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Mchenry, Il, Us

Mchenry, Illinois, Us

4000 Roskilde, Dk

Vestergaard Company manufactures and services the premier airline ground service equipment including Elephant deicers, toilet vacuum service trucks. and Kalmar towbar-less trucks.

Woodstock, Il, Us

Buyer of direct and indirect materials that support the manufacturing process and building management in a timely and economic way that lifts the business while building supplier partnerships.

Purchase power transmission materials such as bearings, gearboxes, raw steel, motors, and sheaves for made to order OEM fiber processing machine manufacturer. Create and maintain custom bill materials for each customers system order in conjunction with the blue prints and machine base features.Coordinate with production and engineering to schedule purchases and deliveries from bom for just in time inventory management based on lead times, production schedule, and other variables such as customer requests. Verify custom component accuracy and completeness with engineering before some purchases. Create purchasing forms and sustainable repeatable ordering processes.Create material staging method with receiving on a per job basis. Develop existing supplier relations and create new business partner relationships to ensure the most competitive over all value for the company.Initiate overstock use to lean out inventories to pursue a true just in time purchase process.Create purchase orders and parts sales orders with Quickbooks for two sites. Restructure part descriptions to follow formal logical and technical based formats on bom's.Create purchase orders, track, follow up on, solve discrepancies, receive, verify material receipt accuracy and stage direct materials for BOM dollar amounts from $1600.00 to $350,000 each equipment order.

Austin, Texas, Us

Integrate Flex purchasing processes at site level as site is a startup. Buy and manage Indirect consumables for customer line and facility use. Work with Receiving to clear receiving challenges such as early receipts and quantity discrepancies. Interview potential suppliers to evaluate their over all value to the site. Once vetted, Gather vendor data to set up as suppliers and negotiate terms up to Net90. Develop VMI programs and business partner relationships. Work with Baan MRP to manage purchase orders and order through Baan's integrated ROP to order EDM materials as direct materials instead of using MRP using the reorder point and parameters set up with the internal part. Resolve invoicing issues with Titan software. Create internal part numbers managed through ROP ordering.

Evansville, In, Us

Managed $360,000 of inventory and reduced $130,000 by identifying inactive and obsolete inventoryAccomplished $330,000 in hard dollar cost savingsManage logistics for purchasesCreated and managed repair and recycling procedures that led to winning the 2013 McHenry County Green AwardDesign, develop and reconstruct storage over 8,000 inventory and 8,000 non-inventory itemsProcure products and services for machine repair and all aspects of building operationsPrioritized requests and process requisitions for 200 employee facilityDeveloped, managed and grew 5 VMI's Lean inventory and create local supplier stockGroup team leader for 5S, ISO, and internal improvement audit teamsAnalyze, negotiate, and accept bids for businessInterview, develop and manage relationships with vendorsImplemented and manage installation of vending machines for consumables and tool check in and outCreate Kanban systemSelected as representative to travel to sister plants to analyze and identify areas in procurement structure that need improvement

Evansville, In, Us

Mold technician responsible for maintaining molds.Disassemble, replace worn components and clean molds,Light mill and lathe work for repairs.In press work such as pulling tips, polishing, and component adjustments.

Indexable tool repair for CNC machines.Accomplished $5- $7,000 in repairs through direct machining.Finish machine CNC repairs through mill and lathe work.Operate programmed CNC lathe.Use precision measuring tools, such as calipers, micrometers, comparator, and dial indicator.Light welding, sand blasting, and black oxide.

Organazational Leadership Certificate, Manaement

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Apics Cscp

Associates Of Business Management, Business Administration And Management, General

Bookkeeping Certificate, Accounting

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