Materials Management Consulting and My Background

                                       Purchasing:

                                       Purchased production material to support Master Production

                                       Schedule and customer orders as well as MRO items.

                                       Evaluated and selected vendors.

                                       Negotiated long and short-term contracts.

                                       Coordinated vendor relationships with other departments of company.

                                       Scheduled and expedited material shipments.

                                       Determined material needs and selected vendors for new product introduction.

                                       Consistent record of cost saving through negotiations, material changes, and

                                       Competitive bidding.

                                       Wrote and negotiated Real Estate contracts.  

                                       Inventory Control:

                                       Coordinated/Supervised annual physical inventory.

                                       Began/Supervised regular cycle counting procedures.

                                       Reduced production material inventory by 50%.

                                       Monitored and corrected inventory levels.

                                       Developed incoming receiving procedures.

                                       Determined material needs to support Master Schedule.         

                                       Production Scheduling and Control:

                                       Developed and maintained master schedule.

                                       Forecasted customer demand for master schedule.

                                       Determined weekly production schedule.

                                       Issued and monitored manufacturing orders.

                                       Monitored production activities to insure customer due dates were met.

                                       Designed and implemented Manufacturing order system.        

                                       Logistics:

                                       Negotiated LTL, T/L, small parcel, and air shipment contracts.

                                       Selected carriers.

                                       Coordinated customer demand with production to insure maximum shipments.

                                       Issued shipping documents to shipping department.   

                                       Systems:

                                       Planned, purchased, and implemented new computer system to

                                       Produce daily production, finishing, and shipping schedules as well as perpetual

                                       inventories of production material, unfinished, and finished product.

                                       Evaluated, selected, and purchased ERP manufacturing system.

                                       Developed, entered, and maintained Bill of Materials.

                                       Served on implementation team for ERP system.       

                                       Management:

                                       Hired, trained, and supervised purchasing, inventory and production

                                       control personnel.

                                       participated in managerial level short-range and long-range planning in budgets

                                       levels, manufacturing requirements, quality improvements, and capital

                                       improvements.

                                       Assisted in moving of production including machines and materials

                                       from Tulsa, OK to Skokie, IL.