PATRICK A. McNICHOLAS

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Grand Rapids, MI 49525

616-***-****

abx4al@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a position in Purchasing, MRO Buyer and Inventory Control in the Manufacturing or Industrial Distribution area.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

OFFICE TEAM / STANLEY INNER SPACE, KENTWOOD, MI

09/2011 06/2012 BUYER

Responsible for planning and scheduling purchased and manufactured items required for production. Maintains

inventory stocking levels to support production plans. Corrects and resolves receiving discrepancies found during

receiving process. Resolves invoice discrepancies and past due purchase orders. Manages expediting to support

production requirements. Supports ECN process liaison with vendors including quotation, drawing revision and first

article samples. Schedules all Parts and Accessory Sales Orders.

GILL STAFFING / ROSKAM BAKING, GRAND RAPIDS, MI

05/09 08/2010 PARTS ROOM ATTENDANT

Duties include Organizing and maintaining data base, creating part numbers, and maintaining bin locations. MRO

Buyer/Purchasing role dealing directly with vendors and Maintenance department. Inventory items included power

transmission, conveyor belting, bearings, OEM Machine parts, electrical control, hydraulic and pneumatic

components

CRESTON INDUSTRIAL SALES, GRAND RAPIDS, MI

04/02 02/09 PURCHASING INVENTORY CONTROL

Responsible for purchasing and inventory control in a machine tool distributorship. Duties included processing

requisitions, inside sales orders, purchase orders, vendor acknowledgements, review of discrepant invoices and

maintained inventory stock levels. Maintained vendor pricing files and data base management. Coordinated vendor

returns of over stocked and slow moving inventory. Responsible for inventory cycle count and fiscal inventory count

team.

GREAT LAKES FLUID POWER, GRAND RAPIDS, MI

1992 2001 INFI DRIVE PRODUCT MANAGER

Reported to the Vice President of Hydraulic Sales and Service. Responsible for project management of the Infi

Drive division of Great Lakes Fluid Power. Duties included sales, Customer Service, Marketing, Purchasing,

Inspection and Manufacturing of industrial variable speed drive units. Key accomplishments include: Launched Infi

Drive Power Products catalog division serving O.E.M. and Distributor Fluid Power markets. Reduced inventory and

increased inventory turns 50% by implementing just in time purchasing techniques.

MODIFIED INDUSTRIES, WYOMING, MI

1990 1992 PURCHASING

Modified Industries manufactures a full line of solid waste containers with direct sales to waste haulers in the

Midwest. Reported to the President. Responsibilities included planning material requirements, inventory control,

production scheduling, vendor selection,purchasing, scheduling just in time delivery of goods, material costing,

inside sales and sales quotations. Key accomplishments include: Implemented cycle count system of floor stock

items. This system resulted in a 50% reduction in inventory and an increase in inventory turns from 12 to 24 on

common parts. Developed just in time relationship with paint suppliers in a lead time savings of 5 days. Negotiated

price reductions from vendors and reduced shipping costs utilizing local supplier base and blanket ordering.

H.M.E., WYOMING, MI

1988 1990 BUYER

An assembler of custom built trucks and specialty vehicle chassis serving a national market. Reported to the

purchasing manager. Responsible for planning material requirements, scheduling, vendor selection and inspection

of purchased goods to engineering prints in a just in time O.E.M. assembly environment. Key accomplishments

include: Established incoming goods inspection procedures to insure compliance with engineered specifications.

Established just in time delivery of specialty fasteners with in house replenishment by vendor.

OLIVER MACHINERY CO, GRAND RAPIDS, MI

1982 1988 BUYER

A manufacturer of precision, high technology metal cutting and wood working machinery, marketed worldwide to

the nonferrous and woodworking industry.

BUYER Reported to the Purchasing Manager. Duties included placing discrete orders to vendors, cost control and

vendor relations in an O.E.M. environment.

DATA PROCESSOR/ENGINEER. Reported to the Director of Manufacturing. Project management position

coordinating Engineering, Sales, Shop Floor, Purchasing and Production Control departments. Responsible for

data base management, bill of material structure, order processing and engineering department record keeping.

Key accomplishments include: Implemented manufacturing order change procedure improving and accuracy of

order picking process. Made substantial improvements in communications resulting in increased bill of material

accuracy, on time shipments and timely posting of engineering records. Project management, coordinating bill of

material structure, manufacture and shipping to back to back Million Dollar projects with outside engineering and

fabrication facilities.

METZGAR CONVEYOR, COMSTOCK PARK, MI

05/1978 09/1982 PRODUCTION / INVENTORY CONTROL

A manufacturer of powered and gravity conveyor systems, sold through a national dealer network. Reported to the

President. Responsible for processing and scheduling customer orders, routing, inventory control and customer

relations. Also responsible for purchased and manufactured goods, cycle counting, reorder requisitions, receiving

and inspections.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Associates of Applied Science

Major: Business Management Major: Business

FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY, SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN

MI COLLEGE, MI

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

I am an ethical, motivated, tenacious person with previous experience in Manufacturing, Industrial Distribution,

Purchasing and Inventory Control

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