Inventory Control Supply Chain

Armando Torres

**********@*****.*** Cell Phone 915-***-****

Career Objective

To use my experience and knowledge of over 34 years of Supply Chain Management.

In the areas of Material and Inventory Control, Purchasing, Distribution, Transportation and Logistics.

SAP resource as a Subject Matter Expert full life cycle tester and facilitator.

Able to effectively develop Logistics Teams capable of promoting a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers while achieving company goals and objectives.

EDUCATION

Bachelors in Business Admin Almeda University May 2006

Logistics Professional Certificate, Georgia Tech March 2000

Bilingual English-Spanish.

Work Experience

ZF Electronics Oct 2022 to date EPDC Supervisor

Responsible for shipping storage and receiving of Automotive parts and Commercial electronics for 50 K sq ft Distribution Center.

13 employees in charge of the daily operation customer shipments and QMS to comply with IATF 16949

H.R., OSHA, ISO 9000, Customs regulations and regulatory compliance, C-TPAT.

Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of the building and equipment used at the D.C.

Sumitomo Wiring Systems Jan 2018 to OCT 2022 Warehouse Supervisor

Responsible for shipping storage and receiving of Automotive Wire harnesses, from 14 manufacturing plants in Mexico to supply OEM and Tier 1 suppliers for customers such as Ford, Chrysler, Nissan and Subaru.

30 Employees two buildings with a total sq. footage of 150 K shipping to 20 customers daily, on time performance 100%

Kelly OCG Contract Position Sep 2016–May 2017 Operations Manager

Responsible for a customer site for shipping, receiving, cross dock and shipments to customers for the automotive industry.

Shipments included international and domestic for Ford, Chrysler, Gm Nissan Honda. Used SAP modules,SD and WM

Managed processes of distribution, inventory control, FTZ and Nafta. Managed 34 employees with 3 group leaders supporting 2 manufacturing plants in Cd Juarez, Mx. Inventory accuracy 99.97% shipping accuracy 99.98%

Onin Staffing Contract position for BRK Jul 2015 to Dec 2015 Inventory Control Supervisor

Responsible for cycle counts inventory variances and adjustments, transfers, consignment and locations.

Assigned the A,B,C items for counting and validation of the finance department.

Used Pkms and SAP on initial phase of implementation as a tester.

Documented daily customs manifests for 2 Manufacturing plants including Nafta and HTS tariff classification.

Responsible for weekly review of MRP requirements for packaging material at the JZ Manufacturing plants.

Viasystems Technologies Jul 2008 to Aug 2014 Warehouse Supervisor

Electronic contract manufacturing company for telecommunications, power generation and medical industries.

In charge of a 30 k sq.ft.distribution facility managing customer direct shipments within the U.S. and Canada

Raw material and MRO daily shipments for a 220 K sq ft production manufacturing in Cd Juarez,Mx.

Certified U.S. site for C-TPAT Customs and Border Protection program.

Finish Goods shipments include small package, LTL and Truckload.

Inventory accuracy 99.9 % Shipping Accuracy 100%.

Manage third party inventories and shipments for Telecommunications customers on site

Responsible for MRO purchases and supplies for the facility

SAP Super user supporting customer shipments and inventory control.

Lexmark Sep 06 to Nov 07 Warehouse and VMI Manager

Responsible of Raw material warehouse in Cd Juarez, Mx and a Cross Docking facility in El Paso, TX for laser cartridge manufacturing

Managing 2 supervisors and 3 group leaders with 75 warehouse employees, 6 cycle counters and 6 data entry clerks.

Inventory carrying cost of 15 million dollars supplying 50 production lines in two shifts.

Implemented Kanban for 30 production lines, forecasting and replenishment to control raw materials.

Implemented an in house VMI material control program system to lower inventory cost and improve material flow set up blanket purchase orders and min-max levels for 6 suppliers reduced 1/3 of inventory carrying cost.

Valeo Motors Feb 2005 to Mar 2006 Traffic Supervisor

Responsible for administration of inbound and outbound freight customs clearance for Asian and European

shipments. Domestic and international, carrier selection.

