Purchasing, Inventory Control, Cycle Count, MRP, Planning/Scheduling

Candy Henson

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Personal Statement

I am a highly motivated, responsible, hardworking person looking for a new opportunity in manufacturing field. I have 35 years in the manufacturing industry, most of which have been in purchasing, scheduling and inventory control.

Work Experience

Metso Minerals Industrial, Inc. Clarksdale, MS

Master Planner/Scheduler (June 2014-Febuary 2017)

Process daily sales orders for Clarksdale and Canada

Plan and prepare schedules for 10 major work centers for production personnel and issue to the appropriate supervisor

Issue work orders for production to insure best efficiency for machines and to meet customer demand.

Verification of raw material availability for work orders issued and daily correspondence with the Purchasing Agent to insure little or no down time due to raw material shortages

Assign weekly cycle count sheets to floor personnel and make appropriate adjustment to SAP system.

Daily monitor work orders and check transactions for accurate posting of time and quantity. Compare actual cost and time to standard and report to management

Month end closing of work orders

Assist with annual inventory audit

Inventory/Material Control (Nov 2013-May 2014)

Helped develop and implement inventory management strategy with the aim of controlling cost with budgetary limits, generating $X or X% in savings

Managed and maintained the company’s material and stocked product inventory which included stock counting and inventory accuracy checks.

Helped implement a plant-wide product location system with labeling and update of data in SAP

Serta Mattress Company Batesville, MS

Purchasing Agent (Feb 2009-Oct 2013)

Responsible for purchasing in a build-to-order business that was JIT to the customer. This company had no SOP on purchasing so in order to control inventory and stock outs to the customers, daily cycle counts and stock adjustments were done for raw material damaged or scrapped in house.

Created Excel spreadsheets used as a tool to assist in the ordering process. I was responsible for quarterly physical inventories in the plant and an offsite warehouse.

Daily review of the past due purchase order report and constant maintenance of vendor blanket orders

Casco Products Corporation Marks, MS

Material Planner/Scheduler (June 2006-Jan 2009)

Performed daily review of QAD-MRP and Man-Man MRP

Managed the planning and scheduling of materials for two assembly plants (MS and KY)

Production performance reporting

Daily three-way Materials Meetings with the Corporate Office and Kentucky Plant

Responsible for daily contact and weekly releases to the suppliers

Performed daily purchase order maintenance in two inventory control systems

Monitored past due purchase orders with suppliers to ensure JIT levels to the two assembly plants

Responsible for purchasing MRO supplies

Track and report monthly inventory levels to specific customers

Assist in Light Human Resources responsibilities

Manage JIT inventory levels with cycle counts and systems adjustments Coordinated and reconciled inventory semi annually

SportRack Automotive Greenwood, MS

Materials Planner/Scheduler (Jul 2004-Jun 2006)

Managed and maintained Future 3, JBA-MPS and MRP systems

Planned and scheduled materials for Nissan assembly plant

Daily contact and weekly releases to suppliers

Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly measurable reports

Managed personnel in shipping and receiving departments

Scheduled inbound and outbound traffic

Managed JIT inventory levels with daily cycle counts and adjustments Responsible for quarterly physical inventories to maintain inventory accuracy

Completed training for basic TS-16949 certification

Delta Uniform & Fire Supply LLC Marks, MS

Manager (Jun 2001-July 2004)

Managed entire business including AP/AR, payroll, bookkeeping, tax preparation, Customer Service, Inventory Management, and Purchasing and bid submission

Saturn Electronics & Engineering Inc. Marks, MS

Material Planner/Expeditor (Jul 1996-Jun 2001)

Managed all inventory aspects including daily and quarterly count, purchasing, supplier performance, AP for raw material, shipping and receiving

Responsible for set up and training of JBA system

Selected by management three times as employee of the month

Safety Suggestion winner numerous times

Springs Industries Sardis, MS

Purchasing Agent (Dec 1994-Jun 1996)

Responsible for procurement of materials and accessories for Shower Curtain manufacturer

Managed inventory

Scheduled raw material deliveries

Coordinated in and out bound shipments to outside processor

Responsible for tracking international shipments of raw materials

Garan Inc. Lambert, MS

Material Control (Feb 1981-Dec 1994)

Managed inventory levels for sweater manufacturing facility

Maintained manufacturing schedule for one division of the plant

Assisted in the shipping and receiving departments as needed

Supervised 45 employees in the Finishing Dept.

Education

High School Diploma

Delta Academy

Marks, MS

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