MILTON MEDRANO

Inventory, Manufacturing & Production Planning Professional

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La Habra, CA 90631 add7bg@r.postjobfree.com 562-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/milton-medrano-ca

SUMMARY

Inventory, Production and Planning Manager with more than 30 years of experience in strategic planning, supply chain, materials and production planning, scheduling, inclusive of managing operations in Greater Los Angeles CA and BC Mexico. Demonstrated leadership in efficiently managing $25M+ of inventory in multiple locations that includes Harbor City, CA, Azusa, CA, Memphis, TN, and Ensenada, BC, Mexico. Recognized for partnering with support departments to develop strategic plans to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, and improve revenue. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to enlist and engage cross functional teams to focus on on-time delivery to support customer needs as well as company goals.

KEY STRENGHTS

Strategy Planning

Production Planning

Scheduling

Inventory Control

Program Management

Operational Leadership

Supply Chain

Team Building and Coaching

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Onyx Industries Harbor City, CA April 2018 to Present ($100M Manufacturer of Jewelry and Piercing Instruments)

Production Manager

Provide directions to daily operational functions to Injection Molding and Screw Machining Depts.

Release Production and Machining work orders based on MRP requirements for Injection Molding and Screw Machining Depts.

Provide daily production and machining status analysis to provide accurate delivery data to customers.

Release Purchasing requisitions to Purchasing Department

Developed key strategies to improve planning process and manufacturing procedures resulting in higher efficiency and productivity.

Directly involved in developing Quality Assurance Manual and SOP (Standard Operating Procedures)

Developed Inventory Strategies to improve accuracy and reduce inventory turns.

Improve on time delivery from 62% to 92%

Decreased Manufacturing cycle time from 6 weeks to 4 weeks

Ancra International LLC, Azusa, CA 1990 to Dec 2016

[$300M manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft cargo loading systems]

Production Manager (2000 to Dec 2017)

Provided direction to daily operational functions to Ancra System Division and Aircraft Fitting.

Directed key projects to improve forecasting, reduce lead time and expedite production to support the monthly sales forecast.

Developed key strategies to improve planning process, inventory turns, and manufacturing procedures that resulted in higher efficiency as well as in cost reductions.

Directed related inventory steps to managed and control $25M+ worth of inventory to maintain high accuracy and reduce inventory turns.

Directly participated in defining strategic plans and closely monitor performance for maximum productivity.

Teamed up with Purchasing to developed strategic procurement plans to improve vendors on time delivery and quality

Improve on time delivery from 79% to 94%

Decrease manufacturing cycle time from 8 weeks to 4 weeks

Improved productivity 21% by streamline processes saving $1.2M per year in COGS

Sr. Planner (1995 to 2000)

Released production and machining work orders based on MRP requirements for Aircraft Systems and Aircraft Fitting.

Released purchasing requisitions to Purchasing Department.

Daily production status analysis to provide accurate delivery data to customer service

Scheduled production and machining operations by prioritizing released work orders to support customer needed date.

Prioritize the incoming receiving inspection basket to support production line and machine shop schedules.

Directly involved in developing internal procedures to implement AS9100.

Direct participation in moving new acquired factory equipment to Ensenada BC Mexico from La Mirada, CA.

Production Planner (1990 - 1995)

Hired as a Production Planner to help the Production Manager to start the Aircraft Division for Ancra International.

Directly involved in the development and implementation of various procedures such as MRP, Production Control, Inventory Management, Employee Training, and Quality.

Led the process of define strategic plans and closely monitor performance for maximum productivity.

Scheduled production and machining operations by prioritizing released work orders to support customer needed date.

Prioritize the incoming receiving inspection basket to support production line and machine shop schedules.

Directly involved in developing internal procedures to implement AS9100.

Direct participation in moving new acquired factory equipment to Ensenada BC Mexico from La Mirada, CA.

KENNEDY CO. (Later owned by Allegheny Intl and later by Shugart), Monrovia, CA 1981 -- 1990

[$50M manufacturer of computer tape drives]

Material Planner (1987 – 1990)

Released material requisition to Purchasing to procure material based on MRP. Managed and coordinated the process of releasing work orders to Production Floor,

Coordinate the Production scheduling in Mexicali, BC, Mexico

Material expeditor (1984 – 1987)

Monitored material arrival to prioritize it in QC to maintain a healthy flow to the warehouse and to be distributed to the production line to prevent line from stopping the assembly process.

Performed the electronic issue transactions to move the material to the production line.

Machine Operator (1981 - 1983)

Daily operation of cutting wire machine based on released work orders to support Production

Schedule.

EDUCATION

East LA College, Pasadena City College, El Camino Collage General Education Courses -- 1983-1986

APICS course -- Cal State Dominguez Hills, 1992

Production and Inventory Control -- Cal State Dominguez Hills, 1992

Inventory Management - Cal State Fullerton, 1995

Proficient in Microsoft Office ~ Power Point, Excel, Word

Natively bi-lingual in Spanish

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