James Cammarano

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About James Cammarano

James is an accomplished Supply Chain & Procurement Expert with extensive experience in Cost Reduction, negotiation, leading, motivating and developing the Supply Chain organization through hands-on guidance and coaching in order to empower teams and individuals, building organizational and individual capabilities, fostering core values and leading change. James has demonstrated excellence in providing direction and oversight on the purchasing of goods and services, including contract management, indirect services for Marketing and Sales, ensuring all procurement activities are in compliance with specifications, regulations and corporate guidelines, ensuring orders are processed timely and accurately as well as establishing and maintaining a comprehensive quality management process to ensure the defined quality standards. Specialties: Global Supply Chain Management/Lean/Manufacturing/Operational Excellence/Sales and Operations Planning (S & OP), Kanban, Business Planning, Six Sigma, 8S, Value Stream Mapping, Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Continuous Process Improvement, Total Quality Management, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP), Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Agile Experience, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and Key Performance Indicators. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Supply Chain Management Cost Reduction Strategic Planning Tactical Acumen Lean/Six Sigma Methodology Procurement & Logistics Management Project Management Business Development Continuous Process Improvement Inventory Management Vendor Management Information Technology ERP System Development Client Relations Mentoring & Coaching “All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we reduce that time line by removing non-value-added wastes” ~ Taiichi Ohno, Toyota Executive and father of the Toyota Production System