Materials Managment, Purchasing, Planning, Customer Serice

MARK G. FRIEDRICHS

*** *** **** *****, ****, Illinois 60013

847-***-**** Home / 815-***-**** Cell / *************@*******.***

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

An accomplished business leader with an exemplary Materials Management background. Expertise in all aspects of Purchasing, Planning, Logistics, Inventory, and Customer Service. Over 15 years of managing employees. Proven skill in Supply Chain Management, with the use of Lean tools. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

KNAACK, LLC, Crystal Lake, Illinois 2012 to 2015

The worldwide leader in design and manufacture of secure storage tool boxes for the professional contractor and retail consumer in the jobsite, truck, and van markets.

Materials Manager-

Reported to the Vice President of Operations. Responsible for Managing the Materials, Domestic and Foreign Planning, Inventory Control, Supplier Replenishment, Receiving, and Shipping Departments

Led the teaching and implementing of a lean kanban material flow system within the manufacturing work centers resulting in an increase in On-Time delivery from 65% to 94%. Customer lead time was reduced from 21 days to 4 days. Gross Sales increased 20% year to year.

WIP inventory decrease of 40% resulting in a safer plant, with significant scrap reduction due to obsolescence and damage.

Created a supplier Kanban with top ten suppliers of raw steel, aluminum, and corrugated products. This eliminated stock outs and enabled a point-of-use storage system for material handling and set-up reduction.

Led Sales and Operation Planning meetings to set production rates, inventory levels, manpower, and overtime targets to ensure the optimal stock levels of finished goods per the forecast and sales history.

Partnered with an MRO organization and implemented a vendor managed inventory of over 750 SKUs, resulting in an efficiency increase for the resupply Planner of 25%.

Trained Planning team to schedule work centers with a focus on scheduling “like” materials, nesting, and minimization of changeover time to increase efficiency in the manufacturing process.

Managed Low Cost Country Planning employees from Manila, including the Master Scheduler and multiple Buyer/Planners.

Created monthly and annual budgets for Finance for manpower levels, overtime, production requirements, raw material, WIP, and finished goods inventory.

Met with company Controller to review weekly financial reports to forecast monthly operations costs and manage costs to budget

Championed a select cross-functional team to improve efficiency and reduce cost in the Materials department. Team members included Shipping, Quality, Assembly, HR, Finance, and Maintenance. Efficiency improvement in small parcel shipments of 75% was a major result of team’s efforts. Another accomplishment was a dramatic increase in 5S scores due to standardization of material storage. Instructed the team on how to use problem solving techniques utilizing data collecting tools such as Pareto charts, fishbone diagraming, and 5 Why.

Created tools for Operations Managers, Supervisors, and Team Leads, to view customer demand and expedites.

Tutored Shipping Supervisor in scheduling employees in order to reach organization shipping targets

Sourced third party logistics organization to optimize local freight for cost reduction as well as an increase in customer service levels with regards to delivery time and product quality.

Facilitated annual physical inventory with 99.8% financial accuracy measure and decreased count process times by 50%.

Worked with Safety Committee and Operations Managers to reduce OSHA recordable lost time injuries plant wide from a TRR of 12 to 2.5.

Participated in Kaizens resulting in a 75% reduction in work center set-up in Fabrication department

Managed processes in all Materials areas of responsibility for the successful initial ISO 9001 registration and subsequent external audits.

SENIOR FLEXONICS, Bartlett, Illinois 2008 to 2012

An Industry leader in the developments of fabricated metal components and assemblies.

Materials Manager-

Reported to the Director of Operations. Responsible for Managing the Purchasing, Planning, Logistics, Inventory, and Customer Service Departments

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Tutored direct reports, including the Purchasing Manager, Planning Manager, Customer Service Manager, Shipping/Receiving Supervisors, buyers, planners, and material handlers in Supply Chain Management, in the use of Kanbans, heijunka boards, material flow routes, and customer demand in order to fulfill production requirements and customer demand.

Created a visual reorder system for component/finished goods replenishment throughout the entire supply chain utilizing pull systems. Improved on time delivery to customers by 60%.

