1. CHRISTOPHER J. LEGIEC
7 Irving Court, Ledgewood , New Jersey 07852
973-919-7979
legiecc@yahoo.com
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CAREER SUMMARY
Production Planning/Materials Management for Supply Chain for manufacturing operations in the pharmaceutical,
medical devices, nutraceutical, and chemical industries. Known as a change agent who drives substantial productivity
improvements through cost savings. Plans manufacturing plants to maintain appropriate inventory levels and avoid
backorders.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Data Mining Decision Making Modeling DRP/MRP
cGMP Manufacturing Process Improvement Project Management
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Diamond Chemical - E. Rutherford, NJ November 2015 – Present
Materials Manager
Accomplishments:
 Reduced SMOG by $250,000 since November and continue to reduce SMOG through rework.
 Collaborated with IT to develop reports for past due PO’s, and daily production quantities.
 Implemented Kan Ban process for pallets replenishment to prevent production down time.
 Reduced labor hours by providing our company specific labels to the vendor for branded product for resale
Responsibilities:
 Manage raw material replenishment utilizing reorder point process and bulk tank inventory evaluation.
 Manage information and activities to ensure customer requirements are understood and reflected in schedules.
 Prepare and direct daily operational production meetings with President and staff.
 Prioritize QC and Purchasing Dept. shortages for work orders.
 Manage SMOG cross departmental meeting with President and staff.
 Prepare item and BOM set up for all finished goods.
 Responsible for the management of 2 planners, 1 cycle counter, and 1 labeling graphic artist.
 Manage inventory for third party warehouses.
 Manage estimated short shipment meeting for next day delivery with Operation Dept.meeting.
 Responsible for maintaining ROP for all materials.
Par Pharmaceuticals - Spring Valley, NY March 2007 – May 2015
Senior Production Planner
Accomplishments:
 Reduced backorders from $35 million to zero within 2 years from employment date and continue to maintain near
zero backorders
 Implemented cost savings of $2 million by increasing batch size and removing intermediate process
 Created analysis for component inventory that did not reside on current BOM thus reducing inventory by $4.87
million.

2.  Drove down costs by providing suggestions, through analysis, to right size batch sizes eliminating short dated
material, eliminating intermediates where forecast increased, and increasing component purchase quantity from
drums to totes.
Responsibilities:
 Manage master production schedule utilizing MRP message files and MPS spreadsheets for the planning of bulk
manufacturing resources and objectives for 3 plant locations.
 Manage information and activities to ensure customer requirements are understood and reflected in schedules.
 Prioritize QC and Purchasing Dept.. shortages for work orders.
 Organize activities of sales and marketing staff regarding product availability and new product launches.
 Provide analytical analysis of supporting planning scheduling, production, procurement, forecasting systems and
direction on scheduling and adjusting priorities.
 Support Quality,R&D, Technical Services and Validation Dept. activities.
Datascope Corp. - Fairfield, NJ June 2005 – March 2007
Material Control Manager
Accomplishments:
 Managed supply chain activities for several product line introductions
 Implemented cost savings by identifying and obsoleting non-profitable product line
Responsibilities:
 Manage warehouse & receiving personnel and production planner
 Define and implement forecasting product mix with Marketing Dept for monthly forecasting meeting.
 Publish product availability report for weekly Operations meeting by considering forecasting, manufacturing,
inventory levels.
 Manage master production schedule utilizing MRP message files and MPS spreadsheets for the planning of
manufacturing resources and objectives.
 Manage sterilizer truck loads and sterilizer activities along with non-sterile packaging activities and personnel.
 Provide analytical analysis to support planning scheduling, production, procurement, forecasting systems and
direction on scheduling and adjusting priorities.
Solgar Vitamin & Herb Wyeth Corp. - Leonia, NJ March 2000 – June 2005
Senior Production Planner Master Scheduler Mat’l Mgmt. System Mgr.
Accomplishments:
 Global Excellence Award 2004 – In-house label printing team. Developed cost savings analysis, coordinated
weekly label priority meeting, implemented in-house printing for labels for finished goods.
 Project Manager for JDE Material Master Protocol and forecast module implementation team.
Responsibilities:
 Manage forecasting system and facilitate quarterly forecasting review meetings.
 Implement forecasting demands and safety stock partnering with Marketing Team
 Process forecasting, manufacturing, packaging, customer service levels, and measurement reports for Operations
meetings.
 Manage master production schedule utilizing MRP message files for the planning of manufacturing resources and
objectives.
 Work with Sales and Marketing teams regarding product availability and new product launches.
 Provide analytical analysis to support planning scheduling, production, procurement, forecasting systems and
direction on scheduling and adjusting priorities.
 Analyze batch-sizing requirements for manufacturing to increase efficiencies and reduce obsolescence.
 Develop reporting structure for maintaining production levels to plant output requirements.
 Develop and implement substandard inventory dispositioning process review and database while training staff to
maintain it.

3. Ashland Specialty Chemicals Corporation - Boonton, NJ 1998 - 2000
Production & Distribution Planner
Accomplishments:
 Implemented returnable tote electronic report and reduced notification processing time from months to days, thus
reducing cost of additional totes purchases
Responsibilities:
 Managed MRP and DRP activities for third party locations and plant.
 Conducted Tankwagon scheduling for multi-drop customer deliveries.
 Management of returnable container tracking system and enhancements to system thus reducing turnaround time.
 Purchased raw materials according to BOM and demand for third party activities.
 Conducted and reconciled physical inventories for warehouse and third party network.
 Scheduled distribution warehouse stock trucks by use of DRP practices.
 Establish and monitor logistics procedures at warehouse and third party locations
 Disposition sub-standard and obsolete inventory at warehouses.
BASF Corporation - Mt. Olive, NJ 1986 - 1998
Packaging & Distribution Planner
Accomplishments:
Implemented inventory electronic report and reduced monthly inventory reconciliation processing time by providing
electronic data for analysis
 MRP and DRP activities for third party locations.
 Tracked and monitored business forecasts vs. actual sales/market trends.
 Coordinated transition of third party packaging and inventory locations to SAP R/2.
 Established and monitored logistics procedures at warehouse and tolling locations. .
 Designed inventory transaction history table for data warehouse implemented for company wide activities.
Inventory Control
 Inventory management for 25 public warehouses and tolling sites.
 SAP master table maintenance.
 Disposition of substandard inventory via scrap buyers.
 Project Manager for the pre-SAP transactional database.
Customer Service Representative
Education:
Masters of Science in Operations Management - New Jersey Institute of Technology - December 2002 – GPA 3.5
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration - Materials Management - Bloomfield College - May 1999 –
Graduated Magna cum Laude

4. Proficient in:
JDE Systems
Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint
Showcase Strategy Query, Crystal Reports