Kenneth M. Zurick, CPIM
General Manager of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management at Matsui America Inc- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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APICS - CPIM
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Experience
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Matsui America Inc
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Manager of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
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Jun 2022 - Present
GM over Manufacturing, Purchasing, Global Logistics, Inventory Planning and Inventory Control
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Head Of Supply Chain Management
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Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
Head Of Purchasing, Global Logistics, Inventory Planning and Inventory Control
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Avery Dennison Reflective Solutions
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United States
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior International Inventory Analyst and Forecasting Analyst
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Oct 2016 - Jul 2021
• Responsible for the supply management of over 5k bulk rolls and finished goods for North America and 7 international warehouses ($100M+ annual sales) for reflective products serving many industries including vehicle safety, roadway, construction signage and license plate • Demand forecast management and demand tuning aimed at optimizing forecast accuracy by evaluating historical demand patterns and external demand streams (market data, item evaluation, sales funnel activity and new product launch initiatives) • Liaison with Production Planning in 4 manufacturing plants to maximize production to ensure 7 warehouses (international and domestic) are stocked to support demand while adhering to inventory budget and service KPIs • Maintain a relationship with all assigned countries to facilitate constructive dialogue and performance improvement in the areas of quality, on-time delivery, shipping errors, labeling and packaging compliance • Facilitate reduction in slow and obsolete inventory at four manufacturing locations and seven warehouses • Work closely with Product Management on product transitions (new product development and end of life planning) and host monthly category development meetings • Work closely with Regional Sales Management and Directors on sales trends, product transitions and host monthly regional meetings • Developed and implemented a forecasting procedure for all global distribution regions and manufacturing sites, a forecasting process for a new manufacturing site in Thailand, an item re-classification process for all items globally, a regional dashboard that offers information on containers in transit, monthly inventory values, top preforming items • Streamlined shipping container process which reduced transportation costs by $250K • Partnered with IT to help develop and implement a database tool to extract business critical data from both the Logility Planning system and other data repositories for improved performance visibility Show less
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Group Leader/Supervisor
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May 2013 - Oct 2016
Responsibilities include all the responsibilities listed as Senior Inventory Analyst with the addition of supervisory/management functions within the department. I was the first line management level for 5 to 6 inventory analysts.
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Senior Inventory Analyst
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Oct 2007 - May 2013
• Was responsible for the supply management of over 15,000 components and finished goods spanning 300 domestic and international suppliers ($90M+ annual spend) for a wide range of products serving many industries including Biotech, Industrial, Environmental, Pharmaceutical and Safety• Led a weekly demand review meeting with our largest supplier, Cole-Parmer Barrington (CPB), to enhance the production planning process• Managed the Bill Of Materials (BOMs) for our make-up component items to ensure accuracy as well as managed the dependent demand items to ensure inventory availability • Hosted a monthly S&OP meeting with department management, marketing and sales management for the top suppliers. Created reports offering past sales history, inventory levels and future forecasts to ensure all respected parties are in agreement on the direction of the business• Managed replenishment functions for CPB. I restructured the stocking plans and developed a cohesive communication process thereby increasing the suppliers AB service level from 80% to 98% and increasing our inventory turns by 1.5 times a year• Co-created an Access database aimed at the proactive management on non-standard inventory investments (new product launch, promotional activity, customer agreements, etc.)• Liaison with sales, marketing and suppliers to decrease excess and obsolete inventory at the supplier level. Decreased several suppliers’ inventory by as much as 20% without jeopardizing customer service levels. Overall decrease of $500k of on hand inventory • Was chosen to be part of the Leadership Management Training Program• Department Recognition by the CEO and CFO of Thermo Fisher Scientific as the top performing Supply Chain group companywide in the areas of inventory optimization, customer service metric attainment and cash flow improvement in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Show less
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Sears
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Inventory Analyst
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Oct 2006 - Oct 2007
Responsible for future forecasting with historical sales data and current sales trends via Manugistics and other internal software programs. Forecast future open to buy receipts and current inventory dollars for three business categories creating purchase orders, PO tracking and monitor stock levels, for six distribution centers. • Manage replenishment functions for three categories, 90 sku’s, worth $180M from vendors, Sears distribution centers, and all store formats ensuring product availability. • Managed level loading of product to ensure maximum capacity of all inbound trucks to minimize transportation costs. • Coordinate with six distribution centers on all inbound shipments to ensure proper staffing to handle increased truck loads of product as well as outbound shipments to local stores. • Liaise with suppliers maximizing production to fit within forecast and replenishment goals facilitating revenue objects, increasing overall in stock rate to 98.6%, the highest rate in 7 years. • Review future ads and forecasts and manage hot items expediting product from vendors to distribution centers preventing stock outs. Improving store outs by 17%. • Manage slow selling items and work with the category team on a sell through plan minimizing risk cutting slow moving inventory by 40%. • Discovered a store level inventory reporting problem in slow moving goods and spearheaded a project clearing up $1.3M in ghost inventory. • Recognized as a key member of the “Emergency Disaster” cell phone team which ensured product availability despite natural disasters in local markets. Several occasions I personally increasing sales as much as $2.5M within a disaster period. Show less
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OfficeMax
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Supply Planner/Demand Planner
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Nov 2005 - Oct 2006
Responsible for coordinating with suppliers to maximize collaboration, planning, forecasting, and replenishment to include; creating purchase orders, PO tracking and monitor stock levels and managing replenishment functions from distribution to store all functions done via SAP. • Improved forecasting through analyzing Category Outs report provide insight on top 25 items improving vendor relations and product availability by 8%. • Manage priority expedites through PMAX’s (PowerMax distribution centers); consolidated distribution centers demand and produce expedite and status reports to management. • Coordination with marketing and suppliers, review, and analysis upcoming print ads, to improve forecast accuracy. Work with distribution centers to ensure allocated inventory is shipped to local stores for the ads. This process streamlined the effectiveness of ads and ensured customer satisfaction of in stock products at the store level. • Audit of forecast integrity alerting the category team of discrepancies facilitating goals. Show less
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Education
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APICS - CPIM
CPIM Certification - Completed -
DeVry University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Telecommunications Management
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