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Downers Grove, Il

• Oversee and manage all daily activities of the company, including: sales, quoting, dispatch, service, customer service, accounting, human resources, supply chain and transportation areas• Manage hiring, discipline, termination and performance reviews of all personnel• Develop all standardized operating procedures, documents, and work instructions required to run daily operations; placed them in a central location and initiated the training required to put them into place, helping to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations and efficient use of personnel• Begin weekly operations meetings to open channels of communication and to create transparency between departments which allows for more participation from the employees and for the company to review KPI data and to create goals for upcoming deadlines• Introduce continuous improvement methodology throughout the organization, which includes reviewing data to find ways to reduce costs and to increase growth and profitability, allowing better customer service and lower operational costs• Originate an inventory control system involving the creation of an inventory data base, cycle counting and reduction and consolidation of vendors, lowering inventory levels and reducing costs by 73%• Participate in all capital expenditure projects, such as the implementing a robust CRM (Service Fusion) and replacing the current aging business process management system (Tigerpaw). Responsibilities include set-up of data, training of personnel and launch of the software which allows effective solutions to streamline operations and to boost growth potential• Design and implement a safety program for the company• Research and make recommendations to the president for programs to improve operations.

Batavia, Il

Buyer• Maintain responsibility and leadership for assigned spend categories which include developing strategies and coordinating all related supply chain activities to ensure that all quality, delivery and cost requirements are met• Verify, manage and monitor supplier capability to meet all performance requirements including quality, delivery, cost, inventory, lead time and innovation/new product development• Lead supplier quality improvement efforts using root cause analysis, auditing and statistical analysis• Continuously perform strategic sourcing activities to achieve the lowest possible cost of materials and services• Identify and implement cost reduction projects based upon value stream mapping and analysis • Issue purchase orders and ensure continuity of supply for assigned parts• Audit supplier invoices and resolve price discrepancies• Coordinate supplier performance reviews and manage relationships to maximize supplier value• Assist in the identification and removal of waste from supply chain processes

Blue Island, Il- Chicago, Il- Elgin, Il-Joliet, Il-South Bend, In

• Led and maintained the Quality Management System (QMS) and Environmental Management System (EMS) for fourteen departments within the organization to ensure standards were implemented and sustained for the ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications• Orchestrated and completed the organization’s ISO 9001:2008 re-certification project• Responsible for managing customer complaints, concerns and returns related to quality, as well as working with supervisors and operations personnel to proactively and reactively resolve quality issues• Monitored and administrated all activities for customer’s warnings and rejections of delivered materials• Directed all internal/external corrective and preventative actions along with continuous improvement and preventative action projects• Worked with purchasing department to qualify and formulate quality standards for suppliers of raw materials, MRO, service and transportation• Trained supervisors and provided them with documented quality standards as guidelines for their daily work. Also supplied “Train the Trainer” training to supervisors so they could train their reports on the quality standards• Worked with department and executive management to identify root causes of quality issues and implemented processes to resolve and prevent issues from happening again in the future• Led internal and external audits and provided training on auditing tools to affected staff members• Maintained all company calibration activities and records for scales, radiation detectors and metal analyzer guns• Initiated the project conversion from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015• Implemented the conversion of the company’s original manual employee training recording activities to a computer database which resulted in a streamlined manner to access fourteen different departments data without having to rely upon finding the paper documents at each location• Promoted a culture of quality by running awareness and award program

Blue Island, Il-Chicago, Il-Elgin, Il-Joliet, Il-South Bend, In

• Analyzed department’s daily, weekly and monthly performance numbers to ensure shipping targets were being met and cash flow was consistent.• Monitored GPS data to ensure drivers’ schedules were allowing for maximum shipping efficiency.• Tracked, audited, and rectified, if necessary, outside freight costs to ensure company was not overpaying for material movement• Validated outside trucking companies’ hauling reports to ensure that proper equipment was being utilized• Managed all activities for broker related issues and requests for monthly contracted orders• Negotiated pricing and length of all contracts for rail, barge and trucking companies for the movement of all delivered material• Organized and implemented company’s railroad expansion project at its rail yard which doubled its daily rail shipments.• Hired all company drivers and private owner/operators for shipment of outbound product in addition to overseeing all their disciplinary and termination activities• Analyzed current and potential incoming inventory to create monthly recommendations for the trading group which provided them with a clear vision of the amounts of materials they should try to sell at market each month

Blue Island, Il-Chicago, Il-Elgin, Il-Joliet, Il-Lake Bluff, Il- South Bend, In

• Supervised six locations and managed their daily operations to ensure the daily operational workflow was performed in a timely and efficient fashion while monitoring the safety of personnel, the adherence to proper company policies and procedures, and the maintenance of product quality at all locations• Responsible for monitoring and managing all operational expenses in order to meet the requirements set forth by executive management• Analyzed and reported operational statistics on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis• Facilitated weekly communication activities to insure that all operational departments had a clear understanding of weekly goals and to allow communication between departments• Ensured ongoing yard organizational adjustments and layouts were performed to allow for optimum usage of properties• Continuously worked to reduce costs by streaming labor costs, processes and systems• Drove continuous improvements in process, quality and efficiency• Monitored and analyzed company’s inbound and outbound shipments along with inter-company transfers to determine where money could be saved by rerouting inbound account deliveries to appropriate yard locations in order to reduce transfers of material• Mentored, motivated and trained staff; conducted staff performance reviews and created development plans along with carrying out disciplinary activities• Identified and maintained appropriate staffing levels at all locations• Oversaw all project management activities for operations and dispatch departments• Managed and logged all mill rejections and warnings along with implementing corrective actions per ISO requirements• Participated in orchestration of safety and environmental programs and helped to assure that all locations complied with the rules and regulations as set forth by Pure’s Safety and Environmental departments.• Handled other projects as assigned by the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer

North Aurora, Il

• Managed strategic procurement of all direct and indirect material • Procured all raw materials, patterns, tooling, measuring and test equipment along with packaging, expendables and many MRO supplies• Oversaw selection and approval of all suppliers• Created and maintained a monthly “Approved supplier performance status program” in which all suppliers of production supplies had to meet strict quality, ppm, and delivery criteria in order to remain on an approved status and which resulted in the improvement of delivery and quality of DACO’s end products• Created and issued commercial contracts• Directed all supplier cost reduction efforts• Organized a cost reduction program for the procurement of material for a major product line resulting in a 29% overall cost savings in addition to reaching an agreement to further reduce the total product line costs an additional 2% per year for the next five years which resulted in securing the material for the product line from a supplier within the United States rather than having it be relocated to an international source• Introduced international suppliers to reduce the cost of purchased components by over 38%• Negotiated with overseas supplier in order to have them store and own all inventory shipped to the States; only releasing and invoicing orders on a bi-weekly basis• Implemented a “pull-system” for all other overseas suppliers without U.S. warehouses as well as domestic suppliers which reduced in house inventory levels by over 44%• Supervised both purchasing and receiving personnel• Participated as a TS 16949 internal auditor and as a Green Belt on 6 Sigma teams as well as handling project management for numerous programs handed down from the company’s Chairman of the Board and President