Shawn Lawson
Hayward, CA ****5
Cell: 510-***-****
Home: 510-***-****
E-mail: ******.******@*****.***
Materials Management
Versatile executive with a track record of producing outstanding results for companies from start-ups to multi-billion dollar enterprises. Regarded as a valued member of the management team. Possess strong business insight and thorough understanding of a company’s vision, customers’ values, and technological competencies required to be successful.
Key Areas of Competency:
Warehouse Management
Inventory Management
Shipping/Receiving Supervision
Purchasing Coordination
Personnel Management
Vendor/ Customer Relations
Summary of accomplishments from current position:
Inventory/warehouse materials management
Designed and implemented inventory tracking process which resulted in a 35% time savings.
Streamlined operations process resulting in account retention, increased quality of product, improved on-time shipping and increased company revenues by 40%.
Transformed warehouse organization protocols within 4 months of hire increasing inventory accuracy from 58% to 99.8% and 68% to 99.8%.
Managed tracking of all inbound/outbound finished goods and RMA products while maintaining inventory accuracy of 99.8%.
Reports:
Created and implemented cycle count, stock base, material life cycle, material run rate, variance, material flow, nutrition, sales, cost savings, fleet maintenance and asset using excel.
Purchasing Assistant:
Run nutrition reports to identify material to procure.
Negotiate and obtain competitive quotes for cost savings and delivery time table
Data entering into Prophet 21 Oracle P2P and FMT business center and attaching quotes to be submitted for approval
Negotiating Skills:
Negotiated the return on a dissatisfied customer by using customer service, skills which resulted in an increase in services used by this customer of 31% and a 100% increase in customer satisfaction
Negotiated pricing, procurement terms and Just In Time delivery for quality, quantity and quickness in procuring material.
Recruiting, Training, Development:
Recruited, trained and managed a team of 12 customer service/sales representatives resulting in a 45% increase in revenue.
Team Building:
Handled various aspects of purchasing, coordinating and product trafficking to meet the companies required stocking demands based off of sales, promotions, training and market trends.
Employment History:
Warehouse Supervisor/Material Coordinator
University California of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
2008 – Current
Purchasing Assistant/Coordinator
Purcell Murray
Brisbane, California
2007 – 2008
Service Sales Representative
Air Systems Inc.
San Jose, Ca
2006 – 2007
Territory Manager
D-Tech Sales
San Juan Capistrano, California
2004- 2006
Operations/Materials Manager
Manufacturing Resource Corp
Fremont, California
2000 – 2003
Inventory Control/ RMA Supervisor
Lucent Technologies
Dublin, California
1994 – 2000
Department Head/Warehouse Supervisor
Toys R Us
Sunnyvale & Dublin, California
1986– 2006
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Windows, Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, FMT, Oracle, Access, Commerce Center, Prophet 21, ACT, Minx, Reamdy and the Internet
Education:
BS Degree in Technical Management - DeVry University - Fremont, California
Honors: Dean’s List