Material buyer/ planner

Joseph Kim

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Skills Summary

Supplier Development, Inventory Control, Material Procurement

Functional Expert in Material Management module of ERP system, Oracle

Advanced user in Microsoft Excel

Advanced in BOM analysis and material projections/simulations against customer demands or production demands

Experience

Taeyang Metal Production Planner 2005 – 2010

Established and improved Troy Plant Production and Shipping/ Receiving Operation

Led warehouse expansion relocation project

Designed production line balancing for 18 different products in 3 lines to optimize production efficiency

Participated as Production team lead, on obtaining ISO/TS 16949 quality certificate for the Troy production operation

Performed production planning activities, short term 2 week, long term 12 weeks according to inventory level against customer demands.

Developed a corporate fast response process on scrap reduction initiative

Maintained 100% delivery rating to all major automotive customers, help ensuring status as “growth” supplier

Supported in-house ERP redesign effort to integrate customer originated EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) transactions with the internal Finance, Inventory Management system.

Mando America Material Buyer/Planner 2010 – 2015

Managed purchasing $60 Million USD in annual purchasing volume from US Domestic suppliers

Re-assigned to CKD (Complete Knock-Down) buyer responsible for 60% of all purchasing volume for Mando’s Opelika Plant and Hogansville Plant with total purchasing volume of $200 Million USD.

Inventory control, planning/procurement activities to support production without downtime.

Led as functional expert in Purchasing, in new product launching events, involving multiple global Tier 1’s including Akebono, Bosch, Federal Mogul, Schaeffler, TRW and others.

Was assigned as NAFTA site representation for the company’s trade board, to investigate and present NAFTA requirements to the corporate leadership

Education

B.A. in Business Administration In Progress

Univ. of Pheonix (online)

A.S. in Computer Science 2004

Baker College, Auburn Hills, MI

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