Dave Medland, Mba Email & Phone Number

Phillips, Wisconsin

• Manage 300 vendor relationships, $25 million in annual spend, and 10,000+ part numbers• Create cost savings opportunities by using strong analytical skills, negotiation skills, and vendor relationships; $750,000 in FY24 and $1-2 million in FY25• Goal of creating $1 million+ in savings by continually managing 30+ cost savings projects involving thousands of part numbers, dozens of current and potential manufacturers and distributors, and dozens of internal Engineers• Use continuous improvement and demand planning to achieve cost savings while right sizing raw material inventory, resulting in increased cash flow• Cross-functional team leadership for cost savings projects• Assist Senior Leadership by gathering and analyzing data, creating reports used to identify cost savings opportunities• Lead Supply Chain team members in lowering raw material inventory by sourcing internally

Rhinelander, Wi

• Managed purchasing team of 5 and receiving team of 2; took purchasing team from 2 to 5 team members thru company growth, took team from understaffed to appropriately staffed while company doubled in size, improved time to purchase, and team flexibility, transferred receiving team from production dept. to my team, improving communication between purchasing and receiving teams• Managed raw materials vendors; sought out and onboarded dozens of new vendors, negotiated prices, managed 140+ total vendors• Managed $7 million annual raw materials spend; managed company supply chain through period of considerable growth• Managed $3 million annual steel/alloy spend and $1 million motor spend• Managed $1 million of raw materials inventory; increased from $350k when I started, improved raw material inventory stock and storage program with improved bin location and labeling while lowering stock-outs on raw materials through improved stock levels• Transitioned supply chain during a building expansion as well as the addition of a third production facility; kept parts flowing to production when and where needed through both transitions• Added bearings as a stock parts category; added dozens of bearing part numbers to stock, putting crucial parts on the shelf for production, and giving sales the ability to sell and ship bearings same day• Managed VMI for hardware; added dozens of parts to stock, saving money on hardware without adding any related cost• Ran $250,000 project adding sheet/plate steel as a raw material stock parts category as the business added a laser cutting table; added 50 sheet/plate material/thickness part numbers to inventory• Designed and managed HAZMAT compliance program for two years including purchase, labeling and storage of all HAZMAT; brought company into compliance with HAZMAT regulations

Madison, Wi

• Assisted with teaching and grading duties for an undergraduate entrepreneurship course during my time in graduate school

Whitewater, Wi

• Assisted with planning an upgrade of the air-cooled generator assembly line to Toyota Lean Production, including Kanban implementation with racking• SAP process documentation for receiving department and material movement; reduced time to train new employees as well as inventory discrepancies• Created flowcharts mapping material flow through the building, for troubleshooting purposes; reduced inventory discrepancies• Shadowed Production Planners in order to learn their responsibilities; learned job prioritization, supplier management, constant monitoring in a lean environment, and maximization of production given capacity constraints

Madison, Wi

• Supervised six mail metering staff and one warehouse staff at the State of Wisconsin government’s main print and mail facility; distributed 35,000,000 pieces of mail annually• Implemented a new procedure for labeling product for the presort mail vendor using a flowchart; reduced sorting errors by 95%• Lowered labor costs by 5% per year by increasing efficiency and utilizing interdepartmental cross-training• Oversaw the merger of two departments; increased efficiency, realizing a 15% reduction in labor costs • Supervised two print departments with three staff members in each department; lowered labor costs by 25% in each department• Created spreadsheets and analyzed production data using Excel; tracked daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly production totals, using data to forecast staffing levels and allocate labor, and show State management that the State could save money by keeping this work in-house rather than outsourcing

Middleton, Wi

▪ Led a crew of two people; trained new employees, mowed lawns, removed leaves, removed snow, installed landscape, and hung holiday lights▪ Prioritized work depending on time, weather, and other factors; saved the company money in labor costs in the process

Madison, Wi

▪ Led a crew of two people; trained new employees, mowed lawns, removed leaves, removed snow, and hung holiday lights▪ Prioritized work depending on time, weather, and other factors; saved the company money in labor costs in the process▪ I worked for Barnes on and off, before, during, and after College.

Mba, Supply Chain Management

Bba, Operations And Supply Chain Management