Bob Downs, PMP, CPIM

Experience

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  Filamatic LLC

  Jan 1994 - Apr 2009

  2006-2009• Managed manufacturing, procurement, planning, inventory, logistics and facilities functions.• Tripled machine shop staff to support a 75% increase in large machine business. • Revamped existing Vendor-Managed-Inventory programs for a savings of $80K annually.• Partnered with engineering group to standardize major components at intermediate levels for custom machinery.• Made creative use of subcontracting to manage peaks in shop demand.• Develop supplier stocking program to support company goal of reducing overall machine delivery lead time as a competitive market advantage.• Reduced lead time of a major component from 13 to 6 weeks through collaboration with our supplier. Show less

  • Manufacturing Manager

    Jan 2006 - Apr 2009

  • Materials Manager

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  • Inventory Supervisor

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2002
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  McCormick & Company

  Apr 2009 - Aug 2010

  Material Control Manager

  • Managed a team of eleven Schedulers and Buyers supporting food manufacturing operations to produce approximately five million pounds of seasonings per month.• Led group through a business downturn followed by a large spike in demand, adjusting people resources and tactics as well as managing team through complex raw material replacement issues.• Facilitated continuous improvement projects: yield and run rate adjustments, line sequencing to maximize quality, production output and improved customer delivery performance.• Owned and reported daily materials management metrics to drive plant production, scheduling and purchasing improvements based on most recent issue trend analysis. Show less

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  Filamatic LLC

  Feb 2011 - Jan 2016

  • Manage multi-project program for design, procure, build, test of electro-mechanical filling systems. Project values range from $150k to $1.5million.• Manage and support project initiation, planning, execution, monitor & control, closeout, along with functional managers, of all large and intermediate machines for company. • Responsible for effective deployment of company resources to support projects, manage project schedules, costs, risks, customer communications, procurement support.• Supervise and Develop Project Coordinator.• Drive effective deployment of company resources to support projects, manage project scope, schedules, costs, risk management, procurement support. • Develop Earned Value tools and actively perform analysis for multiple projects throughout the project life cycle to maintain budget integrity, identify and head off cost overruns. • Manage Standard Cost updates for up to 40,000 SKU’s. • Facilitate direct communication with clients for URS to proposal comparisons, design reviews, Protocol reviews, IQ/OQ documentation.• Host client for execution Factory Acceptance Testing. 90+% success rate of first time customer acceptance of project deliverables. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Nov 2011 - Jan 2016

  • Manufacturing Manager

    Feb 2011 - Nov 2011