Manager Management

Joe Miller

832-***-**** ***** Pocatello Dr, Tomball, TX 77377 abnjhj@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Dedicated leader with comprehensive materials management and production planning skills. Deeply

accomplished in strengthening competitive advantage by reducing costs of products and processes.

Special talent for gaining employee involvement and motivating employees to engage and work

cohesively in achieving productivity, quality and safety objectives.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Change Management Strategic Planning

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Lean Manufacturing Practices Workplace Safety Improvement

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Process Improvement Strong Interpersonal Skills

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Cost Reductions and Profit Improvement Results Oriented

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Halliburton, Houston, TX 2008-2009

Master Planner

• Created a Master Production Schedule to support a $200 million build plan.

• Assumed leadership role for the Tactical Response Team whose focus was to identify

opportunities to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost reduction.

• Utilized forecast techniques to managed inventory levels improving on time delivery from 60%

to 83%.

• Primary driver for improvements to key performance indicators resulting in reductions to aged

WIP, standard cost variance and order lateness.

GE Oil & Gas, Houston, TX 2005-2008

Senior Production Planner

• Managed all assigned sub-sea projects ranging from $100K to $2 million.

• Established parameters for a VMI program to manage aftermarket sales and provide 24 hour

turnaround.

• Salvaged $20,000 forging by engaging engineering to make minor design modifications which

also prevented major delays to project.

• Safety champion for departmental safety team focusing on safety improvements for the

handling of equipment, increase involvement of less engaged teams and raising the level of

HSE awareness.

Royal Window Covering, Houston, TX 2002-2005

Senior Inventory Control Planner

• Served as buyer/planner for all inventory items related to the horizontal window covering

program which exceeded $50 million dollars annually in purchases.

• Scheduled up to fifty container shipments per month from Asia and Mexico for delivery to all

domestic distribution centers.

• Put into practice many of the philosophies of JIT and TQM which led to a reduction in

inventory value from $35 to $25 million and increased turnover from 1.7 to 3.2.

• Negotiated a vendor stocking program for the roll forming department which reduced lead

times from three weeks to three days and reduced inventory by 66% (from $250 K to $85K).

LSI Greenlee Lighting, Carrollton, TX 1992-2001

Materials Manager

• Managed and directed a staff of five employees responsible for the procurement, scheduling

and warehousing of all production and MRO supplies.

• Initiated the implementation of work cells which encourage employee participation and

eliminated the need for order pullers which lead to annual savings of $30K.

• Developed a vendor managed inventory program for many of the class “C” items which

enabled the buyer to focus on managing the “A” and “B” inventory items.

• Overhauled the inventory process (receiving, storing, and cycle counts) and shared with the co-

workers various inventory management techniques which led to improved inventory accuracy

from 80% to 97%.

• Heavily involved with the implementation team for an MRPII system in 1994 that included

entering all costs, warehouse locations, and setting the purchasing and inventory parameters.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

EDUCATION HISTORY

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing

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