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Jeffersonville, Kentucky

Lawnmower Repair.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

manufacturing and purchasing moved to Nogales, Mexico

Nicholasville, Kentucky

Purchased the parts and components required to build the Railpower locomotives, as well as procedures and policies for purchasing many other commodities and equipment used throughout the organization and farm equipment for the farm.Implemented several discount programs for the RJC companies such as auto parts discount with major auto part companies, safety boot program and etc.

Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Experience with resourcing production parts. Sourced injection mold components, stamped components, and fasteners as primary commodities.Production Parts Purchasing-Generate all RFQ’s and place on Blanket Purchase Contracts. Contract maintenance as needed. Negotiate contract terms per each contractual agreement.Purchased all computer equipment, network equipment, all Microsoft Licensing Agreement maintenance/renewals and license purchase, as needed.New production/product launch/sourcing with existing supply base and new potential local suppliers. Production Tooling/Dies-Purchase all production tooling/dies overseas and domestic. MRO Purchasing-Purchase all machinery and plant supplies as needed. Substantial MRO cost savings using volume purchasing by coordinating with other Denso facilities.Consumables Purchasing-Purchase all office supplies/janitorial and maintain stock for the facility as needed. Introduced supplier managed inventory programs.Complete all necessary documentation needed for Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chrysler, GM, Mitsubishi, and SIA schedules complete with tooling schedules and production capacity studies complete sourced supply base.Experienced with all aspects of 5S, Kaizen, and Kanban.Annual financial stability and tooling/die audits for existing supply chain.New supplier pre-production audits as well as complete financial audits.Developed all SOP’s for Purchasing Department with corporate assistance.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Purchased Parts & repairs. Compiled and analyzed statistical data to determine feasibility of buying products and to establish price objectives. Compiled information from periodicals, catalogs, and other sources to keep informed on price trends and manufacturing processes. Conferred with vendors and analyzes vendors' operations to determine factors that affect prices and determines lowest cost consistent with quality, reliability and ability to meet required schedules. Reviewed proposals, negotiated prices, selected or recommended suppliers, analyzed trends, followed up orders placed, verified deliveries, approved payment, and maintained necessary records.

Mount Sterling Kentucky

Facilitated and implemented continuous improvement projects, kaizens, and implementation of kanban controls for the extrusion department. Developed, maintained, and validated new/existing process specifications, and completed SPC, PFMEA, and APQP procedures. Worked with manufacturing departments to plan, improve, and maintain daily operations. Brought equipment and parts for the Extrusion department.Completed Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Cynthiana, Ky.

Responsibilities included utilizing statistics and/or conducting experimental design studies as appropriate for problem solving and continuous improvement; providing statistical analysis support to determine process capability, establish spec limits, determine conformance with requirements, establish SPC; represent quality on new product development initiatives; also represented manufacturing on new product development initiatives and day to day mfg. and quality issues; developed supplier quality plan and initiatives; represent manufacturing and quality with new product pilot runs. Classes completed: Design & Process FMEA(Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), Risk Analysis, University of Kentucky Lean Mfg. Certification Program, Statistical Process 1, ISO 9000 Quality system Implementation, Product Development Process, Risk Mgmt. Training, Cost/Price Analysis, Purchasing Fitness Review and Total Cost Concepts in Supply Mgmt., Project Management Training, Supplier Selection & Development Seminar, Intermediate Power Point Class, Advanced Products Quality Planning (APQP), Design of ExperimentCompleted a Graduate course at EKU: Total Quality Management (Fall 2000)Graduate courses completed at MSU: Quality Assurance in Science and Technology (Spring 2001), Impact of Technology (Fall 2001), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Spring 2002)

Georgetown, Kentucky

Duties included responsibilities for Purchasing and Supply Base Strategy Development, Supplier Education and Development to reduce cost base, improve supplier quality and delivery and assist suppliers in problem solving activity. Activities in bidder approval and preparation of bid packages, analysis of quotations, negotiations, supplier selection, decision approvals and supplier visits and evaluations with ongoing supplier development.Gathered detailed information about manufacturing processes and implemented Toyota Production System, fixed and variable cost bases, and cost estimation capability. Daily requisition processing included request quotation supplier selection, quote evaluation, follow-up with suppliers and user groups and handled problem invoice investigation and payment, error resolution and other issues. Worked very close with suppliers and TMMK Production Control implementing problem solving activities to improve late deliveries and improve lead-times for manufacturers and distributors. Supported suppliers to achieve cost level by implementation of process kaizens and improvements. Completed Essentials of Purchasing & Advance Purchasing Classes. Attended A.P.P./C.P.M. Study Review Course, Implementing Global Sourcing Seminar: Provide Global Sourcing Process, How to Select Items for Global Sourcing, Advantages/Disadvantages of Using 3rd parties