John Mckenzie
**** ********** ***, **************, ******** 24073
acp74d@r.postjobfree.com
Qualifications Profile
Forward-thinking, performance-driven, result oriented, and astute professional, with comprehensive experience in operations
management, material analysis, staff development, and process improvement within the manufacturing industry. Recognized as visionary
and dependable leader; with well-defined communication, organizational, and leadership skills. Noted for the ability to interact with
all levels of management, establish rapport, and deliver successful programs while exceeding organizational objectives and
expectations.
Areas of Expertise
Core Business Processes
Inventory and Distribution Management
Client Relations and Retention
Standard and Regulatory Compliance
Cross-Functional Leadership and Collaboration
Continuous Process Improvement
Problem Resolution and Decision-Making
Professional Experience
Moog Components Group, Inc. –Blacksburg, VA
Material Control Supervisor 2012–Present
Provide leadership and guidance to direct reports, including salaried and hourly personnel, accountable for supporting the material
requirements for all departments and programs across the facility.
Render expert oversight to the production control support functions, which include the material procurement; in-house and outside
vendor distribution; process planning and execution; planning master distribution and work order creation; and cycle count
administration.
Apply keen eye to detail in analyzing and monitoring of excess and obsolete, on-time releases, and purchase order change requests of
products.
Maintain active involvement in several on-going continuous improvement projects and teams; coach’s forums; education for coaches,
supervisors, and upper management.
Facilitated comprehensive training to new employees and provided them with toolbox as their reference.
Assumed key role in increasing inventory turns and leaning out processes.
Drove efforts in improving the accuracy and processes of inventory through close collaboration with other companies.
Implemented strategies to extensively use shipping cages, which reduced the inventory costs.
Made a major role in designing and implementing a handheld barcoding system for receiving and stock room functions within three
facilities and currently working on the 4th facility.
Material Analyst 2010–2012
Guaranteed on-time shipments and efficient management of multiple departments’ material needs.
Carried out basic supply chain duties, including placing buy advices, organizing dates, and properly distributing material to
departments in alignment with the schedule.
Optimized productivity of new employees by training them on basic supply chain and material processes, organizational structure, and
inventory accuracy.
Fulfilled wide-ranging company inventory audit for outsourcing by traveling to facilities outside the United States.
Closely worked with multiple teams as team lead for the enhancement of several processes and procedure as well inventory accuracy.
Gained selection to improve inventory accuracy within in-house and offshore sites, consequently delivering 10% accuracy improvement
in one location for previous two years.
Production Operator 2008–2010
Took part in testing several final assembly products for electrical specifications, while also writing quality history tags and
executing material replacement and necessary retesting.
Determined and responded to reoccurring issues by working collaboratively with Engineering Department.
Made major contribution in continuously submitting and implementing improvement ideas throughout the production.
Additional Experience
Banker’s Life and Casualty –Hurricane, WV
Insurance Agent 2007–2008
Served as a driving force in cultivating new business by ensuring utmost satisfaction of 40 customers.
Leveraged marketing skills in selling 30 policies within the first 90 days of tenure, thus earning several performance-based
recognitions.
Kept abreast with all industry regulations and trends to solely handle expenses, time, and records as independent contractor.
Education and Credentials
Bachelor of Business Administration, with Concentration in Business Management: 2007
Concord University – Athens, WV
Coursework in General Studies
Bluefield State College in Bluefield, WV
Life and Health Insurance Licenses (State of West Virginia)
Professional Development
Quality Inspection and Issue Resolution Training
Basic at Work Training Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Training Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Class
Ethics, Foreign Object Debris Basics, and Annual Safety Training
Cyber Security Awareness Trade Compliance Training Offshore Cycle Count Training
Activities
Summer League Basketball Coach FBLA Basketball Coach, James Monroe High School
Member, Concord University Commuter Club
Technical Acumen
Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, OneNote, and Outlook)
BaaN IV Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Infor Barcoding Camtasia