Sales Manager
Resume:
Damon P. Salla
Matteson, IL 60443 **********@*****.***
Professional Experience
Planning Specialist, CEF Industries, division of Transdigm Corp., 8/2009-present
*Performed machine shop planning functions while adhering to aerospace process standards.
*Maintained dispatch reports to ensure entire machine shop completed work orders in time to guarantee
the assembly department had all components in time to make customer shipments as scheduled.
*Monitored MRP generated work orders to make sure orders have been launched as scheduled and with
appropriate quantities.
*Developed and maintained graphs to provide communication to machining departments in regards to
efficiency and work expected to be done in the near future.
*Served as liaison between shop leads and all other members of the company to set priorities for the
machines including prototypes, rework and assemblies needing machining.
*Reduced WIP by more than 45%.
*Changed past purchasing activities from quarterly buys to JIT.
*Pursued value added opportunities with suppliers to alleviate capacity constraints in the machine shop.
*Reduced on-hand inventory of bar stock by 40%.
*Entered into Long Term Agreements with a supplier to cut down on long lead time materials.
*Accepted responsibility for all rework to ensure expeditious turn around.
*Organized issuance of parts needed for customer returned goods totaling more than more than $300K
in shipments per month to achieve an average of 1 week lead time for shortage parts.
Buyer/Planner, TK Simplex, division of Actuant Corp., 10/1998-8/2009
*Maintain correct inventory levels for 10 million dollars worth of annual sales to insure accurate
ship dates to customers.
*Set priorities for machine shop and assembly departments based on MRP, customer
expedites and overall material availability. Outsourced operations such as plating, heat treating,
and lapping were all monitored to meet customer requirements.
*Work as liaison among all company departments.
*Place and expedite purchase orders based on MRP, and “gut feel” of material trends.
*Manage 8 assembly department employees in highly visible department, setting priorities daily.
*Initiated cross training throughout assembly department to motivate assemblers to continue to
learn and to maintain efficiencies when personnel were absent or on vacation.
*Volunteered numerous times to assume responsibilities of terminated or demoted employee
to ensure seamless transition to new employees.
*Participated in training new employees whenever necessary.
*Team leader for $200,000 budgeted project for installation of new assembly line. Project was
completed on schedule and under budget.
Assistant Scheduling Manager, Magnetek, Goodland, IN 4/1997-10/1998
*Prioritized build schedule for production.
*Calculated production capacity for several departments on a weekly basis.
*Acknowledged acceptable ship dates to sales department based on capacity and material availability.
*Tracked production efficiency on a daily basis.
*Reconciled excess work in process to open orders.
Production Line Associate, Magnetek, Goodland, IN 10/1994-4/1997
*Worked in all departments dealing with manufacturing of power transformers.
*Volunteered to accept cross train throughout several manufacturing departments.
Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Great Plains
* Capacity planning of work centers
* Presentation Preparation * Business communication * Team leader, and follower
Education
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Pursuing Bachelors Degree in Business Administration – Management concentration
Projected graduation 2014
Ivy Tech State College, Lafayette, IN 8/1998
Associate of Science Degree in Business Administration
Honors/Activities
Team leader for quarterly Global award winner for LEAD event for Actuant Corp. companies, 6/2008
Magnetek associate of the month, 2/1997
Top efficiency at Magnetek out of 250 associates, 3/1996
Volunteer baseball coach, recreational and competitive, Park Forest Baseball, 4/2003-8/2007
Volunteer youth soccer coach, St. Lawrence O’toole elementary school, 8/2005-10/2006
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