Jason Elder Email & Phone Number

New Hope, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Established new part numbers with correct ledger information.
• Determined correct stock levels of parts while considering lead times.
• Selected suppliers and developed relationships through interviews, quotes, and bids.
• Arranged returns and exchanges to suppliers for unsatisfactory parts and supplies.
• Scheduled freight for incoming and outgoing products including international shipments.
• Maintained inventory levels through cycle counts and adjustments.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lawrence, Kansas

• Maintained in depth knowledge of textbooks required for courses at KU in order to assist customers that required textbooks for their individual course lists.
• Resolved customer complaints in order to facilitate customer loyalty.
• Utilized Visual Ratex, a college bookstore specific inventory management and point of sales system.
• Built purchase orders for various textbook vendors.
• Maintained records using Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Monitored inventory levels and made recommendations for textbook inventory replenishments.

Guam

• Improved the in-calibration rate of a gage calibration program from 60% to over 90% through process improvement and proper scheduling.
• Received multiple awards including the Navy Good Conduct Medal for good behavior and the Navy "E" Ribbon for mission deployment.
• Ordered and documented divisional repair parts for the largest work center aboard the ship.
• Minimized on hand inventory of repair parts for efficient use.
• Managed multiple work centers including scheduling maintenance, assigning personnel to tasks, and planning for equipment downtimes.
• Anticipated and planned for multiple in port maintenance availability periods while maintaining the maximum possible level of ship’s operational capability.