Charles Leonhart

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Greensboro NC, 27406

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Summary

Dependable, enthusiastic, self starting professional with 25 years experience in inventory, purchasing and manufacturing operations who encourages team efforts, motivates others and achieves consistently high results.

Key Skills

Budget Preparation, Cost Improvements, Labor Savings, Strong Material Analyst, Inventory Mgmt., and Purchasing Background, Customer Service Oriented and a self starter, strong leader and Team Player.

Professional Background

Technimark LLC (Manufacturing Supervisor - Molding/Assembly) May 2009 – Aug 2010

Managed production of 34 high speed molding presses and related assembly operations.

Co-ordinated all materials with production requirements.

Adjust staffing and machine assignments to achieve optimal flow and efficiency. Responsible for all production reporting.

Improvement trends in efficiency (5%), production (7%) and Direct Labor Expense (-6.5%).

Reduced turnover by more than 50% through training and employee counseling.

Implemented shift quality training reducing quantity of rejected and nonconforming parts by 28%.

Luxfer Gas Cylinders (Manufacturing/Inventory Process Controller) 2008 – April 2009

Used SAP program to create excel spreadsheet to match production process. Worksheet used to allocate labor to staff work centers and included shutting down weekend painting operation to save $300,000 annual expenses.

Increased production output and machine utilization by more by 10% while labor costs decreased by more than 10%.

Ensured inventory levels were adequate to maintain production and within budget requirements.

Organized vendor rework process to reduce scrap by 40% to 50% annually. Estimated savings $250,000. Organized inventory by date codes so FIFO could be used due to 3 – 6 month shelve life.

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American Sun Systems (Director of Operations) 2004 – 2008

Purchased specialized German parts for Tanning Beds used on the east coast of the United States

Evaluated Inventory levels to ensure adequate stock. Maintained 2004 inventory levels while sales doubled. Reduce inventory purchasing by 15% annually using JIT and bulk purchasing. Negotiated price discounts saving 8% annually.

Reduced shipping costs by 50%.

Reduced labor costs by 40% while improving customer service and delivery times.

Scheduled and managed technicians and install crews in 7 state area. Turned department into profit center going form a 38% loss to a 40% net profit. Resolve all customer service issues.

Millennium A. R. Haire (Director of Operations) 2001-2003

Implemented a manual inventory method for specialized truck body building business.

Purchased all inventory and negotiated pricing levels with overseas suppliers and local vendors.

Scheduled components for production runs and managed assembly operations.

Eliminated non-active inventory and reduced cost of goods sold by 11%. Doubled production quantities while only increasing labor by 25%. Handled all customer service issues.

TYCO Electronics (Senior Material Analyst, Plant Manager) 1979-2000

Senior Material Analyst 1998-2000 Purchased and scheduled components for 26 step process of Government regulated railroad industry. Reduced lead time from 48 weeks to 10 weeks using inventory methods such as JIT, Kan Ban, MRP 1 & 2 and eventually SAP. Controlled $2MM in inventory and managed 100 employees.

Plant Manager 1990-1998 Managed two plants with Production Control, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing departments reporting to me. Attained ISO 9000 certification. Improved net profit from -7% to +23% by decreasing labor costs, inventory and increased quality and customer service levels from industry average 88% to 98% on time delivery.

Production Control/Supervision 1979-1989 Held various positions in Production Control and Manufacturing to obtain training to achieve long range goals.

Education

Florida Atlantic University Bachelor of Business Administration

Broward Community College Associate in Accounting

Profession Training

Oral and Written Communication Management Classes

KanBan, JIT, VAM, Lean Manufacturing Workplace Organization (5S System)

Malcolm Baldridge IQMS, AS400 MRP, SAP & Great Plains Inventory Systems

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