Robert "Tim" Jacobs, Cscp Email & Phone Number

Lillington, North Carolina

Zebulon, NC

• Initially hired as a Buyer to help create a Best-in-Class Purchasing Team, I was promoted within a year to additional areas of need including Inside Sales and Maintenance Parts Coordinator / Buyer before being rewarded.
• Tasked with championing a Total Inventory Reduction KPI of $700K, I worked diligently with all departmental leaders pursuing reduction opportunities that resulted in a 31.9% ($869K) Total Inventory Reduction over 10.
• Reduced total days of Inventory on Hand (DOI) 51.5% and RAW Materials DOI by 54.5%.
• Held Purchase Price Variation of RAW Materials to 1.7% under forecasted budget increase of 2.5% for the year.
• Identified $47K of obsolete inventory that I was able to negotiate sales to our sister companies.
• Reduced month-to-month carry-over inventory by $94.5K by negotiating a transition of standard RAW material purchase practices to a "supplier owned" consignment program with post consumption invoicing.

Zebulon, NC

Zebulon, NC

• Hired in 2015 as a Buyer to relieve the Purchasing Manager (co-owner) to research and implement a new MRP system across three facilities and hired in 2010 as a Project Manager, tasked with organizing the movement and.
• Utilized MRP system, usage trends, forecast demands and judgment to manage daily/monthly purchasing and inventory control activities of production and packaging materials in accordance with corporate goals.
• Developed new supplier partnerships and managed existing relationships with key suppliers to help ensure optimum total value of cost, quality and service.
• Organized movement and Integration of new product line ($2.5M sales) of approx. 75 parts, 50 tools and inventory into production planning and daily business from customer's former Michigan supplier, including.

Youngsville, NC

• Recruited to develop and implement innovative sourcing, procurement and process strategies in-line with company cost reduction and continuous improvement objectives while meeting our customers' quality, delivery and.
• Partnered with key suppliers to drive innovative cost reduction solutions of over $220K in annualized savings.
• Developed an in-sourcing vs. out-sourcing strategy, equipment procurement, and facilities integration of an ampoule filling operation which projected an IRR savings over 5 years of 87.4% ($959K) and 92.2% ($2.265M).
• Championed several cost reduction initiatives in purchasing, warehouse and assembly that reduced process cycle times as much as 60% using proven Lean and continuous improvement principles and methodologies.
• Developed a Supplier Relationship Management and Development Program with key suppliers through pre-qualification, annual performance reviews and a preferred vendor program.

Zebulon, NC

See Advanced Plastiform description above.

Raleigh, NC

• Conduct various classes for the Engineering Department, including Pharma Process Control, Principles of Industrial Management, Quality Management, Quality Technology, AutoCAD (Basic, Advanced and 3D), and spreadsheet.
• Developed and taught an "Online" Machines and Mechanisms course.

Sanford, NC

• Hired to identify and correct sources of increasing monthly inventory discrepancies and eroding On-Time Delivery rates. Worked directly with purchasing, quality, warehouse and all production areas on a daily basis to.
• Recruited and managed 25-30 person, 3 shift group, (receiving, shipping, material supermarket, and line delivery), responsible for all "non-production" movement of materials and supplies.
• Assembled and facilitated a cross-departmental Root Cause Analysis team which identified and reduced sources of repeating monthly inventory discrepancies of $1-$1.2M, to under $200K.
• Improved on-time-delivery (OTD) rates from mid-70s to over 95% by implementing new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), governed by a "customer first" mentality within our production support groups.
• Actively participated in multiple continuous improvement events responsible for eliminating costly waste streams using Lean tools such as Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, 5S and Visual Workplace implementations.

• Recruited to manage 25-30 person, 3 shift team responsible for daily finishing activities, including wet and powder coatings, silkscreen, assembly, and hardware installations.
• Improved and maintained on-time delivery rates from mid 80s to 95%.
• Championed a Lean training and Kaizen team responsible for identifying over $10K in monthly inventory carrying costs of obsolete hardware and implemented a Kanban system which projected an 85%-95% reduction of time.

• Hired in 1997 as a Custom Quote Specialist, I was promoted after a year to Purchasing Manager and then another year later to Supply Chain Manager, overseeing all upstream and downstream supply chain activities.
• Recruited and managed 5-10 person, 3 shift team responsible for dock-to-dock movement of all materials and supply receipts, through inventory stores to final shipment, including inventory management and scrap recycling.
• Designed material flows for assembly lines that used Lean and Ergonomic technology to reduce cycle times by 50%.
• Developed a monthly cycle-counting/inventory control program which helped reduce our average monthly on-hand inventory by 30%, while supporting an 80% increase in annual sales.
• Developed a hardware Kanban system which reduced stock-out of production hardware 95%- 98% and significantly reduced hardware expedite charges.

Bs, Industrial Technology - Manufacturing Systems, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – Invitation received Golden Key International Honor Society – Invitation.

Aas, Architectural Technology, 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa (International Honor Society) Epsilon Pi Tau - Beta Mu Chapter International Honorary.

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