Inventory and Purchasing Manager, Area Manager, Manufacturing Engineer
Resume:
Doc Turner
Jackson, TN *****
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PROFILE:
Highly skilled purchasing management in manufacturing environment including both
MRO and direct materials used in support of OEM and aftermarket automotive parts
Strong negotiating skills developed from working on both sided of the sales field. This
includes specification, quoting, purchasing and implementation of multi-million dollar
capital equipment projects.
Comprehensive hands-on experience in total plant management and operations including: plant start-up and streamlining, hire and train supervision in lean manufacturing, P & L responsibility, tool room, quality and maintenance department supervision.
Strong technical background working with engineering and tooling suppliers to recommend ECO’s in existing tooling and new mold programs including foreign travel for tooling qualification.
Six-Sigma Green Belt and Lean Manufacturing certified as well as implemented QS9000 program in injection molding facility.
Solid background in job costing, quoting, MRP, JIT and scheduling for specific customer requirements.
Extremely effective communicator. Work with both vendors and customers on a daily basis to provide products as required and to negotiate the lowest possible price for products and services.
Extensive foreign travel (Mexico City, Puerto Rico ad Portugal) working with tooling and equipment suppliers and the foreign division of the company.
Direct sales responsibilities for multiple markets. Effectively develop customer relationships and increase market share in a highly competitive, cost sensitive market.
EXPERIENCE
DT Originals Humboldt, TN 2015 - Present
Owner/Operator
Responsible for all aspects of the company. Build and repair furniture, accounts
receivable and payable, advertising and negotiating with customers.
Industrial Distribution Group, Belmont, NC 2012 - 2013
Area Manager
Promoted to Area Manager position with Industrial Distribution Group. Responsible for start-up and operation of five sites in Kentucky, Indiana and Puerto Rico. Start-up responsibilities included staffing customer meetings throughout 12-week start-up, inventory analysis and continuing operations once site was operational. Site sales varied form $500,000 to over $7,000,000 in annual sales.
Integrated Site Manager 2007 – 2012
Inventory and Purchasing Manager for an Integrated Distribution Site at PGW Industries in Evansville, IN. Directed the day-to-day operation of MRO purchasing for this major manufacturer of automotive glass to all US vehicle manufacturers. Facility includes management of $6 million in inventory with about $500,000.00 in sales monthly. Tasked with maintaining MRO items for day-to-day operations as well as meeting guaranteed annual cost saving goals. Responsible for personnel management activities at the site. Increased sales at the site from 3.5 million per year to 10 million per year.
Home Depot Corporation, Atlanta GA 2005 – 2007
District Contractor Services Manager
Reported to Regional Vice President and had District responsibility for managing operation integrity and growth of contractor services business in seven retail stores in 3 states. In charge of directing and monitoring daily sales activities, planning and conduction sales presentation to potential customers and develop relationships with new customers. Work directly with contractor desk on pricing, discounts and profitability to close sales. Perform monthly store readiness reviews which assist store management with operational readiness. Responsible for selecting and developing thirty direct accounts spread over seven markets.
Spearheaded the increase of new credit accounts from 87% to goal in the first year to 176% to goal the following year.
Turned around a sales team, which was missing sales plan by 7% in the first year to achieve 9.6% over sales plan and a 10.3% year over year over year growth in the second year.
Premier Plastic Group Ltd., Columbus, IN 2002 - 2005
Sales Representative
Developed new territory for six product lines through cold calls and leads without direct
supervision. Demonstrated hands-on ability with customers to size and specify plastic processing equipment for injection molding, extrusion, blow-molding and all secondary support equipment.
Tyco Electronics Global Automotive Division, Greensboro, NC 2000 – 2002
Manufacturing Engineer
Initial emphasis on new product management from concept thru start of production for
Major Tier 1 supplier. Responsibilities increased to integration of 90 mold and 160 new part numbers for new business segment in Mexico City with 80% travel. Program requires assessment of all production capabilities and existing equipment, wrote and implemented lean manufacturing procedures, worked with quality to improve PPM issues, trained Spanish speaking managers in process and troubleshooting techniques, implemented preventative maintenance program and worked with maintenance department to bring all equipment up to acceptable standards. Communicated with plant management, operators and vendors in Spanish as required.
TRAINING: Seminars and courses completed include:
Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified
Lean Manufacturing Training Certified
Cincinnati Milacron, Maintenance Course
Van Dorn, Operation and Maintenance Course
Fluid Power I and II, Hydraulics Training Course
Instructor for Paulson Seminar on Plastic Injection Molding Technology
EDUCATION: State Technical Institute of Memphis, TN – Electronics Engineering No degree
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