Manager Sales

Edmund R. Huver, Jr.

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Materials Manager

Proven Leader Generates Significant Cost Savings Drives Business Performance

Highly accomplished professional, experienced in leading Materials organizations and developing strong supply

strategies. Responsibility for Purchasing, Production & Inventory Control, Scheduling, Shipping & Receiving for $50M

revenue organization. Significant global experience: experience with international sourcing and logistics, and experience

leading the transition of supplied materials (including tooling) to new suppliers. Consistent history of success in

generating cost savings and cost avoidance, improving materials management processes, and leading teams to achieve

stretch performance goals. Strong presentation, negotiation and communication skills. Six Sigma Green Belt and APICS

CPIM Certification.

Career Highlights

Consistently exceeded performance goals by effectively managing inventory, building solid teams, and

negotiating hard-fought price reductions.

Instituted daily Customer Order Review meetings. Improved on-time customer delivery and made major

reductions in Past Due Customer Orders. Achieved a 50% reduction of Past Due Orders.

Evolved Customer Order Review Meetings to managing by Theory of Constraints whereby constraints to on-time

delivery were identified and resolved.

Improved inventory accuracy by implementing cycle counting programs. Saved approximately $700,000 by

eliminating need for Physical Inventory over a 2 year time span.

Developed global procurement strategy that led to cost savings/cost avoidance of over $10,500,000 in 2007.

Developed/Implemented Sales and Operations Planning, including tracking of all metrics.

Areas of Expertise

Inventory Management/JIT Strategic Planning Team Building

Production Scheduling Supplier Development/Measurement International Logistics

ERP/MRP Programs Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word Contract Negotiations

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Patriot Antenna Systems – June 2008 to December 2008

Materials Manager

Responsible for developing the Materials Department. Combined Purchasing, Production Scheduling, Inventory Control,

and Shipping & Receiving into one team. Direct reports numbered six and indirect eight.

• Identified the need for, and established, an Inventory Control Supervisor position as well as a Master Scheduler

position. Promoted from within, no additional head count added.

• Established ABC counting for all SKU’s as first step in establishing a cycle counting program.

• Established Customer Order Review Meetings which led to a $1,000,000 reduction of Past Due Orders.

• Organized and led the Physical Inventory. Organization skills led to process being completed in half the time

previously experienced. Saved approximately $200,000.

• Led efforts to establish Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for all hardware items.

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Marshall Brass Company – April 2004 to June 2008

Materials Manager

Responsible for all Purchasing, Inventory Management, Scheduling, and Shipping & Receiving activities for plants in

Marshall, MI, San Marcos, TX and Matamoros, Mexico. Initially, direct reports included Purchasing Manager, Shipping

& Receiving Supervisor, Master Scheduler, and three Planners. Due to significant loss of business in 2007, several

positions were eliminated. Became directly responsible for all Purchasing activities with the loss of the Purchasing

Manager. Indirect reports numbered as many as ten.

• Developed global strategy for procuring product. Developed suppliers in Poland, Greece, Italy, and the U.K.

• Worked directly with Logistics provider, resolving transportation issues for international shipments.

• Developed cycle counting program that improved inventory accuracy to above 98%, which led to the avoidance

of conducting a full Physical for 2006 and 2007. End result was savings of approximately $700,000.

• Led inventory reduction efforts that resulted in a 40% reduction during fiscal year 2008.

• Negotiated price reductions and orchestrated spot buys of brass rod that resulted in cost savings/cost avoidance of

approximately $10,500,000 in 2007.

• Established Sales and Operations Planning Meetings which led to better management of Demand and Supply.

Honeywell International – April 1999 to April 2004

Manager, Production/Inventory Control - Aircraft Sensors

Responsible for Production Planning, Master Scheduling, Inventory Management, Receiving/Stockroom/Shipping. Direct

reports included three Production Planners, and a Material Control Supervisor. Indirect reports in Incoming Inspection and

Receiving/Stockroom/Shipping totaled 9.

• Responsible for Master Scheduling activities.

• Responsible for site Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings. Streamlined data collection and meeting

processes, significantly reducing the amount of time required by all involved.

• Tracked all site metrics and reported results at the site, division, and corporate level.

• Represented the Materials Department on a team charged with implementing an Advanced Planning program.

• Led the Annual Physical Inventory activities.

• Recruited and mentored college students for the Materials function for the summers of 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Harbor Industries – January 1998 to April 1999

Production and Inventory Control Supervisor

Responsible for Production Planning, Master Scheduling, and Inventory Management. Reports included four

Planner/Buyers, an Inventory Analyst, and a Cycle Counter. Implemented a Finite Scheduling Program. Developed a

cycle counting program which resulted in inventory accuracy improvement to above 98%. Led the annual Physical

Inventory activities.

The Knoll Group – April 1980 to January 1998

Group Master Scheduler – Corporate Headquarters, East Greenville, PA (11/94 to 1/98)

Various Positions – Grand Rapids, MI (4/79 to 11/94) including: Receiving/Warehouse Lead Supervisor, Senior

Production & Inventory Planning Analyst, Production and Inventory Planning Analyst, Junior Production and Inventory

Planning Analyst, and General Factory Positions.

EDUCATION ADDITIONAL TRAINING

MM Aquinas College APICS, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (1990)

BSBA Aquinas College Honeywell Green Belt Certification (2002)

AMS Grand Rapids Junior College Honeywell Leadership and Supervision Program (2002)

Theory of Constraints (2006)

COMMUNITY/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

President-Elect, APICS SWMI Chapter VP Communications, APICS SWMI Chapter

Instructor for APICS CPIM Exam courses Past Treasurer, East Jordan Sports Boosters

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