Manager Plant
Resume:
DONALD W. PFEFFERLE
Dacula, Ga. 30019-2585
Home: 770-***-****
Cell: 770-***-****
Email- ********@*********.***
EXPERIENCE
ROSEBURG INDUSTRIES-Johns Creek, Georgia
Transportation Analyst-August 13,2007-Present
Schedule trucks for 6 particleboard mills which dispatch over 200 trucks per week
Setup appointments for loading trucks at all East Coast facilities
Responsible for raw board inventory purchases at the Oxford, Mississippi melamine facility
Responsible for rate negotiations for transportation needs of particleboard mills with annual savings of over
$250,000
PANOLAM INDUSTRIES-Norcross, Georgia
Operations Manager-September 01, 2002-August 01,2007
Purchasing Manager for all inventory and non-inventory materials in the approximate amount of $10/15MM
in a JIT inventory facility
Negotiations resulting in an annual savings of approximately $200,000 in board purchases
Negotiate freight rates with carriers
Warehouse-Production Manager
Back-up to Plant Manager -Scheduler & Shipping Manager
Schedule all in-bound and out-bound transportation
Managed all B.O.L., Customer Billing, and Freight rating
In charge of daily/weekly management reports for Corporate office
GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION-Oxford, Mississippi
Laminated Particleboard Division
Purchasing/Logistics Manager-August 13, 2001-August 16, 2002
Purchasing Manager of all raw materials for the 100/MM sf laminated particleboard division
Negotiated annual savings of $100,000 per year in paper purchases
Inventory control for the laminated particleboard division
Back-up Scheduler
PANOLAM INDUSTRIES-Norcross, Georgia
Purchasing/Logistics Manager-1995-August 04, 2001
Purchasing Manager for $15/20MM of inventory and non-inventory materials with an annual savings of
$80,000 per year
Negotiated freight rates with carriers-annual saving of $50,000
Warehouse Manager and back-up Plant Manager
Back-up to Plant Scheduler
Warehouse, Shipping-Receiving Manager- 1989-1995
Accepted a position as forklift operator-within 12 months promoted to Warehouse Shipping/Receiving
Manager
Scheduled all in-bound/out-bound transportation
Developed plan for complete reorganization of the entire warehouse resulting in greater efficiencies
Organization/inventory management skills resulted in a 33% reduction in loading/unloading time
Managed all B.O.L., Customer Billing, and Freight rating
MERCHANTS MOTORS- Hooksett, New Hampshire
Location Manager-1982-1989
Accepted a position as a sales representative at the main office-within 12 months promoted to Manager of a
newly opened auto rental and leasing location
Managed all aspects of auto rental and leasing activities
Management skills resulted in the highest profitability out of six locations
Accepted position as Chief Inventory Control Officer-responsible for approximately 6,000 vehicles
Offered a management position for all locations-declined due to desire to return to the South
EMERSON FURNITURE INDUSTRIES-Pembroke, New Hampshire
Warehouse Manager-1967-1981
Accepted a position as a forklift operator-within 18 months promoted to Warehouse Shipping/Receiving
Manager
Management and related duties of all warehouse employees
Scheduled production
Scheduled in/out bound transportation
Organized warehouse and inventory control
COMPUTER SKILLS
E1 and OTM manufacturing systems, HP 9000 Mainframe, People Soft, BPCS, Excel, Word Perfect,
Microsoft Word, Windows application, GP Panel Mill System
EDUCATION
New England Vocational Technical College-Burlington, Massachusetts-Graduated 1975
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