Robert Veternik Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tn

Accomplishments:• Streamlined Glass Ordering Process which added 10 hours back into the work week• Organized screw inventory to work with Kanban replenishment system.• Set up blanket orders for high moving raw material to avoid out of stock situations.• Saved $300,000 in 2023 by second sourcing raw material and negotiating pricing.• Consistently under monthly spend budget by $250k+Additional Responsibilities:• Maintain responsibility for monitoring/creating purchase requisitions, on a daily basis, for appropriate vendors, and converting requisitions to purchase orders.• Support and provide the coordination of the material planning, purchasing and production scheduling function to ensure timely delivery to customers of finished products.• Confirm supplier delivery dates for purchasing material and expedite orders when necessary.• Interface with production, sales, purchasing and suppliers in order to schedule purchase orders of raw material to meet production demand Product and service design.• Regularly perform general inventory & risk management analysis• Supplier relationship management• Assist Receiving when issues come up.• Help managers identify raw material information to ensure they are using the correct parts.• Assisted Customer Service on ETA’s and Quotes for material.• Ran Reports on usage for department leads.• Held morning meetings to address concerns or scheduling orders.• Identify and send correct prints/drawings to vendors (to make our parts).

Greater Memphis Area

Accomplishments:• Grew outgoing e-commerce shipments from 600 a day to 1,200 a day by streamlining pick-pack operation • Improved pick accuracy to 99.3%• Reorganized converting area run effectively – took backlog from 110 days to 7 daysAdditional Responsibilities:• Responsible for e-commerce same day shipping distribution center – Managed 5 departments Shipping, Receiving, Pick-Pack, Conversions and Custom Cuts• Managed permanent and contingent labor – Responsible for employee growth and development• Processes employee payroll weekly• Ordered safety equipment/supplies and maintained forklift equipment• Facility maintenance and hired 3rd party contractors for repair projects• Oversaw training employees and implemented safety regulations

● Relocated to Memphis, TN to oversee our partnership with FedEx Supply Chain 3PL Operations. Oversaw relocation of $25M in inventory from Chicago to Memphis. Implemented all policies and procedures, as well as trained FedEx staff on how to manage Advantest’s account. Worked on-site at FedEx as well as remotely managing the inventory and overseeing the operations. Interfaced with customers and company locations both domestic and international. Company partnered with FedEx Supply Chain for 5 years.● Cut department costs 30% by initiating separation from 3PL. Oversaw start-up for a new warehouse operations in Memphis, TN. This included identifying a 12k sq. ft. facility, relocating $25M in inventory, setting up and inventorying over 8k sku’s. Purchased all materials for facility including shelving units, Forklifts, scales, packing and shipping supplies as well office furniture. Hired and trained warehouse and office staff. Developed SOP’s for all inventory, logistics as well as reverse logistics.● Saved the company over $100k by negotiating with vendors for International and Domestic logistic needs.● Successfully reduced costs and overhead by up to 10% yearly● Developed a Quality Assurance Metric – “Two touch shipping” method to ensure consistent accurate shipments - resulting in 99% shipping accuracy.● Oversaw TAT (Turn-Around-Time) for outstanding customer returns that needed repairs. Reduced from over 21 days to less than 7 days.● Initiated our ISO14001 Environmental Managed System in Memphis. Volunteered to be the Second location in the entire company outside of headquarters to implement the reduction on environmental waste.● Available 24/7 for emergency customer shipments. Recognized by company for outstanding customer service by clearing a part stuck in customs at the Memphis facility, then taking the first available flight directly to our customer, Micron, in Boise, ID. Hand delivered the part at midnight to the customers and returned back to Memphis.

Greater Chicago Area

● Managed over $20M in inventory for 9 facilities.● Implemented a cycle count system to help improve accuracy with inventory counts.● Conducted inventory audits for 9 locations throughout the United States● Forecasted inventory reorder points for all consumables● Tracked EC’s (Engineering changes) for customers● Received all defective parts back from customers and prepared them for shipments to Japan for repair.● Managed all repair shipments going to Japan (Including Commercial invoices and other paperwork).● Sent meters to calibration house and tracked expiration dates.● Developed and implemented a barcode system for one of our large clients