Jeff Marrs

Experience

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  ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL

  Mar 1985 - Nov 1991

  Project Controller

  Develop production schedules for two offsite manufacturing facilities, coordinate and expedite with purchasing and engineering to ensure on time delivery of various projects.

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  NORTHWEST BODIES, INC

  Dec 1991 - Aug 1994

  Production Manager

  Direct six production departments, establish production schedules, plan and purchase material, and maintain inventory for a 100 employee, three shift manufacturing facility.

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  PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES

  Nov 1994 - Dec 1995

  Master Scheduler

  Establish and maintain the master production schedule, coordinate with all departments to ensure adherence to the plan. Determine capacity and resource requirements for two manufacturing facilities.

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  Dell

  Dec 1995 - now

  Provide a 2 week materials supportability assessment. Review customer orders, mfg schedules, on hand and incoming material supply to provide a rolling 2 wk ATB projection by platform, by factory. Primary factory contact to Procurement, Logistics and Demand/Supply for materials supply and projected demand changes. Developed database and tools for materials planning and management to ensure customer product requirements are met across DAO. Communicate material supply and demand issues to establish production plans and product lead-times. Manage materials flow throughout product life cycle. Provide input to management and functional areas in case of engineering holds, material shortages, and other potential schedule interruptions. Communicate mitigation plans and recommendations to scheduling. Manufacturing focal point for any material transitions (new product launches and EOL planning). Ensure ECO implementation plans and deviations are in place to facilitate smooth transitions with zero E&O. Coordinate material availability and determine ATB for large orders. Ensure DSI execution plans are in place in the factories. Show less Develop applications to support Production Scheduling and Material Replenishment. Assigned to work on problems that are highly complex and may not have ever been addressed in the I/T community, requiring expert technical knowledge and business acumen. Prepare long term systems strategies for senior operations and I/T management. Influence the technical architecture and specifications for internal systems. Recognized as specialty expert in the I/T community. Develop functional specifications and documentation, coordinate communication and implementation and test solutions for meeting requirements. Show less Manage WTCS Enhancement Projects Team. Formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements. Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results. Include analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specifications. Instruct, direct, and check the work of less senior business systems analysis personnel. Prioritize own work and instructing, directing, assigning and overseeing the work of other less senior business analysts. Show less Responsible for managing the materials and scheduling function to ensure customer product requirements are met, for both shifts in two manufacturing sites, for the Consumer Desktop and Notebook product lines, as well as overseeing the Dell personnel at the 3rd party Logistics Center. Determining policy for inventory levels, production cycle times, production capacity, customer allocations and operational philosophy such as: Mix Model Mfg, JIT/KANBAN. Manage and direct a staff of subordinate managers and individual contributors. Participates with other senior managers to establish corporate strategic plans and objectives. Show less

  • Sr. Program Manager, Global Data/Reporting/Analytics

    Feb 2012 - now

  • Sr Program Manager, Supply Chain Governance/Analytics

    Mar 2008 - Feb 2012

  • Program Manager, Global Supply Chain Command Center

    Mar 2006 - Mar 2008

  • Manager, Americas Operations Strategic Material Planning

    Jan 2004 - Mar 2006

  • Solution Architect –World Wide Operations I/T : Manufacturing Execution and Planning Systems

    Oct 2002 - Jan 2004

  • Business Analyst – World Wide Operations I/T : Manufacturing I/T - Plant Technology

    Jul 2001 - Oct 2002

  • Production Control Department Senior Manager

    Nov 1997 - Jul 2001

  • Production Control Manager, 1st shift

    Sept 1996 - Nov 1997

  • Master Scheduler

    Dec 1995 - Sept 1996