Weldon D.

Farley 330 Winding Brook Lane, #104 Bradenton, FL 34212 Home Phone: 941-405-4924 Mobile Phone: 765-425-2851 E-Mail: wf1320a88@westpost.net PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY : Business Professional with 20 years of global supply chain expertise, utilizing and implementing high-performance LEAN supply chain disciplines that positively affect product quality, business growth and profitability while exceeding inter nal/external customer expectations. Resourceful, decisive, cost-conscious prob lem solving team player that possesses excellent written and verbal communicatio n skills. Leadership style consists of being firm, fair and consistent, utilizi ng rigorous empirical thought, forthright analysis and discussion with all level s of the organization. A persuasive and effective negotiator successfully deali ng with internal disciplines, suppliers and customers. Accustomed to and demand involvement in managing simultaneous fast pace projects, maintaining the organi zational discipline and focus to exceed customer requirements and expectations. EDUCATION: BS, Organizational Development and Supervision, Purdue University, 1992 Graduate Associate degree, Applied Science, Purdue University, 1989 Graduate. Areas of Expertise: Purchasing/Lean Supply Chain Management including negotiating supplier contract material price, inbound and outbound transportation routing guide requirements ( domestic and international) , manufacturing requirements for existing product li ne - new product development material requirements, supplier and internal manufa cturing capacities, value stream mapping, kanban, level scheduling, master sched ules (S.I.O.P.), in-bound and out-bound material transportation, supplier qualit y, supplier and internal manufacturing value stream /lean disciplines, inventory turns, QS9000,TS-16949 requirements, OSHA and safety compliance, international supplier development (Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, France, Brazil, Peru, G ermany, England, France, Netherlands, Chile, South Africa, India, China, Austral ia), negotiating food service contracts, IT hardware purchases, temporary labor contracts, maintenance contracts and management reporting. Production Control and Logistics including international and local material logi stics, day to day machine and human resource scheduling, implemented pull system s for all tier one material suppliers, scheduling customer required outbound int ernational and local material ship windows, and material inventory turns. Engineering including current product re-design, new product development, manufa cturing tool design and implementation, manufacturing process statistical contro ls, product quality and reliability, supplier development, development of capita l equipment procurement requirements and customer relations. Sales including account management for O.E. manufactures (Ford, General Motors, Caterpillar, Inter/Intra busses, U.S. military, class 6,7,8 trucks), negotiation s of product sale price, shipping requirements, packaging requirements, product quality, product application and overall customer satisfaction. Manufacturing Management including unionized labor contract negotiations, capita l equipment maintenance, direct material processing and assembly, hourly and sal

ary employee supervision, product quality, QS9000 implementation, facility and e quipment utilization and employee selection, evaluation and development. Business Experience 2007-Present: Manager of Supply Chain, MORTON BUILDINGS, Inc. Responsible for leading the supply chain team within Morton Buildings, Inc. in s trategic and tactical discipline, interfacing with appropriate functional leader ship to establish finished goods, sourced product, new component requirements an d customer CTQ's (Critical to Quality) for each product. Developing sourcing pl ans for all commodities (Metallic, Electrical, Chemical and M.R.O. Food Services ). Supporting advanced sourcing group on new product launch sourced product and global sourcing strategies that optimize value from the current and potential gl obal supply base. Significant Achievements: * Lean discipline training and implementation: Office 5S, Kaizen, Kanban replen ishment. * Price to Price commodity cost reduction, 14% * Supplier quality problem solving discipline, 8D * Inventory reduction, 25% * Align supply chain with 6 remote internal manufacturing facilities * Customer satisfaction rating improvement 15% (material on time delivery) * Inbound material transportation reduction 26% (2008) 2006-2007: Vice President of Supply Chain, TRACKER MARINE. Responsible for leading the strategic development/implementation of LEAN Supply Chain process and systems within the Tracker Marine Group Corporation, including sour cing recommendations, customer order processing, production planning, inventory and warehouse mana gement, inter/intra regional product transfers and customer deliveries. Significant Achievements: * Participate as an active member of the Corporate Management Team by developing strategy and direction for the Supply Chain function and ensuring that the reso urces are aligned and focused. Develop and prioritize regional Supply Chain ini tiatives aligning with Global Supply Chain logistics strategies required to meet the Strategic Business Units requirements. * Monitor and ensure that an understanding of customer needs and services exists among all key functional areas. Coordinate with all key functional areas to en sure Supply Chain strategy meets or exceeds customer needs. * Ensure the awareness of and the compliance with regulatory requirements throug hout the Supply Chain processes. Ensure compliance with all policies, procedure s and standard business practices as they pertain to related logistics and Lean inventory management functions including internal control and ISO 9000 standards . * Propose Lean improvements to existing methods and implement Lean solutions, wh ere appropriate, which will enhance quality, operational efficiency, product rel iability and continuity of customer service, including the effective and LEAN pr ocess interfaces with Sales, Planning and Transportation * Develop, implement and maintain a LEAN culture that supports Tracker Marine te amwork, accountability with focus on long-term profits, high employee integrity and the expectation of all Tracker Marine employees adding value. * Provide "hands-on", personalized leadership that fosters employee buy-in and c ommitment to the LEAN vision and strategy of Tracker Marine.

