Michael West Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Managed buyers, inventory, shipiping and receiving. Negotiated cost reductions for three different categories. Managed inventory team to keep the absolute and line inventory variances to less than 2%.

As production manager I managed the cutting area, all third shift production and half of the day shift sewing production.Set up standard work for the cutting process which improved the cutting efficiency by 35%.Kazan event in the Garment cell to increase production and establish one piece flow.Reviewed the shipping department and developed a matrix to ship orders using Less than Truck Load verses small package carrier.

As plant manager I managed all areas of the Florida plant including the PL. During my career there we achieved results is the following areas:Plant Startup / RelocationProcess ImprovementsSupply Chain ManagementQuality Assurance Customer ServiceAccount ManagementSafety Initiatives