Armando Torres
**********@*****.*** Cell Phone 915-***-****
Professional Experience
** ***** ** ****** ***** Management, in the areas of Material and Inventory Control, Distribution, Transportation and Logistics.
Able to effectively develop Logistics Teams capable of promoting a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers while achieving company goals and objectives.
Work Experience
Onin Staffing Temporary Position Jul 2015 to Dec 2015
Inventory Control Supervisor (BRK-First Alert)
Responsible for cycle counts inventory variances and adjustments, transfers, consignment and locations.
Assigned the A,B,C items for counting and validation of the finance department.
Viasystems Technologies Jul 2008 to Aug 2014
Warehouse Supervisor
Electronic contract manufacturing company for telecommunications, powergeneration and medical industries.
In charge of a 30 k sq.ft.distribution facility managing customer direct shipments within the U.S. and Canada
Raw material and MRO daily shipments for a 220 K sq ft production manufacturing in Cd Juarez,Mx.
Certified U.S. site for C-TPAT Customs and Border Protection program.
Finish Goods shipments include small package, Ltland Truckload.
Inventory accuracy 99.9 % Shipping Accuracy 100%.
Manage third party inventories and shipments for Telecommunications customers on site
30-40 shipments a day inventory levels of 3-5 million dollars per month.
Responsible for MRO purchases and supplies for the facility
Lexmark Sep 06 to Nov 07
Warehouse and VMI Manager
Responsible of Raw material warehouse in Cd Juarez, Mx and a Cross Docking facility in El Paso, TX for laser cartridge manufacturing
Managing 2 supervisors and 3 group leaders with 75 warehouse employees, 6 cycle counters and 6 data entry clerks.
Inventory carrying cost of 15 million dollars supplying 50 production lines in two shifts
Implemented Kanban for 30 production lines, forecasting and replenishment to control raw materials
VMI program within site, implemented material control systems to lower inventory cost and improve material flow ste up blanket purchase orders and min-max levels for 6 suppliers reduced 1/3 of inventory carrying cost.
Valeo Motors Feb 2005 to Mar 2006
Traffic Supervisor
Responsible for administration of inbound and outbound freight customs clearance for Asian and European
shipments. Domestic and international, carrier selection.
Annual budget of 9 million dollar supporting JIT and Lean Manufacturing processes for the automotive industry.
Validation and verification of freight bills for payment and processing supporting finance department.
Daily interaction with shipping departments to expedite orders to customer’s domestic and international shipments.
Implemented milk runs within the U.S. to minimize cost and improve material delivery.
Developed a weekly pickup within Europe for suppliers to load ocean containers bound for the U.S.
Responsible for charter selection for special deliveries.
Worked with Buyer-Planners on a daily basis to improve material deliveries based on MRP requirements.
Philips-Advance Transformer. Co Nov 1997 to Jan 2004
Regional Distribution Center Manager-SAP Subject Matter Expert (SME)
In charge of the overall running of Regional Distribution Center in El Paso, TXfor Ballast industry.
H.R., OSHA, ISO 9000, Customs regulations and regulatory compliance, C-TPAT.
Supervised 23 employees servicing 6 manufacturing plants and 5 RDC across the U.S. and Mexico.
Advance's Presidential Award winner for 2000.
Responsible for overseeing and managing and contracts for Advance's Monterrey, MX Distribution Center,
Implemented Kanban and JIT programs with OEM customers in Monterrey, Mx.
Organized and lead the opening of Philips-Advance distribution Center in Monterrey,Mx.
Responsible for ordering MRO and Rdc Supplies, including building improvements.
Maintanined inventory accuracy levels of 99.97 % under 4 diferent locations within the same building.
Subject Matter Expert for SAP/FLC
Full transition from ASI to SAP, created user Guides and training for end-users on new or changed functionality in the SAP R/3 Release 4.6Bsystem, cycle count process testing and implementation
Monitored and reported to management the status of project efforts, anticipated and identified issues that inhibit the attainment of project goals and implementing preventive actions.
Additional responsibilities included providing support to key users for 5 Manufacturing Plants and 2 RDC’s
Acted as a liaison and facilitator of consultants and key manufacturing teams to meet expected customer service levels.
Trainer for SD, MM and WM modules.
Stewart Warner Instrument 5/95 -10/97
Materials Manager
Responsible for Material Control, Transportation and Customs of the El Paso Distribution Center and the Cd. Juarez, Mx Warehouse supporting the heavy truck automotive gauge industry such as Freightliner, Caterpillar and military.
Ensuring that customs documents and regulations were being followed, negotiating Transportation rates with U.S. and Mexican carriers.
Oversaw transportation, customs and distribution of finished goods to U.S. and Mexico customers.
Responsible for QS9000, leader for continuous improvement teams, OSHA and Safety regulations.
Responsible for 30 employees in Cd. Juarez and 8 in El Paso.
Provided on time daily supply of raw materials to production lines and a metal stamping operation, as well as shipments of Finished Goods to El Paso DC.
Inventory accuracy 98% and Shipping accuracy 97%
Armour Swift Eckrich 10/93 - 5/95
Purchasing and Inventory Control Manager
Responsible for purchasing and inventory of productive and MRO supplies for a meat processing plant.
Responsible for purchases of $250,000 per month 5 employees.
Contract negotiations to ensure implementation of JIT supply programs
CMI to lower inventory costs and improve delivery to meat processing plant 5 suppliers reduced inventory carrying cost by 20 %
Inventory accuracy 99 % and on time delivery of 99 %
Mizuno USA El Paso, TX/Atlanta, GA 10/90 - 2/93
Distribution and Traffic Manager El Paso, TX
Responsible for shipping, receiving and inventory control and customs, of sporting goods items
Daily shipments to customers 300 + packages via UPS 50+ FedEx and 10-15 LTL shipments.
In charge of 8 employees on one shift.
Customs responsibilities included imports from Asia submittal of Duty Drawbacks, Nafta between Canada, US and Mexico.
Transportation reduced delivery transit times to customers by 30 % by using zone deliveries.
Implementeda Warehouse Management System and World-Class warehouse procedures.
Responsible for 50 employees on 3 shifts.
Daily shipping volume 800+ UPS packages 200+ FEDEX and between 20-25 LTL shipments per day.
Reduced transportation costs by 30% and transit times in all lanes by 20 %.
EDUCATION
B.A. Major in Logistics Almeda University Spring 2006
Logistics Professional Certificate, Georgia Tech March 2000
Bilingual English-Spanish.
Training
SAP, JDEdwards, ASI, MAPICS. Rapid Response, Expandable, BPCS.
Finlistics.
Finance for Decision-Making.
Ms Office, 8D
Apics CPIM: Basi cs of Supply Chain Management, Master Planning of Resources.