Thomas Gabel Email & Phone Number

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Responsible for balancing long term production plans between 19 North American Production sites. Technologies include Extrusion Blow Molding, Stretch Blow Molding, Injection Molding for plastic consumer packaging and parts.

Greater St. Louis Area

Manages Carbon Fiber inventory levels at 4 sites in 3 countriesPlans production schedules for Carbon Fiber carbonization and oxidation lines, pultrusion lines, batch carbonization, chop and mill linesDevelops detailed reports and dashboards using Spotfire and Power BIDevelops and deploys planning and logistics SOPs and best practices

Greater St. Louis Area

Manages a staff of 2 planners, 2 warehouse supervisors, a materials coordinator, inventory coordinator, and 38 forklift drivers. Responsible for the production planning and raw material planning/procurement for 10 extrusion blow molding lines, 5 stretch blow molding lines, and 2 injection molding lines; and the management of three warehouses totaling about.

Jefferson City, MO

• Acted as regular contact for customer service issues, with a specialty area of dealing with supply chain interests
• Developed tools to analyze forecast/demand fluctuations and capacity assessment used to allocate production resources
• Coordinated weekly and monthly customer Supplier Meetings
• Coordinated activities regarding new product development
• Oversaw customer service and supply chain integrations for six production plants for three customers with over a dozen fill locations.
• Assisted with pricing updates based on fluctuating raw material and packaging material prices

Jefferson City, MO

• Managed the Planning/Procurement Department for an Extrusion Blow Molder (Manufactured Plastic HDPE Bottles)
• Wrote Short term production plans and long term capacity analyses, and presented recommendations to upper management
• Assisted in strategic project and resource allocation for North America
• Developed and implemented procedures for all areas of plant operations to conform with ISO 9000:2001 requirements. This also including conducting required ISO 9000:2001 internal audits
• Was in charge of material procurement for plant, including all raw and packaging materials
• Primary point of contact between all site level customers and suppliers

Ba, Major: Poli-Sci, Minor: Math

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