2004-2005:

Director of Purchasing and Lean Management, WEIR MINERALS. Responsible for all Global Purchasing, Global Material Logistics and Lean Enterprise activity. Global sites are (2) United States, (1) Brazil, (1) Chile, (1) Per u, (1) United Kingdom, (1) France, (1) Netherlands, (1) South Africa, (1) India, (1) China, (1) Australi a. Significant Achievements: * Develop and implemented plan for every purchased part: (a) level pull kanban d iscipline, (b) 8% price to price cost reduction (c) 25% PPM reduction, (d) enhan ce and continue growth of LEAN culture/discipline (e) improved inventory turns b y 20%. * Participate in development and implementation of WEIR Corporation Global Manuf acturing System * Participate in development and implementation of WEIR Corporation Global Purch asing/Logistics System

Manager Purchasing and Supplier Development/Quality, BORGWARNER. Responsible for all purchasing and supplier development activity with-in BorgWarner Transmission North American Operations. Significant Achievements: * Developed and implemented a plan for every purchased part (a) 12% price to pri ce cost reduction (b) 35% PPM reduction (c) inventory reduction of 30%. * Participate in development and implementation of BorgWarner Transmission Globa l Purchasing System 1992-2003: Senior Buyer/Material Supply Chain Manager, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS.

2003-2004:

Responsible for all M.R.O. material requirements for our New Brunswick, NJ, Anderson, IN, Indianapolis, IN, Fitzgerald, GA, Olathe, KS, Anaheim, CA manufactu ring facilities. Former responsibilities included the start-up (purchasing system initializatio n, employee selection and training) of our direct material purchasing department for our Mexico operations. A dditionally, my former responsibilities included purchasing/supply chain management for tubing , ferrous and non-ferrous castings, aluminum, copper, brass, lead, precious metals, powder metal, machined parts, stampings, cold headed parts, springs, forgings, powder metal raw material, gears, remanufactured pr oduct mechanical and electronic assemblies. Significant Achievements: * M.R.O. material savings of $1.5 million (25%) for 2002. * Implemented a common real-time computer web-based M.R.O. pay-on-use commodity management system for 7 Delphi Automotive facilities. * Implemented bar code labeling for all M.R.O. materials at the 7 Delphi Automot ive facilities to manage inventory, minimum/maximum reorder points, material rec

eiving, material disbursement and machine preventive maintenance information. * Direct material savings history (price to price) for direct material portfolio , 15%. * Direct material portfolio inventory turns from 6 annual turns to 10 annual tur ns. * Direct material portfolio premium shipments reduced by 80%. * Direct material portfolio PPM's reduced by 50%. * Direct material portfolio supplier rationalization, 20% reduction. 1990-1992: Sales Account Manager/Sales Engineer, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS.

Responsibilities: Represent Delphi Automotive Systems and their produ cts at major O.E.M. accounts and trade shows. Develop and implement product value enhanced pricing str ategies. Develop and implement strategies to displace Delphi Automotive Systems competitors at all ca lled on accounts, existing and new. Develop and implement sale strategies to improve over all annual sales . Provide training to improve customer product application knowledge. Administer and resolve all ap plicable warranty claims. Obtain and report industrial intelligence to product engineer regarding customer new product programs. Maintain and improve all aspects of customer relations. Significant Achievements: * Increased over all sales by 12%. * Improved customer satisfaction survey ratings by 74%. * Decreased warranty claims by 50%. 1981-1990: Engineering, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS. Responsibilities: Technical support engineer responsible for product design, ma nufacturing processes, product quality management systems and customer relations . Quality engineer, responsible for employee job instructions, quality reporti ng systems, product first time quality, customer product return failure analysis and implementing irreversible correction action regarding customer returned pro duct. Process engineer responsible for development of manufacturing processes t hat improved uptime and reduced/eliminated non-conforming part and assembly inci dents. Significant Achievements: * Improved first time assembly quality by 40%. * Launched 4 new major product programs on time and under budget. * Developed new cutting tools that improved machine up time by 18%. 1977-1981: Manufacturing Supervisor, Delphi Automotive Systems. Responsibilities: Manufacturing operation which includes 150,000 square foot ma chining and assembly area consisting of 220 employees, 330 heavy machining cente rs, 4 sub-assembly lines and three final assembly lines. Additionally, my respo nsibilities included all aspects of product quality, delivery, capital equipment maintenance, facility maintenance, hourly employee evaluation, development, emp loyee promotion, employee safety and union /management relations. Significant Achievements: * Returned manufacturing operation to budget profitability. * Returned on time delivery of O.E.M. and Service material requirements to 96% * Reduced operational scrap and re-operation by 75%. * Successfully deployed and implemented S.P.C. on all manufacturing processes. 1974-1976: lanner, Component Scheduling Supervisor/Component Scheduling P

Delphi Automotive Systems. Responsibilities: Develop master component schedules to meet customer O.E.M. an d service requirements. Supervise component scheduler's deployment and implemen tations of daily department schedules. Significant Achievements: * Developed and implemented daily department level schedules. * Maintained and improved upon all process buffer inventories. 1973-1974: Hourly employee, Delphi Automotive Systems. Responsibilities: Assembler, machine set-up. Significant Achievements: * Promoted to component scheduling planner.

Additional Training and Education: * Statistical Process Control * Shainin Statistical Problem Solving * Art of Negotiations * QS 9000/TS-16949 Implementation and Auditing * Team Building * Coaching and Counseling Associates * Leading (vs) Managing * Total Quality Management * Value Stream Analysis * Computer Training (Windows, DOS, Word Perfect, Excel Spreadsheet, Data base). * Lean Thinking * Learning to See * See the Whole * Creating Level Pull (Kanban, Con-wip, Hybrid Kanban) * Creating Continuous Flow * Making Materials Flow * Cellular Manufacturing * Pull Production * Flow Manufacturing * Lean Manufacturing Implementation * Kaizen * SMED * Lean Logistics