John M.

Beck
1200 Franklin Dr.
Bloomsburg, Pa 17815
570-204-3668 (Cell)
jb1000876@westpost.net
Successful in Managing Organizational Change Projects at all levels; including:
Strategic Direction, Organization Readiness, Project Sponsor, Project Champion,
Project Manager, Team Leader and Team Member. All in Manufacturing Organizations
ISO 9001 Line and Aerospace cross-matrix environments. Trained in Quality Circl
es currently enrolled in Six-Sixma Green & Black-belt certifications.
Sr. Director of Materials Management (3 yrs. & 1 yr BP Consultant). Kovatch Mobi
le Equipment; Nesquehoning Pa.
Responsible for: Production Inventory ($53M), Purchasing ($65M annual) and Produ
ction Scheduling of 400 Fire Trucks per year. (5 direct reports, approximately 5
0 people within these functions).
Realigned the Inventory Functional areas and Procedures. Reduced Inventory leve
ls and improved Production efficiencies.
Realigned the Purchasing Dept. Attained Cost reductions of Purchased Parts of m
ore that $300K/year.
Implemented Supplier Managed Inventory. Reduced the cost of MRO purchases by mo
re that $500K/yr while improving Production efficiencies.
Improved the Scheduling system to be closer aligned with both the Inventory and
the Purchasing systems. Reduced the Requisition to Stock lead-time cycle.
Developed an MRP Interface between the (stand-alone) Scheduling system and the E
RP system.
Business Process Improvement Senior Consultant (1 yrs). (Enterprise System Consu
ltants, Bethlehem, Pa):
Managed multiple Business Process Improvement Projects for clients of Enterprise
Consultants. (Recommendations were accepted and Implemented with clients).
Defined ERP system requirements, Recommended software and Implemented ERP system
s in small to mid-sized companies in eastern Pa.
VP of Information Systems (7+ yrs) Weiler Corporation, Cresco, Pa.):
Restructured IT resources and policies to align technical disciplines with Corpo
rate goals. (ISO 9001 certified company) Hired and managed Technical Resources
of Employees & 3rd Party Consultants: Network Administrators, Network Engineer,
System & Business Analysts, Help Desk Technician, IT Training, and Project Mana
gement).
Managed 3rd Party, outsourcing relationships and Technology Lease.
Developed and deployed Corporate Security and Disaster Recovery Practices.
Enhanced the operational effectiveness of Corporate Business Practices as they p
ertain to technology. Secured $550,000 in funding of ERP Implementation Project
.
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VP of Information Systems (7+ yrs) Weiler Corporation, Cresco, Pa.) continued:
Defined requirements for Purchased and Implemented numerous Business Systems dur
ing 5 years with no increase in budget. Bus Systems were: Cognos CPM, SalesLogix
CRM, Royal4 WMS, Open4 HR, Labor Data Collection, Time & Attendance, Maximo CMM
S and MS-Sharepoint Portal.
IS Team maintained 99.98% up-time of Primary Business Applications.
Member of ISA E-commerce committee developed standards for Electronic Business T
ransaction.
Manager & Director of Information Systems (4 yrs with Park Ohio Corporation, Cle
veland Oh. and 1 yr with GB Goldman Paper Co. Philadelphia Pa
Responsible for all aspects of Corporate IT Operations: Strategy, Budgets, Arch
itectural Design.
Implemented Symix/Syteline (now part of Mapics) ERP system in 8 Factories.
Software Implementation/Project leader, trainer and Process Consultant to 12 fac
tories.
Consultant to Small to Mid-Sized Co. Manufacturing Management (5+ yrs): (Manufac
turing Solutions - Hudson, Oh. And Visual Systems)
ERP Application Implementations: Fourth Shift, Symix-Syteline, Lilly-Visual Syst
ems. Platforms included IBM's Risc, HP Unix, and Microsoft 2003.
Salesman of the year closing 7 ERP deals in 8 months to small Manufacturing Comp
anies..
Assisted more than 40 mid-sized manufacturing companies with the implementation
of ERP/MRP systems.
Trained Project Team members and end users in all functional areas including: Cu
stomer Service, Materials Management & Production Control, Shop Floor, Engineeri
ng, and Finance.
Assisted Project teams creation of Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instru
ctions.
Developed implementation tools and utilized strategies that improved the impleme
ntation cycle.
Manager (mid-level) in Aerospace Landing Gear Facility (now BF Goodrich) :
Department Manager: (5 yrs) Successful manager during times of transition in Un
ion and Non-Union plants. (Quality Circles cross-functional team building)
Two successful assignments managing turning-around of Production Functions/ Dept
s.
Team Building, Recruiting, Training, Directing, Evaluating personnel. Realignme
nt of personnel to meet both short and long term objectives. Experience in mana
ging the downsizing of manufacturing operations.
Program Manager: (5yrs)
PM responsibility as Product Line Manager in a "Cross-Matrix" organization. Pro
fit & Loss responsible for Douglas and McDonnell Aircraft (Multimillion $) Land
ing Gear Contracts. Included management of Change Control Board.

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Manager (mid-level) in Aerospace Landing Gear Facility (now BF Goodrich) continu
ed:
Financial Analysis & Cost Accountant (2 yrs.):
Acting Controller for various plants during end-of-period closing process.
Developed a complete Return-on-Investment model for Landing Gear Programs.
Prepared Actual Costing Model for business segment of a highly Repetitive Mfg. C
o.
References, Education & Involvement.
Personal, and Business references available upon request.
Education: BS Accounting Akron University - Akron, Ohio 1977.
Currently enrolled and studying for the Six-Sigma Green/Black Belt and PMP certi
fications.
Other seminars include Karrass Negotiating skills, Solution Selling and Numerous
IT and Management Seminars.
Proficient in PC software including MS Office applications (MS-Project, MS-Excel
w/Pivot Tables, MS-Word, MS Access and other Database schema, PowerPoint Prese
ntation & with graphics, Sharepoint Portal).
Community involvement includes Boy Scout Leader, Board member Habitat for Humani
ty in Monroe County, Pa and past Treasurer of Emmanuel Bible Chapel in Berwick P
a.
Honorable discharges from US Army Regular and US Coast Reserve.