Below are the 4 Supply Chain Managers, 4 Procurement Managers & 4 Supply Chain Planners with Epicor SCM and other systems expertise. These and other Epicor SCM experienced professionals are provided by The Thor Group® on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Could your organization use a supply chain manager who is experienced in logistics, packaging and telecommunications industries, as well as proficient in Epicor SCM, Epicor SD and Epicor MM? Technical proficiencies cover Epicor SCM, Epicor SD, Epicor MM and SAP. Educational attainment includes Master’s in Logistics and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.

Primary tasks of this supply chain manager included monitoring and maintaining the integrity of inventory, as well as implementing and executing a cycle count process to measure and improve ongoing physical inventory accuracy. Implementing and executing standard shipping, in addition to receiving and warehousing policies were carried out. The day to day transactional activities of the supply chain department were managed using standard KPI’s either already in place or to be developed. Key roles covered working with the CFO/finance organization in budget generation, capital planning, and lease versus buy scenarios in order to support business improvement endeavors, along with analyzing demand changes and impact on operational areas; both ramps and slowdowns were initiated. Complex projects were managed with cost-effective utilization of resources. The job involved ensuring capacity and capabilities were in place to deliver business unit growth and innovation plans across all business segments.

Aside from consolidating two warehouses of $10M, all operating activities were managed, being a key player in the development of personnel. Expertise in Epicor 9, planning, budgeting, and cost management was applied. Operational excellence was demonstrated in safety, quality, delivery, cost and organizational development. Managing objectives for operation budgets, capital plans and cost savings targets was carried out.

Would a supply chain manager with familiarity in a short term, acute care hospital, as well as skilled in Epicor SCM, Oracle and MS Dynamics Navision help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Epicor SCM, Oracle, MS Dynamics Navision and IBM AS/400. Educational attainment includes Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical). This individual is Certified in Production and Inventory Management and APICS.

Making a positive difference with planning, purchasing, shipping/receiving, material handling and tooling management were some of the key focuses of this supply chain manager. Various projects were led, resulting in process improvement and cost savings. Supply chain optimization was carried out, resulting in annual savings of over $300K with better lead time and quality from suppliers. Lean materials management was implemented in the planning and production floor. Responsibilities covered leading the ERP system cleaning project resulting in better scheduling messages and reduction of past due work orders by 30%, as well as demand planning, forecast analysis and loading/variation analysis. Sales and operation planning were led with weekly performance monitoring to the plan.

Notable skills used on a regular basis included handling capacity review and planning both short term and long term, in addition to implementing supplier scorecard to monitor supplier performance. This individual managed standard work implementation for planners and buyers and assisted with value stream implementation and new product development. Particular strengths included sales, inventory and operation (SIOP); forecasting; supplier relationship/performance monitoring; and supervision of planning, purchasing, assembly, manufacturing and materials.

Could your organization use a supply chain manager who is experienced in government, retail and cosmetics industries, as well as proficient in Epicor SCM, JD Edwards and SAP? Technical proficiencies cover Epicor SCM, JD Edwards, SAP, Peachtree/Sage 50 and Manugistics. Educational background includes BSB in Integrated Supply Chain and & Operations Management; Leadership and Management Seminars/Courses; and DoD Small Purchasing Course.

Some impact contributions of this supply chain manager included strategically planning and preparing roll-out product assortments from 163 locations to over 3000 for the US and Canada. This individual negotiated 3rd party facility contracts, reduced overhead, managed the closing of facilities, conducted audits, reduced excess inventory and wrote SOP procedures for the supply chain team.

The job consisted of serving as liaison between EA and 9 external manufacturing sites to reduce organizational inefficiencies and costs to manufacture and distribute high quality products on time. Reducing excess and obsolete inventory of $10 Million was done by optimizing can-builds or disposition exercises. Key roles involved coordinating weekly steering meetings with turn-key facilities and reviewing 4 core categories such as finance, quality, vendor management and innovation which aligned to targeted goals. Multiple inventory budgets, costs and productivity improvement were managed across external manufacturers outlining measures on performance, material management and production output. Tasks involved collaborating on new launches with project, R&D, quality and marketing managers to ensure timelines and execution aligned to ship to trade dates, in addition to assisting with developing strategic supplier relationships and opportunities to meet business requirements. Managing over 600 active SKUs and minimizing obsolete inventory by $2.5Million were some of the important achievements.

