Plant Manager Purchasing

Charles “Ronnie” Gribble

** ******** ***** ****, **. 30165

**********@*******.*** 706-***-****

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Proactive, customer focused professional offering significant ability in operations/ manufacturing management, experience to include: Safety, quality, materials/purchasing, supply chain, production control, storeroom/inventory management, internal/external customer service, cost saving initiatives, supply chain/logistics, corporate strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, government/subcontract management, Small Business/Minority, P&L/budgeting/planning, labor relations, staff development, KanBan, Six Sigma Methodologies, 5S/Lean manufacturing, ISO, FAR/DFAR/ITAR regulations, DCMA audits, OSHA regulations.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

2015- Present Mount Vernon Mills, Inc. Trion, Georgia

Manager of Procurement & Stores

*Holds full accountability for managing three departments including Purchasing, Medical Unit and Warehouse/Stores operations. Oversees a $150 million purchasing department, including an eight-person supply chain team of cross-functional abilities in tactical purchasing, strategic sourcing, and administrative roles. Managed the warehouse/stores operation, which consist of a 35,000 sq. ft. warehouse, warehouse manager, and seven team members that oversee 3000 + SKU’s.

Successfully negotiated Mount Vernon Mills MRO janitorial & office supplies program with a first years cost savings of $59,311, while steam lining the vendor base from 15 down to 2.

Renegotiated company’s janitorial service contract which resulted in base contract savings of $42, 098.00 annually. Also restructured the service company’s handling of overtime. The estimated savings will be $728,488.00.

Total responsibility for all domestic & international inbound and outbound, to include; Less than Truckload (LTL), Truckload (TL), Railroad (Rail &Intermodal), Air Freight and Ocean Freight.

Successfully maintained supplier partnership meetings to improve relationships and identify mutual opportunities to enhance value, improve processes and total cost reduction.

Reengineered the organizations storeroom and medical unit operation. Eliminated four (4) individual stores area and established a Central Storeroom operation.

Renegotiated all bulk storage chemicals (Bi annual bid) and coal for Mount Vernon Mills operational requirements with key suppliers that have a year to date cost savings of $411,854.

2011- 2015 Apache Mills, Inc. Calhoun, Georgia

Director of Purchasing

*Responsible for cradle to grave planning, development, direction and control of purchasing, logistics, supply chain, receiving/shipping, storerooms/inventory departments for a fast paced, high volume contract manufacturing facility. Four (4) direct reports & sixty – eight (68) indirect.

Successfully negotiated Apache Mills global ocean freight program with a first years cost savings of $89,299.

Initiated and implemented a lighting upgrade project with results being estimated energy and maintenance savings at $328,211.00 with Return on Investment (ROI) of 0.98 years.

Tracked metrics for total inventory investment, inventory turns, supplier quality/on time delivery, cycle count accuracy, purchase price variance and excess inventory management.

Accomplished an annual cost reduction of $349,033.58 for Apache Mills Corrugated packaging purchases

Leveraged company’s procurement activities through a high level of understanding of materials, domestic/international negotiations, and forming strategic key partners that led to a strong supply chain.

Fostered partnerships with key suppliers that have a year to date cost savings of $811,854. Areas of savings include: MRO, metals, packaging, chemicals, and labeling.

2010-2011 Western Plastics, Inc. Calhoun, Georgia

Purchasing/Logistics Manager

Responsible for Procurement & Logistics/Transportation on day-to-day operations.

Successfully negotiated Western Plastics packaging program cost savings of $248,335.48 annually. Reduced due date delivery from 6 to 12 days to 3 to 5 days. Reduced vendor base from 11 to 2. Accomplished this transition without having any production downtime.

Monitors carrier performance (domestic & international) for customer service, on time deliveries and damages.

Accomplished an annual reduction cost reduction of $49,033.58 for Western Plastics Corrugated Core purchases

Successfully completed a change from a Third Party Logistics (3PL) to an internal controlled process in less than 3 months, while achieving an annual reduction of $41,171.44 in LTL freight cost.

Initiated and implemented Western Plastics first usage of Intermodal Transportation (Rail) on direct point shipments with cost savings of $800.00 to $1200.00 per shipment.

Lead facilitator for project management on capital expenditure projects

Functioned as the Plant Manager when the Plant Manager was not available/absent.

2001-2009 Meggitt Engineered Fabrics Corporation, Rockmart, Georgia

Manager of Materials & Procurement

Responsible for managing all aspects of purchasing, receiving/stores, inventory control, cost control, contract negotiation/administration and outsourcing for fast-paced, high volume aerospace manufacturing facility. Union facility… Five (5) direct reports – Seventy-Nine (79) indirect reports

Hired & supervised two senior buyers, six buyers, one receiving/stores supervisor and one procurement analyst within a Six Sigma & 5S/Lean Manufacturing environment

8 years direct responsibility on day-to-day operations for materials/procurement during a major expansion while maintaining proper manpower, cost control, and optimum inventories.

Successfully negotiated a bid between company and machined parts suppliers with a cost savings of 635k annually. Drastically reduced due date delivery from eight to ten weeks to one to three days by establishing a KanBan program.

Negotiated and implemented a consignment program for maintenance, repair & operations (MRO) items that resulted in a 4% across the board cost reduction per item and have a vendor person on-site at no cost.

Maintained highly successful rating while serving as company’s Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), 36 government contracts @$189M

Lead facilitator for internal/external customer and supplier issue resolution effective team player and leader with ability to communicate and work constructively with peers in engineering, production, and finance functions.

MILITARY HISTORY

U.S. Navy USS Coral Sea (CV43) Norfolk, Virginia

Aviation Storekeeper E-5 Honorable Discharge

EDUCATION

U.S. Navy – Department of Naval Technology Material Technology Diploma

Coosa Valley Technical College, Rome, Georgia Applied Technology Management

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ISM Institute for Supply Management

APP Accredited Purchasing Practitioner

CPM Certified Purchasing Manager

APS American Purchasing Society

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