David Pulliam
Email: ********@************.***
Address:
City: Walker
State: LA
Zip: 70785
Country: USA
Phone: 318-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Versatile work experience in inventory and retail management and production supervision Extensive collegiate experiences; degrees: Master's (American Politics) and Bachelor's (English)
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA 1/2001 to 8/2010 (American Politics)
High School Dipolma from Louisiana State University Alexandria, Baton Rouge LA 1/2001 to 11/2012
Job History / Details:
Summary
Versatile work experience in inventory and retail management and production supervision
Extensive collegiate experiences; degrees: Master's (American Politics) and Bachelor's (English)
Qualifications
Extensive inventory procedures
Well versed in various production/ manufacturing processes & practices
Production Supervisor
Retail Manager
Planning experience
Purchasing experience
MRB/Quality Control processes
Business/technical writing
Microsoft Office
Accomplishments
Retail
Hired, managed and trained teams for various job assignments
Large role in successful startup of multiple businesses serving in various roles such as: manager, inventory, purchasing, customer contracts & advertising
Inventory
Contributed leadership role in increasing inventory accuracy for multiple employers
Planned and administered physical inventories
Production/Manufacturing
Lead production site in increasing productivity and attendance, and decreasing turnover rate for all shifts
Supervised up to 35 employees for various companies
Education
Master's in Political Science (3.75 GPA); Bachelor's in English
Study areas: statistical analysis, research/design, experimental methods, media and business writing
Master's thesis on experiment conducted using 95 students
Presented at several scholarly conferences
Published in several media/journalistic publications
Experience
January 2011 to December 2010
General Electric- Energy Alexandria, LA
Inventory Analyst
Worked during ownership transition of valve plant to GE practices, including a rise in inventory accuracy from 85 percentage to 97 percentage
Leadership role planning and managing physical inventory
Worked with planning team to alleviate inventory discrepancies
Analyzed and adjusted inventory discrepancies
Submitted discrepancy reports to Plant and Materials Managers concerning levels, cost and accuracy
January 2008 to January 2010
Remedy Intelligent Staffing Alexandria, LA
Site Supervisor
Lead multiple shifts from 'worst to first' in production, attendance and turnover rate for 24/7 molding/packaging production plant
Worked closely with Human Resources to train shift supervisors
Managed employee training and job assignments
Supervise crew of 10-33 (machine operators and production line)
March 2005 to August 2007
Baker Manufacturing Pineville, LA
Seasonal Laborer
Worked for office supplies manufacturing plant during summer and seasonal periods while in college
Cross-trained in shipping, warehouse and assembly- reducing employer's need to hire temporary help
Forklift operator
July 2005 to May 2007
Louisiana State University Alexandria Alexandria, LA
Editor-in-Chief
Reinvigorated a declining student newspaper by recruiting student writers and learning new publication design software in order to publish timely and intriguing content
Managed publication staff of 4-12 students
March 2004 to May 2006
Premium Painting Alexandria, LA
Manager/Planner
Advised owner/investor at startup of profitable painting/remodeling small business
Managed employees and gave daily assignments
Managed purchasing, customer contracts, advertising, human resources and inventory
February 2003 to March 2004
Exhibition World Alexandria, LA
Assistant Manager
Assumed various roles including closing manager and inventory manager of very successful art exhibit gift shop.
Advised new owner in purchasing and recordkeeping practices
Managed buying/stock orders, sales records, shipping/receiving
Managed staff of 8-10 sales and stockroom associates
March 2002 to December 2002
Qualified Plant Services Baltimore, MD
Production Expeditor
Largely increased production timeliness for train assembly yard by writing new processes for MRB/NCR and vendor orders
Created and maintained records and proper practice for MRB with schedulers, buyers and inventory manager.
Attended bi-weekly production meetings
Allocated NCR'd parts
May 1997 to February 2002
McKesson Automated Prescription Systems Alexandria, LA
Inventory Controller 1
Rose from Inventory Controller 3 position to Inventory Leadsman and Supervisor of large warehouse of Fortune 50 company
Leadership role in transition of inventory system from annual physical inventory to a perpetual cycle count system
Leadership role in inventory accuracy rise from 80 percentage range to 98 percentage
Cross-trained inventory team of 12 employees in new inventory software, cycle count, operate forklift, order pulling and receiving
Coordinated material process with purchasers and quality control
Kept inventory records and recorded inventory reports
Education
2010 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Master's of Arts American Politics
GPA: 3.75
Courses in: statistical analysis, research/design, experimental methods, media
Thesis (approved without revision): Agenda Preference Deliberations
Thesis topics: deliberative democracy, agenda-setting, public opinion
Conducted experiment using 95 students in state-of-the-art media laboratory
Presented for the Southern Political Science Association Conference's Agenda Setting and Government Responsiveness panel
2007 Louisiana State University Alexandria Alexandria, LA
Bachelor of Liberal Studies English
Courses in: literature, political science, media/journalism and writing
Served as writer and Editor for student newspaper Paper Tiger
Published in Paper Tiger and Jongleur
Presented at Southern Crossroads conference
Attended College Media Advisor's Conference in New York, NY
Co-Captain of LSUA Debate Team