MICHAEL R. NOTT

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North Liberty, IA 52317 abndft@r.postjobfree.com

C: 319-***-****

PROFILE

Enthusiastic, proactive, buyer/service parts professional with extensive

experience in all phases of after market part management with seven years

of production procurement experience. Strengths include, but are not

limited to:

. Administration of cycle count program and resolution inventory

inaccuracies.

. Use of MRP systems.

. Understanding of bills of materials.

. Negotiation of part costs.

. Understanding of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.

. Crisis management.

. Managing multiple tasks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEREX-CRI, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2007-

2009

Buyer-Planner, 2007 - 2009

Insured an adequate inventory of material is available to specified product

lines to meet production schedules. Managed materials for the Screen, Jaw,

and Cobratrack products as well as drive gears for all products. Attended

daily production meeting and communicated necessary information to

procurement personal.

. Improved the supply of material to the screen line so the daily

production rate improved from .8 units per day to 1.9 without

increasing total inventory levels.

. Maintained adequate supplies to production during Implementation of

new operating system.

. Introduced and maintained kanban of major screen components to 2-3

days of production.

Inventory Analyst, 2007

Maintained accurate inventory records and administered cycle count program.

Reviewed inventory discrepancies, determined causes, and initiated

corrective action. Ensured inventory transactions were completed on a daily

basis. Promoted to Buyer-Planner in three months.

WHIRLPOOL - MAYTAG, Amana, Iowa 1979 - 2007

Inventory Optimization Analyst, 2001 - 2007

Created and managed opportunities to reduce the number of parts required to

support aftermarket service through the use of engineering drawings, bills

of materials and physical inspection of parts. Managed opportunities to

standardize parts. Aid procurement in controlling cost to purchase service

parts. Communicated with all areas of Maytag Services to recognize and

implement inventory optimization opportunities. Assisted service buyers to

resolve procurement problems

. Reduced 1,395 sku's, for an annual savings of $450,696 during 2006.

. Reduced 1,096 sku's, for an annual savings of $426,702 during 2005.

. Replaced 1,541 All Brand parts (competitors) from February 2005 to June

2006.

. Worked with service procurement and production engineering to standardize

replacement compressors to current production compressor, saving

$458,000/year during 2005.

Standardization Analyst/Buyer, packaging and plastics, 1997 - 2001

. Assigned purchasing of service packaging in 1997.

. Reduced cost of corrugated purchase by 12%.

. Realized cost improvement of $100,000 through the purchase of packaging

machine.

. Assumed responsibility for the procurement of capital equipment for

Service. Developed justification for, and negotiated lease of forklift,

reachtruck and purchase of packaging machine.

. Realized cost improvement of $25,000 negotiation for packaging foam.

. Realized $10,000 cost reduction for service packaging bubbles.

. Outsourced packaging of replacement icemaker, saving $67,000/year.

Positions Prior to 1997:

Standardization Analyst Parts Sales Analyst

Purchasing Production Buyer Service Parts Expeditor

Supervisor, Service Inventory Group Leader, Service Warehouse

2nd Class Assembler

SKILLS

Microsoft Office Applications-Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook

Oracle, AS400, COPICS Operating systems

Adobe Acrobat

Lotus Notes

Internet research

Use of part specification databases, Spicer Imagemention, Product View

Use of MRP systems

Understanding of Bills of Materials

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Service Parts Management-University of Wisconsin

Karras Negotiation Seminar

Root cause analysis training

5S Department Organization Method

Value Stream Mapping

Kaizen, Kanban Methodology

Raytheon Quality Management Program

Raytheon Effective Negotiations

EDUCATION

76 hours completed toward B.A., University of Northern Iowa, University of

Iowa

Presently attending Kaplan University, Business Administration, 2009

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