What can a supply chain manager with work background in the wholesale industry, as well as specialization in Epicor SCM, Epicor Prophet 21 and Oracle bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Epicor SCM, Epicor Prophet 21, Oracle and SAP. This specialist obtained Certifications in Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management and Laboratory Management.

Working with areas such as providing customer service and leadership for several domestic/international manufacturing plants, utility companies and new construction projects was one of the responsibilities of this supply chain manager. Duties covered managing key supplier relationships and terms/conditions of corporate procurement and logistics for all regional projects, as well as maintaining a 1600 square foot warehouse with $2,000,000.00 worth of inventory. This individual was responsible for replenishing and managing inventory. Inventory was supervised by performing daily cycle counts and year-end physical inventory counts and accounting/reporting of inventory surplus, product returns and damages. Cost movement of company products evaluation and purchase and invoice details assessment, along with re-stocking and filling order forms; and estimation of potential stock requirements according to sales reports were also completed.

Replenishing inventory and negotiating pricing levels with the manufacturers were carried out to increase profit margins and for reduction in the transportation cost. The job covered working with the staff to establish new product distribution accounts. Other functions involved managing a staff of five (5) while working across the corporation with other designated employees in various departments and onsite material management contactors to manage various projects in other areas. Areas of expertise included sourcing products, procurement, inventory control and logistics for a large custom base and large scale projects.

Could your organization use a procurement manager who is experienced in engineering, manufacturing and energy industries, as well as proficient in Epicor SCM and SAP? Technical proficiencies cover Epicor SCM and SAP. Educational attainment includes Major in Business Administration. This individual is a Certified Professional Purchasing Manager and Certified in Production and Inventory Management.

Primary tasks of this procurement manager included negotiating and conducting price, technical requirements and terms/conditions of certain contracts. All documentations were prepared to support the negotiation of the content. Key roles covered analyzing cost/price structure to determine if pricing was competitive compared to other suppliers, as well as implementing global ERP system and developing a procurement planning and vendor analysis function to implement process improvement to increase efficiency and accuracy. Raw materials pricing was negotiated for electronic components, PCBs, MRO supplies, semiconductors, subassemblies electro-mechanical components, interconnect, power supplies, motors, optics, plastics, and capital equipment and tooling against blanket PO’s. This specialist negotiated with 5 suppliers to hold pricing, at a cost savings of $15,000.

Contributions involved developing the supplier base and objectives to strive for cost reductions, on time deliveries and vendor performance, in addition to analyzing leverage opportunities to negotiate contracts and supply agreements, purchase requisitions (PRs) RFQ proposal’s RFI’s, bid packages, change orders, cost, quality and delivery for service levels and engineers. Aside from managing and negotiating supplier and vendor contracts, contact was maintained with both internal and external stakeholders to evaluate vendors and propose solutions to senior management. The job consisted of being accountable for ensuring the on-time and on-budget delivery of company’s products to its customers; minimizing penalties/charge-backs, unnecessary logistics costs and order cancellations.

What can a procurement manager with work background in IT, oil and energy industries, as well as specialization in Epicor SCM, Oracle and JD Edwards bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Epicor SCM, Oracle, JD Edwards and SAP. Educational background includes BBA Accounting, AA and AAS in Environmental Technology and Certificates of Completion for Environmental Lab Technician & Hazardous Materials Management. This specialist obtained a Certification in GE Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training.

Working with areas such as managing all purchasing and logistics activities and providing managerial review of environmental manager, safety coordinator and yard manager were some of the skills by this procurement manager. This individual performed extensive, daily review of inventory to determine items to be purchased in order to supply material to rigs, including sourcing of new products. Daily reports were reviewed to monitor drilling conditions to assist in purchasing requirements. Duties covered reviewing and maintaining replacement costs within Epicor system. The operations team was notified of upcoming vendor increases so that pricing to customers could be adjusted on a timely basis.