Annual budget of 9 million dollar supporting JIT and Lean Manufacturing processes for the automotive industry.

Validation and verification of freight bills for payment and processing supporting finance department.

Daily interaction with shipping departments to expedite orders to customer’s domestic and international shipments.

Implemented milk runs within the U.S. to minimize cost and improve material delivery.

Developed a weekly pickup within Europe for suppliers to load ocean containers bound for the U.S.

Responsible for charter selection for special deliveries.

Worked with Buyer-Planners on a daily basis to improve material deliveries based on MRP requirements.

Philips-Advance Transformer Nov 1997 to Jan 2004 Rdc Mgr-SAP Subject-Matter expert.

In charge of the overall running of Regional Distribution Center in El Paso, TX for Ballast industry.

H.R., OSHA, ISO 9000, Customs regulations and regulatory compliance, C-TPAT.

Supervised 23 employees servicing 6 manufacturing plants and 5 RDC across the U.S. and Mexico.

Advance's Presidential Award winner for 2000.

Responsible for overseeing and managing and contracts for Advance's Monterrey, MX Distribution Center,

Implemented Kanban and JIT programs with OEM customers in Monterrey, Mx.

Organized and lead the opening of Philips-Advance distribution Center in Monterrey,Mx.

Responsible for ordering MRO and Rdc Supplies, including building improvements.

Maintained inventory accuracy levels of 99.97 % under 4 different locations within the same building.

Subject Matter Expert for SAP/FLC

Full transition from ASI to SAP, created user Guides and training for end-users on new or changed functionality in the SAP R/3 Release 4.6B system, cycle count process testing and implementation WM,IM,LE.SD.

Monitored and reported to management the status of project efforts, anticipated and identified issues that inhibit the attainment of project goals and implementing preventive actions.

Additional responsibilities included providing support to key users for 5 Manufacturing Plants and 2 RDC’s

Acted as a liaison and facilitator of consultants and key manufacturing teams to meet expected customer service levels.

Trainer for LE,SD, MM and WM modules.

Stewart Warner Instrument 5/95 -10/97 Materials Manager

Responsible for Material Control, Transportation and Customs of the El Paso Distribution Center and the Cd. Juarez, Mx Warehouse supporting the heavy truck automotive gauge industry such as Freightliner, Caterpillar and military.

Ensuring that customs documents and regulations were being followed, negotiating Transportation rates with U.S. and Mexican carriers.

Oversaw transportation, customs Nafta regulations and distribution of finished goods to U.S. and Mexico customers.

Responsible for QS9000, leader for continuous improvement teams, OSHA and Safety regulation.

Provided on time daily supply of raw materials to production lines and a metal stamping operation, as well as shipments of Finished Goods to El Paso DC.

Inventory accuracy 98% and Shipping accuracy 97%

Armour Swift Eckrich 10/93 - 5/95 Purchasing and Inventory Control Manager

Responsible for purchasing and inventory of productive and MRO supplies for a meat processing plant.

Responsible for purchases of $250,000 per month 5 employees.

Contract negotiations to ensure implementation of JIT supply programs

CMI to lower inventory costs and improve delivery to meat processing plant 5 suppliers reduced inventory carrying cost by 20 % . Inventory accuracy 99 % and on time delivery of 99 %

Mizuno USA El Paso, TX/Atlanta, GA 10/90 - 2/93 Distribution and Traffic Mgr El Paso, TX

Responsible for shipping, receiving and inventory control of sporting goods equipment.

Customs responsibilities included imports from Asia Duty Drawbacks, Nafta between Canada, US and Mx

Transportation reduced delivery transit times to customers by 30 % by using zone deliveries.

Implemented Warehouse Management System and World-Class warehouse procedures.

Responsible for 50 employees on 3 shifts.

Daily shipping volume 800+ UPS packages 200+ FEDEX and between 20-25 LTL shipments per day.

Reduced transportation costs by 30% and transit times in all lanes by 20 %.

Training

SAP, JDEdwards, ASI, MAPICS. Rapid Response, Expandable, BPCS. Finlistics.

Finance for Decision-Making, MsOffice, 8D’s Apics CPIM: Basics of Supply Chain Management, MRP.

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