Inventory Control Manager / Warehouse / Distribution Professional

Phillip Cruz

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San Tan Valley, AZ 85143

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SUMMARY

Senior Inventory, Warehouse and Distribution Manager with expertise in

operational responsibilities including P&L, strategic planning, and

financial management. Particularly effective at increasing productivity,

managing costs, and increasing profitability through the Use of Six Sigma

and Lean Manufacturing techniques to increasing productivity, managing

costs, and increasing profitability Strengths include budget preparation,

management and development of personnel, implementation of inventory,

warehousing, and distribution control processes and procedures. Knowledge

of border crossing regulations and policies, mainly US / Mexico, including

set up of Foreign Trade Zone, valuation of inventory and reporting

requirements, per NAFTA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Honeywell International, Inc., Tempe, AZ 2011 - Present

Materials Management Planner II

Materials Management II Planner for repair and overhaul - Cell R12 support.

Responsible for the planning, execution and expediting of the manufacturing

build schedule that will meet customer on-time delivery targets, inventory

reductions and manufacturing cell efficiency. High level of interaction

with Master schedulers, Cell managers, and Logistics personnel.

Negotiations and constant communications cross-functionally across the

organization, coordinating with purchasing, inspection, engineering,

manufacturing, sales, contracts, shipping & receiving to exceed objectives.

Responsible for RTS (Return to Supplier) for repairs of detail components

and outside processing requirements of items used in the Repair & Overhaul

department. Analyze planned versus unplanned demand for repair items and

it's affect on detail component parts required for build of end unit.

Expedite detail component from suppliers in order to meet OTTR (On-Time-To-

Request) for customer service orders.

Boeing, Inc., Mesa, AZ Jan'09 - Aug'11

Production Control Planner II

Production Control Planner II for Apache Final Assembly line - Cell 3

Support. In charge of 3 positions for materials supplied to mechanics and

support personnel. Planner and materials analyst providing customer

service support for C-17 program (Silverado) at the Mesa facility. Reduced

backlog orders within the Silverado program and established accountability

for shop orders: inception to delivery of kits from third party

manufacturing company to Boeing, Inc. at Mesa.

B&E Aerospace, Inc. - Business Jet Products, Tucson, AZ Nov'08 - Dec'08

Inventory Control Specialist

Reconciliation of physical inventory and disposal of excess & obsolete

items.

SAFELITE SOLUTIONS, INC., Columbus, Ohio Jun'08 - Aug'08

Customer Service Representative (Part-time)

Customer service representative providing complete claims management

solutions for the nations leading fleet and insurance companies as third

party administrator of auto glass claims.

DELL Inc., Lockbourne, Ohio Nov'06 - Sep'07

Materials Manager II

Managed the inventory analyst and the 3PL provider relationship as

inventory control manager in handling of piece part returns and processing

for rework, RTV, and shipments to other Dell fulfillment centers.

Implemented process to conduct timely cycle counts with an accuracy goal of

98.5%, and eventually eliminated the need for quarterly physical

inventory. Developed and documented process to reconcile and monitor

incoming inter-company shipments transactions for processing by 3PL

provider. Reduced discrepant balance amount from $2M to $0.

Motorola Inc., Tucson, AZ Nov'00 - Oct'06

Senior Logistics & Inventory Analyst

Provided weekly and monthly analysis and reports of finished goods

inventory for sale and disposal in FTZ. Analyzed aging of finished goods

and provided recommendation to the SBUs for disposal of excess and obsolete

finished goods.

Lead implementation of JIT project for the finished goods portion that

resulted in 83% improvement in daily time response (from 24 hours to 4

hours).

Strengthened quality processes, and provided cost reduction initiatives,

inventory accountability and accuracy. Liaison with third party warehouse.

Projects included cost reduction of 10% by leading the TPW in the

evaluation of their processes and costs, followed by the identification of

areas of opportunities (elimination of waste) through the use of Six Sigma

and Lean Manufacturing tools. Resolved transportation and logistics issues

with suppliers and carriers on in-bond shipments for both raw materials and

customer (repair) finished goods.

Prepared and submitted historical freight data analysis for distribution

centers in order to obtain request for rate proposals (RFP) from approved

transportation carriers. Met and discussed capacity requirements with local

carriers and negotiated rates. Standardize the process of selecting

carriers for finished goods shipments and handling expedited shipments of

raw materials to manufacturing plant resulting in reducing costs ($100,000

annually) and increasing efficiencies.

COCA-COLA BOTTLING Co. of New York, Inc., Maspeth, New York Sep'98

- Oct'00

Warehouse Supervisor

Supervised warehouse personnel in the unloading / loading of company owned

vehicles with the following days sales route. Accountable for the daily

and timely dispatch of side-loaders, pubs, and trailers. 85-90 trucks were

loaded per night in 2 shifts.

WELLS LAMONT CORPORATION, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee Jun'95 - Aug'98

Inventory & Warehouse Manager

Responsible for inventory transactions including inter-company transfers to

two distribution centers.

Managed 45-50 people in a 500,000 square foot warehouse engaged in the

preparation and shipping of gloves throughout the United States and

Canada.

Project leader for inventory software implementation from JD Edwards, using

RFID technology which increased inventory accuracy to 98.5 %.

1984 to 1995: Varied experience, including hiring, training and supervising

of union and non-union personnel, general accounting and systems.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts with major in Accounting,

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida

SKILLS

MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, Oracle 11i, J.D. Edwards; SAP, Compass

Contract, GOLD.

Greenbelt Training - March 2012,

Fluent in English and Spanish.

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