1. MATTHEW DICKSON
(281) 910-1940 Mattdog1@me.com
MAINTENANCE & MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL
Detail-oriented professional with expertise in maintenance management, provisioning, warehouse
management and procurement supporting Gas and Chemical plants. Experience in both non-union and union
production plant environments. Excellent organization, leadership, planning and people skills.
Core skills:
 Maintenance planning &
management
 Inventory management
 Warehouse management
 Warehouse database
development
 Procurement & supplier
negotiations
 MRP & Production Planning
 Supply Chain Development
 Contract management &
negotiation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS – GLOBAL 1975-2014
A worldwide supplier of industrial gases & equipment, specialty & intermediate chemicals, & environmental & energy systems
Provisioning Lead (2008-2014)
Handled all world-wide spare parts provisioning of Gas and Equipment, Chemicals, and Electronics plants,
providing a 24 hr./ 365-days / year point of contact. Developed spare parts estimates for new projects;
gathered parts information for new project equipment; added parts information to the inventory system;
determined required parts to support equipment using established philosophies, best practices, and
interfacing with Engineering and Line Management. Insured required spare parts were available in a time
frame that meets business need. Managed volume “hard goods” inventory for customer service activities.
 Chosen, because of a background in Chemicals and provisioning chemical plants, to lead provisioning of
5 grass roots projects in Mainland China with colleagues working in the Shanghai office.
 Provisioned a major ASU plant in Gent (Ghent), Belgium with colleagues in Teasdale, England,
identifying parts that could be transferred from other plants with a $350K savings.
 Successfully trained staff in Shanghai to provision effectively and make sparing decisions using known
philosophies and SAP. Spent 3 months in Shanghai training and travelling to plants in Nanjing, Shenyang
and Changsha with local provisioners. The team became self-sufficient, eliminating travel from the US.
 Produced $25K / year savings through inventory reduction, vendor negotiation and identifying parts that
could be shared between plants.
Warehouse Manager – Gulf Coast Region (2004-2008)
Managed 11 warehouses,with 12 employees, supporting all Gas and Chemical plants in Texas and
Louisiana, including all warehousing processes – MRP,cycle counting, receiving, zone stores, and inventory
reduction.
 Delivered inventory accuracy above 99% by implementing the cycle counting process using the SAP tool.
 Generated over $300K in savings annually in the Gulf Coast Region by managing an agreement with a
major worldwide pipe, valve, fitting and mill supplier.
 Reduced inventory over a 2-year period by $2.6M generating a savings of $560K in carrying costs. By
identifying hard goods that could be shared between plants.
 Generated $175K in annual savings through freight negotiations and consolidation.
 Generated savings of $900K annually by identifying warehouse parts that could be repaired instead of
purchased, then developing and implementing procedures with maintenance to carry out a program of
identifying those items in SAP so they would be flagged as repairable in SAP when a reservation was
implemented.
 Successfully implemented vendor management inventory (VMI) in all 11 warehouses regionally (with a
major integrated supplier).

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Warehouse Manager – Gulf Coast Region (continued)
 Created and maintained a safe and healthy work environment and a high level of safety awareness by
implementing morning toolbox checklists, monthly safety meetings, communication and education and
enforcement of safety work practices.
Procurement Specialist – Gulf Coast Region (2000-2004)
 Produced $250K yearly savings by carefulbidding and negotiating and identifying new qualified
suppliers.
 Tracked delivery of all purchased project and maintenance hard goods so that project fabrication and
maintenance turnaround schedules were met 100%.
 Resolved invoice discrepancies for all hard good purchases and outside vendor contracts,so bills were
paid on time and vendors paid only for services performed and materials delivered.
Maintenance Planner – Pasadena,TX(1990-2000)
Planned and scheduled all maintenance work of 12 mechanics, 4 instrument technicians and all outside
contractors for a large Poly-Vinyl Alcohol plant.
 Prioritized work according to production needs, including delivering resources to meet those needs,
working with the operations team leader to determine daily maintenance work needs.
 Achieved a 90% schedule compliance rate by implementing a predictive preventive maintenance
program, improving plant reliability by predicting equipment failure before it happened.
 Drove productivity through scheduling: tracked man-hours scheduled vs. man-hours work performed,
creating a productivity rate. The result: outsourcing productive assigned labor to other plants.
 Interfaced with the Production Team to plan long-term scheduled plant shutdowns, identifying the
manpower load for each craft and needs for outside vendors.
 Created all requisitions for materials and outside contractors for the facility, insuring resources would be
onsite when work was scheduled to be performed.
 Achieved no lost-time accidents, recordable or instances needed first aid, lowered insurance costs and
created a safe working environment for the employees, by scheduling daily toolbox and monthly meetings
for maintenance team safety awareness and to discuss current concerns for resolution.
 Implemented maintenance resource sharing with other plants in the region while managing a $6M
maintenance budget, bringing maintenance costs within budget for 7 years,minimizing the need for
outside contract labor.
 Eliminated 4 mechanics and 1 instrument technician by moving them to other plants, overseeing the
backlog of work and adjusting labor levels according to back log hours.
Senior Multi-Craft Mechanic – Pasadena,TX(1975-1990)
Worked with a 16-man team to maintain all rotating equipment, reciprocating equipment and plant
mechanical systems supporting a 98% on-stream at the Pasadena Chemicals facility.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
PPG CHEMICALS – La Porte, TX
Apprentice Multi-craft mechanic
BCBLACK ELECTRIC – Houston, TX
Apprentice electrician
EDUCATION
Associate Degree, Industrial Management (AAS) – Lee College – Baytown, TX
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
 Instrument Technician training.
 TWIC certified.
 Certified pipe and structural welder, Journeymen Millwright, Journeyman boilermaker.