Mickey Baker Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

It is my pleasure to oversee the operations of M&E Catalyst Group. Our highly skilled team is committed to providing the highest level of service to our partners and clients in the complex financial planning arena.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Oversight Monitoring and Record Keeping
• Ensure all securities are reviewed for regulatory compliance before approval
• Monitor producers’ outside business activities to ensure regulatory compliance before approval
• Ensure all correspondence subject to MMLISI’s review requirements are reviewed and approved
• Conduct producer interviews
• Conduct client file reviews

Maple Grove

• POSITION SUMMARYResponsible for inventory management of assigned commodity items for all company locations. This includes buying, arranging transfers, developing and implementing fastener sourcing strategies that.
• Facilitate supply management activities between branches and suppliers.
• Request price and delivery quotations, issue purchase orders with proper requirements, managing for accuracy, quality and delivery performance.
• Meet company goals of service degree, inventory turn and gross profit while reducing E&O inventory.
• Work with other buyers in the Würth Industry North America Group to coordinate group purchases.
• Investigate cause and drive resolution on Quality Notices (QN’s) associated with product group. Actively pursue appropriate charge back of unacceptable costs working to improve vendor performance.

Hopkins, Minnesota

• Manage $10M in inventory in seven distribution centers across the country.
• Manage relationships with more than 60 vendors; ensuring company needs are consistently met.
• Department lead in monitoring vendor transportation effectiveness including assessing and negotiating penalty fees for performance shortfalls.
• Department lead for evaluation of VMI service level performance including directing corrective actions to maintain company objectives.
• Train and guide associates in software and technology utilization.
• Develop and maintain tracking system to measure key vendor performance in order to guarantee best pricing during quarterly evaluations.

Hopkins, Minnesota

• Department lead for the depletion of millions of dollars in inventory, following a structured timeline, to eliminate financial exposure during management transition.
• Hold personal responsibility for forecasting sales and inventory needs for over 2000 items.
• Maintain excellent service level and achieve inventory goals across seven distribution centers nationwide.
• Monitor and evaluate daily reports to identify possible problems and take corrective actions before they negatively impact retail.
• Evaluate forward buy opportunities to hedge company position prior to price fluctuations.
• Track shipments, both inbound and outbound, to ensure timely delivery.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Set and achieved goals for personal production and customer satisfaction through detailed planning sessions
• Established a professional reputation for strong ethics and putting clients’ needs first
• Applied subject knowledge, gained through licensing and on-going training, to educate clients

Hopkins, Minnesota

• Successfully made front-line decisions demonstrating flexibility in managing rapidly changing circumstances, while accommodating atypical requests from customers and directors.
• Implemented monitoring techniques in the management of warehouse loading activities allowing increased transparency and 300% reduction in miss-shipped product on my shift.
• Utilized diplomatic management techniques during union contract negotiations to motivate a hostile workforce and ensure company goals were achieved.
• Led teams as large as 100 employees to consistently exceed organizational objectives.
• Became a trusted problem-solver by displaying passion, dependability, and effectiveness.

Plymouth, Minnesota

• Responsible for facility and staff management.
• Drove profits and client retention through honest, knowledgeable, and fair sales techniques.
• Effectively maximized profits through vendor selection and cost negotiations.
• Compiled detailed performance and sales reports for ownership and other management.
• Completed service work as required.

Bachelors Of Science, Operations Management

Activities and Societies: Student Member of APICS

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Football 1998 - 2000General High School Studies