Supply Chain Manager

Michael Berkowitz

**** **** ****** ** ****: 828-***-****

Hickory, NC 28601 Email: *******@**********.***

Summary of Experience

Goal oriented individual, with hard working initiative, seeking a mid level

position in field of Supply Chain Distribution. Acquired significant

experience in business management, product planning and research, cost

reductions, data processing, and interpersonal communication skills. Solid

record of accomplishments supported by demonstrated abilities in negotiating,

analyzing, coordinating, organizing, and decision-making.

Professional Work History

Sarstedt Inc., Newton, NC

Purchasing Agent (2005- 2009)

Coordinate activities involved with procuring goods and services for the

organization by performing the duties of soliciting bids, negotiation with

vendors on contracts, blanket orders, and price/delivery schedules. Perform

vendor audits and maintain supplier evaluation records. Update and maintain

BPCS system. Report to VP of Administration on all major decisions and work

closely with Production Manager.

. Identify, qualify, and maintain relationships with new and existing

suppliers

. Ensure delivery of raw materials, tooling, and equipment to maintain

operations in production.

. Issue monthly purchasing report to VP Administration

. Create and execute quality/supply and confidentiality agreements with

strategic vendors to ensure raw material and component supply.

. Enter item master, BOM, work order routing, and generate MRP on daily

basis.

. Maintain non-conformance database resolving supplier quality issues and

corrective actions.

. Negotiated styrene, ethylene, propylene contracts reducing costs to

achieve significant savings.

. Implemented tickler system to alert when insurance certificates were

approaching expiration date.

. Sourced secondary corrugated supplier to establish annualized cost

reductions and diversify orders.

Corning Cable Systems/US Conec Ltd., (1993-2003)

Hickory, NC

Supply Chain Specialist (1998-2003)

Plan manufacturing capacity, purchases and inventory levels for all products

for the facility and company. Organized purchasing activities with

engineering, production, and warehouse personnel. Work closely with

marketing, product managers, and sales in planning to meet customer requests

for product.

. Collaborated with strategic suppliers in development and manufacturing of

product technology by proprietary agreements and negotiating purchasing

contracts.

. Created programs with secondary suppliers to provide for improved managed

products, inventory control and sustain win-win supply chain.

. Served on team to choose and implement an Enterprise Resource Planning

system that permitted all business functions to perform through one

platform.

. Investigated and worked with US Customs Dept. in redefining major import

product resulting in elimination of duty tariff.

. Outsourced precision components to foreign vendors to reduce costs while

improving quality and service.

. Achieved 10% cost reductions in purchasing budget by strategic planning,

including exclusive supplier orders maintaining continuous product

replenishment.

. Ensured that material production requirements for master schedule were met

in conjunction with Enterprise Resource Planning.

. Administered Supplier Rating System based on measures of quality,

delivery, service, and cost.

Production Supervisor/Facilitator (1995-1998)

Lead all areas of connector production team. Responsibilities included

scheduling work, coordination of efficient process flow through production,

and foster employee input and collaboration in meeting performance indicators.

. Planned and assigned work, trained employees, with the direction for

hiring, termination, discipline, and performance decisions.

. Supervised associates and technicians of production and inspection

departments. Fostered teamwork among all functional areas with the

principal emphasis on meeting the customer requirements.

. Drove process changes to streamline workflow and increase production

capacity.

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. Administered "Pay for Skills" program allowing associates to increase

knowledge of product while advancing leadership positions.

. Maintained quality product in conjunction with increased production level

requirements to man-hour rates while maintaining less than 5% scrap.

. Tracked, updated, and distributed production schedules and weekly

production reports.

Process Technician/Associate (1993-1995)

Provide technical support for the Manufacturing Team. Responsible for plastic

injection equipment and mold maintenance, calibration of instruments and

testing equipment, and communicate engineering and process changes to

production.

. Operated from detailed diagrams. Used complex measuring devices in

attaining tolerances to meet required specifications.

. . Established and maintained preventive maintenance and calibration

procedures for all manufacturing equipment.

. Performed complex die adjustments to meet specific requirements of

product.

. Supported Manufacturing and Quality Assurance in technical matters.

. Responsible for operation standards of specialized molding machine.

Monitoring machine cycles, temperature and pressure gauges.

. Inspected finished product following established procedures and documented

recorded results on database.

A. Klein Company, Claremont, NC (1990-1993)

Maintenance/Machinist

Responsible for repair and maintenance of machinery and facility equipment in

support of operation on production lines. Maintained operating condition and

repairs of buildings and equipment. Machined intricate parts with use of

various machines according to custom prints.

. Utilized knowledge of fundamental mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and

plumbing skills in performing assignments. Operated common hand and power

tools.

. Assisted in development of new machinery that increased production and

efficiency with limited capital expense.

. Launched the implementation of preventative maintenance program increasing

efficiency of production lines.

. Purchases and inventoried raw materials and components for repairs and

maintenance.

. Used lathes, cut off saws, drilling, grinding, punch press and CNC milling

machines in manufacturing of custom parts.

. Developed fixturing for multi operation and high quantity production.

Performed set-up and operation of various machines and tools in order to

accomplish production machinery functions.

Visual Merchandising Inc., Hickory, NC (1982-1990)

Assembly Supervisor

Reported to plant manager. Responsible for daily production quotas, scheduling

of work orders, and design input for new product lines.

. Planned and assigned daily work schedule, trained employees, routed work

orders through operations.

. Supervised employees of spray, assembly, and shipping departments in

meeting scheduled customer orders.

. Maintained quality standards in finished assembled products.

. Prepared, updated, and distributed production schedules.

Education

A.A.S., Business Catawba Valley Comm. December, 2004

Administration College

A.A.S., Industrial Catawba Valley Comm.

Engineering College May, 2002

Technical Skills & Special Training

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Successfully Managing People/American Management Association

Building, Understanding and Relationships Between Americans & Japanese/Amano

Japan Business Consulting

Fundamentals of Purchasing for the New Buyer/American Management Association

Basics of Supply Chain Management/American Production and Inventory Control

Society, APICS

One World/Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation/JD Edwards

Activities

Member, Phi Theta Kappa, 1999-2005

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