David W. Busby

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Huntsville, AL 35803

901-***-**** acqx45@r.postjobfree.com

Results -oriented Materials and Warehouse Management professional with a proven track record of aggressively pursuing and generating significant bottom line contributions while improving operational efficiency and service in high volume manufacturing environments. A decision-maker who is a highly motivated, flexible, strategic team player with a successful record of problem solving, developing and implementing strategic materials mgt. and purchasing initiatives with cost containment. Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, Lean, 5S, ISO9001, SAP, RED PRAIRIE, WMS, MAXIMO, AS400, JDA, PkMS, BAAN, ATLAS, SYMIX, CRYSTAL, FTZ, KRONOS, KANBAN / SUPERMARKET, JD Edwards, Inventory Control, Project, Warehouse, Operations, and Material Management.

Ecowater, Ripley, MS (Multi-$M Global Manufacturing Plant) 10/13 – 10/14

Materials Manager

Responsible for the budget of raw materials, all warehouse departments, and purchasing/scheduling.

Research and Negotiate with vendors concerning the pricing, quality, quantity, and best delivery time.

Supervise Receiving and Shipping of materials to make certain that the quality is good both coming in and going out of the warehouse, it is accurate, and on time delivery.

Manage the inventory DOH and turnovers to ensure the right mix and balance of cost of goods sold is in place.

Develop and Generate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual inventory and performance reports.

Enter data and consistently make changes to the database as needed.

Provide training, coaching, and leadership to Supervisor, Buyers, Schedulers, Leads, Analysts, and Hourly employees.

Attend and call meetings with the senior executives/directors.

Flextronics, Memphis, TN (Multi-$B Global Logistics 3 PL Facility) 4/07- 4/13

Operations Manager over Warehouse / RMA -RIM, Apple, and IBM 3/11-4/13

Develop and execute strategies to optimize shipping, receiving and warehouse efficiencies to improve upon transactional accuracy, flow of materials and space utilization by working with all department managers in Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, R&D/Design Engineering, Customer Support, Marketing, and Accounting on a daily basis and special projects.

Lead the shipping, receiving and warehouse functions, providing direction and training in accordance with company policies and business needs.

Provide training, coaching, and leadership to Supervisors, Leads, Analysts, and Hourly employees.

Setup warehouse layout and space management, organization chart, and SOP’s for our largest Global client including a Kanban and Supermarket system to support production.

Manage stock control; receipt, storage, retrieval and delivery of goods, shipping, document recording and data entry.

Maintain 5S housekeeping of warehouse and ensure all health, safety, and security procedures are met.

Promote cross training of associates, schedule personnel according to client-supplied schedules, and motivate staff for an efficient and effective administration.

Coordinated effectively with buyers and suppliers of purchased materials and services, manufacturing/RMA/distribution sites and the customers to ensure that the entire supply chain needs were being met.

Work with security to establish and adhere to loss prevention policies and procedures of the company and FTZ.

Inventory Control Manager-Kodak 4/07-3/11

Responsible for accurate inventory cycle counts and controls within BAAN / ATLAS systems.

SME for all Inventory Control and FTZ compliances.

Implement inventory management strategies to ensure the site meets corporative goals and objectives.

Drive and developed the required KPI programs to ensure corporate and customer reporting deadlines are met daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly.

Meet and give feedback /root causes to the customer / department managers, providing analysis and recommendations to resolve any issues or improvements to the end-to-end processes to achieve a higher customer satisfaction rating and an inventory accuracy of 99.8%.

Maintaining a high Inventory Accuracy which has eliminated the need for a PI for the past 2 years.

Contact point for all Internal and External inventory audits from corporate, client, and vendors.

Develop, cross train, and directed my team, including shift management to meet the on-going business needs and goals while maintaining budget levels and a best-in-class status.

VML Company, Memphis, TN (3 PL Manufacturing and Warehouse facility) 11/06-4/07

Warehouse Supervisor

Provided the proper receiving and shipping documentation of raw materials and finished goods.

Recommend new technologies to improve upon the logistics function and created KPI metric reports.

egotiated, owned, and managed freight and logistics supplier selection, contracting, performance and cost.

