Wael Dardir

Director Planning and Distribution at Lincoln Electric

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified professional with broad business background and diverse work experience in Supply Chain management. Able to tackle difficult challenges utilizing a collaborative management philosophy. Hands on management experience in leading high performing work teams across the entire supply chain including procurement, sales and operations planning, inventory and demand mgmt, transportation, and distribution. Skills, experience, and education General Management * Director of Supply Chain Fortune 500 Company * Managed Staff of 7 Direct Reports - 30+ Staff * Senior Leadership Team Member * Selected as Member of Corporate Purchasing Organization * Finance and Accounting Education - Cleveland State * MBA - Weatherhead School of Management * CPIM Certified * Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Certified 1/2013 Supply Chain Methods * Hands On Experience Various Cash to Cash Functions * $85MM Direct Procurement $50 MM Transportation Spend * Direct Material Cost Reduction * Inventory Turns Improvement * Obsolete Inventory Reduction * Transportation Rates and Mode efficiency * Cycle time compression * Sales and Operations Planning * Demand/Forecast Mgmt. * Effective Negotiator Strategy/Innovation * Broad Picture Thinker * Strategic Sourcing * Goal and Action Alignment * Participative Leadership Style * Model Development Enterprise Wide Risk Distribution Optimization Cross Border Transportation * Operations Achievement Awards * Customer Service Productivity * Capacity Mgmt tools * Analytical - Fact Based Approach Lean Six Sigma * Black Belt Certified DMAIC Approach * Advanced Lean Training The George Group * Operations Excellence Materials Team Leader * Value Stream Mapping * Collaborative Vendor Mgmt * Working Capital Reduction Specialties: Inventory Mgmt. Strategic Procurement Transportation management Distribution/network optimization cost reduction Management of others Finance Background