Ed O'Connell Email & Phone Number

Provide prompt and efficient emergency medical care and transportation in an urban environment.

Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician with a non-profit ambulance and rescue company serving the local community and surrounding municipalities. Served as a member of the heavy rescue team specializing in technical rescues including, but not limited to, automobile extrication, confined space operations and rope-needed rescue situations.As a Crew Chief, managed a crew of four in providing appropriate and expeditious medical care and transportation to patients.Served as Ambulance Lietuenant in 2010.

A consulting assignment - Coordinated the year-end physical inventory of the warehouse and approximately 50 retail stores. Identified areas for improvement for retail stores to reduce inventory variances.

• Managed and controlled $65-70MM of inventory at multiple warehouse locations• Defined, maintained and documented the system of internal controls over inventory • Directed and provided instructions for monthly/annual inventory observation and data collection• Notified production of physical inventory variances monthly• Assisted management in determining root causes of and understanding variances• Collaborated with other departments to assure timely entering of records affecting inventory• Coordinated transfers of inventory to maintain FIFO and minimize storage costs at independent warehouse facilities and co-packers• Utilized standard costs in inventory valuation and financial reporting• Prepared journal entries and account analysis regarding inventory • Developed and maintained a lot traceability database• Managed the timely fiscal closing and recording of inventory on a monthly basis• Managed the annual inventory observation and interfaced with independent external auditors• Reviewed and processed invoices for inventory purchases

Received and processed requests for basic ambulance and mobile intensive care services, dispatched and tracked appropriate units. Served as the regional EMS communication center for a 2 1/2 county area maintaining area hospital bed status and facilitating mass casualty incident communtication and coordination.

A consulting assigment• Assisted with annual physical inventory • Performed cycle counts and investigated variances• Evaluated inventory levels, aging and locations• Recommend and initiated location changes for efficient storage and order picking • Reduced packing and shipping errors as a member of the quality assurance audit team

• Recruited by the former operations manager at Spartech-Polycom• Controlled all aspects of inventory management including warehousing, shipping and receiving• Collaborated with manufacturing and sales departments to meet production and shipping schedules• Optimized warehousing operation to facilitate efficient storage and handling of inventory• Initiated and implemented a production database and finished product appearance and identification standards to eliminate production and shipping errors• Directed physical inventories and cycle counts• Analyzed post-production reports, investigated and reconciled variances• Assessed inventory levels and identified discontinued and obsolete merchandise, made recommendations for disposal• Evaluated problem areas and developed systems to improve operations• Coordinated traffic logistics with freight carriers

• Maintained the perpetual inventory at multiple warehouse locations • Processed and analyzed post-production batch reports, investigated and reconciled variances• Developed improved material usage reporting procedures and forms for production personnel• Coordinated and reconciled quarterly physical inventories and weekly cycle counts• Established procedures for identifying obsolete finished goods for re-working into current products• Supervised shipping and receiving departments• Prepared monthly journal entries regarding movement of inventory• Wrote inventory management procedures for ISO 9002 certification• Assessed inventory levels and identified discontinued and obsolete merchandise, made recommendations for disposal

• Exercised conservative purchasing decisions based on forecasts and sales history • Initiated uniform product appearance standards• Reduced costs by developing a method of printing finishing materials in-house as needed• Improved production time and eliminated shrink of finishing materials at suppliers, by providing the necessary materials for each job rather than warehousing it at the vendor• Reduced costs and turn-around time of backorder items by establishing an in-house studio for small duplication runs of videos • Developed and maintained a database and working library of video masters• Interfaced with vendors to assure timely delivery of product to meet monthly goals• Worked with warehouse personnel to assure timely receipt of shipments to reduce backorders• Designed and produced unique promotional sales fliers for liquidation of excess inventory