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Livonia, Mi, Us

Novi, Mi

Kessler USA, Plymouth, MI Process Control Coordinator / Purchasing• Guided supply chain, manufacturing, and sales operations for spindle loop production. This included managing process from time of order until shipment, communication with customers, establishing timelines, and preparing/receiving international shipments.• Purchased inventory to ensure overall efficiency of production and control company costs. This included: establishing contact with new vendors, maintaining relationships with existing suppliers, setting up contracts, consistent reorder follow up, and price negotiation with vendors.• Managed inventory to ensure materials were in-stock at time of production. This included developing inventory control policies, providing timely and detail oriented shipping and inventory reports to the warehouse, and ensuring lead times and inventory turn times were kept to acceptable levels.• Ensured operations are in compliance with OSHA standards.

Ann Arbor, Mi

-Initiated machine and project schedules to improve overall shop efficiency. This included: coordinating kickoff meetings and progress meetings, continuously monitoring progress of each project, making improvements in the process as needed, and creating master timelines which included lead time for engineering, procurement, and assembly/test/installations.-Managed the supply chain process to ensure that parts and materials were in-stock throughout the production process. This included: controlling major logistic activity including ocean and inland freights, assisting purchasing department to ensure that orders were placed timely, auditing orders to ensure correct parts and quantities were ordered, and managing overall relationships with suppliers.-Monitored project budgets and expenses to minimize overall costs throughout production. This included: creating appropriate budget reports, assisting sales and service departments on quotations, and reviewing budgets with senior management at appropriate intervals.-Maintained all safety documents and procedures, including reporting to local, state, and federal.

Dexter, Mi

-Managed company’s online store which included cell phones and other electronics such as bluetooths, iPods, and tablet PCs. This included: monitoring sales data and providing recommendations for improvement, maintaining daily and weekly reports that measured sales and productivity, monitoring prices and market conditions, resolving issues related to sales and inventory, and identifying product risks and impacts on sales.-Evaluated productivity of products and implemented new strategies to drive sales. This involved: analyzing product positioning and pricing, producing reports on position productivity, and testing positions and strategies for driving increases in specific product or category sales.-Maintained supplier relationships by working closely with merchants to manage inventory levels. Additionally, made outbound sales calls to both new and existing clients.

Livonia, Mi

-Drove and expanded sales of custom high-performance automobile engines by representing Roush. This included: attending national auto shows, explaining products and pricing arrangements to automotive dealers and retail companies, making sales calls to prospective customers, meeting with customers to finalize terms and close sales, networking with existing customers to strengthen mutual commitments and brand awareness, and working with ad agency representatives to develop catalogs and sales brochures.-Provided customer service to more than 100 Ford dealers and specialty parts shops. This involved: placing dealers’ orders for parts, investigating and resolving service issues, providing technical information to customers, responding to email inquiries, following up on outstanding orders, and assuring customer satisfaction with products and service.-Participated in weekly management meeting that focused on sales performance. This included: reporting progress in sales programs, identifying trends and changes in customer expectations, and recommending initiatives to improve sales and service efforts.

Livonia, Mi

-Coordinated the site where Roush built the MG Rover automobile engines. This involved: following up on production schedules and overseeing quality control, maintaining inventory levels at the warehouse, purchasing additional supplies as needed, staging materials prior to production, assisting in the building of products, and preparing finished engines for shipment.