James E. Y. Email & Phone Number

Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, United States

Monaca, Pa

•Creating new markets for Siderval steel extrusion profiles in North American by building and maintaining interactive company website for US to showcase the steel manufacturer’s diverse products and capabilities•Developing new marketing strategies utilizing many advertisement and communication tools available today•Successfully and continually increasing sales in the North American markets

•Presided over all procurement of materials, components, supplies, equipment, and services and materials control functions, including receiving, production, and inventory control, materials storage, and shipping•Carried out contract negotiations, supplier audits, delivery audits, and purchasing agreement development•Accomplished on-time delivery cause/ effect analyses for incoming materials and finished goods shipments.

•In co-facilitating the company start-up, seized the roles of advertising, human resources, creating procurement and inventorying systems, customer relations and development, engineering solutions, and supplier negotiations•Became the self-taught IT analyst and manager and executed several critical task in this role including initial computer procurement and start-up, daily system maintenance, system upgrades, and software additions, and offering “Help Desk” services•Led efforts critical to sustainability of the company including an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, ISO 9000 implementation, and the execution of Lean Manufacturing systems.•Increased viability and sales of company by leading advertising efforts including, website, brochure production, and customer relations

•Created and implemented inventory control programs reducing inventory levels by 20%•Enhanced several supply chain processes using Lean Manufacturing tools thereby improving inventory accuracy, inventory cost control, and turnaround time•Led efforts to implement continuous improvement projects for manufacturing resulting in increased throughput and improved yield with no change in resources•Piloted several quality improvement projects such as statistical process control (SPC) and ISO 9000

•Administered all Logistics Opportunity Assessment’s for existing and potential clients•Formulated and presented transportation analysis for potential clients•Identified and implemented supply chain process improvements for existing clients•Resolved necessary staffing levels for customers using work flow analysis