Expertise Manufacturing / Quality Control/Operation Management
Profile Manufacturing professional with complementary background in
sales,
production, logistics, and product development.
. Assisted in successfully launching 6 new product lines from
concept through sales promotion and marketing literature
. Consistently contributed to business growth, profit, and the
achievement of corporate goals.
. Contributed to maintaining the highest level of customer
service through expediting of orders and maintaining a
consistent watch on inventory levels of A- Stock and made to
order products
. As well as providing, product training and technical support
to both outside and inside staff
. Handled lighting issues, including troubleshooting and labor
negations
. Developed Scheduling system for furniture manufacturing to
ensure optimum efficiency
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Planner - Townhouse Furnishing (Current)
Develop rules for priority manufacturing and shipping. Established proper
lot sizes based on operating efficiency and critical path planning.
Associate Product Marketing Manager - Capri Lighting Brand (2002-2005)
Set marketing and product line objectives, developed strategies and
implemented plans to accomplish. Provided technical support to internal
and external customers. Oversaw the consistent improvement of order
services knowledge of product
. Prepared sales initiative, product strategies and direct the
execution of it for achievement of marketing objectives to
achieve GenlyteThomas Brand 2004 Brand of the Year
. Maintained excellent customer support, through diligence and
consistently exceeding customer expectations
. Provided training seminars for all support staff, including
electrical distributors and reps
Field Service Specialist (2000-2002)
. Provided problem solving and troubleshooting assistance through
field visit as well phone correspondence
. Negotiated labor claims with end user contractors, as well as
debited vendor for excessive defective product
. Coordinated improvement of quality through corrective action
Distribution Coordinator (1997-2000)
. Filed Freight claims with freight companies resulted in the
addition of 1 million to profit line a year
. Coordinated all reconsignments and loss short and damage reports
with 10 major trucking companies
. Field Customer calls and corrected all freight rated issues
Materials Handlers (1995-1997)
. Hourly employee becoming familiar with inventory movements
. Created Bill Of Materials
. Established and maintained WIP areas
Line Worker (1993-1995)
. Built product and gained first experience in assembly
production as well as knowledge of expediting from ground
level experience
Education
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Ms
. MBA, Operations Management (2011)
. Bachelor of Arts, Marketing, (2009)
Emphasis in Operation and Production Management,
Logistic
Management
Itawamba Community College
. Associate Of Arts, Accounting (2007)
. Associate Of Arts, Electrical Technology (2007)
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,) Lotus Notes, AS400,
Oracle, Apics, AutoCAD, SAP