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Independence, MO **055 E-Mail:

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F. Bryan Thomas

Objective:

A senior staff position within an organization that offers the opportunity

to use my expertise in problem solving, planning, organizing and managing

budgets to achieve the company's goals.

Experience

1994-2010 Venture Industrial Products, Lee's Summit, MO

Vice President of Operations - January 2001 to July 2010

. Created a monthly budget for the company that allowed for increased

reaction time in decision-making.

. Verified and printed the monthly P & L while working with our outside

accountant. I supervised and assisted the in house bookkeeper with

creating customer invoices, defining credit terms, and cash receipts.

. Wrote multiple reports to track all facets of analyzing the cost of

production, including the cost of labor, materials, and overhead.

. Supervised purchasing and receiving department, which included both

raw materials and sub-contract work from various types of vendors. I

also supervised and assisted with AP such as invoice entry and

reconciliation.

. Developed the master schedule for the operation which included

scheduling engineering, purchasing, and the production floor.

. Identified and defined the current labor requirements to the human

resource manager. I worked closely with the HR department to handle

all phases of the department, which included recruiting, hiring, pay

increases, disciplinary action, and contract negotiation with

temporary services.

. Worked with engineering and marketing to improve both quality and job

profitability by setting new standards that all job quotes must meet.

This included new quote review methods and minimum levels of pricing

based upon current labor/overhead rates and desired profit.

. Increased on-time delivery by developing new procedures that matched

the availability of both material and labor resources up with incoming

jobs and customer expedites.

. Working with our customers I created a new stocking program based upon

JIT and KANBAN, which allows customers to maintain an inventory that

they can draw upon, with varying levels of demand ranging from weekly

to quarterly.

Information Systems Manager - June 1998 to January 2001

. Project Manager for identifying, purchasing, and implementing the new

shop software, Made2Manage, that was needed to upgrade our system

. Wrote programs in Visual FoxPro for Dos and Windows in order to

transfer all of the preexisting data from the old software, JobBoss,

into the new software

. Experienced with both Microsoft Excel and Access.

Production Manager - August 1995 to June 1998

. Implemented a "Chain of Command" by choosing supervisors who where

responsible for the machines and people in their area which lead to

improved communication. Worked with supervisors to schedule work

assignments for both day and night shift

. Decreased the amount of time jobs were in the production area by

reducing the number of jobs on the shop floor. This reduced the queue

time from eight days to three days

Purchasing Manager - June 1994 to June 1998

. Purchased all aluminum, steel, and stainless material and hardware for

production

. Maintained the same level of inventory with sales volume tripling

. Wrote software programs that linked the manufacturing schedule with

purchasing to improve "Just-In-Time" receipts of materials

. Responsible for on time receipt of all painting, plating, and machine

shop work that was subcontracted to different outside vendors

Education

2007- 2008 Avila University, Kansas City, MO

Master of Business Administration

Concentration in Finance

1992-1994 William Jewel College, Liberty, MO

Bachelor of Science Business Administration

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

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