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Manager Customer Service

Location:
Oxford, NC, 27565
Posted:
October 18, 2010

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Kenneth W. Spencer

**** ****** ****

Oxford, NC. 27565

H (919) 603 - 5895

C (919) 339 - 3079

abi543@r.postjobfree.com

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Experiences and Skills

o Lean manufacturing - Six Sigma, 5S, SPC, GMP, and real time production

monitoring

o MRP - SAP, Oracle, COPICS, Mattec, etc

o Managing personnel - Salary, hourly, regular, and contract employees in a

union and non-union environment. That also includes hiring, safety,

training, appraisals, career planning, work life balance, and leading

production and support teams.

o Manufacturing, Warehouse, Distribution, Program, and Project management

o Solid background in managing key P&L metrics as well as develop key

performance metrics and benchmarks relating to operations performance

o Ability to anticipate Customer needs with a high priority on delivering

customer satisfaction

o Experience growing and managing large accounts with multiple programs,

projects and sites

o The ability to collaborate across boundaries, disciplines, cultures, and

levels within the organization.

o Knowledge of demand and supply planning initiatives, as well as warehouse

operations

o Proficient with preparing daily production schedules and ensuring

schedule adherence

o Working knowledge of product release systems, Engineering Change process

o Computer proficient with email and with Microsoft Excel, Word and

PowerPoint as well as Proficient in MS project scheduler and Lotus suite

o Ability to multi-task and work with multiple projects and program

simultaneously

o Monitor Company's adherence with supplier agreements for an assigned set

of categories and develop improvement plans accordingly

EPLOYMENT HISTORY:

02/2002 to 02/2009 Sanmina-SCI RTP, North Carolina (Continuous employment -

Sanmina-SCI acquired IBM PCD manufacturing).

Manager of Programs & Fulfillment

In last assignment owned the programs responsibility for EMC, Parata,

Lenovo, and IBM. Manage the ongoing interaction with customer to resolve

concerns, reporting project status, new business; its performance, and

associated costs. In addition, manage the customer's orders fulfillment

team.

Accomplishments: Successfully directed and coordinated activities in order

to ensure programs goals were accomplished within defined scope, time, and

cost constraints. Consulted with executive management and proactively

reviewed project proposals to ensure goals, time frame, funding

limitations, procedures for accomplishing the project were achieved for

project for EMC, IBM, Lenovo, and Parata.

7/93 to 2/2002 IBM, RTP, North Carolina

Manufacturing Manager

Responsible for Servers and Personal Computers manufacturing, and support

operations.

Accomplishments: Reduced stagnant units in process cycle time by sixty

percent. Instrumental in achieving less than 24 hours cycle time target. I

was one of the original instructors that developed the training materials

for the Manufacturing Learning Center that improved productivity and across

the site and brands.

9/89 to 3/93 CREATIVE PLASTIC MOLDERS, Lexington, North Carolina

Plant Manager

Responsible for seven days, twenty machines custom injection molding plant.

Machine Sizes 75 - 1000 tons. I was directly responsible for all equipment,

processes, safety, quality, profit/lost, and all personnel. I reported

directly to the president/C.E.O.

Accomplishment: Consolidated two plants that reduced cost with improved

efficiency, installed a real time production monitoring system as well as

SPC, and were instrumental in the plant returning it most profitable month

in history prior to my arrival by the third month as plant manager.

1/84 to 9/89 PEC/OXFORD DIVISION Oxford, North Carolina

Materials Manager

Manager of Purchasing, Inventory Control, Production Scheduling and

Customer Service.

Accomplishments: Average twenty-six, inventory turns per year that

significantly reduced operating cost and was named interim Division General

Manager until a replacement was hired.

EDUCATION: VIRGINIA SATE UNIVERSITY, Petersburg, Virginia

Curriculum: Business Administration

Related Course work: Statistical Quality Control, Operations Management,

Managing People, Cost Accounting, Labor Relations, Transformation of

American Industry, and Personal Computers Skills, Six Sigma, Oracle, WMS,

and SAP.

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

SALARY: Negotiable



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