Douglas Ruppel

**D Greenleaf St. Whiting New Jersey 08759

732-***-****/ Cell 732-***-****/ acb3kn@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Diversified experience in production, quality control and purchasing with an

excellent background in lean manufacturing, inventory control and logistics, along with

computer skills, ISO 9000 experience.

Experience:

Quality Assurance Inspector 05/09 to 01/12

Electro Impulse Laboratory, Brick, NJ

Performed incoming inspections on all raw material purchased components and custom

manufactured sheet metal parts. Inspected all in-house and vendor supplied welded

components. Complied with all conformity inspection on electronic parts, wire bundles and

circuit boards. Provided in-process and final inspections prior to shipment. Trained all finishing

department personal on operation of electro-static powder coating equipment, established

finishing standards and operation limits on powder coating equipment.

Production Supervisor (temp.) 01/09 to 03/09

American Fence Systems, South Plainfield, NJ

Trained finishing department including owners on proper operation of their new electro-static

powder coating application equipment, conveyor system, washers and cure oven operation.

Created operation and quality standards for department. Developed maintenance policy for all

powder coating equipment. Also instructed loading and unloading crews on proper handling of

components to be powder coated.

Production Control and Purchasing 02/03 to 03/09

Anchor Concrete Products, Brick, NJ

Controlled and planned daily scheduling of a two shift manufacturing plant, responsible for all

daily, weekly and monthly production reports as well as updating inventory of finished and raw

materials. Purchased all raw materials for manufacturing of concrete pavers and architectural

building blocks. Responsible for reviews and updating of LOTO (lock out tag out) safety

procedure manuals and MSDS manuals. Acted as chairman of monthly safety committee

meeting and controlled weekly tool box talk on operational safety and LOTO itemized reviews.

Established approved vendor files, authorized all invoices and maintained purchasing records.

Created new packaging and labeling to assist with inventory control and handling of finished

product. Modified and expanded batch mix database to link with new color processing

equipment for manufacturing color architectural block.

Shipping and Receiving Supervisor 10/97 to 02/03 Molecu-

Wire Corp., Wall, NJ

Coordinated all domestic and international shipments, managed all import, export bills of laden

and Harmonized Tariff classification with Customs and brokers. Interfaced all traffic functions

with customers and vendors. Developed special tariffs for all export shipments. Reorganized

raw materials, finished goods, and consumable inventory to better improve monitoring and

control and quicker response to customer requests.

Production Shift Supervisor 05/94 to 08/97

Superior Powder Coating Inc., Elizabeth, NJ

Supervisor staff of 25, on two high volume electro-static powder coating conveyor production

lines, responsible for all aspects of operations, including component cleaning, powder coating

application, oven curing, and preparation for shipment of finished parts. Modified powder

coating procedures to improve quality control of finished product.

Assistant Production Manager and International Buyer 01/86 to 04/94

Wellington Home Products, Paterson, NJ

Developed BOL (bills of labor) and BOM (bills of material) for all production SKU’s including

costs and production rates. Established new standards for manufacturing to improve production

and safety for three manufacturing plants. Modified plant layout to increase production on

material cutting, sewing and final assembly lines.

Purchased all international finished and raw materials i.e.; patio umbrella frames, textile, vinyl

rolled goods, wicker furniture, acrylic table ware, and assorted Christmas products. Also

interface with finance on Letters of credit, Customs broker and domestic carriers for drayage to

various manufacturing plants.

Education:

OSHA training, General Industrial Safety & Health Course

Teksolv Computer School, Microsoft Office, 95/98 Lotus Notes, Excel

Sacramento State University, Business Administration/Accounting/Cost estimating

Flight Safety Aircraft Maintenance Courses, Falcon 20, 200, 10, 50’s, Grumman G-2

Lear 35/36 and Jetstar 2

Teterboro School of Aeronautics

FAA Airframe and Power Plant Mechanic License # 2229336

Military: United States Air Force, Honorably Discharged

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