Ray Lockard

About Ray Lockard

Experienced Senior Supply Chain Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the Life Science industry. Strong operations professional skilled in Manufacturing Digital 4.0 assessments, Program Management, FDA GxP regulations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing transformation projects, IT/OT, Software Validation and Documentation.

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   Cognizant

   Jan 2019 — Present · NJ, US

   Representative Engagement Experience Project lead for a Digital Supply Chain engagement for mid-level Biotech. The company was looking to transition to a more Digital Supply Chain and Manufacturing 4.0 environment as well as identify and bridge capability gaps that are required to enable the transition while exploring opportunities for synergies between commercial and clinical supply chains. Key activities were:o Collaborated with key stakeholders to identify goals and business priorities that will help realize the shared visiono Defined future state options of SC/Manufacturing capabilities & enabling systemso Evaluated trade-offs among future options; define and prioritize initiatives based on impact and investment to realize future stateo Developed a gated roadmap with milestones to implement prioritized initiatives; identify quick wins and change management imperatives. Identified, quantified and prioritized over 15 opportunitiesProgram lead for a Global Bio-Pharma to help them evaluate current state of biologics manufacturing shop floor and design/develop a future state based on Industry 4.0 principles including architecting and designing new Manufacturing 4.0 based capabilities such as Robotics, Augmented Reality & IoT. Project lead for a new program at a Global Bio-Pharma to develop instructional videos to improve training of manufacturing operators and technicians leveraging Augmented Reality hardware and software. Project lead for two BioPharma I4.0 assessment for the same client-one in Manufacturing and one for Product Development. Each assessment consisted of workshops to identify the \"as-is\" state as well as the \"to-be\". Opportunities were identified and turned into Use Cases with benefits, cost and possible solutions highlighted. These Use Cases were then prioritized based on client goals and feedback and then positioned into a phased implementation Roadmap.

Education

• Villanova University

  BE, Mechanical Engineering

• Villanova University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Business Transformation
• Strategy
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Assurance
• Management Consulting
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Business Strategy
• Lifesciences
• Vendor Management
• IT Quality & Compliance
• IT Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Fda
• Process Engineering
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Facilities Assessment
• Consulting
• Team Leadership
• Enterprise Software
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Software Documentation
• Quality System
• Integration
• Validation
• Supply Chain Process Improvement
• Manufacturing
• Data Center
• Gmp