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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 and manage inventory down to acceptable corporate guidelines. • 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 in a timely and orderly manner using supply chain techniques to prevent shortages.• 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 inventory items, engaging sales to enforce agreements with customers to take customer specific inventory in a timely manner according to company guidelines and by purchasing quantities consistent with the current level of sales.

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 inventory management

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 specific order opportunities based on costs supplied by Industrial Engineering to determine acceptable selling price.• 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.• Provide monthly forecast for pounds, dollars and average selling price by product group.

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