Joshua Brace

Cypress, TX – +1-832-***-**** – ad2pyd@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Insightful, analytical, and goal-driven professional Seeking a position specializing in account management, analyzing market data, conducting market research, and growing and maintaining a client base. An environment where both professional and personal growth are top priorities.

CORE COMPETENCIES

●Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

●International Logistics Mgmt.

●Strategic Planning & Growth

●Inventory & Materials Mgmt.

●Customer Relationship Mgmt.

●Business Dev.& Growth

●Decision Making

●Marketing & Sales Strategy

●SAP

●Training & Development

●Team Building & Leadership

●Project Mgmt.

●Product/Quality Control Mgmt.

●Problem-Solving

●RPA Trained

EDUCATION

EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY – Houston, TX

Dual Major - Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics / Business Management, December 2009

Financed 60% of educational expenses through continuous employment.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON – Houston, TX

Certificate earned 2011 - CIL - Certificate International Logistics

Certificates earned 2012 – LLSGB - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

And

CTL - Certificate Transportation Logistics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

01/2017 – 01/2020

Bethel Consultants: Non-disclosure Agreement (Contract)

Houston, TX

Analyst Consultant - Charged with Identifying and documenting areas for potential growth, process improvement, and inconsistencies in project management.

●Through incorporation of Lean Six Sigma Processes revealed that 20% of the revenues lost and 12% of the missed loads/missed shipments were caused by employee downtime and ineffective communications between departments by aesthetically restructuring the company departments and the implementation of ISO Certification standards.

2016 - 2017

One Source Building Technologies

Houston, TX

Accounts Receivable – Managed accounts receivable operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews, implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards, resolving problems, and identifying system improvements.

●Responsible for tracking the payments and revenue of the company through the use of Excel and Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains (Microsoft GP)

●Met accounts receivable financial standards by providing annual accounts receivable budget information, monitoring expenditures, identifying variances, and implementing corrective actions.

●Collect accounts by contacting customers referred by clerks; investigate circumstances of non-payment; negotiate and resolve conflicts; and expedite payment.

●Update receivables by coordinating and monitoring daily sales order processing and bank remittance transactions.

●Maintaining financial security by adhering to internal accounting controls

Joshua Brace

Cypress, TX – +1-832-***-**** – ad2pyd@r.postjobfree.com

2015 - 2016

Aramco Services Company

Houston, TX

●Supervised both shipping and receiving activities to ensure conformance to work orders and company protocols

●Handled routing and legal load limits of outbound shipments to ensure that they conform to the state’s legal load requirements

●Inspected loading and unloading activities to make sure that they are in compliance with shipping and receiving specifications

●Prepared bills of lading and post weight and shipping charges according to shipment specifications

2012 - 2015

Hewlett Packard

Houston, TX

Product Control Management – Responsible for monitoring high-priority orders from Order Management (OM) throughout Manufacturing Buildings CCM5, CCM6, and CCM 7 factory processes.

●Increased the frequency of scheduled preventive maintenance on the production floor, reversing a history of unplanned equipment downtime and improving monthly output by 11%.

●Provided daily escalation reports to OM, assuring Lean Six Sigma guidelines were followed

●Applied Supply Chain Management (SCM) methodology to ensure coordination in the supply chain between OM and Factory Management and Reported on KPIs related to identified goals.

●Initiated a more structured and professional procurement environment that significantly improved service delivery and positioned the division for profitability within its first year. Define the prioritization work schedule for the PCM Team.

●Analyzed details of the order escalation process and reported data via email and SharePoint.

●Assessed corrective actions for delays in production.

●Implemented proper procedures to ensure product quality and on-time completion of order

●Took daily measurements of factory output/tech direct and provided production reports to management

Quality Assurance Specialist – Trained in the Basics of SAP. Completed Coaching for Excellence Managerial Course and earned HP Manufacturing All-Star Award 2013 in 2nd Quarter. Responsible for engineering activities to ensure products or services are fulfilled in a quality system. These responsibilities include, but were not limited to:

●Developed Lean Transformation Roadmaps and drove Kaizen events to improve lean manufacturing and transactional processes, ensuring continual improvements were implemented

●Implemented 5S (sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain) in all areas of the business: managing the planning, facilitation, and completion of manufacturing systems projects to support the cost reduction objectives of the company

●Developed daily Excel analysis reports and charts for upper management to ensure the bigger picture was understood

●Steered VSM (Value Stream Mapping) Kaizen events and organized team building event

●Completed Coaching for Excellence Managerial course

●Trained, coached, and challenged process owners in the use of Lean and statistical tools, approaches, and techniques to create process management and measurement systems

Line Coordinator – Responsible for managing nine employees. Responsibilities included creating work schedules for designated line areas of operations, training and assisting new employee onboarding, compiling data for daily collection of production line statistics, and providing cross-functionality supervision of other lines.

Contractor - Responsible for performing varied and general tasks involved in the manufacturing process. Responsibilities included assisting supervisory and non-supervisory employees with various tasks, including but not limited to basic manufacture, assembly, installation or processing of components, subsystems, or systems, operation of basic hand tools, operation of assigned production/manufacturing machinery, performing routine operating maintenance on one or more.

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