Don Ward

Materials Manager Ii @The Toro Company

Batesville, AR, US

Accountable facility operational excellence within global supply chain, increasing customer on-time to 98%.• Reduction of 39% in inventories on hand by encompassing data driven decisional approach to minimization of scope costs.• Multi-site guidance in reducing footprint by 30% while improving channel responsiveness by 18%.• Accelerate performance accountability metrics through continuous refinement, leading to 25% better turns tracking, removal of $3mm stale costs, and re-engineering warehousing routes saving $300k yearly.• Establish and publishing dashboards, performance improvement plans, and corrective actions, driving enhancements in divisional targets by as much as 67%.• Oversee consignment stock, leading to reductions in write-offs by $750k per annum.• Proactive vendor maintenance methodology for purchase orders, eliminating over $3 mm in excess inventory quantities.• Risk mitigation to reduce derogatory outcomes through SIOP process, enterprise capacity growth planning, and contingency actioning.• Cycle count program overhaul, accuracy improvement from 72nd to 99th percentile.

University of Central Arkansas

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA