Ryan Scranton Email & Phone Number

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for finding root causes for inventory variances and developing/changing processes to improve inventory accuracy. During my time in this role inventory accuracy was improved from 89% to 98+%.
• Implemented cycle count program in the Traverse City facility with the objective of eliminating yearly physical inventory. The program was a big success and physical inventory was eliminated a year after the cycle.
• In 2016 I was given all responsibilities… Show more
• In 2016 I was given all responsibilities for maintaining and finding improvements in the cycle count program in the Ludington facility.
• Responsible for determining and maintaining proper inventory levels for both Traverse City & Ludington facilities.
• Continue to regularly lead Kaizen events including line layout, material storage, new processes/process improvements, inventory levels, Kanban removal/MRP implementation.

• Responsible for purchasing components and maintaining proper inventory levels for a variety of components.
• Responsible for sourcing suppliers and building supplier relationships.
• Textron Six Sigma Lean Green Belt Certification – Completed Six Sigma Green Belt training and was awarded this certification in November of 2008.
• Member of a Continuous Improvement Team that met weekly to work on continuous improvement projects on the shop floor.
• Regularly lead Kaizen teams which… Show more
• Regularly lead Kaizen teams which included plant layout, process improvements, establishing Kanban procedures and systems.

• Contract Management – Managing the contracts of nearly six hundred luggage delivery vendors across the United States.
• Cost Analysis - Preparing detailed cost analysis comparing bidding vendors to the different airlines (clients) corporate offices.
• Negotiation – Negotiating pricing and bids with luggage delivery vendors to obtain competitive rates for the cost analysis.