Introduced level load scheduling for major production lines. Eliminated late deliveries and expedited freight.

Reduced inventory levels by 20% for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.

Managed engineering changes throughout the facility to prevent obsolescence of inventory.

Increased inventory accuracy in all production cells and stockroom by 40% by implementing lean tools, including stockroom Kanban and standard work.

Maximized the use of Radio Frequency Devices to initiate real time reporting of all inventory transactions.

Managed daily cycle count process and semi-annual physical inventory. Reduced physical inventory completion time from 48 hours to 6 hours by introducing efficient data collection through the use of AS400 inventory management system and 5S stockroom requirements.

Simplified scrap processing procedures to accurately control scrap transactions.

Negotiated contracts for long-term components with an emphasis in cost reduction, rebates, and preferred terms.

Promoted synergy for all Senior facilities worldwide by developing a supplier matrix in order to share information on top suppliers

Created and led supply chain management presentations for customers during top management meetings.

Negotiated carrier rates and schedules with a third party logistics supplier to utilize low cost carriers for all domestic routes and insure accurate billing. Increased billing accuracy to 100%.

Created all NAFTA documents upon customer request.

International Trade and Arms Regulation (ITAR) introduction, including export compliance training and security requirements for military products.

Participated in semi-annual ISO certification training.

Plant Manager-

Reported to Director of Operations. Responsible for Managing Production and Maintenance Departments.

Managed Plant Superintendent, Maintenance Manager, and Production Supervisors in a three shift operation.

Increased efficiency by 30% through Lean manufacturing principals including standard work implementation and one-piece flow production.

Decreased scrap by 65% by managing the work-in-process flow of materials.

Increased value of training matrix of employees by introducing I,L,U,O method of training and documenting.

Led 5S implementation.

NISSAN FORKLIFT CORPORATION, Marengo, Illinois 1998 to 2008

A wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan Forklift is a designer and manufacturer of industrial lift truck and accessories

Manager of Logistics and Customs Compliance: 2005 to 2008

Reported to the Director of Operations. Responsible for managing all logistical functions of foreign/domestic components and outbound finished goods.

Freight Management of 700+ inbound ocean containers annually.

Harmonized tariff number coding.

Ocean freight-line supplier selection through communication with Japanese business partners.

Implemented cost reduction techniques, resulting in the minimization of container storage fees.

Interacted with Purchasing, Production Control, and Material Control departments.

Handled economical outbound load planning and consolidation, as well as carrier selection.

Managed inventory control duties, including cycle counting and transaction processing.

Strategic sourcing of third party logistics company to coordinate outbound shipments, resulting in a 10%, or $500K, reduction in outbound shipping costs – Direct training of management staff for transition.

Interacted with internal sales staff and customers to insure customer satisfaction.

Managed continued communication with local Customs and Border Patrol Agent, Port Grantee, FTZ Consultant, and Nissan Forklift Corporate staff; resulted in an annual cost savings of $1.1M in customs duty reduction and merchandise processing fee elimination.

Materials & Inventory Control Supervisor: 1999 to 2005

Reported to Materials Manager. Responsible for the direct supervision of 40 material handling and inventory control employees and processes to support all manufacturing and welding production lines.

Master Scheduler: 1998-1999

Reported to the Production Control Manager. Responsible for scheduling multiple welding production lines.

MEDELA, INC., McHenry, Illinois 1995 to 1998

A leading manufacturer of infant nursing equipment and accessories.

Buyer/Planner – Inventory Control Specialist:

Responsible for warehouse and production cell inventory accuracy, raw material procurement, cycle count program, and physical inventory administration and supervision.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois – 2004

B.A., Materials and Logistics Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Emphasis: Purchasing and Operations

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Extensive use of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Word, Power Point, and Visio.

Utilized AS400 Inventory Management Systems, including CMS, Mapics, MXP, and Mac-Pac.

DRP systems including Oracle and JDEdwards.

COMMUNITY

Board of Directors – United Way of Greater McHenry County

Advisory Board – Northern Illinois University Experiential Learning Center

Sponsor – Northern Illinois School of Business Experiential Learning Student Teams

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