Responsibilities consisted of maintaining margin/selling price lists for accounting and operations, in addition to conducting and reconciling monthly physical inventory. Periodically accompanying engineers to rig site was done to verify inventory on location to daily reports. Selected achievements involved increasing inventory turns from less than 2 to 6 on an annual basis, expanding supplier base by 25% to reduce overall materials cost by 5%, as well as creating and implementing procedures for material movement from yard to rig to reduce inventory loss due to damage by 30%.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this procurement manager who worked in retail, manufacturing and marketing industries, as well as proficient in Epicor SCM, Oracle and QuickBooks? Technical competencies involve Epicor SCM, Oracle, QuickBooks, MS Dynamics Great Plains and Zoho CRM. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with concentration in Management and Marketing; and Minor in Communication Studies.

Important contributions of this procurement manager included overseeing the production cycle, designing analytical tools to better schedule and tracking the production at the manufacturing facility. Tasks covered implementing twice weekly production meeting with the production team and improving tools resulting in fewer total contacts, less micromanagement, faster production times and fewer manufacturing errors. Skills brought to the table consisted of enhancing the bill of materials and adding cross functionality between manufacturing/purchasing and sales. Changes resulted in more accurate costing and the elimination of duplicated work creating sales cut-sheets. In addition, this specialist managed the implementation of new Epicor cloud-based ERP software and coordinated with finance to create new chart of accounts.

The job covered integrating the enhanced BOM system across modules and leading weekly meetings between the company team and the Epicor team to establish goals and chart progress of existing tasks. Key roles involved establishing a sourcing strategy for reviewing and selection suppliers, developing an RFP process and negotiating contracts with selected supplier, saving over $3 million switching from existing vendor of over 10 years. An additional task involved developing RFP for 3PL, negotiating price and contract with selected freight company to ship materials from suppliers to the stores, saving over 50% of freight from managing logistic in house.

Does a procurement manager who is experienced in manufacturing, machinery and education industries, as well as knowledgeable in Epicor SCM, SAP and PeopleSoft pique your interest? Technical knowledge involves Epicor SCM, SAP, PeopleSoft, SPSS and Access. Educational attainment includes Master’s Degree in International Business, Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Courses in International Economics, Supply Chain Management, Consumer Behavior and Contract Law.

Major responsibilities of this procurement manager included managing every aspect of the supply chain and notifying senior management of any possible obstacles to ideal efficiency. Developing and executing new procurement strategies across all channels of purchasing were some of the key roles. Performing cost analysis, setting the appropriate benchmarks and instituting procedures for collecting and reporting key metrics, to reduce expenses and increase productivity were positive experiences brought to the business table. This individual delegated tasks, supervised the work of purchasing agents and negotiated with vendors to secure advantageous terms.

Important tasks covered collating purchase orders and purchase requisitions to order materials, goods, and supplies, in addition to analyzing price proposals, financial reports, and other data to determine reasonable prices. Functions consisted of reviewing logistics performance based targets, benchmarks, and supplier agreements, along with interacting and developing relationships with the suppliers and customers. Duties involved providing information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports, in addition to making presentations of findings, analyses and recommendations. The budget was prepared using Excel functions such as Pivot Tables. Budget estimates from all the departments of the organizations were analyzed; the estimates were examined for correctness, accuracy and completeness.

Does a supply chain planner who is experienced in business supplies, oil and energy industries, as well as knowledgeable in Epicor SCM, Epicor Vantage and Oracle pique your interest? Technical knowledge includes Epicor SCM, Epicor Vantage, Oracle, Sage MAS 200, AS/400 and BAAN. Educational background includes Materials/Logistics Management Supply Chain (APICS equivalent certification).

Major responsibilities of this supply chain planner included reviewing all sales order entries and production capabilities to confirm customer delivery request date, as well as reviewing MRP order action released, expediting or de-expediting material as needed for production and resolving schedule conflicts. Key roles covered analyzing inventory levels and coordinating cycle counts and internal support as needed; improvement of accuracy went from 85% to 94%. Minimal inventory was maintained without interruptions to production for steel, stainless steel, perforated steel, aluminum, spring steel, polycarbonate sheets, steel hinges, corrugated, hardware, fans, electrical supplies, casters, lumber, pallets, welding & grinding materials, MRO, services, prototype support, paint, chemicals, safety items and office supply management.

