James Barrick

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Versailles, KY 40383

859-***-****

acgdt8@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION

Bachelor of Arts College of Business - June 1991

Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI

Major: Materials Logistics Management

Certified Production Inventory Management - January 1994

American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supervisor, Planning

04/08 to present

LINK-BELT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Lexington, KY

. Supervise Attainment Planning as well as the assembly scheduling

personnel

. Coordinate and execute master scheduling responsibilities by working

collaboratively with Purchasing, Sales and Marketing, Design

Engineering, and Production Engineering to create the production build

over a 24 month horizon

. Supervise the Process Control group to ensure the proper build

configuration maintenance within MACPAC enterprise system

. Supervise and manage the cycle count department to insure inventory

accuracy to withstand internal and external audits

. Manage obsolete material to maintain relevant raw material and

components

. Maintain all Quality Work Instructions for the materials department

Owner 11/04 to

04/08

BARRICK PAINTING LLC

Lexington, KY

. Solicit and secure sales of business in new residential construction

. Manage employee efficiency and quality of work

. Purchase and maintain inventory of materials and equipment

. Manage payroll, accounting and banking transactions

Materials Manager

05/03 to 11/04

BLUE STAR PLASTICS

Lexington, KY

. Source and negotiate raw material purchases

. Manage employees responsible for production control, receiving and

shipping

. Work with manufacturing manager to make strategic changes to

operations and support daily production needs

. Provide direction and leadership to operations staff

. Reconcile all variances to standards for labor and material

consumption

. Conduct perpetual cycle count procedures and annual physical inventory

. Explore and negotiate resell opportunities for any unused material

. Provide sales support in working with new customer requirements

including booking sales

. Work directly with primary customers to ensure seamless supply of

daily deliveries

Supplier Value Analysis - Program Manager

8/98 to 11/02

SQUARE D COMPANY

Lexington, KY

. Responsible for the development and growth SVA throughout North

American operations

. Plan performance objectives and manage resources towards meeting or

exceeding

. Direct a group of eight engineers on SVA project work

. Drive for compliance and support across the organization

. Develop and maintain the central productivity reporting database

(PSR)

. Assist commodities/locations with SVA efforts

. Ensure that all commodities/locations are working successfully toward

achieving goals

. Develop new material productivity tools and techniques from $6MM to

$16MM over a 28 month period

. Develop and coordinate the NAFTA certificate procedure and management

database on Lotus Notes platform.

eProcurement Project Manager

. Responsible for development of eProcurement platform of Schneider

Electric North America

. Develop and Execute strategy for eProcurement in North America

. Work closely with European countries to assure efforts are

complimentary

. Manage the eMALL project team resources across functions

. Develop and maintain the eMALL project plan

. Achieve ROI objectives of eProcurement Implementation

. Lead rollout efforts to North America locations

Purchasing Specialist

5/95 to 8/98

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING

Georgetown, KY

. Maintain company objectives through strategic procurement of

electrical and electro-mechanical components and systems

. Manage ~$800MM annually of component and vehicle system content

. Direct company sourcing strategy for commodities of responsibility

. Execute sourcing of components and systems for future vehicles

. Analyze and negotiate component and system pricing at SOP

. Conduct annual pricing negotiations for commodities of responsibility

. Contact for supplier issues requiring purchasing assistance, including

quality, delivery and development

Sourcing Specialist

7/93 to 5/95

MOTOROLA INC., AIEG

Northbrook, IL

. Manage mechanical component commodities to ensure timely and

profitable program launch of automotive electronics (tier 1) to OEMs.

Plan and direct strategy as commodity team leader

. Drive qualification of components to ensure timely program launch

. Lead and/or participate in supplier QSRs (quality system audits),

business reviews, and annual procurement contracts

. Manage conflicting interests of Program Management & Plant Materials

organizations

Production & Inventory Control Analyst

12/91 to 7/93

TELESCIENCES TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

Bloomingdale, IL

. Manage inventory so that production needs are met while optimizing

turns

. Analyze and manage inventory by corresponding with purchasing to

create P.O. shipment dates

. Plan & release production schedules for waveline area in job-shop

environment

. Manage MRP forecast profiles in accordance with monthly Marketing data

. JIT implementation team coordinator - assumed leadership role for

implementation of Just-in-time manufacturing cell for 23Ghz radio line

. Analyze and determine proper Kanban system and quantities to maximize

efficiency, turns and flexibility

. Design cell layout focusing on minimum conveyance of product and

optimum line balance in operations

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