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BGM is a million ft2 plant with sales of over $700M yearly. The Materials Dept required 4 Material Leads; a materials manager and 3 assistants (Customer Service, Supplier Management, Shipping/Receiving).I was Assistant Manager in Materials Management in charge of Suppliers and SAP system as it relates to all Materials issues including: inventory, releasing, production/scrap reporting, shipping and receiving. I worked closely with IT to develop and train various materials protocols within SAP.

Van Rob Kirchhoff does steel/aluminum stampings and weldments for the automotive industry. Currently VR has 12 plants (Canada, Mexico and the US) Products include items such as fuel doors, rad supports and cross car beams. Customers at the Manchester, TN plant include: Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, BMW, and VW and products include fuel filler doors, cross car beams, and a variety of stampings.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:1. Supervision of 6 direct reports and an additional 14 indirect reports2. Management of inventory control including all labor entry, scrap, cycle counting; yearly physical inventory have shown over 98% accuracy3. Scheduling of stamping and assembly cells4. Materials procurement (not including purchasing) to support customer releases and build plans5. Reporting of key materials metrics' data to plant and corporate personnel including action plans for items that fall below target level6. Management of customer relations within the materials/logistics arena7. Participation in all APQP for all launches and engineering changes8. Training of VR personnel in VR ERP system (Trans4M)9. Maintenance of all bills of materials and routings in VR ERP system (Trans4M)

Moved to Industrias Fronterizas in Nuevo Laredo in Aug 2002, as Matls Mgr. Industrias molded, machined and assembled aluminum manifolds as well as plastic manifolds. Moved to Chihuahua in Nov 2005. Hayes Aluminio in Chihuahua was a foundry, machining and painting facility for aluminum wheels.