Materials Manager

MARK A. MUTERSPAUGH

White House, TN

Cell: 615-***-****

e-mail: ********@*****.***

EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PERMA-PIPE January 2014 to January 2017 Lebanon, TN

Perma-Pipe fabricated and insulates piping systems for district heating and cooling, oil, and gas markets.

Materials Manager

Accountable for Purchasing, Production Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Plant Accounting, Inventory Control, Shipping, Receiving and Material Handling.

Designed and implemented Excel based Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP).

Increased inventory accuracy from 86% to 99.2% by implementing material movement tracking and locating systems.

Reduced inventory by an average of 10% year-over-year.

INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS (IAC) April 2013 to October 2013 Springfield, TN

IAC manufactures floors and acoustic components for the Automotive Industry. Customers include GM, Honda, Toyota and Isuzu.

Materials Manager

Responsible for Production Control, Internal and External Material Flow, Customer Service and Delivery, Inventory Management, Stores, Shipping and Receiving.

Led cross functional Kaizen team to design and implement Plan For Every Part (PFEP) for material and tooling at the shop floor point-of-use.

Partnered with Customers to right-size container fleet to prevent container shortages.

Re-organized shipping, receiving and stores to eliminate wasted space and reduce material movement.

KAYDON CORPORATION, Bearings Division October 2008 to April 2013 Mocksville, NC, Sumter, SC

Kaydon Bearings Division manufactures precision custom bearings for US Military, Healthcare and Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers. Certified to ISO 9000 and AS 9100.

Materials Manager

Managed three manufacturing plants in the areas of Customer Delivery, Supplier Quality and Delivery Performance, SIOP, Inventory, Production Scheduling, Shipping and Receiving. Responsible for adherence to DFAR and ITAR regulations as well as ISO compliance.

Led the transfer and startup of inventory and product from South Carolina to North Carolina facilities.

Established material flow processes in new plant start-up.

Implemented pull system for repetitive product and job order system for custom product.

MEADOWCRAFT, INC (Company Closed) September 2007 to June 2008 Birmingham, AL

Meadowcraft manufactures and distributes wrought Iron Furniture for home and commercial markets.

PLASTECH ENGINEERED PRODUCTS August 2005 to September 2007 McCalla, AL

Plastech is an injection molder and assembler of automotive trim, under hood and body components as a Tier II to JCI for Mercedes, Hyundai and GM.

Materials Manager

Manage Production Planning and Scheduling, Supplier Delivery, Inventory Accuracy and Investment, Shipping, Receiving, Material Handling. Key measurables include Safety, Customer Delivery and Inventory Accuracy.

Reduced lost time incidents.

Improved Customer Delivery Performance from 80% to 98%.

Eliminated requirement for annual Fiscal Inventory through Cycle Counting.

OGIHARA AMERICA CORPORATION January 2004 to August 2005 Birmingham, AL

Ogihara stamps and assembles automotive body components and outer skins for Mercedes, Nissan and Saturn. Assemblies include Hoods, Lift Gates, Doors and various structural assemblies. Major processes are stamping and robotic welding.

Materials Manager

Oversee Logistics, Production Planning, Inventory, Shipping, Material Handling, Receiving and Tool Crib operations. Four direct reports and fifty-two indirect salary and hourly associates. Metrics include Safety, Supplier Quality and Delivery, Customer Delivery and Cost.

Led Materials Management Strategic Focus Team in transformation to Lean Manufacturing.

Developed and conducted training in TS16949: Control of Non-Conforming Product and Product Identification and Traceability.

DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS June 1996 to November 2003 Milan, TN

Dura Automotive, Milan manufactures driver control systems including accelerator, transmission and park brake cable assemblies. Major processes include plastic injection molding, rubber extruding and high volume assembly.

Manufacturing Manager July 2002 to Nov 2003

Responsible for all Manufacturing, Shipping and Customer Service activities for a 300 associate, three shift operation. Key measurables include Safety, Quality, Productivity and Efficiency, Scrap, Budget and Customer Service Ratings.

Reduced Lost Time Accidents from 12 annually to 4.

Customer Concerns dropped from 22 in 2002 to 6.

Increased Productivity and Efficiency by 10+ percent.

Materials Manager July 1996 to July 2002

Responsible for all Materials Management and Purchasing activities including Customer ratings, inventory investment and accuracy, production planning and scheduling, shipping and receiving, logistics, purchase price variance, cost reduction, budget, and global sourcing support.

Increased inventory turns from 19 in FY '99 to 35 in FY '01.

Implemented Lean Manufacturing concepts: internal pull systems, external pull systems, visual controls, supplier EDI and dock to point-of -use material flow.

Trainer for Continuous Improvement, JIT and 5S programs.

A.O. SMITH CORPORATION June 1994 to June 1996 Milan, TN

A.O. Smith (currently Tower Automotive) is a Fortune 500 Company based in Milwaukee, WI. The Milan, TN plant is a stamping and welding facility manufacturing automotive frames and structural components.

Materials and Purchasing Manager

Responsible for plant level materials management, purchasing and production/inventory control activities. Major accountabilities include cost control, supplier quality, customer delivery performance, inventory management, shipping/receiving and budgets. Supervised 10 salary and 12 hourly associates.

Led continuous improvement activities resulting in excess of $700,000 annual savings

In the areas of Internal Logistics and Material point-of-use stocking

Implemented JIT Milk-Run which included transportation, price and inventory reductions.

Champion for the re-implementation of the materials management and control system.

CAMSHAFT MACHINE COMPANY April 1988 to June 1994 Orland, IN, Jackson, MI

Camshaft Machine Company is a leading producer of original equipment, replacement and remanufactured camshafts for automotive and heavy equipment applications.

Purchasing and Materials Manager Aug 1991 to Jul 1994

Responsible for purchasing, inventory management, production control, traffic and shipping and receiving for two manufacturing divisions. Major accountabilities include customer delivery performance, supplier selection and certification, inventory investment and budgets.

Purchasing Manager Feb 1991-Aug 1991

Purchasing and inventory management responsibilities for two manufacturing divisions including capital assets, fixed and perishable tooling, MRO supplies, production raw materials and outside processing.

Manager, Division Purchasing and Material Control Apr 1988-Feb 1991

Responsible for purchasing and material control activities for the Orland Division of Camshaft Machine Company. Responsible for supplier negotiation, selection and certification. Purchased material delivery scheduling, shipping and receiving, production scheduling and control. Accountable for customer delivery performance, inventory investment and accuracy, and budget.

Established purchasing department for the division resulting in faster resolution of engineering and manufacturing problems.

Project manager for new part introductions: reduced project time from engineering release to finished part availability from six months to three months.

Decreased annual inventory shrink from 16% to less than 3%.

HARMAN-MOTIVE, INC., October 1979 to April 1988 Martinsville, IN

Harman-Motive is a high-volume manufacturer of original equipment loudspeakers for domestic and foreign automotive companies.

Production Control Manager 1981-1988

Responsible for customer order processing and service, production scheduling and control, purchased material scheduling, receiving, warehousing, traffic and shipping.

Project manager for MRP II implementation project.

Developed a production planning activity within the production control department.

Established JIT delivery scheduling procedures resulting in inventory turn increase from 12 to 16.

Production Supervisor 1979-1981

Supervised 50 hourly union employees in high volume fabrication and assembly operations.

Increased average department labor efficiency from 70% to 95%.

Introduced task groups and led teams in the areas of safety, housekeeping and reject reduction.

EDUCATION B.S., Psychology, 1979, Purdue University.

PROFESSIONAL APICS certification in Material Requirements Planning and Production Activity Control.

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