Customer Service Engineering

Ray French

Cell Phone: 714-***-****

Home Phone: 714-***-****

E-mail: *******@*****.***

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OBJECTIVE

I have over 25 years of experience in the Aerospace, Electronics and Machine Tool industry, working in Operations, Production, Purchasing, and Inventory Control. I have also been through several classes in TQM and ISO 9000 training. I am currently working as a Production Controller for an electronics manufacturer using forecasts to plan shop floor production based on the planned receipt of purchased parts, customer need dates and available manpower. I am also setting up the production process for shop floor control, creating routers and production schedules. I am proficient in several applications of Microsoft Office, Lotus, Chess/ Glovia, MAS 90, Oracle, Macola and Made 2 Manage.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Production Controller

05 -2010 – 12-2010

Safenet| Torrance, CA

Manufacturing - Other

Create production routers, bills of materials, release of work orders based on Material availability, interface with engineering and purchasing on issues and constraints, hold weekly / daily meetings on work in process with all production managers. Establish procedures for the production control department.

Production Control Manager/ Master Scheduler

1 -2007 - 05-2010

Caran Precision | Fullerton, CA

Manufacturing - Other

Manage day to day activities. Manage a staff that creates production routers, bills of materials, release of work orders, interface with engineering and purchasing on Material Planning and constraints, hold weekly meetings on work in process with all production managers. Hold weekly meetings with the CEO on projects in the production control department. Establish procedures for the production control department including system failure work around plans. Implementation of the scheduler in the ERP system to forecast capacity issues in department bottlenecks.

Purchasing Planner

6- 2005 - 1 -2007

Oconnor Engineering | Costa Mesa, CA

Manufacturing - Other

Analyze usage of material to create Purchase orders, Production plans. Interface with engineering on manufacturing requirements. Responsible for scheduling Material for production of assemblies to meet the customer demands. Interface with suppliers on production plans. Create production forecast to insure deliveries of OEM product in a timely manner. Contact vendors to reduce lead-time. Responsible for the transfers, receipt, and location of materials in warehouse.

Inventory Control / Shop Floor Control Analyst

5 -2002 - 6- 2005

Temporary Services | Long Beach, CA

Manufacturing - Other

Analyze usage of Material to create, analyze Production plans, Interface with engineering. Responsible for scheduling production to meet the customer demands. Interface with suppliers on production plans. Responsible for the implementation of Shop Floor Control using MACOLA systems. Create Routings for production, Plan CNC, Laser Cutter, Punch Press, and Welding departments. Analyze usage of assemblies to keep minimal quantities on hand and order all raw materials to meet production schedules.

Purchasing Planner

11 -2000 - 5 -2002

SMW Systems Inc. |

Analyze usage of Material to create Purchase orders, Production plans, and Interface with engineering. Responsible for scheduling production of assemblies to meet the customer demands. Interface with suppliers create production forecast to insure deliveries of OEM product in a timely manner. Contact vendors to reduce lead-time. Supervise all production activities including prioritizing shipment of orders, repair of customer owned product, transfers, receipt of materials, and location of materials in warehouse.

Planner

8- 1999 - 11- 2000

QLogic Corporation | State:CA

Create and analyze a forecast based on usage of Material to create production plans with the offsite build of product. Forecast shortages of build items and expedite through the purchasing department as needed. Analyze customer orders for potential conflicts with board builds and customer orders. Help with the implementation of MRP in an Oracle based system. Create daily reports for visibility of Work in Process and product availability for our customer service department.

Inventory Analyst

2-1997 – 6-1999

Amada Cutting Technologies | La Mirada, Ca

Create and analyze a forecast based on usage of Material to create Purchase orders, Interface with engineering, and customer service. Responsible for movement of all material within our satellite weld centers. Interface with suppliers on production plans. Update MRP with production forecast to insure deliveries in a timely manner. Responsible for all Physical Inventories including all satellite locations, Supervised warehouse crew's daily activities including prioritizing shipment of orders, transfers, receipt of materials, and location of materials in warehouse.

Inventory Control

2-1996 – 2-1997

Krystal Koach | Brea,Ca

Responsible for the receipt of incoming and outgoing parts for the production of Limousine, Funeral Coach, and Shuttle Bus production lines. Interface with purchasing on shortages. Create pick list for the production departments through MAS 90 computer system. Set up the Bill of Materials for the product lines. Established procedures and guidelines to increase the inventory accuracy.

Department Supervisor

10-1994 – 2-1996

Best Buy | Fullerton, Ca

Responsible for the Computer and Home Office Department. Supervise the sales floor with a staff of 14 employees. Schedule requirements based on a weekly budget.

Production Control Follow-up

9-1987 – 10-1994

Northrop Grumman Corporation | Pico Rivera, CA

Responsible for status and visibility in various areas of the production floor. Established plans to load each area in an efficient manner. Created schedules to maintain cost and schedule requirements. Created history and maintained data for management meetings. Maintained manpower forecast and compiled information to provide reports for management visibility regarding schedule commitments. Resolved conflicts with Scheduling, Engineering, and inventory Management that could impact schedule commitments and update progress on an on-line MRP II system

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APICS Certified

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