JAMIE RICHARD BOWERING P. O. Box 945 Skokie, IL 60076 (847) 933-0464 jamie@jamie.bowering.name www.jamie.bowering.name SUMMARY Extensive experience and education in the supply chain field including Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Demand Planning (DP), Network Planning (NP), Safety Stock (SS) Planning, Master Planning (MP), Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR), and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Planning with twelve years of consulting and project management experience implementing supply chain processes and Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) software and supply chain experience in the consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, defense, oil industries. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT (Skokie, IL) 2002 - Present Provided supply chain consulting and APS system implementation services * For a major Food processor, we implemented a unique usage of Manugistics software. Captured production data from the client’s VMI system and converted it into shipment forecasts. Validated clients’ S&OP Processes. Designed Manugistics Collaborate. * Clients included Kraft Foods North America, Heinz, Schreiber Foods, Seagate Technology, Defense Logistics Agency, US Foodservice, JM Huber, Havi Global Services. IBM GLOBAL SERVICES, FORMERLY PWC CONSULTING (Rosemont, IL) 1997 – 2002 PwC Consulting is a leading management consulting firm specializing is strategic change, business processes design and system implementation. Principal Consultant – Integrated Supply Chain Management Managed business process improvement projects in S&OP, DP, NP, VMI and SS. Managed system implementations for Manugistics, i2 and custom developed software. Provided quality review and continuous improvement services. Developed project business cases, statements of work, timelines and resource plans. Implemented new business metrics, business designs and integration designs. Assumed roles as project manager, subject matter expert, integration specialist, and application specialist. * For a major beverage company, our implementation of S&OP, DP, NP, and SS saved the client over $14.2 Million in finished goods inventory and $4.7 Million in components in one region only * For a major food service company, our implementation of S&OP, DP, and NP caused an immediate improvement in forecast accuracy of 20 percentage points and improved their SKU planning coverage to 100% from 40%. * For a major food processor, our implementation of DP caused an immediate improvement in forecast accuracy of 30 percentage points * Clients included Grupo Modelo, Kellogg, Alliant Foodservice, Keebler, Pillsbury, Nabisco Canada, Best Foods, and Bristol Myers Squibb MANUGISTICS, INC. (Rockville, MD) 1996 – 1997 Manugistics is a leading provider of supply chain management and Enterprise Profit Optimization (EPO) software. Manugistics solutions are used to lower operating costs, improve customer service, enhance profitability, and accelerate growth by optimizing the supply-demand network from design and procurement through pricing and delivery. Supply Chain Consultant Specialized in DP methodologies (Lewandowski and Forrier). As project manager, provided project planning, issue resolution and facilitated decision making. As application consultant, provided expertise in demand planning, provided application configuration, and facilitated business requirements gathering. * Designed and configured system functionality to conform to the business process requirements * Performed gap analysis, issue identification, issue resolution, and application training * Facilitated system integration and data mapping * Clients included Bristol Myers Squibb and Binney and Smith. Jamie Richard Bowering, Page Two NOVARTIS, FORMERLY SANDOZ AGRO, INC. (Des Plaines, IL) 1995 – 1996 Sandoz Agro is a division of Swiss company, Sandoz Pharmaceutical. The Agro division is a leading supplier of agricultural chemicals for pre-emergence crop protection and parasite treatments in the animal health market. Sales and Operations Planning Analyst (Animal Health Division) Institutionalized the company’s recent supply chain re-engineering. Improved forecast accuracy, created forecast performance and production plan accuracy metrics, implemented a SKU discontinuation process, recommended changes to safety stock policies, and participated on software selection and implementation teams. * Proposed redesign of the company’s safety stock strategy for an inventory reduction of $2.5 Million and reduced carrying cost of $50,000 annually * Defined S&OP cycle process, wrote AS/400 queries and excel spreadsheets * Developed MS Access database to address forecast and production plan performance BP, FORMERLY AMOCO CORPORATION (Chicago, IL) 1988 to 1995 Amoco is an international oil major conducting business in exploration and production, oil refining and marketing, and petro chemicals. Logistics Projects Coordinator Assisted the IT program director in phase II of Amoco’s logistics re-engineering project. Phase II consisted of system implementations to support the logistics re-engineering. Led the project for crude loss control and demurrage. Also filled the role of program office to support five other project managers. * Worked with project teams to assure consistent usage of methodology * Managed gap database and issues database Negotiator, Loss Control & Demurrage Negotiated cargo loss and demurrage claims. Monitored vessel operations and inspectors for improved loss control metrics. * Conceived and developed claims tracking databases that streamlined the negotiating process. Manpower requirements for processing claims was reduced by 50% while the value added of claims was increased 200% * Redefined barge monitoring process for a reduction in manpower requirements by 4 man days per month with residual benefits elsewhere inside and outside our organization Crude Oil Pricing Specialist Prepared crude oil price forecasts, maintained crude oil price database, provided fundamental analysis of crude oil logistics, and assumed role of Local Area network (LAN) administrator. * Implemented an automatic download database system which led to the elimination of this position * Developed a database application for scheduling tanker movements Marine Operations Analyst Arranged the company's annual budget including revenue projections and line item expenses. * Conceived and constructed a model for monitoring vessel utilization EDUCATION Master of Business Administration - Syracuse University Transportation and Distribution Management Minors in Operations and Production management and International Business Bachelor of Science, Third Mates License - SUNY Maritime College Marine Transportation/ Economics TECHNICAL SKILLS Manugistics (Demand, DP/EE, Fulfillment, Collaborate), i2 (Demand, Supply), Lotus Notes, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, MS Project, Visio, Outlook