Blake Rouse Email & Phone Number

United States

Madison, Alabama

• Manage frontline supervisors for in areas of Customer Service, Receiving, Inventory Control, Fulfillment, Delivery, Demand Planning, and Product Life Cycle Analysis• Employ 60+ employees with the objective of procuring health care materials to support hospitals 24/7 including holidays• Collaborate daily with our MIS Manager to troubleshoot customer order entry error and maintain customer information as well as the Lawson ERP Admin when involving application interfaces and validation of data through Interfaceware• Support a Two Bin Kanban supply system and maintenance team through analytics to stabilize demand and subsequently stabilize lead times and sourcing issues• Annually fulfill $90+ million in stocked item orders acoss 800,000+ transactions at the Distribution Center shipped same day to Huntsville Hospital, Women & Children’s Hospital, Madison Hospital, Marshall North, Marshall South, Decatur General, Parkway Hospital, Lawrence Medical Center, Helen Keller Hospital, Red Bay Hospital with an internal fleet• Provide Expedited Receiving and Cross-Docking of approximately $300 million annually • Monthly review and forecast for the Minimum, Maximum, Order Quantity, and Reorder Points of stocked items with the margin of error being failure to administer treatment to a critical patient• Train Demand Planners to use forecasting models alongside qualitative and quantitative analysis to reduce stock-outs and holding costs with the goal of maintaining the highest possible service level• Utilize Lawson ERP Jobs and Excel SQL Add-Ins to download, upload, and manipulate master data to accomplish our goals quickly with precision and as little human error as possible• Lead daily huddles to encourage, emphasize, and get feedback from production members about the compounding benefits of using simple lean techniques such as 6S to reduce task times and make our overall goals more easily attainable

Sheffield, Alabama

• Oversaw all Strategic Sourcing and supply related operations including capital purchases and distribution of essential commodities to ensure the best quality patient care• Participated in Emergency Preparedness Audits conducted by the Joint Commission• Standardized equipment and products with centralized purchasing under a national Group Purchasing Organization to provide better value and margins without changing processes and eliminating duplications• Negotiated with vendors to procure samples, quotes, and in-service tests and training to initiate the life cycle process• Researched specialized products already in use to secure additions to the health system ERP with unique identifiers such as GTIN, common nouns, and national patient charge numbers to onboard with centralized purchasing on a regional, national, or local contract• Reclassified charges and approved invoices without a formal purchase order which were documented and communicated to finance to be entered on the general ledger as journal entries

Hollywood, Alabama

•Offer full logistic support to sales, field technicians, production, customer service, and all departments commissioning and decommissioning customer projects through continuous communication•Arrange international and domestic shipping by truck load, LTL, individual parcel, local delivery, as well as container with appropriate documentation such as packing slips, container seals, hazmat classification, and bills of lading•Utilize FACTS ERP software as well as Access Database to track all facets of the business including inbound/outbound traffic, inventory levels, purchase orders, invoices, customer requests and manufacturing status •Serve as the liaison and overseer of multiple warehousing locations’ inventory to ensure customer service levels and eliminate stockouts •Attain freight vendors based on the specific customer needs through freight quotes across the vendors to utilize the best possible means of delivery and maximize freight recoveries•Track, confirm, and verify all purchase orders while communicating shortages and back orders for appropriate information relay

Cottondale, Al

•Analyzed statistical data for overall repair to determine cause and effect of adverse trends and problematic areas in need of lifecycle improvements•Utilized a high degree of initiative, tact, diplomacy, and independent judgment to advice and consult on the most critical depot/ maintenance matters.•Advised leadership on the overall health status of assigned area of programmatic management to ensure all potential problematic areas are mitigated for diverted resolution.•Implemented conductive analytical studies of current operations for developing future requirements for program sustainment and planning and implementation strategies within the assigned program work area.•Analyzed organizations scope-of-work and project parameters to ensure all functional areas are assessed and adhered to for meeting and exceeding production and/or organizational goals and objectives for program sustainment of my assigned work area.•Utilized qualitative and quantitative methodology and analysis to validate current operating procedures and to forecast quality assurance related issues for providing future program fiscal planning requirements for needed areas of improvement or review.•Promulgated alternative work around proposals and resolutions for potential program short comings to avert deficit and programmatic failures and impeding logistical issues.•Acquired data from the field and at the customer to enhance, update, and manipulate models that were currently in use and escalated to senior management to streamline the manufacturing process•Conducted testing such as run@rate on the production line for multiple programs to guarantee customer specifications, timeliness, and facilitate engineering changes across phases of program launch

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Activities and Societies: Society of Operations Management Students (SOMS) American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

Lean Operations Certificate, Healthcare Operations

Six Sigma Black Belt, Business Statistics

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Business Administration And Management, General