Responsible for ensuring that organizational objectives are successfully achieved, primarily related to cost and delivery. Lead the materials team by creating and implementing overall materials management objectives, and implementing policies, procedures and the discipline to insure these objectives are achieved.

Plan and implement the overall supply chain strategySuggest solutions for process improvementsBuild and maintain good relationships with vendors and customersAssure production schedule is aligned with customer demand for on time deliverySupport proper utilization of ERP system

Challenge Seeker | Results-Driven | Accurate in ExecutionResponsible for the overall accountability for material control and production planning. Formulate production planning and resource requirements to meet inventory and on time customer delivery. Interface with customers regarding material lead times, confirm/change delivery dates, forecast demand, engineering changes. Monitor and track production work in process, inventory, capacity, delivery, and other reports for leadership review.Improved accuracy and enhanced utilization of SAP system. Provided support with project management of custom work in order to achieve budget and on time delivery for sensitive projects. Familiar with reading engineering drawing and CMM data.

Manage returnable containers fleets supporting Ford's production efforts by ensuring timely returns of empty containers to their owner supplier.• Identify and correct returnable container issues by communicating with plant and dock supervisors

Managed effective, efficient, and safe operation of bottling production facility warehouse, including palletizing and depalletizing machines. Supervised scheduling and performance of 12 to 20 materials operators.Assumed leadership of unit under challenging conditions, with no onboarding or training plan in place, achieving visible turnaround in costs and people productivity, and increasing work processing output.Increased volume of cases stored by organizing warehouse for most efficient use of floor space.Improved material operators’ productivity through motivation and recognition of achievements. Achieved highest percentage cases (28 – 33%) shipped to customer directly from production facility by closely managing customers’ orders and available inventory, reducing handling and transportation costs to main outside warehouse.Provided safe, quick, and thorough training of new employees by scheduling senior / new employees based on abilities detected within first few hours.Organized accurate and timely distribution of cases produced daily through proper review and understanding of daily production schedule and instruction / delegation to team.

Identified needs for dry supplies in production and placed supplier orders.Recorded zero production downtime due to supplies unavailability by assuring on-time delivery.Reduced supplies storage costs by analyzing production needs based on constantly changing production schedule.

Prepared warehouse picking orders and completed shipping documents.Assured accurate shipments and shipping documents by implementing easy-to-follow instructions and helping troubleshoot picking system issues.

Managed engineering specifications database, including drawings and CAD data. Coordinated new product development based on product launch timeline. Reviewed test plans for products and obtained customer approval.Developed Microsoft Access databases, improving reports and ability to search data. Designed and implemented engineering data organization system, ensuring correct version of technical data used in production of prototypes / new products.

Managed all component parts and suppliers. Analyzed forecast to place / modify supplier release. Implemented continuous improvement ideas and lean principles.Reached and sustained high inventory turn levels for components through just-in-time (JIT) release.Implemented cost reduction ideas, resulting in $600K savings per year.Maintained efficient fulfillment by developing and monitoring supplier delivery performance rating system.