Buyer/Planner, Inventory Analyst

Jenny McKinsey

*********@*****.*** *** Seventh Street, Crawfordsville, IN 765-***-****

Employment History

Acuity Brands Lighting 1995-2011

Buyer/Planner 2008-2011

• Supervised workforce when area manager was unavailable and during overtime and Saturdays

• Worked with suppliers to ensure contract is expedited as stipulated and in a timely manner

• Administered basic purchasing functions such as maintaining more than one source of supply, verifying purchase order request for proper authorization suggesting changes or adjustments in quantities to take advantage of price breaks and trends

• Reviewed MRP for parts requirements to support new releases of requisitions

• Established files and control of all outgoing and incoming communication on each assigned order

• Ensured department records are maintained and summary purchasing data is received from vendors

• Ordered materials for optimal plant production and completed inventory stock

• Continuously worked with suppliers to reduce lead times

• Arranged for and authorized the return of rejected materials to suppliers

• Confirmed prices charged on invoices and handled adjustment claims

• Documented orders in accordance with corporate guidelines for increased intra-departmental communication. Determined root cause and countermeasures for all late items- internally and externally and reported results to corporate weekly

• Supervised employees in order ensure correct business protocol was followed and customer orders were shipped on time

• Implemented and managed an inventory cost reduction plan and created a 53% corporate dollar reduction within my cells, in six months time, for increased company savings

Production Scheduler 2006– 2008

• Evaluated on-hand materials in order to set schedule for daily production

• Adapted production schedule on product availability to ensure that company time was not wasted

• Required to split schedules in partial lots or short runs in order to compensate for material shortages, vendors failure to deliver and rush order priorities

• Prepared production schedules in order to create the daily workload

• Worked closely with customer care to ensure that rush orders were expedited and completed as requested

Inventory Analyst 1997 - 2006

• Evaluated and analyzed current inventory to account for missing and misuse of product for inventory accountability

• Entered data and ran reports via Excel, Access and Oracle for increased inventory awareness

• Reconciled inventory as needed

• Filed documents for increased organization and efficiency throughout the company

• Conducted training on Oracle, for five weeks in Georgia, 3 weeks in Texas and twelve weeks in Mexico, in order to streamline production processes in other plant locations around the globe

• Identified and communicated problems to managers and entire departments for error reduction

• Physical Inventory Planning Committee. Wrote and distributed power point materials for the entire facility as Inventory Manager Assistant. Dissected, evaluated and explored current company policies, procedures and processes inside inventory for increased company dollar opportunities

Team Experience

LEAN Manufacturing

• 5S

• Standard Work

• Kaizen

• Visual Management

• Kanban

Education

Crawfordsville High School, Diploma 1989

Additional Skills

Type 65 WPM Microsoft Office/ Outlook

15 years office experience Strong data entry skills

*Analyzing and problem solving Record keeping

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