Charles Strickland
Summary:
As a Supply Chain professional with over 25 years of experience my cynosure is achieving a positive and measurable effect on a company’s productivity and profits. I have continuously elicited successful change throughout my career by utilizing my comprehensive skill set, attention to detail and a positive attitude, in a simplistic and effective manner, to promote positive changes to a company’s procedures and methodologies. In addition I take great pride in building and maintaining business relationships that promote a cohesive team effort, positive attitudes and a productive professional culture. Professional Experience
Purchasing Manager / Strategic Planner NOSHOK Inc. 2007-2017
Managed daily procurement activity of department and associates, with responsibility for 300 vendors, 7500 SKU's and an annual spend of 14 million.
Daily coordination of purchase order generation and primary contact for Core International strategic business partner, and domestic machined and fabricated parts.
Responsible for vendor sourcing, selection, qualification, and consolidation.
Determined procurement strategy and assignment of strategic product classes to preferred vendors.
Development of strategic partnerships and vendor relationships to promote increased on time delivery, quality of goods and cost reduction, with all established and new vendors by increasing face-to-face communication and promoting strong bilateral dialogue. Production Control Supervisor / Senior Planner AMRESCO Inc. 2000-2007
Managed daily functions and productivity of production control staff of 7 associates, in processing, preparing and planning daily facility work schedules, taking into account manpower, materials availability and other capacity restrictions.
Collaborated with representatives from sales and purchasing in preparation of detailed sales forecast, in order to facilitate rough cut capacity planning for quarterly budgetary purposes.
Increased on time shipment percentage for CORE customers from 80.4% to 96.2% by monitoring current processing deficiencies, and increasing visibility of problematic items throughout process flow. Results were an overall increase of 13 % new business from this customer group in a time period of 1 year
Reformed departmental work processes to facilitate a 21% reduction in personnel needed to complete required daily work load, as a direct result tasks that were previously outsourced were returned to production control.
Master Scheduler CHR Hansen Ingredient Technology 1990-1999
Created and maintained facility production schedules for multiple manufacturing areas, and regional satellite manufacturing facilities.
Forecasted, maintained and set stocking requirements ( MOQ’s and ROP’s )for over 800 SKU’s in 7 product lines for local facility and distribution centers
Coordinated yearly physical inventories and weekly cycle counts, which resulted in the company maintaining a 3% variance on average monthly inventory of 17.4 million
(Combined raw material finished goods), for 7 concurrent fiscal years
Designated department lead for SAP software implementation for both local and reginal facilities.
Increased inventory turns from 3 to 5 yearly through accurate forecast and lean manufacturing stocking program
Skills:
Strategic Sourcing
Negotiations
Vendor Development
Process Improvement
Team Oriented
Communications
Project management
Associate development
Software
Epicor E10
Avante
Dynamo/ Unix
SAP
Microsoft Office
Education/ Certificates
ETI technologies 1989-1991
AAS: Small business
management.
AAS: AutoCAD / Mechanical
Drafting
LCCC 1998 – 1999
APICS course Certificates
Material and Capacity Planning
Supply Chain Management
Production Activity Control
Inventory Management
Skill Enhancement Certificates
April 1999 – June 2001
Best Practices Managing
Inventories and cycle counting
Excelling as a highly effective
Team Leader
Managing Multiple Projects,
Objectives and Deadlines
Contact:
25330 Tyndall Falls Dr.
Olmsted Falls OH, 44138
**************@*******.***
- Business Management