Manager Management
Resume:
Russell Bertrand
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** ***** ********* *****
City: South Milwaukee
State: WI
Zip: 53172
Country: USA
Phone: 414-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $70,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Russell N. Bertrand
717 Saint Sylvester Drive
South Milwaukee, WI 53172-1244
Cell: 414-***-**** Home: 414-***-****
OBJECTIVE
A challenge, working in a growth oriented company utilizing my demonstrated skills in recommending and managing change, training, process improvement.
QUALIFICATIONS
Materials, purchasing, and operations management professional with over 30 years' experience in Graphics and mechanical equipment industries. Demonstrated performance in:
Purchasing Management Inventory Control Negotiation-Process Improvement
Materials Management Scheduling Warehouse Management
Operations Management Production Control Problem Solving
Project Management JIT/Lean Manufacturing AS400, BPICS, Man-Man, Microsoft
Supply Chain Management Kaizen and Kanban Techniques Team Building/Training
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE
WISE SEATS, Piggott and Rector, Arkansas; Carlyle, Illinois November 2010 through
Consultant - Materials Management March 2012
Coordinate Plants schedules, materials flow, Established JIT
Manufacturing and delivery from vendors
MRP Implementation, control all plants including Mexico
Reduce plant inventory and achieved 97% on time
Delivery of customer orders
Coordinate team personnel and implement training
On MRP Controls, establish interplant order controls
Transfer product lines from Piggott to other facilities
GACO Western, Waukesha, WI January 07 through
Materials Manager December 07
Consulting Completed
Coordinate Seattle/Waukesha Plants schedule, materials flow,
Dealerships, established JIT manufacturing and delivery to
Dealers, MRP Implementation Seattle/Waukesha plants
Reduced costs - reduced vendors; reduced inventory 22%
Coordinate teams and implement training on MRP and
Shipment controls
Berco America, Waukesha, WI November 05 - January 07
Materials Manager Consulting Assignment Completed
Coordinate US/Italy, create ship schedule, materials flow
Established JIT/Lean Manufacturing programs all U.S. plants
And Italy, MRP implementation U.S. and Italy plants
Implemented reduction of inventory across U.S. Plants - 2 mm
Coordinate teams and implement training on MRP and shipment
Controls in Italy
Hubbell Special Products, Inc., Pleasant Prairie, WI March 2003 - November 2005
Materials Manager
Coordinate US/China plants for opening in November 2004
Create ship schedule, materials flow
Established JIT/Lean Cell Manufacturing in both plants
Negotiated cost reductions using KanBan with vendors
Trained China managers and employees in lean techniques
And through-put, reduced inventory while reducing lates
Reed Switch Developments Corp., Racine, Wisconsin October 2002 - January 2003
Project/Materials Manager (Economic Downsize - Bankruptcy)
Coordinated scheduling and purchasing efforts; reduced
Inventory by 25%, implemented JIT/Lean Manufacturing and
Cell production program increasing production by 30%
Negotiation and contracting with vendors purchased goods 3% to 10%
Pferd Milwaukee Brush, Menomonee Falls, WI 2000 - 2001
Materials Manager (Economic Downsize)
Coordinated scheduling and purchasing efforts, reduce past due
Customer orders by 75%, reduced raw material inventory
By 12% while reducing shortages 72%
Textron Turf Care and Specialty Company, Racine, WI 1996-2000
Senior Buyer - 1997-2000
Negotiated 3% cost reductions from 3 major suppliers realizing
150K annual savings.
Successfully managed supplier reduction initiative by reducing
Supply base 23% and increasing positive P.P.V. by 12%
Team leader of out-sourcing initiative during work stoppage, enabling
Successful throughput of key components and products
Purchasing planner/Scheduler 1996-1997
Ensured continuity of supply through dual sourcing, clearer communications
With vendors, reducing shortages by 74%
C.D. Baird, Inc., West Allis, WI 1983-1996
Vice President Manufacturing/Operations 1994-1996
Created and implemented material flow department, reducing cycle
Time and cost of manufacturing by $180K
Implemented independent manufacturing control techniques,
Increasing productivity of product line by 30%
Director of Corporate Purchasing 1990-1994
Purchasing Manager - 1983-1990
ACHIEVEMENTS
Materials and Operations Management
Managed material control, product planning and design, scheduling, customer support, manufacturing and shipping departments. Responsible for cost, scheduling and all facets of manufacturing.
Formed long term capacity planning and cycle time scheduling and established inventory and WIP material locations and retrieval processes, increasing responsiveness to customers.
Built inter-departmental communications network for real time information flow.
Created and implemented material flow department, reducing cycle time and cost of manufacturing. Instituted JIT component deliveries, decreasing downtime and inventory costs.
Supported highly competitive sales situations by repeatedly providing innovative cost savings through synthesis of orders in the manufacturing cycle.
Purchasing Management
Managed all aspects of procurement of goods and services and implemented company/departmental purchasing policies. Trained and supervised purchasing department personnel.
Expanded vendor base for competitive suppliers of new and existing raw materials.
Contracted custom equipment purchase for manufacturing new product.
Enacted and maintained estimated standards for cost of raw materials.
Implemented Kan-Ban pull techniques with suppliers and instituted line side stocking reducing WIP
Eliminated purchasing redundancies, improving communication with vendors and establishing JIT delivery protocols.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Business/Accounting
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Numerous seminars and workshops including:
Operations, Time, Project and Sales Management; APICS
Engineered Systems and Technologies
Team Building, Management and Leadership
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