Kenneth L.

Young, CSCP
3315 W-Benders Landing Blvd., Spring, TX 77386
Phone 281-528-7975
kya29358@westpost.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenlyoung
SEEKING STATEMENT
Seeking 'Production Planner' position with discrete manufacturer in Houston, Tex
as.
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT
Seasoned 'ERP Consultant' whose strengths in inventory planning, improving busin
ess processes and problem solving has enabled clients to save over an estimated
$1,000,000.00 in annual savings.
CAREER SUMMARY
ERP Consultant with over 7 years experience supporting implementations of Master
Planning, Materials Requirements Planning, Capacity Planning and Production Act
ivity Control. Developed and conducted hands-on training workshops for multiple
manufacturing application modules. Served as a liaison between Cincom's custom
ers and Cincom's internal technical support and engineering groups to address fu
nctional gaps and enhance client value. Enhanced MRP's Safety Stock logic to ad
dress customer complaints.
* Solved critical client problems involving unexplainable data changes causing B
uyers to use redundant planning processes. Reworking the business processes res
ulted in annual savings of approximately $250,000.
CRITICAL SKILLS
MS Word MS Excel Integrity Trainer Leadership
Communications MS PowerPoint Customer Focused Material Planning Attention to
Detail SQL Queries Process Improvement
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
YOUNG & ASSOCIATES SEPTEMBER 2007 - PRESENT
About the Company: A privately held service company for discrete manufacturers.
Business Analyst (Houston, Texas)
Providing functional support to discrete manufacturers striving to continuously
improve their business systems effectiveness.
CINCOM SYSTEMS, INC. AUGUST 1980 - SEPTEMBER 2007
About the Company: A privately held computer software company serving over 5,000
clients across 93 countries. Their manufacturing clients included the United S
tates Air Force, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Swagelok, Emer
son Industrial Automation, Alliant Techsystems, Inc. etc. www.cincom.com/manufa
cturing
Senior Industry Consultant (Cincinnati, Ohio and Houston, Texas)
Provided post sales functional support to clients of Cincom's ERP product 'CONTR
OL'. Scope included developing training guides, conducting hands on workshops,
consulting to enhance and formalize business processes.
Accomplishments included:
* Streamlined Master Scheduling process by revising the process flow between app
lications; resulting in annual savings of approximately $300,000.
* Introduced new planning approach to address client's issue with long lead time
purchased components; resulting in savings of approximately $200,000.
* When clients found their ERP implementation process stalled, was dispatched to
resolve production planning and control issues. Results were annual savings of
approximately $200,000.
* Working with an electric motor manufacturer, investigated problems with Projec
t Actual Costing where Work Orders were being closed with incomplete production
reported. Developed online access into transaction history to enable problems t
o be identified and resolved shortly after they occurred. These actions resulte
d in annual savings of approximately $100,000.
Applications Product Manager, International (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Facilitated the expansion of Cincom's distribution channels for supply chain app
lication products into Latin America.
* Accomplishments included a localized product, marketing strategies and new cha
nnels in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile.
Regional Applications Manager (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Managed team of nine to support CONTROL's pre-sales, post sales and project mana
gement activities for nine mid eastern states.
Accomplishments included:
* Increased service revenue by 38% in first six months.
* Guided sales cycle for the United States Air Force's Depot Maintenance project
resulting in over $10,000,000 revenue during contract's life cycle.
Industry Consultant (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Provided pre-sales and post-sales support to Cincom's ERP software clients.
Served on the Product Review Board to prioritize client's service requests.
Accomplishments included:
* Developed initial version of the 'CONTROL Implementation Methodology'.
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL (ALLIED/SIGNAL) MARCH 1978 - AUG 1980
About the Company: Honeywell is recognized as an American multinational compan
y.
MRP Project Leader, Warehouse Manager (Knoxville, TN)

AMERICAN AIR FILTER, INTERNATIONAL FEB 1971 - MARCH 1978

About the Company: American Air Filter maintains operations in 22 countries.
Inventory Control Mgr, Inventory Planner (Louisville, KY)
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS & MILITARY STATUS
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Major: Finance
John Costanza Institute of Technology, Inc
Demand Flow (Lean) Technology Business Strategy Workshop, Denver, Colorado
Project Management Institute, Houston Chapter
Certified as 'Certified Supply Chain Professional' (CSCP).
APICS - The Association for Operations Management
Military Status - Vietnam Era Veteran, Honorable Discharge