Operations, Production Control & Inventory Control
Resume:
JEFF PALMER
Rockford, Illinois *1104
Residence: 815-***-**** E-mail: ****.*********@*****.*** Cell Phone: 815-***-****
Objective: Operations or Materials Management position.
Profile: An energetic and creative individual with over 20 years of comprehensive experience in the
Materials/Purchasing/Operations field. Areas of knowledge include global supply chain,
cost analysis, quality assurance, ERP systems, lean management and process
improvement. Enjoys the challenge of thinking outside of the box to improve processes
and reduce costs. Strong skills in organizing and prioritizing work flow, multi-tasking,
ideation, and managing people. A good leader with proven intelligence and ability to be
decisive and make good decisions. Thrives in an environment demanding a wide range of
competencies. Communicates and assimilates easily into work environments with a diverse mix
of personalities at every level both internal and external to the organization. Reliable with an
excellent work ethic, a willingness to take on additional responsibilities, and a commitment to
quality in service and performance.
Professional Experience:
CST Storage – DeKalb, Illinois 2/2010 – 3/2015
Manufacturer of Glass fused Steel Tanks
Materials, Purchasing & Shipping Manager
Developed daily work processes for planners cascading down to key work centers. This procedure clearly
displays the current work at each work center as well as throughput needs.
Increased On-Time-Delivery metric for aftermarket parts from 46% to an average of 92% per month. Using Daily
Management Boards and targeted outsourcing this metric was met within 4 months of implementation.
Successfully launched two product lines with estimated yearly revenue of $4MM and $11MM respectively. Both
product lines went from drawings to finished products in 4 months. The assignments included hazard
assessment for work as well as best practices for assemble and handling.
Successfully reduced inventory from $14MM to $9.8MM or 30% in 12 months without disruption to service.
Inventory was kept at $9.5MM average inventory and 99% accuracy at Physical inventory for last 3 years.
Implemented Daily Management Boards for On Time Delivery and Incoming Materials. The boards displayed
the scheduled receipt, actual receipt of incoming material and provided a guideline for labor movements and
revenue forecast.
Currently re-establishing key portions of MRP system. The system was devoid of true costs and updates to
cycle times. This is being addressed to improve planning functions and clearly mark constraints in work flow.
MODERN METAL PRODUCTS – Rockford, Illinois 2006 – 2008
Specialists in the Design, Engineering & Manufacture of Stamped Assemblies
Director of Materials & Purchasing
Managed, controlled and directed the activities of all personnel and provided strategic direction for materials
development to meet the needs of the company.
Developed, implemented and managed polices and procedures, as well as material control systems, necessary
to ensure adequate controls were in place for the effective execution of purchasing, scheduling and material
logistics.
Responsible for accurate inventory cycle counts and controls.
Chaired initiatives to cut costs. These programs included consolidating steel codes, reduction of obsolete
materials to customers and consolidation of 2 plants into 1.
Launched global supply chain program involving China, Korea, Mexico and U.S. suppliers.
Successfully reduced inventory from $9.5MM to $6.6MM or 30% without disruption to service.
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Professional Experience continued…
Engineered a labor and overhead reduction of over $4MM in the Mexico and Rockford facilities by leading the
effort in reducing prices from vendors, transferring components to low cost supplies in Mexico, the United States
and China.
Directly responsible for establishing monthly sales plan and coordination of $66MM in annual sales for a Tier
Two automotive supplier.
Selected, trained, supervised and managed performance of 6 direct reports and 18 hourly employees in 2
facilities.
BEVCO PRECISION MANUFACTURING – Waukesha, Wisconsin 1999 – 2006
Manufacturer of Ergonomic Chairs for Industrial, ESD, Clean room, Laboratory, Healthcare, Drafting & Office Seating
Materials/Operations Manager
Reduced costs of incoming materials by 3% annually starting in 2003 by identifying offshore sourcing and
consolidation, and driving costs back to domestic suppliers.
Established Quality Assurance programs for in-house manufacturing cells reducing defects to less than 1% in
the first 3 months.
Implemented ERP system (Made2Manage) which resulted in administrative labor savings of $15K a year since
2001.
Consolidated Evanston plant into the Waukesha plant with no interruption to service.
Transitioned assembly processes from Evanston to Waukesha plants over a 6 month time period.
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE – Rockford, Illinois 1991 – 1999
Manufacturer of Automotive Body Structures, Lower Vehicle Structures, Suspension Components & Modules
Information Services Manager (1997 – 1999)
Implemented ERP system at facility and assisted in the implementation company-wide (5 Plants).
Developed timecard and timekeeping database software for production supervisors. Reduced administrative
time for supervisors by 50%.
Created and implemented a work instruction kiosk for hourly employees, creating more accessibility to detailed
information while improving efficiency by 20%. Developed in conjunction with QS9000 certification.
Material Control Supervisor (1994 – 1997)
A.O. Smith Automotive prior to Tower Automotive Purchase
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• Implemented consolidation loads for $70K in yearly freight savings.
• Developed in-house work cells for sub-assembled parts which improved efficiency and not
only supplied the Rockford production, but allowed labor to be offset by selling the sub-
assemblies to our Milwaukee facility.
• Created and implemented fast scheduling spreadsheet in Excel for GM releases that
automatically scheduled the production of all intra-company production and reduced
scheduling from 4 hours to 30 minutes a week.
Supervisor of Production Line (1991 – 1994)
Welder (1991)
Education: Rock Valley College – Rockford, Illinois 1985 – 1988
Majored in Communications
• Member of the Rock Valley College Speech Team
Stillman Valley High School – Stillman Valley, Illinois 1985
Educational Experience continued…
Training: Dale Carnegie Course – Certificate of Completion
Military: Illinois Army National Guard 1984 – 1991
E-6 Staff Sergeant Honorably Discharged
• Achieved Meritorious Service Award
• Completed Non-Commissioned Officers School
• Completed Advanced Non-Commissioned Officers School
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