Barry Roberts

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

Lexington, KY. 40509

865-***-****

abl1kw@r.postjobfree.com

Objective To acquire a career position in which I can utilize both my experience and skills to

maximum growth for both my employer and myself.

Profile 24 years experience as a professional manager

Ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status

Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities

Organized, highly motivated, and detail -directed problem solver

Proven ability to work in unison with different departments

Relevant Experience & Accomplishments

Lead a major cost reduction project, which saved the company over

250,000 dollars a year

Implemented a quality procedure, which helped to eliminate

non-conforming product being shipped to the customer, along with

the cost savings

Created a physical inventory system, which resulted in a yearly variance

of %

Served on several Six Sigma and Kaizen projects

Management/Supervision

Directed recruitment and retention of supervisors and staff of 10 stores

Trained, supervised and evaluated staff, coached improvement management

Skills

Directed and supervised multiple departments

Professional

Trained in Kaizen, Kanban, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System

Just In Time and 5-S Principles

Affiliations

APICS Certified

Employment

Summit Polymers

Senior Material Supervisor / Assistant Materials Manager

Mount Sterling, Kentucky

2010-Present

Summit Polymers is a Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive supplier of injection molding

components. Our customers include, BMW, Toyota, General Motors, Ford and

Nissan. I am responsible for our purchasing, production control and customer

service departments. I manage all subcontractors and request for quotes for all contract

services.

While at Summit Polymers I have been able to reduce our inventory days on hand, and

reduce our freight cost. I am the lead on several inventory reduction teams and I have

revamped our cycle counting procedure, which resulted in lower inventory and more

value added time for our department.

Standard Aero

Senior Buyer

Maryville, TN

2007-2009

Standard Aero is a FAA repair facility. We repair engines for the regional airlines.

Our customers include, Sky West, ASA, Mesa, Eurowings, plus many more both

National and International. I was responsible for the procurement of engine components

at the best cost while maintaining all FAA and customer requirements. I had the

responsibility of managing the repair and overhaul vendors for component repair.

While at Standard Aero I served on several CI projects, along with implementing

cost reductions. I created and developed a inventory usage query along with a repair

and overhaul inventory summary to control the flow and cost of inventory with our

repair and overhaul vendors.

Boneal Incorporated

Materials Manager

Means, KY

2003-2007

Boneal is a Tier 1 prime contractor to government and OEM companies. I dealt with the

US Postal Service, US Air Force, US Coast Guard, Lockheed Martin and Northrup

Grumman. I had supervisory responsibility over the purchasing department which

consisted of 3. This involved the Master Schedule, MRP, purchase orders and supplier

negotiations. I managed the shipping and receiving departments which consisted of 8.

This included all outbound and inbound freight, data entry, and material storage and

control.

I supervised and directed the production managers which consisted of 5. This involved

production scheduling, manpower and capacity planning. While at Boneal, I implemented

several databases and reports to help with the overall daily reporting functions and the

development of a new physical inventory system. This system resulted in a inventory

variance of less than % in the last 4 inventories.

Timken

Materials Manager

Winchester, KY

2002-2003

Timken is a Tier 2 automotive and rail supplier. Timken supplies bearings for

transmissions and axles. I was responsible for all shipping and receiving

functions, both inbound and outbound. I directed the purchasing department

of 2, which included the management of all sub contractors, and purchase

orders.

I managed the Master Schedule and MRP and was responsible for all physical

inventories and cycle count activities. While at Timken I developed a new

cycle count procedure and tracking database. I was the lead on a new software

implementation.

Johnson Controls

Master Scheduler

Georgetown, KY

2001-2002

Johnson Controls was a Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier of metal seat frames. Our customers

included, Toyota, Ford, and GM. I started as an production control manager. I had all

of the Toyota and Ford customers, both national and international. I then accepted

a promotion to Master Scheduler. The plant had been there for over 43 years and had

never had a Master Scheduler. As Master Scheduler I had overall plant responsibility

for implementing the master schedule. I supervised the mrp process and supervised the

production control coordinators and receiving department.

I was able to implement a major cost savings, which resulted in a savings of over

250,000 dollars a year. I was the co-lead, along with a Six Sigma black belt on a

quality control project that resulted in a major reduction of non conforming product

being shipped to the customer and the savings associated with that.

Donnelly Corporation

Materials Manager

Mount Sterling, KY

1996-2001

Donnelly was a Tier 1 supplier of driver and passenger windows. Our customers included

Toyota, Ford, Honda and Isuzu. While at Donnelly I managed the shipping and receiving

departments. This included all material handlers over 3 shifts. I directed the productions

control coordinators and purchasing department which consisted of 5. I had the

responsibility for all supplier relations and negotiations.

I managed the master schedule and the mrp system and oversaw all cycle count activities.

I had overall responsibility for all physical inventories. I was the plant lead on the

implementation of a new software system. While at Donnelly we only had two short

shipments in five years.

Steinberg’s Incorporated

Regional Manager

Lexington, KY

1986-1996

Steinberg’s was a regional consumer electronics and appliance chain. We were

competitors of Best Buy, Circuit City, Lowes. While at Steinberg’s, I was able

to become the youngest manager in Steinberg’s history. I had the overall

responsibility for 10 stores in two states. This included all day to day activities

for customer relations and the service departments. I oversaw and directed the

store operations for each location along with all human resource functions.

I was able to implement the Steinberg’s service fleet. Steinberg’s had always

outsourced the in home repair of our products. I managed the fleets growth

from 2 repair vans to over 25. I worked with our corporate IT department to

develop store to store inventory reporting. I created a new technician database

log for all customer repairs that made getting the proper information to the

the customer easier and more accurate.

Education

B.A. Business Management, Morehead State University

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