Purchasing, production control, inventory management, warehouse

Hello, my name is John.

I am married to my fantastic & wonderful wife Linda and we have been together since high school. We have one daughter who now has children of her own. Since we could only have one child, over the years we hosted over 50 foreign exchange students from many countries around the World.

My employment history has included a variety of responsibilities including purchasing materials and component parts for the manufacturing of musical instruments and scheduled production of the same in 2 different facilities. I also supervised both receiving and stockroom departments working with a team of seven very knowledgeable individuals.

Working with the IT departments I have been involved with the implementation of computer systems at 2 different manufacturing companies and designing the layout of the associated data collection terminals in one of the companies. I was also responsible for maintaining the engineering data base of product structures and route sheets.

Working with the IT and customer service departments of the manufacturing companies I was very involved in determining what parts could/should be made available as repair parts along with what the standard package of each part number should be.

While working as a substitute teacher the most I can say is that I learned a new respect for today’s teachers and what they have to deal with. I did have one school request that I accept an assignment for the balance of the school year. I appreciated the request, but I could not accept as I did not want to commit as I was looking for a full-time position.

Working as a truck driver making local deliveries I generally made my own schedules and routes based on due dates and customer locations with an occasional exception. When warranted, I also built crates and assembled boxes for shipment via common carrier. I also created an Excel spreadsheet that could be used to determine crate or box sizes to use for a shipment based on product size, shape, and quantity.

As the dispatch office manager, I worked with the company programmer to develop a system of maintaining a reference of vehicle locations in the storage lot and the associated document package location in the office. We changed the procedure of how we processed required documentation for dispatching trucks at my suggestion to make it more efficient. On one occasion, this allowed us to process the dispatch of 5 trucks in 7 minutes. Unfortunately, at times it was necessary for me to terminate a shuttle driver for cause.

Shortly after I took the merchandise coordinator position the sole supplier of merchandise we distributed went on strike. This occurred before the warehouse was fully stocked. Our mandate was orders had to be shipped within 10 days and had to be shipped 85% complete. The company used overnight mail between Elkhart and New York to consolidate customer orders on a warehouse pick sheet. This process also allocated inventory which resulted in our not being able to ship many orders at 85%. By basically ignoring the allocation system (with my supervisor’s approval) I was able to devise a method by which we were able to ship many orders at the 85% complete level.

With many of the positions I have held I have found at times it was necessary to “think outside of the box” to find a solution to a problem. Several of the positions required me to be responsible for the expenditure of funds either directly, or indirectly. Most positions allowed me to work independently with little or no direct supervision.

In an additional reference to hosting the foreign exchange students, for 14 years my wife and I participated in planning and executing a weeklong Florida bus trip for them and their host siblings of high school age. Our largest group included 5 tour buses with 245 students participating. I was the trip director for several of the last trips.

Thank you for your consideration.

John

RÉSUMÉ

JOHN F. TUNKS

55683 Riverview Manor Dr.

Elkhart, IN 46514

Cell 574-***-****

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EXPERIENCE

Hingecraft, Elkhart, Indiana

Delivery Truck Driver (Primary)/Packer/Shipping

Used tape measure, saw, and staple gun to build wooden crates for shipping parts.

Pack parts in wooden crates and cardboard boxes for shipment and used banding and shrink-wrap equipment to secure contents of crates.

Prepare required shipping documents for local deliveries and BOL's for shipments via freight companies.

Used lift truck to load trucks.

Deliver product to local customers using company truck.

Currently hold valid “For hire license”

AutoZone, Elkhart, Indiana

"Red Shirt" – 1720 S. Nappanee Street Store

Counter sales - looked up customer requested parts by application in computer system.

Cashier

Stocked shelves

Pinnacle RV Transport, Elkhart, Indiana

Dispatch Office Manager – Bristol, Indiana Office

Remodeled offices to set up for efficient dispatching of trucks to carriers.

Developed processes for receiving trucks into storage and subsequent release to carriers working with a proprietary computer program.

Scheduled shuttle drivers for pick up of trucks from manufacturer.

Created forms and reports to track daily, weekly, and monthly activity.

Worked with a variety of carriers when releasing trucks for delivery.

Evaluated shuttle driver performance.

Hingecraft, Elkhart, Indiana

Packer/Shipping

Used tape measure, saw, and staple gun to build wooden crates for shipping parts.

Packed parts in wooden crates and cardboard boxes for shipment using banding and shrink-wrap equipment to secure contents of crates.

