-capacity planning-forecasting-responsible for the selection and implementation of an ERP system-raw, wip and finished inventory levels including outside processors-manage the on time delivery of supplied material from quote to receipt-responsible for implementing 5S-organize and manage the daily production meeting-responsible for maintaining KPM's-continuous improvement-production scheduling-developing work instructions and procedures-purchasing-crisis management-CAR's

Oversee all Materials related activity.Coordinate all inbound and outbound deliveries within a JIT environmentCoordinate timing of shipments to job sites with various customers and Utility CompaniesDaily interaction with CustomersResponsible for maintaining accurate inventory records for $6 million dollars of inventorySupervise the Shipping DepartmentCustoms documentation for all RS ShipmentsCycle Counting Month End/Year End Inventory5S for the outside areas and warehouseReduced and sustained on hand raw material by over 70 % within first yearDeveloped and implemented Visual Inventory Kanban Boards for finished goods and NCR partsOrder Raw Material to support the production schedule with zero schedule interruptions with minimal inventory

Oversee all Materials related activity.Responsible for On-Time Delivery.Monitor multiple customer destinations through ERP.Develop, communicate, monitor and adjust MPS to maintain customer orders while optimizing plant costs.Review and maintain target inventory levels for finished goods, WIP and raw materials.MRP/Communicate weekly raw material orders to supply base via EDI and fax.Manage all day to day materials related issues.Develop work instructions and proceduresConstant Improvement (internal and within the supply chain)Freight OptimizationSupervision and training of shipping and office employees

Scheduled all plant production, introduced and implemented lean scheduling concepts such as level loading, heijunka, paced routes, kanban (finished goods and raw materials). Also involved in hoshin events, kaizen, SMED, TQM, and 5SScheduled all inbound and outbound freight and all associated follow up.LX Focus Team (cross functional team)Six Sigma project participant for scrap reductionPerformed Physical Inventory and Cycle CountsWhile in the role of Production Scheduler worked to reduce Finished Goods inventories from an average of 4 days down to an average of 1 to 1.5 days. Wip levels from 3-5 days down to l-3 days and purchased goods components down from an average of 8-11 to between 3-5 days using an international supply base. This allowed us to successfully vacate an off site warehouse, increase inventory turns, reduce overtime and minimize inventory investment.Scheduled production via push methods, and pull methods using lean principles and visual management. Responsible for maintaining accurate inventory levels and maintaining the inventory data base.(MGPRO)Responsible for ordering and receiving all production components, in order to maintain the flow of production in a JIT environmentLogistics management and expeditingNew product launching and engineering changes from a materials perspectiveCycle counting and reconciling of inventory, with root cause analysisImplemented an assembly component area which reduced pick time by 50%Wrote and implemented work instructionsSupervised shipping employees