Management Manager
Resume:
Richard Brewster
Cobourg, Ontario K9A 1P7
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Profile
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH OVER 15 YEARS OF PROGRESSIVE AND
DIVERSE EXPERIENCE IN PROCUREMENT, INVENTORY, SUPPLY CHAIN, LOGISTICS, AND
PRODUCTION CONTROL MANAGEMENT, IN CHALLENGING, DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENTS.
Experience
ORBIS CORPORATION, REXDALE, ONTARIO
2010- 2012
(Plastics injection molding facility of 250 employees, 24/7 Union
plant)
Production & Inventory Control Manager
Key Achievements:
I. Organized scheduling department using SAP computerized system
II. Increased inventory turns from 53 days to 33 days
III. Saved company $1M with disposition of obsolete and dead stock
Responsibilities:
. Responsible for managing all aspects of Production Control and Materials
Management for all 3 shifts.
. Included overseeing and executing of procurement and scheduling to meet
service metrics. Also, executing inventory control programs, and
continuous improvement initiatives.
. Responsible for plant inventory investment, including liquidating
obsolete inventory, monitoring and improving inventory turns and
management of stocking levels.
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Ramp Technologies Inc., Markham, Ontario
2000-2009
(Custom engineering design and mfg. job-shop of 30 employees,
specializing in computer memory)
Operations Manager
Key Achievements:
I. Consistent yearly cost reductions averaging 20% from continuous
improvement plans
II. Arranged strategic offshore and local vendors for increased
profitability
Responsibilities:
. Managed all facets of Materials Management in an Engineering Design
Company, including
. Purchasing, Materials and Production Planning, Shipping, Receiving, and
Stores functions.
. Oversee manufacturing activities and directed the production process.
. Cultivated a culture of based on continuous improvement, cost
containment, service consistency and performance excellence.
. Established realistic short and long-term goals and coordinated
activities to achieve them, particularly Gross Revenue, Gross Profit
Margin, and Net Profit.
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Celestica Inc., North York, Ontario
1992-1999
(Provides electronics manufacturing services with 20,000 employees
worldwide)
Material Planner
Key Achievements:
I. Reduced costs by organizing monthly demand planning meeting
II. Reduced inventory by 25% and improved inventory accuracy to
98.5%
Responsibilities:
. Team Leader for Purchasing, Production Control, Shipping, Receiving, and
Inventory Control.
. Brought Inventory levels in line, wrote report specs to retrieve
necessary information from system. Trained personnel in areas of
effective Materials Management, JIT concepts, including Activity Based
Management, vendor negotiation, effective Production Planning, and MRP
analysis and execution.
. Managed monthly supply/demand interlock meeting with all North American
locations.
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Lily Cups Inc., Scarborough, Ontario
1989-1991
(Manufacturer of single use products...cups, lids, trays, etc.)
MRO Buyer
Key Achievements:
I. Reconciled aged invoices to recover over $1M in outstanding
payments
II. Centralized purchasing for company wide office supplies
Responsibilities:
. Purchased materials for technical and support functions, establishing
standard costs and EOQ.
. Negotiated with suppliers and developed supplier relations protocol.
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Eli Lilly Inc., Scarborough, Ontario
1988-1989
(Leading research based pharmaceutical company)
Material Scheduler
Key Achievements:
I. Created a vendor management program for packaging items
Responsibilities:
. Performed conversion of forecast to production plan, reduced in bound
freight costs. Managed vendor management program
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Education
CENTENNIAL COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO -
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA -
1989
Skills
PROVEN NEGOTIATION SKILLS WITH SUPPLIERS. HIGHLY MOTIVATED, RESULTS
ORIENTED SELF- STARTER, WITH VISION, ABILITY TO BE HANDS ON, HIGHLY
DEVELOPED BUSINESS SENSE, AND THE REQUIRED PEOPLE SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY
WORK WITH THE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WILL MEET AND EXCEED THE
COMPANY'S BUSINESS GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS. KNOWN FOR EXCELLENT
COMMUNICATION, NEGOTIATION, INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
OF MATERIALS, ERP\MRP SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE, ANALYTICAL SKILLS, AND PROBLEM
SOLVING. INTERFACE WITH ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING, SALES AND MARKETING,
IT, FINANCE, AND FACILITIES.
. Microsoft Office/Project/MAC
. SAP, AS400, MRPII, CEECOM, Crystal Reports, Job Boss
. Lean, 5S, TQM, Kaizen
. APICS Member
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