Jon D Martin Email and Phone Number

Accepted sole position as Planner at newly implemented Distribution Center in Suffolk, Virginia, responsible for supplying production requirements at all Sumitomo facilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America.• set up order parameters for 6,000 SKUs, including order points, stock levels, loot sizes, transfer prices, and lead times. • determined lot size for each SKU based on production usage at assembly facility customers and Economic Order Quantities from parent company facilities in Asia and Brazil, and reducing necessary handling at vendor, DC, and customer.• communicated and cooperated with planners at each assembly facility and order fulfillment counterparts in Asia, including expedited requirements, transportation data, and improvement opportunities.• Implemented and maintained vendor report card program to provide feedback to vendors on performance and recognize the top performer and most improved entity.• Scheduled and released shipping orders to fulfill purchase orders from assembly facilities.• Monitored and tracked container shipments from Japan, China, Vietnam, and Brazil to demonstrate most accurate data to planners.• Participated on weekly small committee, consisting of DC manager, materials, and operations managers to review process improvements, critical parts, and continual improvement.• Participated on cross-functional team to recommend to executive management the implementation of motor assembly production line at headquarters facility.

Joined the team as member of the Production Control Department at the US headquarters, with the responsibility of scheduling production & ensuring sufficient inventory available for an assembly line. Communicated inventory requirements with counterparts at parent company facilities on Japan, China, & Vietnam, and Purchasing group for domestically- sourced inventory.

Hired as buy direct planner for new project to purchase parts directly from German & European suppliers rather than through company headquarters in Germany. Analyzed component requirements on daily basis, using SAP R/3 to ensure meeting of production reqts as planned by master scheduling dept. Planned commodities: mufflers, aluminum tubes, drive shafts, gear heads, stampings, rubber components, plastic components, bearings, fine blankings, & fasteners. Reduced financial commitment in inventory by negotiating supplier stocking programs: 3rd-party warehousing, external safety stock, and consignment programs.Met with supplier reps internally & traveled to locations for meetings. Implemented system where freight forwarder sent list of suppliers on week’s departure & scanned invoices for parts on containers upon departure, avoiding production shutdowns. Evolved into online tracing system with freight forwarder. Improved communication with suppliers, ensuring issuing of copy of shipment’s invoices to match to loaded vessels. Communicated with other departments, such as production planning, master scheduling, receiving, & subassembly, regarding schedule changes & inventory availability. Used ABC analysis, focusing on top 20% of components on daily basis, remainder on weekly basis, reacting to schedule changes with priority. Ensured proper set-up of planning parameters for parts in system to assure maintenance of appropriate stock levels, lead times, order quantities, & safety times. Reported inv errors to inv control dept for correction. Represented planning dept in weekly interdepartmental meetings to review current & upcoming engineering changes to ensure preparation of planners to reduce excess/obsolete inventory resulting from changes.

Responsible for buying and planning of 1,000 components, including herbs, chemicals, vitamins, MRO and office supplies, bottling and packaging. Sourced components and planned deliveries for annual requirements of $7,000,000 and built relationships with vendors. Performed audits along with quality department to qualify vendors. Contributed to design of supplier compliance standard manual, informing vendors of company’s expectation of vendors. Corrected inventory errors through cycle counting and annual inventory count. Represented company at industry conventions.

Performed configuration management on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program, which consisted of reviewing blueprints for accuracy. Served as part of small team assigned to research and submit technical documentation in recommending environmentally conscientious alternative method of dismantling and disposing of aging Air Force class of missile.