Kirk Beck Email & Phone Number

Carol Stream, Illinois, United States

• Maintaining stocking levels for three supplier / distribution warehouse locations.• Weekly meetings with each supplier to discuss production scheduling, customer orders, and other concerns. • Generate purchase orders to maintain production availability. • Created new documentation and conduct weekly meetings with sales and customer service regarding incoming orders and current issues affecting sales and manufacturing. • Coordinate ordering, forecasting and delivery of Resin to supplier locations. • Currently engaged in special projects and sourcing activities.• Participating in new ERP implantation – (Process and Documentation).• Reporting various metrics for production and financial.• Daily administrative and internal customer service duties.

Mccook, Il

• Maintaining average stocking level for California distribution centers and 3PL warehouse facilities.• Received additional responsibilities for inventory planning and purchasing for distribution centers in 2021.• Weekly review of stocking level for ordering and delivery of material. • Coordinate with key personnel regarding production, transfers, and delivery needs.• Reviewed purchasing activity with sales and management regarding special inventory needs and request.• Daily administrative needs regarding Internal and external customer service.• Claims administrator position added to role in January of 2019.• Received additional responsibilities for O&E cleanup of distribution centers in 2020.• Assisted in establishing SOP and documentation of claims process.• Communication with key personnel regarding evaluation and disposition of material.• Working with finance depart to close material claims and receive vendor credits.• Received recognition – Employee of the second quarter 2019• Received recognition – Nominated Employee of quarter 2019 & 2021

Greater Chicago Area

• Daily order entry of purchase orders for retaining stock levels and service issues • Internal and external customer service covering equipment concerns. • Vendor / Supplier Relations and Negotiations (Pricing and Lead time issues)• Follow-up of outstanding and open purchase order • Daily shipping and receiving concern• Special Project assignments – Purchasing Procedures, Manual Purchase Orders

Riverport Ky

• Maintaining an average stocking level of 96% in regards to Class A and Critical Parts • Weekly ordering against Min/ Max requirements • Review of aftermarket parts Min/ Max requirements • Daily activities including transfers of stocked items to satellite locations and vendor file maintenance. • Daily Shipment update to Customer Service and Management teams • Invoice Review of Incoming Air and Sea freight• Shipping and receiving discrepancies • Vendor / Supplier Relations and Negotiations (including RFQ and special purchase items)• Special Project assignments – Warehouse Discrepancies, Vendor scorecards, • Internal / External Customer Service

Riverport Ky

• Communicate supply chain issues with various purchasing and warehouse team members • Prepared cost analysis for buyer reviews and approval• Upload and maintain cost records • Assisted in resolving discrepancies for various warehouse locations • Weekly updating of Unacknowledged and Past Due Orders • Daily maintenance of incoming acknowledgements and shipping information . • Inputs information to support overall team objectives

Downtown Louisville

• Prepare and initiated background screening on potential new hires.• Initiate correspondence to hiring team for candidates to start work. • Review individual case files for accuracy and documentation for data entry into payroll system. • Created and implemented tracking procedures for external overnight mailings Created template letter to accompany drug test packets sent to candidates. • Created template letter to accompany drug test packets sent to candidates and field locations• Assisted Management with special team projects

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Review individual case files for accuracy and missing documentation in order to determine program eligibility. • Created correspondence to those individual that where not eligible for the program. • Assisted in training of new hire contractors on policies and procedures.

• Team member - prepared, consolidate, upload & Proof data metrics for over 400 individual departments servicing over 100 supervisors and key personnel.• Maintained specific time analysis, & mile stone metrics as a proof for accuracy and reliability for all departments and departmental teams

• Negotiated an 11% reduction in pricing from sole source supplier ($1.079K savings) • Negotiated an 7% reduction from a long term first tier supplier ($521K savings)• Co-Chair employee suggestion program “High Stakes” representing the ideas and concerns for over 900 employees. gathering over 2,500 employee suggestions over a 5 year period estimated savings were over $ 500k annually• Completed and implemented standard RFP bid process and procedure saving between $80,000 to 1.1 million on assigned proposals. • Identified contracts with service level tracking and volume rebates saving on average 8% to 9% per negotiation.

• Reported metrics for steel tracking, freight Cost, cycle counts and internal transfer costs. • Analyzed and maintained records bases on various purchasing initiatives.• Implementation of Procurement shared folder project.• Maintained MRA “Material Returns Authorization” account. • Managed all finance issues with assigned corporate suppliers

• Internal Aftermarket support for a sales territory of 17 representatives covering all of Canada, Alabama, Louisiana, Eastern Texas, and Northern FL. Representing in excess of 200 millions of dollars in gross revenues • Exceeded office goals and corporate sale targets both monthly and quarterly. • Consistently maintained order entry goals during special promotions and sales. • Assisted customers with inquires, order entry and the tracking, expediting of orders, accurate historical parts information, product representation, warranty, scale drawings and blueprints • Assisted in the marketing and development and successful launch of Gauge Glass product offerings.