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ROSEANN N HURD

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Professional Summary

Manufacturing operations specialist with over 20 years in production management with consistent success in

achieving revenue, cost, productivity and delivery goals.

Skills

Production line management Manufacturing management

Timely safety audits Practices safety and sanitation standards

Inventory management specialist Strong leadership abilities

Root cause analysis Working knowledge of engineering

Lean Manufacturing training

Work History

Buyer Planner, 12/2012 to 07/2013

Satellite – Minneapolis, M N

Truck Buyer/Production Planner.

Work within the ERP system to determine parts requirements and shortages.

Qualify potential new suppliers for existing and new product introductions.

Evaluate and Monitor Supplier Quality Performance according to Company Standards.

Negotiate Costing Guidelines with Suppliers.

Develop Kanban systems for inventory control and efficiency.

Successfully managed production activities so all orders were shipped on time.

Investigated and implemented ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost reduction.

Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.

Production Control Supervisor, 10/2005 to 03/2012

The Toro Company – Shakopee, M N

Supervise/Train Production Planners to use no waste and Lean methods and tools such as MS Excel

spreadsheets to enhance their performance.

Forecast and communicated short/long term load rqmnts, balanced machine capacity, manpower needs and

budgeting metrics.

Increased on time delivery from 89% to 94%.

Facilitated various Kaizen events including Inventory reduction, Kanban training and CNC set-up reduction.

Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.

Maintained and communicated daily productivity and shipment reports for all departments.

Investigated and implement ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost reduction.

Product Planner, 10/2005 to 03/2007

The Toro Company – Shakopee, M N

Analyze MRP (SAP) output to release firmed orders for the production schedule.

Communicate with Production Supervision daily job priorities.

Schedule/Release kanban requirements to Raw Material suppliers for daily deliveries.

Maintain proper job mix for both high volume and job shop production areas.

Communicate scheduling changes to customers as well as production floor personnel.

Interface with Engineering with respect to Quality as well as Engineering changes.

Successfully managed production activities so all orders were shipped on time.

Oversaw the production process and managed the production schedule.

Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality.

Responsible for achieving production requirements.

Maintained necessary level of communications between shifts.

Liaised between customers and manufacturing to design new product.

Buyer, 10/2004 to 03/2005

Stratasys – Minneapolis, M N

Purchase motors and accessories to support production needs.

Evaluate and Monitor Supplier Quality Performance according to ISO Standards.

Negotiate Costing Guidelines with Suppliers.

Qualify potential new suppliers for existing and new product introductions.

Increased Motor product availability from 75% to 90%.

Set up procedures for tracking and controlling Customer Quality issues.

Increased Customer Product Availability from 60% to 90.

Health Care Provider, 01/2003 to 10/2005

Home Health Care for my Mother – Victoria, M N

Cared for my Mother at her home until we could transfer her to Assisted Living arrangements.

Buyer, 05/1998 to 01/2003

Scanlan International & Surgical Technologies In – St Paul, M N

Single-Use Buyer/Inventory & Production Coordinator.

Forecast and Purchase all Materials to support $18 Million in annual sales.

Evaluate and Monitor Supplier Performance according to ISO 9002 Standards Negotiate Costing Guidelines

with Suppliers.

Source New/Prototype Product Materials Results 3 years consecutive Physical Inventories results of 98%+

Accuracy Increased Single-Use Customer Product Availability from 75% to 95%.

Increased on time delivery from 60% to 99%.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Industrial Mgmt/Mechanical EE, 1985

Purdue University - West Lafayette, I N

Member of Rugby and Raquetball club

Certifications

American Production and Inventory Control Society

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