Grady Cooper
ac3eg8@r.postjobfree.com
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Professional Experience
Electronic Environments
March 2012 to Nov 2017
Logistics Agent
Sourcing, Purchasing and Tracking of stock and non-stock materials.
Vendor and supplier interactions to maintain safe product levels.
Supervision and management of logistics staff to ensure inventory accuracy.
Collaboration with accounting/finance to meet or exceed profitability standards.
Maintenance of multiple storage facilities, and their inventory, to serve remote employees.
Implementation of safety and fire code regulations to provide safety in the workplace along with product handling.
Weekly along with bi-annual and annual reporting of stock levels, including stock on fleet vehicles.
Linc Lighting & Electrical. Irvine, Ca
July 2007 to Feb 2012
Warehouse & Purchasing Manger
Warehouse management and outside logistics to provide stock accuracy.
Negotiate terms and conditions of contracts to preserve cost within budgets.
Communicate with vendors to deliver the greatest terms and supplies on time.
Responsible for on hand stock including receiving, tracking and physical counts.
Coordinate, administer, and monitor all outstanding POs and inbound shipments from vendors/suppliers.
Assure compliance with all company policies and procedures, as well as federal, state and local OSHA regulations.
Ensure all variations in inventory movements, receiving or shipping are documented according to policy.
BOYER COMPANY (Electrical Contractors) Costa Mesa, CA
July 2003 to July 2007
Warehouse & Purchasing Manager
Order all material for all construction jobs, in excess of 150 jobs a year.
Handling of all shipping and receiving.
Vendor negotiations for price and payment terms and delivery schedules with suppliers.
Receive and process all materials to be returned to vendors at the end of each job, obtain all RGA’s and make necessary inventory adjustments.
Responsible for monthly and annual inventory.
Pickup and delivery of special order materials to job sites.
Pulling electrical permits from city and county offices.
Polaroid Corporation Santa Ana, CA
June 1986 to June 2003
Warehouse Manager
Supervise and coordinate activities for staff engaged in transportation, shipping and storing of materials and products.
Management of vendors and logistics providers, including freight exporters, both domestic and international shipments.
Working with vendors to maintain good supplier relationships.
Development and execution of budgeting and forecasting.
Maintain files for routing slips, material requisitions and job orders.
International sourcing experience.
Skills
Inventory Management
Fleet Management
Purchasing
Sourcing
Shipping
Supervision
Public Relations
Troubleshooting
Safety Management
Analytics
Time Management
Budgeting
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft SL
Quickbooks
Mas200, Mas4.2 DAX
Highlights
30 years of Supervisory and Management experience.
40 years of Shipping, Receiving and Inventory control.
20 years of Fleet Maintenance and Purchasing experience for fleets in excess of 40 vehicles.
Inventory Management of stock in excess on 25 million dollars.
Inventory accuracy at 96% for in stock materials.
Education
SC Diploma
Lake City High School, Lake City, SC
Certificates
OSHA
Forklift Safety Training
First Aid