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Itasca, Il

• Develop and maintain domestic and offshore supply base• Maintain relationships and communicate with supply base to ensure product availability, quality, and on-time delivery• Negotiate pricing and terms with incumbent supply base, reducing lead-times, and communicating forecast • Source products with new supply base and negotiate pricing and terms, ensuring quality specifications are met, properly winding down the current supply base while introducing a new supplier• Manage inventory levels and fulfillment rates while maintaining adequate months on hand, ensuring high volume products are kept in stock, and reducing slow moving inventory

Itasca, Il

• Supervised 15 employees in the department• Maintained budgets, communicated department outlooks, managed staffing and production• Maintained, analyzed, and controlled appropriate inventory levels, met production deadlines, and maintained proper fulfillment rates• Managed imported components and scheduled the production to convert the product into finished goods, communicated with supply chain team to ensure proper components were delivered• Met delivery requirements, customer expectations, and high quality standards

Itasca, Il

• Communicate product availability to the sales team, managers, and customer service• Manage customer demand and schedule production, ensured proper inventory levels • Managed production for two product lines, met customer demands, minimized raw materials used, and prioritized production schedules• Met delivery requirements, customer expectations, and high quality standards• Communicate with supply chain any new or additional demand for components• Purchased raw materials for the department and maintained the budget

Itasca, Illinois, United States

Production line operator, responsible for completing/packaging finished product and ensuring that it is packaged in line with company and industry standards, making it ready for sale or distribution.