Rodney Batson

Profile

Experienced professional with experience in manufacturing production, supervision and procurement. Essential member of management team within stamping, welding and MTO assembly facilities. Leadership roles include maintaining vendor relationships, understanding and prioritizing customer demand, inventory control, purchase of goods to meet stock levels and customer demand, and supervision of production scheduling and logistics teams. Track record of continuous improvement to production processes including RT captive lab and visual management that produce immediate contributions to material flow. Collaboratively works with Sales, Engineering and Operations to ensure customer base remains primary focus.

Contact

PHONE:

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EMAIL

ad1o33@r.postjobfree.com

activities and interests

Bike Riding

Reading

Hiking

Gardening

Home Improvement Projects

Food Pantry Volunteer

Community Assistance

WORK EXPERIENCE

Supply Chain Manager

SaicaPack, Hamilton, OH

2022 - Present

Member of Steering Committee for greenfield corrugated manufacturing site responsible for Production Planning, Procurement and Shipping/Receiving. Works daily with a staff comprised of three direct and seven indirect reports. Collaboratively interacts with domestic and international team members to address process development and improvement. Analysis and presentation of performance within department to ensure accountability and enhancement opportunities.

Senior Purchasing Specialist and Production Control

OPW Knappco, Hamilton, OH

2021 – 2022

Member of leadership team responsible to design, manufacture and ship $100MM annual sales. Proactively provides purchase orders to global suppliers within metals, electronics, castings, MRO, machined and specialty commodities totaling $3MM to $3.5MM annually. Integral participant within value stream leadership team driving pulse point optimization and visibility of manufacturing process from material receipt to product shipment. Punctual problem solver addressing supply chain inconsistencies. Works with local, national and international accounts to maintain and improve supply chain including contract negotiations and stocking levels. Oversees pre-weld kitting process with development of Power BI pull sheet, generation of work instructions, single point lessons, product identification and area material flow layout. Utilization of Fast Lane shipping procedure to expedite pass through purchased items processing from material receipt to same day shipping. Reconciliation of vendor invoice issues. Collects operations data and creates spreadsheets detailing status and KPI progress.

Purchasing Specialist

OPW Engineered Systems, Lebanon, OH

2013 – 2021

Member of leadership team responsible to design, manufacture and ship $50MM annual sales. Proactively provides purchase orders to global suppliers within metals, electronics, castings, MRO, machined and specialty commodities totaling $3MM to $3.5MM annually. Integral participant within value stream leadership driving optimization and visibility of manufacturing process from material receipt to shipment. Punctual problem solver addressing supply chain inconsistencies. Works with local, national and international accounts to maintain and improve supply chain including contract negotiations and stocking levels. Reconciliation of vendor invoice issues. Collects operations data and creates spreadsheets detailing status and KPI progress.

Production Control and Logistics Manager

Select Industries Corporation, Dayton, OH

2010 – 2012

Interpretation of customer schedules initiating vendor releases of raw material to ensure timely stamping, welding and assembly operations to satisfy domestic and international customers. Developed manufacturing workload forecast to facilitate proper staffing. Supervised scheduling and logistics teams in multiple facilities.

Production Scheduler

Select Industries Corporation, Dayton, OH

1996 – 2010

Interpretation of customer schedules initiating vendor releases of raw material to ensure timely stamping, welding and assembly operations to satisfy domestic and international customers. Developed manufacturing workload forecast to facilitate proper staffing. Supervision of logistics team of local facility.

EDUCATION

Mount Vernon Nazarene College Nazarene Theological Seminary

Bachelor of Arts Master of Divinity

key skills and characteristics

●Vendor and Customer Relationships

●Microsoft Office, Oracle and SAP

●Continuous Improvement

●Team Focused

●Leads by Example

●Organized

●Attention to Detail

●Analytical

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