Michael Collura

Enjoying being Retired! Riding my Electra Townie Commute 8D bicycle on the American Tobacco Trail (ATT) on a regular basis. Fishing, swimming, traveling, and watching our two beautiful granddaughters growing up so fast helps passing my retirement very fantastic. Wish you all the best! Stop to see the flowers and enjoy the ride because time flys by before you know it.

Overview Reports to the Director, Mack Inventory Management and responsible for inventory levels and fill rates in the Mack Trucking aftermarket parts distribution system. • Communicate Materials Management’s expectations and logistics’ demands to achieve continuous improvements in quality, lead-time and costs. • Maintain parts database to ensure the latest parts information is accurate and available in a timely manner. Also, perform order handling/expediting functions, daily parts maintenance (such as registering new parts, supersessions, and parts requisitions to purchasing, loading ship dates) as required. • Maintain the stock profile of a range of parts within the pre-set objectives (such as stock value, fill rate, stock turnover rate, scrapping activity, backorder data, etc.). • Conduct continual reviews of suppliers’ performance and corrective activity plans by means of logistics’ evaluations, statistics, meetings, presentations, and other relevant communication. • Identify and report supply chain related problems in day-to-day activities in an effort to increase overall efficiency and productivity. • Provide effective customer-focused responses in a timely manner to internal/external customers. • Prepare, create, analyze reports and statistics as required/directed by management (such as cost analysis, quantitative analysis, supplier performance, etc.). • Resolve internal/external parts discrepancies with distribution centers and suppliers. • Serve as liaison between customer service, product support, and purchasing. • Participate in cross functional/cultural teams. • Remain abreast of product knowledge.

Provided logistics analysis (freight, warehouse, labor, routing) for hard surface flooring (laminate, ceramic, vinyl, solid wood, & engineered wood) for 4 production plants and numerous Mohawk RDC warehouses. This included building transportation cost of sales models for new product launches, importation cost evaluations, and make verses buy decisions.

Responsible for expediting purchased parts from over 1,000 suppliers on a daily basis to support customer orders. MSDS Administrator Responsible for writing, editing, researching, and publishing Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS) for over 900 unique chemicals to meet OSHA & DOT safety requirements for customer shipments.

Responsible for annual BMW Z4 and X5 service parts sales of $22 million. Provided direction and leadership to a three shift service parts team made up three Shift Managers, three material planners and 36 production associates who fulfilled our customer's open service parts orders to Dingofling, Germany and five geographically located US distribution centers.

Responsible for an annual $32 million purchasing budget supported by 36 domestic and international suppliers plus the supply chain logistics budget that facilitated the manufacturing of the convertible soft top for the BMW Z-4 Roadster. Provided leadership to one Inventory Control Planner and four Material Handlers that achieved 98% inventory accuracy and 46 inventory turns per year. Managed all the supplier purchase order releases to fulfill our customer's production plan. Maintained un-interrupt material supply to support assembly production and achieve 100% BMW monthly logistics ratings.

Responsible for sourcing and purchasing hydraulic and electro-mechanical sub-assemblies (domestic & imported), special means/application specific fasteners, MRO items and design engineering machining rework to support the Z-4 convertible top startup operations of 330 units daily. Annual material purchase value in excess of $40 million. Implemented special means automotive fastener Smart Bin consignment replenishment system that has reduced on hand fastener inventory levels, increased cash flow by $35K monthly and improved inventory accuracy measurements. Developed domestic and international transportation RFQs, negotiated multi-year carrier pricing contracts with transportation companies that reduced annual freight expenses by $1 million and improved delivery services with preferred carriers.

Responsible for the purchasing and budgeting of global transportation (all modes - air, ocean, rail, & truckload) worth $38 million annually to support high volume retail laminate flooring distribution and manufacturing operations worldwide. Negotiated comprehensive multi-year international ocean transport contracts that yielded freight savings in excess of $6 million. Developed core carrier relationships that focused on streamlining routings, reducing variable operational costs, developing truckload back-hauls, improving packaging, and minimizing material handling with an emphasis on exceeding customer delivery expectations. This included implementing new freight carrier solutions into the daily logistical and customer service operations.

Directed all materials activities related to the Production Control and Shipping Departments for an electrical switchgear facility that manufactured high and low voltage switchgear with $160 million in annual sales. Elected Chairman of the Siemens Energy & Automation Traffic Council Steering Committee in 1996. Managed all transportation negotiations and multi-year contracts for LTL and specialized carrier services that resulted in substantial freight savings. Developed and implemented a master scheduling system that level loaded the factory, increased the sales dollar per manufacturing labor hour rate by 18%, and reduced overtime labor by 25%. Managed the OEM, Renewal & Retrofit Parts Department that generated $5 million of monthly sales. These sales yielded the highest profit margin and demanded creative materials solutions in order to meet customer short cycle parts demands. Managed the Engineering Services Department whose responsibilities include the distribution of all supporting manufacturing documentation. This documentation included factory routings, drawings, data labels, ECO's, and OCN's for fabrication and assembly.

Responsible for four production control supervisors and three order clerks to achieve OEM Distribution warehouse sales in excess of $46 million annually. Managed the purchased material budget, master schedule, procurement, order release, and delivery of aircraft flowmeters, pyrometers, liquid level sensors, and spare parts for eighteen OEM and military customers worldwide. Responsible for the configuration change control board coordination for seventy-three unique aircraft flowmeters, pyrometer, liquid level sensor models. This included the expediting of design engineering changes that required OEM, FAA, and military approvals.

Directed all purchasing activates, manufacturing assembly and customer deliveries for the GE Compuscene Computer Flight Simulator Program. Aircraft customers included; NASA, Boeing, Lockheed, McDonald Douglas, MBB, Air Italia, and SAAB. Developed and managed the purchased materials budget that yielded $750 million in annual flight simulator sales. These purchases included ASIC chips, PCB (single, multi-layer, & multi-wire), E-PROMS, computer cabinets, PCB swing frames, computer cable assemblies, Xenon light imaging systems, flight simulator imaging domes, and aircraft simulator cockpits. Negotiated and purchased outsourcing supplier labor that performed PCB socket stuffing, computer cable and cabinet assembly that reduced overhead floor space expense and saved $1.5 million in direct labor annually. Implemented a JIT computer simulator cabinet delivery program that reduced computer simulator test bay costs by $500K annually.

Supervised all incoming purchased and fabricated materials (warehousing, receiving, kitting, dispatching, expediting) to support three electro-optic high volume assembly lines building M1A1 Tank Thermal Sights and TOW Night Sights for the U.S.

Responsible for the MIAI Tank Infrared Thermal Sight manufacturing purchased materials budget and all proto-type Design Engineering purchases. Purchases included proto-type germanium detectors, cryogenic coolers, amplifiers, transformers, glass optics & mirrors, metal castings (steel & AL alloy), machined components, transistors, diodes, resistors, and assembly tooling.

Specialty: Aircraft Environmental Systems AMFC 42371 Secret and Confidential Military Clearances Honorable Discharge / Good Conduct Medal