David Finlay

Currently working with a pharma company at the intersection of SCM and product packaging artwork management Past clients include Merck (MSD), Thermo Fisher, Siemens, DB Schenker. - Highly experienced with projects related to product transfers, site moves, labeling changes, new regulations, M&A, and spinoffs - Expertise in Product Master Data, batch management & serialization. - Fluent in SAP. Understand SC challenges. Gets cross-functional business teams on the same page. www.datadrivenassociates.com

- Lead for Data Integration topics supporting OTC and P2P workstreams, e.g., linking materials to sales & service contracts, cleansing obsolete data, interco purchasing, regulatory market release, etc. - Coordinated master data cleansing of 250k records to prepare for new global Sales & Service SAP system - Internal consultant & IT Business Partner to SCM VP for process digitalization - Assigned Feb-April 2020 to Americas Distribution Center to assist with developing recovery strategies to COVID response

• Improved SAP process driving replenishment flow from NJ manufacturing site to 3PL warehouse, leading to process stability • Delivered SAP MRP and Purchasing training. This promoted data accuracy, delivery date visibility, and on-time delivery

- Established formal BU-wide accountabilities & maintenance processes for active portfolio of 5k saleable items, 20k spares - As Director, led a team of 5 Data Stewards supporting daily order management ops as well as data activities related to M&A - Rolled out centralized services for Product Launch readiness assessments and Data Quality remediation - Oversaw MDM process workflow procedural improvements and initial implementation of tools such as SAP MDG 9.0

• Business Process Owner (BPO) Lead for implementations at 5 sites in UK & USA. SAP Modules: MM, SD, PP, QM, WM, CO • Coordinated consulting partners. Coached and supported local project managers. Provided hands-on SAP Key User training • Acted as (Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for exec management communications. Prepared Steering Committee review calls • Active core team member in the company network of Business SMEs sharing SAP End-User support and How-To content

• Managed Inbound Ops, Inventory Control, and LEAN projects at European Distribution Center for reagents and consumables • Responsible for €1.5m annual freight savings and €400k from pallet and tote standardization projects with OEM suppliers • Reduced receiving times from 3 days to 91% within 24 hours, and 99% within 48 hours across 88 suppliers • Led team of 19 Siemens personnel plus contract staff via 3 supervisors. Backed-up site director as required

• Logistics Function Lead for project forming DX division by combining 3 companies (Bayer, Dade, and DPC) • Led coordination of inventory transfers into European Distribution Center from country warehouses being closed down • Worked with Finance, IT, and Customer Service groups to merge legal entities and build out OTC and Logistics processes

• Managed finished good demand for EMEA. Coordinated replenishment from the US and Japan for the ADVIA product line • Optimized inventory at four 3PL DCs. Performed supplier quality audits. Later became the department SME for SAP

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