Management Manager

Robert C. Buurman

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864-***-**** (Home)

Simpsonville, SC 29681

864-***-**** (Cell)

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Experience

**** - **** ************ ********, **********, SC

Inventory Systems Manager

Responsibilities included inventory management, warehouse

operations, material resource planning, raw materials tracking,

inventory systems design and implementation, warehouse layouts,

return goods disposition management.

. Designed, implemented and managed an automated warehouse management

system. Improved inventory accuracy, reduced damages, and improved

warehouse efficiency.

. Created management reports to track manufacturing work flow, vendor

performance standards, warehouse inventory and raw materials

consumption. The data presented reduced costs in procurement and

manufacturing.

. Reorganized finished goods warehouse operations. Assigned inventory

locations, wrote warehouse processes and procedures, made

shipping/receiving operations more efficient.

. Implemented cycle counts. Information gathered improved inventory

accuracy and provided production planning with more accurate

information.

. Responsible for implementing and managing customer order

fulfillment tracking system. Data collected provided management with

updated and accurate information regarding the status of customer

orders.

. Designed, implemented, and managed a return goods inventory

tracking system.

2001 - 2008 Uti Logistics, BMW Contract, Greer, SC

Senior Operations Supervisor

Responsibilities included inbound/outbound shipping, production

planning, material putaway/picking operations, warehouse

operations, inventory management, and quality assurance, and

warehouse optimization, vendor relations, transportation rate

and job costing negotiations.

. Wrote procedures for and implemented vendor quality

inspection processes.

. Managed an automated put away/batching/picking order

processing system that picked over 9000 pieces per production

day.

. Monitored warehouse stock with production planning needs

ensuring inventory fulfillment needs.

. Developed inventory management system to including First In

First Out and aging inventory tracking.

. Reviewed warehouse space utilization requirements to ensure

maximum capacity levels were maintained.

. Worked with suppliers to create more efficient supply chain

efficiency. Established KPIs and performance standards.

. Using Lean Management practices wrote and implemented

procedures for employee cross training program. Resulting in

flexible, smaller, efficient and productive workforce.

Turnover was reduced.

. Implemented shipping/receiving dock metrics for Just In Time

deliveries. Improved accuracy, productivity and reduced

damages.

. Managed manufacturing production teams responsible for line

side delivery of parts. Improved performance to over 95%

accuracy.

. Performed vendor performance audits .

. Researched vendor line side delivery performance issues,

performed root cause analysis to determine reason for the

problem. Presented findings to customer for resolution. Wrote

corrective actions when necessary.

. Presented long and short term business evaluation and

recommendations for improvement of warehouse and logistics

support.

. Reviewed material flow parameters such as order quantity, lot

size, cycle frequency, replenishment interval, and

recommended appropriate levels to support the

business/customer requirements.

. Monitored and reported variance causes regarding customer Key

Performance Indicators.

1998 - 2001 Caligor, Roane - Barker, Inc., Greenville, SC

Assistant Controller/Operations Manager

Responsibilities included accounting period closing reporting,

accounts payables and receivables management, inventory control

operations, vendor performance analysis, income analysis, budget

preparation and variance analysis.

. Managed freight consolidation warehouses, including cross

dock operations.

. Developed an inventory control system. Provided inventory

cost analysis and stock aging data.

. Established inventory order points, inventory stock

locations, min/max stock levels.

. Created and implemented vendor performance standards based on

delivery times and quality.

. Managed accounting, accounts receivable/payable and inventory

control departments. Managed 18 people.

Specialized

Skills MS Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio and Project, SAP, Witron

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

Education Bachelor of Arts, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA

Master of Business Administration, The Thunderbird Graduate School of

International Management, Glendale, AZ

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