Experience

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  Wencor Group

  • United States
  • Airlines and Aviation
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • On-Site American Airlines Regional Account Director

    • Feb 2018 - Present

    Provide on-site technical and sales support for the Wencor Group at American Airlines. Coordinate PMA, Distribution, and MRO activities for all Wencor Group subsidiaries with American Airlines. Coordinate activities between Wencor and American to provide supply of distribution materials. Work with American Airline's Shops, Production, Planning, Purchasing, and Engineering groups to develop PMA opportunities in providing improved quality, reliability, and cost savings.

  • On-Site American Airlines Account Manager

    • Oct 2017 - Present

    Provide on-site technical and sales support for the Wencor Group at American Airlines. Coordinate activities between Wencor and American to provide supply of distribution materials. Work with AA Shops, Production, Planning, Purchasing, and Engineering groups to develop PMA opportunities in providing improved quality, reliability, and cost savings.

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  LLK Supply Chain Consulting Services

  • Owasso, Oklahoma

  • President/Principal Consultant

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • Owasso, Oklahoma

    Providing evaluation, recommendation, implementation/integration, and training services for Global Supply Chain Operations, ERP/MRP/Lean Systems, and assisting clients in achieving World-Class results generating bottom line improvements that stimulate revenue and growth.

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  PACCAR

  • Broken Arrow, OK

  • Purchasing Manager

    • Mar 2014 - Dec 2016
    • Broken Arrow, OK

    Responsible for global purchasing activities, managing 11 purchasing professionals with a total annual spend of $65M combined direct and indirect materials.• Reorganized Purchasing department into Strategic and Tactical functional groups with reporting structure to drive Strategic activities• Generated cost savings of $1.3M during 2016, $2.6M in 2015, and $1.7M in 2014 with and through direct reports by: initiating price roll backs with suppliers, strategic resourcing efforts both domestically and internationally, creating supplier stocking agreements with memorandums of understanding, and requesting supplier driven cost reduction ideas• Generated Six Sigma savings of $700K during 2016, $890K in 2015, and $679K in 2014 utilizing Lean/Six Sigma methodology implementing changes in processes, materials, supply base consolidation, and lead time reductions• Planned and maintained expense budget of $2.5M annually• Increased Best Cost Country purchases as a percentage of direct spend from 8% in 2013, to 10% In 2014, to 11% in 2015, to 14% during 2016• Initiated Supplier Quality Recovery of rework and scrap costs, increasing recovery rates from 75.9% in 2015 to 88.7% during 2016• Responsible for evaluating, correcting, and maintaining ISO 9001 procedures

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  Mathey Dearman, Inc.

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Director of Supply Chain Operations

    • Feb 2012 - Jan 2014
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    Reporting to the CEO, and responsible for directing global Supply Chain Operations including: Sales and Operations Planning, Forecasting, Master Scheduling, Material Requirements Planning, Purchasing, Distribution Requirements Planning, Warehousing, Shipping and Receiving, as well as coordinating Lean and Continuous Improvement activities.• Directed the successful, seamless implementation of a newly acquired Enterprise Resource Planning software in budget and on time, including data base administration, training, and issues resolution• Developed alternate suppliers, and drove supplier cost savings in excess of $250K in first 6 months• Initiated and implemented a data collection, reporting, and corrective action process to measure customer issues, driving the satisfaction rating from 96% to 99.8%, 6 months after implementation• Developed and implemented a cycle counting process utilizing Pareto analysis to eliminate the annual physical inventory, obtaining external audit approval• Established and reported monthly performance metrics for on time delivery, customer satisfaction, supplier cost savings, inventory investment, inventory turns, and inventory accuracy to drive improvements• Attend and present Supply Chain Operation results and strategic plans at quarterly board meetings

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  American Airlines

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Manager, Inventory Management

    • Jul 1989 - Feb 2012
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    Responsible for managing (6-19) Inventory Analysts, (5-6) Service Representatives, and $200M+ of inventory assets to support the maintenance of engines, APUs, landing gears, thrust reversers, wheels and brakes for all fleet types maintained• Responsibilities included the budgeting, forecasting, planning, coordination, provisioning, purchasing and allocation of short term and long term inventory assets to provide the optimal balance between inventory availability and inventory investment• Contract management and coordination of inventory for contracts with Federal Express, Hawaiian Airlines and others• Responsible for departmental part number change control processing, and documentation to ensure 100% FAA compliance• Selected as Project Director, and coordinated the successful evaluation, selection, and implementation of an advanced service parts planning software, as part of Inventory Management’s Supply Chain strategic initiatives, saving in excess of $1M over the next best competitor

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  Tulsa Community College

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Adjunct Instructor

    • Aug 1988 - Aug 2006
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    Adjunct Instructor in Supply Chain Management Curriculum

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  Baker Hughes

  • Centrilift, Claremore, OK

  • Production Activity Control, Capacity Planning, Master Scheduling, Buyer

    • 1985 - 1989
    • Centrilift, Claremore, OK

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  The Crosby Group

  • Production Activity Control Supervisor

    • 1979 - 1985