate Engineering, 1989 - 1992

• Assisted plant maintenance training groups to set up effective maintenance training programs for site mechanics and other maintenance personnel.
• Conducted corporate training classes on setting up effective training programs.

Mechanical Consultant, Corporate Engineering, 1979 - 1989

• Provided consultation to all company's sites on:
• Precision alignment.
• Lubrication.
• Bearings, mechanical seals, various mechanical components.
• Reliability engineering, preventive/predictive maintenance.
• Worked as a Project Engineer to install projects ranging $50,000 to $2,000,000.
• Worked as a Maintenance Engineer to maintain operating facilities.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Words.

Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN