Richard Brewster

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Cobourg, Ontario K9A 1P7

T 647-***-****

abq60z@r.postjobfree.com

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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