Experience

Creoal Consulting LLC

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Manager - Supply Chain

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Oracle Technical Manager Supply Chain Oracle Technical Manager Supply Chain



DP&C Enterprises L.L.C.

• United States

• Partner - Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions

  • Sep 2002 - Jan 2019

  Founded in 2001 by Keith Spero and Ed Vrabec, DP&C Enterprises, LLC specializes in providing consulting, process enhancements, technology applications, project management and total supply chain solutions that enable clients to streamline the management and movement of raw materials, manufacturing processes, distribution and customer service functionality. We are experts in applying technologies to enhance real-time access to critical management data and asset visibility throughout the entire supply chain.



NFI Contract Manufacturing

• Senior Vice President Supply Chain Integration

  • 2001 - 2002

  Assisted in developing strategic client relationships where significant supply chain value propositions could be realized. Developed capital budgets for projects ranging from $1 - $17 million. Helped clients define the project scope which could involve a combination of services for order to cash, sole sourcing, network reconfiguration through the shut down and startup of plants, and strategic infrastructure building. Analyzed clients supply chains and presented business cases based on risk and reward scenarios. Provided engineering solutions for supply chain issues as well as an executable plan based on agreed upon time lines.



USA Detergents, INC.

• Vice President Information Technology

  • 1994 - 2001

  Select and implement systems and/or technology to improve business performance, reduce operating expenses, increase revenue, and eliminate non-value added processes across the supply chain. Automated all directions of supply chain to improve the movement of cash, material and information. Built a team, directed, coordinated, and defined MIS staff activities, projects, goals, and deadlines.Key Achievements:Received Board approval for a $6.5 million expenditure to implement ORACLE, as the foundation for a strategic business systems initiative, to improve internal ERP and Supply Chain Efficiencies. Developed a Data Warehouse using ORACLE Express tools and ORACLE Web Server. This OLAP system provided a web enabled sales force performance metric system. Designed and developed an Order Management System that calculated order gross margins and insured truckload maximization. Integrated a truckload configuration package that produced load diagrams that improved load stability and weight/cube maximization. The result of this project was a decrease in the freight to trade. Developed Web Front Office for the Metro and International sales force and brokerage services that eliminated the need for EDI and had a significant impact on order processing time. Set up delivery tracking system via EDI and homegrown applications to measure carrier delivery performance and assured billing accuracy. This project generated $400,000 dollar savings from incorrect billings and a substantial savings from customer deductions due to late fees. Developed Carrier Bid System that increased lane analysis from 800 points to over 9,600 resulting in a $1.5 million dollar freight savings and integrated this into ORACLE. Assisted with implementing a pallet-recycling program (CHEP), which reduced packaging cost by $500,000 annually. Implemented a Trade Spend Management Package to reduce and control trade spend. Spend reduced from a record of 17% of sales to a constant 11% of sales.



ROLLER BEARING COMPANY OF AMERICA

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Information Systems

  • 1989 - 1994

  Implemented and maintained American Software and other Business Systems in five manufacturing facilities, two warehouses, and Corporate Headquarters.Built a team, directed, coordinated, and defined MIS staff activities, projects, goals, and deadlines. Worked with acquisition team on data analysis and method analysis for three acquisitions. Instituted Disaster Recovery policies and procedures. Streamlined business process to reduce the non-value added cost. Developed key metrics reporting systems to monitor business improvements.



Torrington Company

• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business System Analyst

  • 1984 - 1989

  Implemented a distributed manufacturing system for the Precision Components Division using MAPICS and System 5360 in five locations. Designed Standard Cost System, Labor Data Collection System, Interim MRP Systems, and interfaced it with the corporate mainframe based applications.Developed and implemented Statistical Process Control System tracking critical operations and critical measurements to assure the process was in control. Improved and standardized all reporting systems for measuring inventory, labor, efficiencies, and costing. Developed corporate strategy for implementing EDI at Torrington for all major OEM (Ford, GM, Caterpillar, others) Coordinated multi-division objectives while maintaining cohesion for EDI implementation. Trained and educated plant and corporate personnel on the PC based interim EDI systems.