The job covered maintaining MSDS and lot control, along with reporting safety issues to safety control manager and quality when necessary. Tasks consisted of negotiating prices, terms with suppliers, establishing cost savings for all commodities, in addition to selecting and approving new suppliers. Kanban visual pull system for paints and metal was implemented. Functions involved managing tactical relationship with suppliers and resolution of material quality issues, coordinating delivery and reconciling monthly closure of deliveries to invoice for payment. Contributing quarterly quality update of supplier for scorecard evaluation report card was efficiently handled.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a supply chain planning engineer with work background in machinery, marketing and advertising industries, as well as skilled in Epicor SCM, Oracle EBS and Oracle Agile? Technical skills cover Epicor SCM, Oracle EBS and Oracle Agile. Educational attainment includes BSBA with Specialty in Supply Chain Management and Minor in Economics.

While working for a machinery company, main functions of this supply chain planning engineer included managing material flows for the company’s surface and mining division, as well as optimizing production part movement and orientation for operations via project planning or Kaizen burst. This individual was responsible for managing floor plans of product placement at point of use for product sub-assemblies and for part packaging and delivery according to CAT standard work practices for safe usage. Lean and DMAIC methodologies were used to correct operation errors, defects and handle concerns. Inventory record accuracy and continuous improvement tracking were ensured in order to create timely reports to valid stakeholders. The job covered supervising and mentoring peers in standard work and CAT production systems best practices.

Notable tasks included coordinating shipments from supplier to customer and optimizing inventory replenishment and usage using Epicor MRP Module and MS Excel. Maintaining parts database was done to optimize inventory turns and on hand accuracy. Aside from managing relationships with suppliers, functions involved acting as liaison for project managers and technical support staff, managing RMA requests and ensuring accurate reporting of quality and delivery issues. Areas of expertise included supplier relationship management (vendor adoption/regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, KPI reporting), as well as inventory control and optimization.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this supply chain planner who worked in manufacturing, sporting goods and sailing industries, as well as proficient in Epicor SCM? Technical competencies involve Epicor SCM, Macola, Navision, AS/400 and AutoCAD. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Juris Doctor.

Important contributions of this supply chain planner included controlling, developing and maintaining operations modules in the ERP system with volume of $32mil in annual sales and $11mil in annual purchase orders. The job entailed creating and developing the MRP process to control, as well as guiding the production plan for manufacturing of 8 product lines in both US and UK production facilities comprising $3mil annual purchase volume. Tasks covered leading a global team (US, UK and Asia) in post-merger operations and supply chain integration including implementation of Navision ERP software transition and operations/supply chain consolidation which reduced inventory from over $12mil to $4mil within 3 years.

This specialist established master item list, min/max, reorder points and policy, BOM’s, vendor and purchasing data. Metrics was established for product ranking, inventory turns (2-3 with goal of 6) and inventory valuation. Skills brought to the table consisted of leading a global team to help rationalize product line, combining three separate databases to one, reducing SKUs from over 8000 to 1800 and identifying over $1million in obsolete stock. Developing S&OP templates and MRP process for purchasing (reorder plan) and finance (cash flow summary), in addition to managing plans with the purchasing team were efficiently handled.

What can a supply chain planner with work background in public safety, engineering and business services industries, as well as specialization in Epicor SCM and SAP bring to your organization? Technical specializations involve Epicor SCM and SAP. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. This individual is a Certified Supply Chain Professional with Certification in APICS.

Working with areas such as leading and managing the day-to-day industrial/auto supply chain calls with departmental leads to bring forward supply chain and logistics constraints on production, operations, customer service, exports, logistics and warehouse activities, as well as providing best possible solution to resolve them were some of the responsibilities of this supply chain planner. This individual led the supply planning team during the SAP implementation across the company network at two different stages namely Wave-1 and Wave-2. Serving as secondary point of contact for an industrial warehouse in managing inbound and outbound shipments either rushes or standard in bulk and packaged to customers was part of the duties.

An additional function involved leading the central and plant planners in executing the agreed finished goods supply strategies and tactics within the integrated supply chain. When supply/demand gap occurs, key roles covered working across key functions such as manufacturing/operations, customer fulfilment and logistics to develop supply solutions. The daily cross-functional meetings were supported to ensure that solutions were implemented and learnings were documented and reapplied. Other work projects included supervising a team and working with the IT department as a process improvement initiation program for customized implementation of new ERP/MRP system software, Epicor.