1. Richard C. Mager
1913 Jody Road, Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania 19046, Res (215) 947-1132, Bus (484)-620-2720
RESUME OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Education
La Salle University – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelors of Science Degree, Industrial Management – Minor in Economics, 1980
Youngstown State University – M.A. Economics, completed 36 hours, 1983.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fres-Co System USA, Inc., Division Gogolio SpA, Milan ,Italy 4//2010
Global Manufacturer of Flexible Packaging Materials, Systems and Equipment
Director, Supply Chain Management, Distribution & Supplier Quality
Combine eight Autonomous Business Groups of Fresco System and Goglio S.P.A.. into a
Corporate Supply Chain function, integrating common suppliers and materials across operating
divisions into a Corporate Procurement, Material Planning and Logistics Group achieving
substantial material, inventory and transportation cost reductions. Manage the procurement
function for acquisition of all raw materials including polyester film, polyethylene resin,
solvents , resins, inks, adhesives and nylon film
Manage multiple plant Distribution activities (5 Distribution Centers) for all Supply Chain
activities with five (5 ) direct reports and staff of 23 personnel using a Oracle Database and SAP
ERP and DRP software .
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. , St. Louis , Missouri 11/09----4/2010
(Global Manufacturer of Solar and Semiconductor Silicon wafers)$2.8 billion dollars
Vice President Global Purchasing & Logistics
Responsible for procurement function at eight (8) manufacturing plants in Korea, Thailand,
Japan, Italy, and the United States. Procured Chemicals , Gases , Capital Equipment, Silicon
Tetrafloride, Tri-chloro Silane and other expendable material, totaling $1 billion dollars used to
fabricate silicon wafers used by the Semiconductor industry. Managed a staff of eight Directors
and a Corporate staff of 5 personnel.
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc . – Malvern, Pennsylvania 4/03/04 to 11/2009
5/93 to 1/2000
Global Manufacturer of Electronic Active and Passive Components with Sales of $3.3 billion.
Vice President Global Purchasing, Transportation and Logistics
Responsible for Corporate Policy, Procedure and Procurement of $1.2 billion of Production
Material and $250 million Capital Equipment. Personally negotiated 87 direct material
commodities representing a spend of $850 million dollars.
Responsible for acquisition of all Capital equipment in 12 operating groups worldwide. Direct
all procurement activity through global “Procurement Council” with responsibility for issuance
and award of all corporate contracts globally with a positive purchase price variance of $108
million over 5 years. Supply Chain and Distribution implementation of SAP DRP and MRP
software into a Global country by country implementation
Establishment of centralized global sourcing effort to minimize supplier base, cost reduce
production material and qualify additional suppliers where competition was needed. Organize 23
Operating Groups and its Purchasing Organizations into a Corporate driven worldwide
organization, utilizing Contract Negotiations for 80 common raw material commodities across all
Groups. Nine (9 ) direct reports worldwide at the Director level.
Responsible for Procurement material budget and overall strategic supplier plan for cost
reduction and development of supplier base worldwide.
Develop “Joint Venture” with China Non Ferrous Metals in the Republic of China to supply
precious metals such as tantalum, silver and palladium.
IKON Office Solutions – Malvern, Pennsylvania 1/2000 to 4/2003
Global Distributor of Solutions and Equipment for Reprographics Industry with Sales of $5.8
billion.
Corporate Vice President Supply Chain Purchasing and Inventory Planning
Responsible for Global Purchasing and Inventory Planning for all customer equipment, parts and
supplies in support of 12 global distribution centers with annual purchases totaling $2.2 billion
dollars.Personally negotiate equipment and maintenance parts contracts on a semi-annual basis
with major equipment suppliers such as Hewlett Packard, Savin, Ricoh, Lanier ,Canon and
Katun Corporation. Establish purchasing strategies, material budgets, inventory plans and
supplier qual programs to create efficiencies in overall purchasing. Reorganize Ikon from a
decentralized purchasing environment to a centralized cost efficient function with professional
and cost effective buyers/managers. Implement and manage new Oracle/Manugistics ERP
system throughout Ikon and SAP DRP implantation across five Master Distribution Centers.
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Centralized purchasing is performed as a corporate function with a purchasing and planning
staff. Eight (8) direct reports.
Ameriquest Incorporated – Corporate Headquarters – Willow Grove, PA 7/91 – 5/93
$960 million, value added retailer (VAR) and Distributor of computer hardware, software, and
system integration.
Vice Presidemt Distribution Operations, Purchasing and Manufacturing
Responsible for all distribution, manufacturing and logistics functions in corporate
manufacturing facility and 19 branch distribution operations locations. Reporting departments
were procurement, warehousing, inventory management, production control, manufacturing,
traffic and distribution. Installed “structured” product flow line with point of use storage. Five
(5) direct reports.
Unisys Corporation – Corporate Headquarters – Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 5/86 – 7/91
$10.1 billion manufacturer of computer hardware and software – formerly the Burroughs and
Sperry Univac Corporations.
Group Director, Manufacturing
Promoted to Group Director with line responsibility for international and domestic
manufacturing at three (3) domestic and two (2) international facilities with sales revenue of $2.3
billion, plant expense budget of $282 million and 1480 employees. Position reported to Division
President and General Manager. Implemented JIT Continuous Flow Manufacturing in the
Mission Viejo and San Jose, California plants.
Corporate Director, Materials Management
Direct line responsibility for overall materials acquisition of $3.2 billion, distribution, logistics
and asset management as required to depict status, plans and initiatives on corporate work-in-process
levels, inventory efficiency, service parts, order status and vendor base minimization, for
both defense and commercial business. Developed transnational material strategy employing
vendor base minimization, vendor certification, and just in time deliveries using integrated
systems for portrayal of build, shipments and OEM delivery status. Implemented multi plant
procurement system. Develop and implement “Just in time” continuous flow manufacturing
philosophies and techniques in various manufacturing facilities and distributions centers within
Unisys using structured flow layouts, point of use storage, cellular manufacturing and stock less
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purchasing systems. Implemented these techniques at manufacturing facilities in Livingston,
Scotland, Viller Escalles, France and Plymouth, Michigan.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc . – Horsham, Pennsylvania 1/84 – 5/86
$540 million manufacturer of high tech capital equipment for the semiconductor industry
Director of Manufacturing
Responsible for two domestic and one international manufacturing facility utilizing just-in-time
continuous-flow manufacturing for large scale capital equipment, manufacturing staff of 90 with
972 direct labor.
Manager of Materials 3/85
Promoted to Manager of Materials with direct responsibility for purchasing, shipping,
receiving/storeroom, production control, distribution logistics, manufacturing planning (MRP)
and systems management with a staff of 190 personnel. MRP driven build to stock
manufacturing operations with continuous flow process. Management system consisted of MPS,
shop and floor control, work order release, inventory management and MRP on a real time
interactive database.
Manager of Purchasing
Responsible for procurement of mechanical, electrical and subcontract assembly work, totaling
$340 million. Direct staff of 49 personnel broken into commodity type purchasing. Purchasing
system totally automated and driven by MRP demand requirements. Majority of procurement
activity was negotiated “offshore”.