Production material planner

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BALJEET S. BOLA

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Rocklin, CA **765

916-***-**** ********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced in Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing including MRP (Oracle), maintaining master schedule, cycle counts, customer orders and scheduling. Well versed in all related areas of Production and Inventory Control and Warehousing. Recognized as a competent and motivated professional who approaches each project with a personal commitment to excellence.

! Ability to organize, implement, lead and coordinate assignments efficiently

! Well-organized, dependable and detail-oriented, with the ability to work well with management, co-workers, internal and external customers

! Innovative problem solver who has received numerous commendations for superior job performance

! Successfully manages multiple tasks and works well under pressure

! Experienced team player with a good sense of humor PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, Rancho Cordova, CA 2009 – 2019 Analyst, Material Planning

• Managed material flow to sustain production

• Maintained accurate WIP balance for shop floor control

• Performed Cost Transfers of Material from Current to future contracts

• Reconciled discrepancies to ensure accurate material issuance to Work Orders

• Created Purchase Requisitions for conversion into Purchase orders

• Released and Maintained shop work orders for production

• Ensured inventory accuracy and adjusted for current contracts COHERENT INC., AUBURN, CA 1999 – 2009

Production Control Coordinator II

• Supported Planning, Engineering, internal/external customers and Production in various manufacturing operations.

• Utilized MRP (material requirements planning) to verify material and capacity resource availability to support unplanned and planned demand. Coordinated with Purchasing, Production and customers to resolve any constraints

• Maintained Master Schedule according to Sales Order bookings and shipments

• Updated all Printed Circuit Board Bills of Material in accordance to ECO (Engineering Change Order) requirements; set effectively dates for changes

• Cycle Count Team member and trainer; performed database activities including maintenance, updates and adjustments, report generation and publication, reconciliation of discrepancies and contributed to a 30% improvement in high dollar inventory accuracy

• Responsible for determining sub-contractor build schedules for Printed Circuit Board line; generated and maintained all production work orders; proactively responded to relative material issues

• Responsible for timely management and delivery of all finished goods products going to alternative manufacturing sites

• Promoted from Production Control Coordinator I

Technical Associate/Expeditor

• Instrumental in achieving team inventory accuracy goal of 98%, ensuring production schedules and on-time deliveries were met

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• Successfully streamlined the inventory control process by creating parts handling procedures for put-away, bulk, and scrapping material

• Interfaced with buyers, planners and engineers on material issues by identifying and solving inventory problems

• Performed all database inventory transactions; maintained repetitive shortage report and expedited material to remedy shortages

• Performed a wide variety of electronic and mechanical assembly operations

• Assembled, repaired and tested PCB’s following methods of operations in wiring, component installation and test procedures

VOLT MANAGEMENT GROUP, ROSEVILLE, CA 1998 – 1999

Test Repair Operator

• Contributed to a 40% reduction in turn around time

• Coordinated with QA department to ensure the closure of RMA (Return Material Authorization) jobs in a timely fashion

• Maintained customer files and coordinated with other departments in regards to order status, shipping dates, prices, shortages and back orders

• Tested, troubleshot and repaired customer returns of compact disk drives WHITTAKER COMMUNICATIONS, SANTA CLARA, CA 1984 – 1996 Senior Electro-Mechanical Assembler/Tester

• Assembled and tested Local Area Networking Equipment using drawings, schematics and other related manufacturing documents

• Tested and inspected cables and harnesses using manual and electronic testing equipment

• Performed touch-up and rework of PCB assemblies using hand-soldering equipment

• Assisted the Manufacturing Engineering Department in set-up and execution of pre-production and proto- type products

• Provided timely feedback to Design and Manufacturing Engineering Departments regarding any problems that would affect timely release of product

• Generated and ensured closure on Manufacturing Corrective Action request

• Cross-trained new employees in all areas of Electro-Mechanical assemblies NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, SANTA CLARA, CA 1982 – 1984 Technical Associate

• Performed various Integrated Circuit assembly tasks in production area.

• Inspected devices (IC’s) under magnification and segregated bad devices

• Ensured proper solder coverage on all leads of a device.

• Performed solder ability test on products assigned. EDUCATION

B.A. Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Basics of Supply Chain Management Certification, APICS - The Associations for Operations Management PC Electronics and Math courses, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA Successfully completed the EPTAC Advanced Solder Instructor (J-Std-001B) Certification Course References – Available Upon Request

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