Implemented the cycle count procedures in order to maintain a higher level inventory accuracy rate.

Zomax Inc., Memphis, TN 12/04 -7/06

(Multi-$M 3PL Assembly and Distribution Center)

Inventory Control Manager / RMA Warehouse Manager

Developed, implemented, and maintain policies and procedures for Inventory Control, Shipping, and RMA Whs.

Obtained a high degree of customer satisfaction by managing / directing staff activities to meet customer expectations

Responsible for KPI metrics reporting to clients.

Added a 3rd shift cycle counting program and 2nd shift location audits in order to establish a high inventory accuracy.

Increased the Inventory Accuracy from the mid 80 percentile to 99 percentile within 6 months for a $5M Inventory.

Maintained a high Inventory Accuracy which eliminated the need for Physical Inventories requirement by the Clients.

Budget, workforce planning, and scheduling for 3 shifts and for several different clients.

Organized Cross Docking Lanes, Procedures, and proper documentation of finished goods to increase Load Accuracy.

Coca Cola Enterprises, West Memphis, AR 4/04 to 12/04

(Multi-$B Bottling Facility and Warehouse)

Warehouse Supervisor

Ensured products were ordered and in stock to meet inventory levels to fill nightly orders and ensure ASN’s were sent.

Responsible for all Shipping, Receiving, and Replenishment on 2nd Shift in the SAP computer system.

Ensure company policies and procedures of Recoup/ Damages and 5S for 2nd and 3rd shift are met.

Interview, hire, and train all Warehouse Associates. Perform appraisal reviews. Reward and discipline associates.

Ensures the timely delivery of materials at the most economical cost, consistent with quality standards, affecting quality by assuring that suspicious material is identified and that material is handled, stored and delivered properly

Williams-Sonoma Retail Distribution Center, Olive Branch, MS 1/01 to 3/03

(Multi-$B retail home furnishing distribution center)

Inventory Control Manager / RMA Manager

Manage, hire, and train Inventory Control, Location Analyst, Concept Analyst, RTV, and Damages Personnel.

Management of department budget, overtime, destruction, and debits disallowed.

Audited inventory to match physical inventory for 6500 -7500 skus and values from $50-150 Million to computerized inventory systems, AS400, PkMS, and JDA.

Fulfilled and reported transfer orders from corporate on an IPMS computer system.

Responsible for PI and Reconciliation before we maintained a high enough accuracy to eliminate this need.

Maintained an approval level of inventory accuracy goal for there not to be a physical inventory 2002.

Created daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly performance and status reports.

Maintain Cycle Counts, Location Audits, RE’s, Profiling, and Allocated skus without pick locations.

Processed RTV (“returned to vendor”) merchandise totaling $500K-$1M per month.

Conducted testing for new system developments and customizations to ensure the application was ready for use.

Edit and documented all employee’s time and records in Kronos.

Setech and Companies, Incorporated, Shannon, MS 3/99 to 1/01

($1M 3 PL Tool Crib site within Multi-$M food processing plant)

Materials Manager / Site Coordinator

Produced cost savings of $300K in site’s first year of operation through vendors, min/max, and customer relations.

Implemented, established, and coordinated new integrated-supply 3PL site for inbound and outbound materials and finished goods that ensures low cost supply of materials

Conducted testing for new system developments and customizations to ensure the application was ready for use.

Selected and negotiated with preferred vendors based on price, availability, and quality to ensure timely delivery.

Prepared and analyzed inventory, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, and cost savings through CRYSTAL.

Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company and client policy.

Maintained inventory controls through programs in MAXIMO, CRYSTAL, and MS Office and Excel.

Received, registered and labeled raw materials from OEMs and personally selected vendors via bar-coding system.

Responsible for implementing and planning activities in purchasing, IC, storage, and shipping /receiving.

Issued and accounted for raw material traffic b/w warehouse and appropriate departments, GL accounts, and machines.

Organized 3500 different maintenance components by designing a streamlined parts storage system.

Collected and published all of the Hazardous Material records and ensured that they were in compliance.

BBA Mississippi State University, Mississippi State (Starkville), MS 1990

Business Degree with the emphasis in Banking and Finance

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