Manager Assistant

DOUGLAS TAYLOR

Indianapolis, IN 317-***-**** add0fl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Seasoned Buyer & People Manager with over 20 years of experience in expert inventory control, wholesale and retail management, and vendor relationship management in a variety of industries. Extensive experience in streamlining workflow, leadership and team building, and radically cutting costs through process improvements. Continually exceeds expectations by building valuable partnerships and works well with people at all levels of the organization, including stakeholders, customers, and team members.

Skills

• Cross-Functional Leadership & Management

• Superior Customer Service & Engagement

• Cost Savings & Revenue Generation

• Business Objectives & Solutions

• Team Building & Talent Development

• Strategic Planning & Production Scheduling

• Project Management & Development

• Inventory & WIP Control

• Business Intelligence & Accounting

• Manufacturing Processes & Strategy

• Excellent Verbal & Written Communication

Work History

Buyer 02/2006 to 04/2020

Caito Foods, Inc

• Monitoring and reporting on company inventory levels, developing successful inventory tracking systems, reviewing levels of supplies, ordering new materials, and performing daily analysis to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Purchasing goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets, ensuring continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicating any supply problems to management.

• Successfully cutting waste by 30% and on hand inventory levels by 20, collaborating cross functionally to install the new MRP system, controlling inventory levels, contract negotiations, and managing the supplier performance matrix.

• Confidently managing of a department of 50+ employees and production schedulers, determining and implementing the optimal workflow for any operation, continually scaling operational, inventory, and technical company capabilities.

• Skillfully building an impressive record of team building and leadership, increasing productivity by 60% and reducing project completion times by 22%, applying rigorous risk management, business strategy, and buyer ad management.

• Meticulously monitoring market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers, researching and evaluating areas of opportunity and successfully reducing costs where possible, delivering briefs, updates and reports as and when required.

• Developing creative and innovative procurement processes, improving operational efficiency and aiding business performance, improving prices and terms of business with suppliers and seizing opportunities to make business savings. Kitchen Manager, Assistant General Manager 10/2000 to 01/2006 O'Charley's

• Provided complete oversight to the daily operations of the establishment's kitchen staff and facility, took responsibility for flawless food preparation, ordering supplies, scheduling shifts, and continually monitoring inventory levels.

• Processed vendor deliveries using the receive application to ensure inventory accuracy, examined the levels of supplies and raw material to determine shortages, designed inventory tracking systems to optimize inventory control procedures.

• Successfully lowered company costs by 2% through leveraging an innovative cost and labor control strategy, served as an integral part of creating and managing the store budget, providing comprehensive analysis and recommendations.

• Confidently identified further opportunities to reduce costs, successfully slashed costs through the cross-training of employees, smart purchasing decisions, aggressive scheduling, and initiated projects to standardize cost and materials.

• Collaborated with employees, management, and suppliers to streamline operations and spike productivity, demonstrated outstanding culinary leadership and management experience, successfully executing strategic organizational processes.

• Accurately ordered materials, supplies and ingredients based on demands, supervised kitchen employees and organized food orders, oversaw the food preparation and cooking process, performed weekly inventory assessments.

• Recruited, hired, trained, and onboarded top-performing kitchen employees in designated stations, scheduled work shifts for employees, ensured the kitchen was clean and organized, and maintained weekly and monthly cost reports. Certifications

Six Sigma – Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

Education

IUPUI – Bachelor of Arts in General Studies, Focus in Education & Business

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