Senior Manager of Graphics and Logistics Resume Example

• 4 direct reports Warehouse Manager, Logistics Manager- Calhoun, Logistics Manager- Montreal, and Graphics Supervisor
• Oversee all aspects of inventory levels, Warehouse management, and graphics department (logo manufacturing/ cut and glue department)
• Implemented and maintain weekly shipping and receiving performance metrics to track number of days without a miss-shipment, number of units shipped and received
• Maintain department budget, manpower planning comparing actual versus budget
• Lead 5S and lean projects, new hire training, conduct train the trainer classes, and participate in process improvement projects
• Nominated and submitted for Tarkett Awards for continuous improvement projects

Accomplishments 

• Started-up of new graphics department, Increasing productivity, first pass yield, and customer delivery by 60% enabling the department to double the budgeted cost savings
• Established KPI's to track performance for shipping and delivery improving customer service level by 30% and maintaining 99% over 12 month period.
• Reduced inventory variances reducing adjustments by 1.2 million by working to identify problem areas, implement cycle counts and working with production to reduce over consumption
• Increase Sample department performance and customer delivery by 40% establishing formalized request database for orders
• Establish program for obsolete inventory and recycling program
• Organize company events to help increase moral and build team work amount departments

• Managed both procurement and scheduling departments which supported stamping, welding, paint and assembly departments with 40 suppliers and over 350 purchased parts
• Administered supply chain functions, overseeing forecasting, scheduling, planning short term and long term to provide high service levels in a JIT environment
• Interfaced with buyers to achieve mandatory inventory levels set by minimum/ maximum goals and to minimize WIP inventory and to increase overall inventory turns
• Established aggressive goals for each of the five direct report associates
• Worked with management to institute a department business plan with required monthly target status reports
• Created and maintained department annual budget, working with buyers to minimize inventory carrying cost while still maintaining an acceptable freight budget

Accomplishments 

• Increased inventory turns from 12 to 27 turns per year
• Reduced obsolescence build out cost from $500K to less than $20K working with buyers and schedulers to monitor inventory and forecast
• Participated on ERP team to implement new ERP package, including MRP implementation

• Create production schedules (daily/weekly/monthly) for Stamping, Welding, and Assembly departments to ensure just-in-time delivery to customer
• Set and maintain goals for finished goods, safety stock and WIP inventory to minimize internal downtime and zero impact to customer
• Reported plan verses actual for line schedules daily
• Determine overtime requirements and post overtime schedule
• Purchase steel coils for our stamping department maintaininglow inventory levels to minimize cost and storage requirements
• Create build-up/out plans for new and current model parts, setting up stock codes, BOM's and stock levels to ensure successful build-out with little obsolescence

• Supply Chain