Materials Manager / Inventory Control at Hilex (2023-03 – Present)
- Oversee Shipping, Receiving and Repack Process
- Cross train key employees across Shipping and receiving to create cross functional team
- Oversee all Physical Inventory and improve Inventory Control
- In 3 months found $120,000 incorrect transactions and corrected
- 6 month Physical inventory reduced $270,000 loss to $130,000 loss due controlling top 10 pervious concern parts and applying lessons learned across production and warehouse practices
- Continue year after year improved Physical inventory results
Materials Manager / Shipping at Hilex (2022-03 – 2023-03)
- Oversee CSR
- Oversee Shipping
- Process improvements and department process controls
Planner at Hilex (2021-10 – 2022-03)
- Plan for import Mexico components and pass-through parts
Materials Manager at Ridewell Corporation (2020-03 – 2021-05)
Product Management
- Implemented cycle count initial result was 63% raised to 86.5% accuracy
- Implemented first Physical Inventory in over 13 years. Result 97.7% accuracy
- Second Physical Inventory 4 months later was 99.98% accuracy
- Reduction of $65000 worth of dead stock from inventory by Owner approval or break down to use components
- Oversee cycle counting
- Implement Physical Inventory Procedure and supporting process and work instructions
- Direct Production Advisors for proper Material handling and processes
- ERP implementation Champion team
- Warehouse organization
- Assist in Part ordering set up to lower inventory that is slow moving
- Shop order control tracking
- RMA Processing and Monitoring
- Monitor Slow Moving product and suggest disposition and part set up changes as needed
Inventory Control Manager at Ridewell Corporation (2019-04 – 2020-03)
- Implement Cycle counting 58% to 89% in 6 months
- Root cause analysis for incorrect inventory
- Shop order report tracking and improvement
- Warehouse and Manufacturing location organization
- Implemented One-way Kanban for service order increasing on time delivery from 89% to 98% over 4 months
- Implemented RMA tracking and updated process that caused inventory inaccuracies for processing. Closed over 200 open stagnant RMAs and dispositioned 72 RMAs that were past due pending issues
General Manager at Builder's Supply LLC. (2018-09 – 2019-03)
- Schedule contractors, Manage Warehouse / Inventory control, Book-keeping / Invoicing, Advertising / Marketing, Sales, Hire and terminate employment, oversee daily functions of the store and warehouse
Publisher at POH LLC. (Parade of Homes Real Estate Magazine) (2016-11 – 2019-03)
- Book-keeping / Invoicing, Advertising / Marketing, Sales, Distribution, Hire and terminate employees
General Manager at Grandma Ruth's Cinnamon Rolls & Back Porch (2015-08 – 2016-11)
- Negotiate Purchase contracts to improve COGS.
- Safeserv Manager Certified Responsibilities
- Create reliable financial tracking
- Make all financial business decisions
- Hire and terminate employment
- Create Employee handbook and company policies
Production Control Asst. Manager at ASMO (2014-09 – 2015-06)
- Production Control /Planning/ Scheduling, Coverage for Manager position -all duties
- Create and maintain Budget for department
- Create department goals
- Implement Three Month forecasting part and machine specific to improve manpower and ensure lean operations
- Partnered successfully with Production Management and HR team to produce an improved manpower system
- Prevented part outage during Port Strike, maintained 97% inventory accuracy with higher volume inventory (most Manufacturing in automotive shut customers down for part shortages)
- Created and implemented Cross Training / refresher training program and tracking system
Senior Purchasing Specialist at ASMO (2013-06 – 2014-09)
- Improve confirmation of Purchase orders and acceptance of order
- Modified PO system from Faxing to email and follow up for confirmation. Taking response from 15% to 100%
- Confirm proper communication of Supplier expectations by updating Supplier expectation manual and reviewing with each supplier. Supplier Ratings went up by 16%.
- Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of Flawless Launch communication with Suppliers. Using planning knowledge, created a communication and tracking spreadsheet by program and specifics to ensure all suppliers could meet due dates
Production Control Planning Supervisor at ASMO Manufacturing (2008-03 – 2013-06)
- Coverage for Japanese coordinator/ Manager position all duties
- Create and maintain Budget for department
- Three Month forecasting and manpower
- Recommended and assumed a double Supervision duty over Shipping and Planning departments for 9 Months during recession reducing department's budget for the year by $60,000
- Reduced Obsolescence costs by $80,000 in 2011 by improving Phase out tracking process
- Reduce Air Freight costs from 3.2% to 1.8%
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiative to achieve WIP Inventory accuracy. Achieved 98% inventory accuracy in 2011
- Achieved 98.7% inventory accuracy in 2012
- Decrease expedites costs to 3% (including Import expediting)
- Champion Warehouse improvement teams including returnable dunnage tracking implementation
- Monitor Customer changes in EDI and compare to Yearly Sales plan
- Implement improved FIFO and Visual concept throughout plant warehouse locations
Office Administrator at Quality Dairy (2007-06 – 2008-03)
Materials Manager at Foamade Hilldale (2006-06 – 2007-03)
Shipping Supervisor at Edscha Jackson (2002-02 – 2006-03)
Service Parts Scheduler at Edscha Jackson (2001-11 – 2002-02)
Data Entry Clerk at Edscha Jackson / Option One Denso (2001-11 – 2002-02)
Production Scheduler/Capacity Planner at Michigan Seat CO.Jackson (1989-03 – 2001-10)
- Increase Production From 64% to 92%
- Increase Capacity from 62% to 96%
- Increased Efficiency from 34% to 92%
- Increase throughput by 37%
- Capacity Planner (Promoted)
- Documentation Clerk (Promoted)
- General Labor (Promoted)
