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Duncan, Sc

JIS supplier for Tier 1 automotive supplier.Reduced inventory 20% in 6 months with no impact to production and with out expedites by managing SAP settings, creating receiving procedures and monitoring inventory.

Union, Sc

Responsible for materials team consisting of: scheduling, materials management/ordering, ‘blanks’ warehouse and steel/aluminum coil ordering. Utilized SAP for materials ordering; however scheduling and coil stock was manual, excel based process. • Use forecast to ensure inbound materials are appropriate to support demand.• Use forecast to identify capacity constraints in manufacturing based on demonstrated performance

Fletcher, North Carolina, United States

Responsible to merge 2 manufacturing sites into one as it relates to warehouse, WMS, staffing and storage strategy.

Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States

Managed 36 suppliers and over 150 parts using excel because MRP was not set up. During 9 months, I managed model changeover, inventory reduction efforts and coordinated transfer of materials to new supplier.• Reduced inventory from $3.2mil to $1.7m.• No parts shortages after 45 days on jobReason for Leaving: Plant Closed

Greer, South Carolina

Fountian Inn, Sc

Responsible to lead team of seven material planners tasked to maintain 5 days on hand of inventory.• Initiated training on MRP system to maximize proper usage of system and cover gaps in knowledge.• Created daily meeting with planners to review potential shortageso Resulting in decreased shortages to production having planners work proactively• Uncovered multiple systemic inventory management issues:o Missing receipts – over 1.6mil negative inventory in receiving location just 3 weeks after inventoryo Missing scrap reporting – estimated only 35% of all scrap being reportedo Missing production reporting – no systems in place to ensure daily reporting.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Proterra is a leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission electric buses that reduce fleet operating costs and eliminate dependency on fossil-fuels.Reason for Leaving: RestructuringResponsible to manage purchasing and inventory for 1 South Carolina and 2 California facilities.• Established communication process to address urgent production shortages• Increased material availability to 99%• Created expedite team to overcome Engineering and MRP shortfalls• Established purchasing protocols

Ephrata Pa

Reason for leaving: Merger requiring relocation northMaterials Manager Responsible to manage purchasing, inventory, warehouse and planning operations • Reduced material inventory 30% in 1 year.• Projected 75% reduction to support same manufacturing output.• Increased material availability for production pulls from 60% to 99%.• Negotiated 10% cost reduction and make-and-hold agreement with top supplier.• Created detailed production schedule allowing on time performance to improve from 45% 2016 to 100% for first quarter of 2017.

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Reason for Leaving: LayoffInventory Management• Initiated inventory management process for $18,000,000 raw materials.• Developed a cycle count program.

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Improvements in key customer metrics:• Reduced $1,700,000 in cancelled orders in May, 2013 down to $18,000 in July 2015.• Reduced $2,000,000 in past due orders in January 2014 down to $32,000 in July 2015.• Improved fill rate of 75% in August 2014, 75% to 98% in July 2015.

Glen Rock, Pa

Manage customer service and production planning.• Broke silo manufacturing mentality which limited flexibility to service customers taking on-time metric from 70% to 92%.• Improved operations expenses by 10%-15% by reducing changeovers.• Identified contract terms with major customers that are draining operational profits.• Created grid pricing to speed quote response time increasing consistency in quotes and customer satisfaction

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Manage customer service, planning and all warehouse operations. • Reduced raw material inventory by $200,000, ~ 30% first year and 10% following year.

Springboro, Oh

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Education record

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba)