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Director, Supply Chain; Stanley Black & Decker/Sonitrol

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Company Profile: Sonitrol Corporation (now Stanley Security) is a turnkey integrator of state-of-the-art security solutions for intrusion, video, access, and fire, along with professional monitoring (primarily focused on commercial and very high-end residential applications).  The backbone of the integrated system was proprietary Sonitrol designed and manufactured intrusion and access systems.  Sonitrol boasted the industry's best intruder apprehension rates and lowest false alarm rates.  Sonitrol installs integrated systems compromised of both proprietary as well as other commercially available equipment through a network of company installers as well as via distribution to local franchisee installers.

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I joined Sonitrol shortly after the company was divested from Tyco.  At that time no supply chain or logistics capabilities (and only the most rudimentary customer service and procurement capabilities existed).  Manufacturing and repair operations were put in place only a short time prior to the divestiture.  At that time the most significant problems that the company faced operationally were material availability and extended lead times for defective repair. Sonitrol was acquired by Stanley in the autumn of 2008.  I took over responsibility for Stanley real estate planning and relocation in addition to my Sonitrol duties and spent a significant portion of my remaining tenure closing all Sonitrol Supply Chain related operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Manufacturing

    • 3rd Party printed circuit board and module assembly (New Hampshire and Tianjin, China; and subsequently Juarez, Mexico)

    • Final unit assembly (New Hampshire, and subsequently performed by Sonitrol in house at our UL Listed, and Certified facility under my direction in Carrollton, TX)

  • Reverse Logistics: originally handled by a 3rd party, subsequently moved in house to Sonitrol Central Distribution Center

    • Repair Operations performed by a 3rd party (New Hampshire, subsequently moved to Coppell, TX)

  • Distribution / Distribution Center

  • Procurement (Strategic, Tactical, and Indirect)

  • Production Planning: Scheduling for 3rd party manufacturing. and in house Kanban system for final unit assembly

  • Material / Distribution Planning

  • Traffic Management

  • Customer Service

  • Logistics Administration (management of direct from suppliers’ shipments to customers, and direct from supplier repair coordination)

Accomplishments (selected notable):

  • Improved product margins 31% through procurement cost reductions and process and supply changes

  • Reverse Logistics reduced repair product cost 29% and lead time 90%

  • Sourced (bid, negotiated, & awarded) PCBA and module manufacturing operations. Moved production - improved service, with no negative impact

  • Sourced (bid, negotiated, & awarded) PCBA repair operations. Moved repair operations dramatically improving service with no negative impact

  • Consistently achieving procurement savings (direct & indirect) equal to 1.5% - 2% of annual product revenues

    • After Stanley acquisition, changing to ordering fleet service vans using Sonitrol approach resulted in $2.6MM annual savings

  • Started up Central Distribution Center

    • Consistently achieved 10 turns or better, inventory accuracy of 99.99+%, shipping accuracy of 99.95%, 100% same day shipping (as order placement – cut off times were improved (loosened) from 1PM Central to 4:30PM Central), and substantially improved product availability

  • Renegotiated small package freight carrier contract saving over $80K annually

    • Implemented customer prepaid and add freight up-charge delivering an additional $120k in revenue annually.

  • Established intranet-based status information allowing field personnel to see status of all orders and shipments both from the Central Distribution Center as well as direct shipments from suppliers.  Also, implemented one-click tracking for CDC shipments.

  • Transformed group from source of significant problems to achieving consistent excellent performance and availability

Position Reported to:  Senior Vice President, Operations

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