KEVIN R. O’DELL
**** **** **. **** ******, TX ***66
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
A highly talented, dynamic and experienced management specialist with proven ability to direct a team for scheduling, project controls, quality assurance, craft supervision, material expediting, and all other project administrations.
EDUCATION
University of North Texas
80+ Credit Hours towards undergraduate degree
Dallas Community Colleges - Dallas County
60 transfer hours with a 3.6+ GPA
EXPERIENCE
Burris Windows – Shipping/Service Manager/Regional Sales. TX/LA/OK Sales was my last responsibility – Prior responsibility: Service Manager and for shipping/receiving - routes (local, Statewide & neighboring States), drivers, LTL, Logistics for glass and windows, Operations for on-time window manufacturing and delivery. Successes include: raising delivery accuracy from around 85% to 99.7% in less than 3 months, procedures for warehousing short-term storage of finished goods. Customer satisfaction/retention/growth has improved tremendously since taking over this position. Resulting in reduced waste of man hours while retaining employees for other assignments because of growth. DZ Atlantic – October 2008 to August 2013 - Procurement Manager & Warehouse/Inventory Manager Daily functions include Logistic management, Purchasing (includes: update/rate vendors etc.), managing warehouse and off-site inventory, cycle counts, min-max limits, purchase and maintenance of Fleet Vehicles, rolling stock, along with tools, consumables, PP&E, and repair parts. Procure for Power Plants, custom projects, rentals and call-offs, purchase tools, materials, consumables for projects, maintenance, construction and small to large scale equipment. Travel included 40%-50% to check status of work completed and due. Tracking/Tracing & Inspection of manufactured materials, expedited purchases and train others in the procurement/operation/applications. Laid off in August 2013 Successes include:
• Lowering transportation cost, repair/maintenance cost and shipping cost, increased quality/value of tools/consumables/customer relations.
Allstate - January 2007 – October 2008 – Insurance Adjuster Perform first notice of loss and subrogation processes. I used strong written and oral communication skills, plus great interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills to lead to satisfaction of the client and the company. Life-long customer service experienced. Position requires knowledge of legal liability, specific and general insurance policy coverage. I also am College educated plus I have directly related experience of insurance practices. KK Designs & Blindman – 1986-1994 - Owner
Responsible for bidding, maintaining plan budgets, Training, purchases for job starts and developing relationships with vendors, negotiating - managing and running of day-to-day operations of retail business (Commercial and Residential Interior Design, (Floorcoverings, wallpaper, etc.) and Finish-out for custom homes/commercial properties), and project/personnel scheduling of trades, budgeting, purchasing, installation, estimating from blueprints (take-off’s). Contract Labor August 1990-January 2007 - Various Commercial Print Company’s in DFW Outside Commercial Sales – B2B Sales Including Sally Beauty and Mannington Floors, School Districts, Municipalities. Purchase Print materials and Display for customers including catalogs and IFS’s and mailers/flyers. Production Manager for all in-plant operations, press checks and Scheduling, purchasing of supplies and outside services, supervisor of full- time and part time employees. Part of my responsibilities includes the fulfillment of recruitment materials and maintaining mailing list weekly. I also taught computer classes for Adult Continuing Education classes at the University as well as private lessons to individuals and small groups. Texas Instruments - June 1979 to June 1990
Includes small and large offset press operations, pre-press, estimating, scheduling and purchasing. Skills
Strong Negotiations
Strong Communication
MS Word
MS Excel
SAP Training (Inventory,
Order Data Input, Tool
and Equipment Repair)
References – Available
upon request