Eric Gorham Email & Phone Number

Arlington, TX

• Employed by Loxcreen Metalsource, a manufacturer of aluminum extrusions and distributor of those products in addition to flat rolled aluminum and stainless steel, to purchase stock items sold by four distribution units.
• Inventory has been reduced from $5.3 million to current level of $3.3 million while sales have remained flat to marginally improved resulting in dramatically improved inventory turns.
• Upgraded the supplier base of flat rolled aluminum to enhance the quality of product being sold enabling sales to sell product with confidence that quality would be acceptable to a broad range of end use applications.
• Provide pricing instructions to enhance profitability of aluminum and stainless flat rolled being sold. Also critical to increased sales of these products is the implementation of a system to restock the four locations.
• Developed a system to reduce aged inventory, defined by the company as more than one year old, by 50% at present from levels at the time of initial employment. This has been accomplished by eliminating non performing.

Santa Fe Springs, CA

• Quoting price and availability to customers.
• Developed new accounts and new suppliers based on personal equities and knowledge.
• Procurement of aluminum and stainless coil products.

Santa Fe Springs, CA

• Increased annual sales from $15 million to $50 million.
• Facility had never had profitable financial results from its inception in 1994. FY 1999 loss $2 million. FY 2005 YTD profit $2.25 million. 23% ROCE.
• Overcame numerous commercial and manufacturing obstacles during the process of becoming profitable.
• Rebuilt customer base, eliminating low margin slow paying accounts and replacing with higher margin good paying accounts.
• Negotiated major multi year contracts which evolved into the basis of an ongoing successful business unit.
• Active, ongoing role in the implementation and development of sales, marketing, and manufacturing plans designed to insure long term viability. Assume all purchasing responsibility to improve supplier base and.

Wheeling, WV

• Promoted from DSM Dallas, Texas when Ormet purchased Consolidated Aluminum.
• Pricing responsibility for 350 million pounds of flat rolled aluminum coil products including distributor stock, can sheet, litho sheet, specialty products and reroll stock. Develop “Profitability Analysis” for.
• Principle interface between sales department and production/planning, technical, industrial engineering, credit, traffic, materials and risk management departments.
• Purchased metal units for the rolling mill for orders received on a daily basis.
• Managed inside sales department of 12. Ordered the distributor depot inventory-7M lb/mo.
• Developed annual budget and submitted to Production/ Planning and Industrial Engineering to determine production feasibility.

Dallas, TX

• Covered nine state territory selling Distributors and OEM Coated and Foil Accounts.
• Consistently achieved budgeted pounds, dollars, selling price with emphasis on more profitable product lines.
• Effectively managed travel, entertainment and communication budget of approximately $50,000