Completed required in-house shipping documents.

Drove lift truck to store prepared shipments on racks prior to shipment.

Loaded trucks using lift truck.

Pinnacle RV Transport, Elkhart, Indiana

Shuttle Driver

Drove a variety of trucks from manufacturers to the Elkhart dispatch location.

Completed an inspection report for each vehicle picked up.

Occasionally delivered vehicles to purchaser’s location.

Completed DOT trip logs when applicable.

Covered for Shuttle driver and dispatch yard supervisor when requested.

Occasionally drove shuttle driver crews to manufacturers to pick up trucks.

E.K. Blessing, Elkhart, Indiana

Materials Manager

Purchased production and maintenance items.

Supervised shipping & receiving personnel.

Created reference materials for repair parts.

Processed customer repair parts orders.

Maintained product routings and bills of materials.

Managed cycle counts.

Directed annual physical inventory.

Loaded trucks using lift truck.

Packed products for shipment.

Industrial Engineering Technician

Set up routings and bills of materials using Intuitive ERP software.

Created and set up computerized engraving patterns.

CETUSA, Grand Rapids, Michigan – Part-time, sub-contractor position

Area Manager

Recruited and trained new Community Coordinators.

Supervised Community Coordinators.

Community Coordinator

Secured Host Families for International High School Students.

Completed required forms to comply with US Department of State requirements.

Completed monthly evaluation reports for students I placed.

Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart, Indiana

Substitute Teacher

Took class attendance

Executed lesson plans of full-time teacher

Worked in 14 different schools – grades 1 through 12 and classes at the Elkhart Area Career Center.

Conn-Selmer Company, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana

A. Industrial Engineering Technician

Maintained routings and product structures for existing and new products in engineering database.

Created and assigned new item numbers.

Created custom database reports.

Created engraving patterns for computerized engraving machines.

Served as plant liaison for the Corporate IT department.

Created visual reference materials for production and customer service department use.

Provided support to Corporate Customer Service.

Maintained plant labor reporting system.

B. Plant Systems Administrator

Determined locations for data collection terminals.

Monitored and recommended plant level system security

for MAPICS modules and program access.

Performed plant network trouble shooting.

Performed minor PC and system repairs.

C. MAPICS Coordinator

Worked with implementation of MAPICS modules.

Trained plant supervision and staff to use MAPICS.

Developed training materials specific to products produced

in the Vincent Bach Plant.

Simplified product structures and routings to reduce in-process inventories and improve product flow.

Directed inventory cycle counts.

D. Purchasing and Production Control Manager

Supervised a staff of seven people to purchase materials

and schedule production for nine product lines in two manufacturing plants.

Responsible for plant inventory levels and annual physical inventory.

Consolidated two purchasing groups into a single department.

Reduced the number of active suppliers.

Introduced computer use in the Vincent Bach Plant.

Wrote programs in Basic for use in monitoring and

maintaining component inventory levels prior to MAPICS.

E. Saxophone Production Control Manager

Responsible for the purchase of all production materials and production of saxophones.

Supervised receiving department personnel in two production plants.

Supervised stockroom personnel in Vincent Bach Plant.

F. Assistant Saxophone Production Control Manager

Determined and managed inventory levels of component item numbers and sub-assembly components used in saxophone production.

Created and scheduled all production orders related to saxophone production and Bach mouthpiece production.

Recommended department staffing levels to achieve schedules.

Comark Plastics - Division of United Merchants and Manufacturers, New York, New York

Merchandise Coordinator for Elkhart, Indiana warehouse.

Liaison between warehouse and outside sales in ten mid-west states.

Reviewed all incoming orders.

Allocated materials to fill orders.

Handled all customer correspondence.

Motor Supply Company, Elkhart, Indiana

Purchased parts to maintain appropriate inventory levels.

Counter sales.

Shipping and receiving.

Delivered parts to customers.

EDUCATION

H. B. Maynard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana

Course of study – Business Administration

MAPICS University, Chicago, Illinois

Elkhart Area Career Center, Elkhart, Indiana

Elkhart Senior High School, Elkhart, Indiana

My experience includes working with the following software:

MAPICS XA production and inventory information system (relational data base program) on an IBM AS400 computer system, EPDM, Query 400, Monarch Pro, Standards Pro, JLS computer engraving software, EngraveLab software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Label Matrix, Easy Label, Intuitive ERP software, and CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4. UPS WorldWide

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