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Chicago, Illinoies

Analyze and review material requirement report (MRP) to create schedules that meet customer expectations.Meet daily with internal department managers in daily operating review (DOR) to report current and future production plans that affect the schedule.Meet regularly with Marketing and Sales to review schedules, forecasts, raw material and line availability. Coordinate schedules for 3 coating and 3 auxiliary lines.Create, maintain and publish production schedules on internal company network using Microsoft excel system. Maintain 24 hour manufacturing schedule using AS400 shop floor system. Ensure rejected material is scheduled and reprocessed within 30 days. Production Control Scheduler (2003 to 2006)Create and maintain production schedules that ensure customer requirements are met while maximizing production efficiency.Coordinate schedule execution with production supervisors. Manage internal reprocessing orders.Interface between Manufacturing and Purchasing to balance inventory reduction interest and operational efficiency and utilization.Oversee material availability for production schedule.Implemented 48 hour frozen schedule that reduced changes made to the production schedules.

Review, analyze and act on MRP recommendations daily to purchase paint needed to support customer demand.Ensure timely supply of material to sustain and maintain production schedules.Handle negotiations with paint suppliers.Resolve and provide disposition on non-compliance and rejected materials.

Manage daily operations and activities of inventory control staff of 4.Designed and implemented a new tracking and inventory control system.Coordinated physical inventories for multiple plant locations that consisted of over 12,000 items.Designed and implemented EDI system for tracking and managing over 3 million pounds of metal at outside processors.Developed and implemented cycle counting procedures that resulted in a 70% improvement in inventory accuracy.Experienced certified internal QS-9000 auditor.

Implemented trip reporting to manage outside processor discrepancies & reconciliation that resulted in the recover of over $100, 000 in lost inventories.Work closely with accounting department to ensure financial impact of inventory accuracies.

Calculated and distributed monthly and quarterly scrap reconciliation's for 250 customers.Manage and update over 100 work orders daily using AS400 computer system

Administrative responsibilities for Engineering and Maintenance departments.Designed and implemented a system for tracking and recording maintenance downtime.Maintain and copy engineering drawings for multiply projects.