Tyler Plude Email & Phone Number

Gladwin, Mi, Us

Beaverton, Michigan, United States And Traverse City, Michigan, United States

- July 2023 added Traverse City, MI Saint-Gobain site to my responsibility supporting all Purchasing functions- Direct Components Buyer for Beaverton, MI site- Train other site Buyers and created a best practice sharing group of buyers as a result driving performance across sites- Liaison to Quality & Engineering for Change Orders or part build improvement opportunities - Direct Part Build team to standard vendors for some items leading to cost avoidance - Point of contact for QAD (our ERP system) & Excel questions - Negotiate with locally managed vendors pricing and review their performance to look for ways to improve

Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States

- Manage two material handlers responsible for the warehouse, cycle counts, shipping & receiving.- Mitigate risk of vendor delivery issues, source stainless steel from mills & distribution- Responsible for all direct & indirect purchasing, sourcing and new vendor setup for the plant including ~$1.7M in inventory- Collaborate with Engineering team to correct Bill of Material issues and resolve part issues with Production team

Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

- Coordinate multi-division LTL RFP historical shipment data analytics and operational details worth >$16m - Led 3-month LSS Project saving $212K annually reducing number of days each Container spends in the Container Pool- Created mobile accessible data analytics to access years of data with MS Power BI using just a cell phone- Expert in DOT Compliance / FMCSA Regulations supporting 60 regulated drivers and maintaining required files- Teach team members data analysis tools and provide insight to leadership and team to make informed decisions- Optimize transportation identifying optimal mode, transit-time and cost appropriate solutions

Chillicothe, Oh

- Manage material handling projects across the plant- Propose new material handling projects for capital investment to upper management- Negotiate prices with local material handling companies- Design, source and implement over the road style kit cart system with a 34% ROI outsourcing the kitting process- Utilize Flow Planner® software to analyze material flow throughout the plant to determine unbiased utilizations- Lead one full-time employee and two summer interns in material flow projects- Lead weekly Continuous Improvement Meetings to improve communications between departments with Material Handling- Lead material handling flow across the plant to reduce NVA processes- Design, source and implemented Large Parts Sleeper Trim Kit cart utilizing a mother/daughter system cart delivery system- Liaison/Advisor between Material Handling and other departments when projects have an effect on Material Handling activities - Manage 700 pallet rack locations per an audit process to ensure accurate inventory management- Manage safety KPI data, and report trends to management team

Integrated Supply Management Degree

College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

- Peer-Led Team Learning is used to independently teach the class, professor does not attend the classes - Write quizzes, correct papers, hold office hours to assist students

Benson, Mn

- Create/implement daily KPI database giving management a tool to respond quickly to customer services- Gold Award; From supervisor for using plant shutdown to set up Proplanner leading to savings of $166K - Train full-time employees to sustain processes and allow time for more strategic problem solving- Use of WCM tools daily such as 5Why, Poke Yoke, 5S, HERCA, etc.- Participate in cross department meetings to promote communication on projects/kaizens - Implement Sequence Racks into Proplanner to collect data and create a more accurate controlled system

Benson, Minnesota

- Warehouse reorganization team member; assisting in layout of tugger, kitter, and picker routes/routines - Implement Proplanner PFEP E-Kanban into the Plant/Warehouse consisting of over 1,000 parts- Overall Warehouse hot call reduction of 64%- Create solutions for unique parts requiring specialized Kanban calculations- Create SOP’s and OPL’s for training in order to create a sustainable Kanban system - Run reports to effectively analyze daily trends related to Kanban and Pick carts

Portage, Mi

- Implement Pull Manufacturing system with mechanical Kanban to reduce WIP- Create flow chart to map the systems, present proposed material to management in A3 format - About 4 hours outside of class with class group

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

- 20 hours per week (full-time student) in production and operations - Improvement to inventory organization (suggestion to the operations manager) - Responsible for quality assurance, check-in inventory, maintain equipment, and receive shipments - Test product and record results hourly

Gladwin, Mi

- Interpret charts and blueprints using survey equipment to layout roads to be re-paved or re-surfaced- Balanced multiple supervisor’s tasks maintaining a consistent flow of multiple construction crews

Gladwin, Mi

- Interpret charts and blueprints using survey equipment to layout roads to be re-paved or re-surfaced- Worked 10 hour days generally without supervision - Accomplished all before deadlines with Quality

Integrated Supply Management, Integrated Supply Management, Senior

Activities and Societies: WMU APICS student member

International Business Culture/Negotiation

German Business & Culture, Western Michigan University Spring 2014 Gained international insight, adaptiveness, and confidence during.