Edward Zapf
Manager, Operational Excellence at Kennametal
- Role
- Operational Excellence Manager at Kennametal
- Location
- Bedford, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Edward Zapf
An experienced marketing & operations professional with a strong diversified background in global strategy & operations leading multiple cross functional teams including EOE (AI, EDI, WEB), manufacturing, supply chain, sales / customer experience (OTC process) and finance. Proven track record meeting or exceeding corporate strategic objectives & KPIs while improving customer experience and reducing CtS. Areas of significant successes include; EOE, CtS, customer experience, materials & inventory logistics, manufacturing operations, program & project management w/P&L responsibility, proposals, contracts, domestic & international commercial operations, KPI development & adherence, business acquisition integrations, SAP implementations & operations,Specialties: Customer experience/EOE, CtS, SAP; Sales/CRM, S & OP, contracts; manufacturing/ERP/MRP; procurement & supply chain logistics, materials management; Proposals, Contracts, Program & Project management with P&L accountability; Power BI, KPI development & adherence. Authored & led a Superfund Cleanup Project.DoD Security Clearance - Secret (Past).
Experience
Operational Excellence Manager
Jun 2016 — Present · Latrobe, PA, US
Education
Defense Systems Management College
DFARs Certification. Additional authorization to sign cost contracts on behalf of the DoD
The George Washington University Law School
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
1988 — 1988
Frostburg State University
BS, Accounting / Corp Finance
1979 — 1982
Skills
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain
- Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
- Operations Management
- Manufacturing
- Process Engineering
- Strategic Planning
- Sap Erp
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Machining
- Business Process Improvement
- Sap
- Logistics
- Lean Manufacturing
- Materials Management
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Six Sigma
- Integration
- Continuous Improvement
- Inventory Control
- Management
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Erp
- Sap Products
- Procurement
- Negotiation
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