*** ********** **. • Lyman, SC *****
Phone 864-***-**** • E-mail ****.*******@******.***
Kurt Servies
EDUCATION
Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, MI 04/27/2007
• Haworth College of Business-Bachelor’s of Business
Administration: Integrated Supply Matrix Management – ISM2
(e.g. Purchasing, Operations, and Logistics Management)
• ISM (Integrated Supply Chain Management): Encompasses
all those activities associated with moving goods from the raw
materials stage through to the end user, and includes systems
management, manufacturing and assembly, sourcing and
procurement, production scheduling, order processing,
inventory management, warehousing, and customer service.
• Career Related Courses:
Fundamentals of Circuits Quality Assurance and
Control
SAP/ERP Configuration Engineering
Graphics
Process and Materials Manufacturing Purchasing
Management
Manufacturing Productivity Logistics Management
Production Management and Control Materials
Management Strategy
TQM and Lean Principals Process Reengineering
EMPLOYMENT
Penske Logistics 6/12/07 to Present
Operations Supervisor
• Help coordinate Penske’s takeover of BMW’s Logistics department
• Intricate part of launching BMW’s new manufacturing plant
• Lead for the coordination of multiple model changes, setup of new suppliers in
Mexico and U.S., and rollout of scanning and new cross-docks
• Optimize Mexico/U.S. transportation lanes to BMW
• Negotiate rates and enter tariffs into transportation system.
• Develop metrics to grade carriers, suppliers, cross-docks, and employee’s
• Streamline operations process’s & manage follow through
• Supervise logistics Planners
• Liaison between BMW planners, 3 cross-docks, routing center, and Carrier
management group, and IT.
Parker Hannifin Aerospace 6/28/06 to 1/30/07
Purchasing Expeditor
• Follow up on orders with Suppliers
• Develop and train suppliers to improve on time delivery
• Develop an internal expediting process for buyers to follow
Michigan/Howell National Guard 12/18/03 to 03/16/05
Combat Truck Driver
• Drove 40’ flat bed military semi-trucks
• Delivered supplies throughout Iraq while under enemy attack
• Operated the M-249 machine gun and the M-16 rifle
• Gunner for convoy security
• Gun truck commander
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2002-2003 Alternative Spring Break Site Leader Sioux Falls, SD
• Completed leadership course at YMCA camp Myself and one other planned a trip
to work in a children’s hospital/school for kids with disease’s and impairments