Michael Benton Email & Phone Number

Nicholasville,Ky

Animal Nutrition

Berea, Kentucky Area

Duties: • Ordering and expediting parts by ground and air to arrive promptly at Production Line• Review Forecast and partner with Clients and Production Planner to support IT Inventory• Monitor parts making inventory adjustments when necessaryAchievements:• Reduced out of stock of high runner parts by 80% within the first 2 months.• Created Expedite Process Training Manual using MS PowerPoint• Developed and documented a systematic approach to ordering which resulted in improved ordering process.

Georgetown, Kentucky Area

Duties:• Use MS Office Access to create software applications to support production control departments• Implement database models and train production control departments how to merge data from MS Office Excel• Utilize Excel to make daily updates to key production metrics and communicate results to all production control departments.• Audit production control Excel spreadsheet using Excel error checking tool and make corrections when necessaryAchievements:• Created significant design improvements to Expedite Database that resulted in cost savings equivalent to 570 labor hours.• Completed in depth training on Toyota complex ordering system.• Assigned parts ordering specialist for new Toyota Lexus model roll out.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Duties:• Handles all software/hardware buying and acquisitions while overseeing all aspects of warehouse and inventory• Participate in the development of specifications for equipment; analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.Achievements:• Improved asset accountability to 98% for 2nd quarter 2012 year inventory count by creating and implementing process improvement strategies.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Duties:• Communicate menu items to personnel• Participate in hiring process and team building strategies; training and provide effective coaching techniques • Attract customers by developing and implementing marketing programs; provide excellent hospitality to guests; handle payroll and conduct bank deposits.Achievements:• Teamed with restaurant owner to successfully launch new restaurant facility • Supervised and actively participated in hiring and training to build a staff of 15 employees for placement at new restaurant.• Mobilized team to provide excellent customer service

Duties:• Create clear, measurable goals for direct reports aligned with CCBCC strategy• Monitor progress of team members and provide feedback• Use MS Office Excel to create and maintain KPIs; hold direct reports accountable to meeting goals• Lead a team of managers and engage in training and development of technical skills• Support training in customer service, Route Manager, and company initiatives.• Use MS Office Excel to perform market data analysis for asset placement decisionsAchievements:• Wrote and successfully implemented training material to CCBCC technical dispatch call center representatives.• Provided effective demonstrations of intelligent vending parts so that technicians understood how to use each feature. • Successfully collaborated with IT department to interface new intelligent vending technology with SAP enterprise system within a predetermined timeframe

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing

Ba, Theology/Theological Studies

Associate, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Member of Honors Society

Informations Systems