Project Manager Quality Assurance

James M. Rainforth ** Martha Place Hamburg, NY ***75 716-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Objective

To obtain a long-term position with a progressive, growth – oriented firm while

utilizing my substantial background in supply-chain management and quality control.

I have the capabilities to develop, apply and maintain quality assurance, mechanical

testing and purchasing related to the aerospace, medical, and industrial fields.

Excellent planning, administration, computer, communication, and leadership skills.

Experience

Curbell Medical: Procurement Dept. Orchard Park, NY

Buyer May 2007 to present

Analyze the material requirements using the Materials Planning and Control

Systems, and react as necessary, to ensure sufficient inventory availability to meet

customer demand.

Continually pursue cost reduction, quality improvement, inventory reduction, and

delivery performance improvement by building on existing supply relationships and

by developing new supply opportunities.

Identify, qualify and develop new and alternate sources of supply to ensure ample

and uninterrupted supply of inventory, supplies and services to meet customer

demand.

Developed a process that resulted in a very high level of supplier credits being

received for customer returned product.

Review system generated requirements and take appropriate action including

purchase order release and in/out rescheduling of material delivery dates.

Resolve non-conforming material, corrective and preventative action requests with

the supplier in coordination with Quality, Engineering, and Production.

Enidine: Operations Dept. Orchard Park, NY

Purchasing Agent June 2003 to May 2007

Coordinate the activities involved with obtaining goods and services, such as

materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies and advertising.

Generate reports and select products for purchase by testing, observing and

examining items which also, conferring with vendors in order to obtain product

information, such as price, availability and delivery schedule.

Discuss defective and unacceptable goods and services with inspection and quality

control personnel, users and vendors.

Estimate values according to standard costs through performing cost analysis.

Prepare purchase orders and price quotes and reviewed requisitions and bid

proposal and negotiated contracts within budgetary limitations.

Expedite delivery of goods to user and present solutions to the materials manager

Maintain procurement records, such as items and services purchased, costs, delivery,

product quality, performance and inventories.

Enidine: Quality Assurance Dept. Orchard Park, NY

Test Lab Technician July 2000 to June 2003

Conducted tests on shock absorption devices under the direction of the Test

Department Supervisor/Engineer.

Build and test prototypes.

Selected test methods, wrote test file programs, set up test equipment, performed

tests, compiled data and reports.

Built and tested engineering prototypes using engineering drawings.

Four years of obtained knowledge and experience in mechanical testing

Successfully performed accurate calibration and set up of proper test method and

adjustment of test set-ups.

BN Systems Inc. Orchard Park, NY

Project Manager/Cabler (Network & Voice) September 1999 to July 2000

Responsible for planning site layouts through knowledge of blue prints, directing

crews, and successfully meeting deadlines.

Handles installation of LAN/WAN networking cables to include category 5 data

cables, splicing, and connecting of fiber optic cables and category 3 voice cable.

Cabling included terminating/testing cables, installation of patch panels and data

systems cabinets.

J. Rainforth Continued

Education & Military Service

United States Navy, 1991 - 1999 University of West Florida, 1995

Cryptologic Technician Computer Programmer/Analyst NEC 9301

Technical Analyst/Database Administrator

U.S. Navy/Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), EDZELL, SCOTLAND

Held the position of System Administrator.

Co-authored standard operating procedures for NSGA Edzell operations watch floor.

Serviced and maintained over 200 computers that directly effected the station's

operational readiness.

Technical Analyst Team Coordinator/Database Administrator

U.S. Navy/Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), FT. GORDON, GEORGIA

Held the position of Supervisor.

Duties included training, mission and operational planning, writing/drafting of

technical messages and analyzing technical information for seventeen target

countries.

Held the position of Database Manager for special formatted database, highly

utilized by world-wide consumers.

Computer Experience & Skills

Oracle Systems

Syteline ERP Systems

SAP

Smarteam

Windows 2000/XP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

References

Furnished upon request

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