ROGER A. MAHLER
Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
Cell Phone 770-***-****
E-mail: *********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Diversified Purchasing/Material manager with background in MRP/ERP, master scheduling, configuration management, procurement and material and production control.
WORK HISTORY
1/06- Present Manager, Purchasing, Materials and Inventory Control Planning, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Atlanta GA
Responsible for the Purchasing/inventory control planning and store room staff in the management of the Authorities $36 million inventory in support of bus and rail operations
- Management of Oracle Purchasing Module implementation
- Management of Oracle Purchasing Inventory/Material Planning activities
- Management and approval of all stock acquisitions up to $25,000
- Audit Purchase orders and Quotations to support purchasing requirements
- Management of data necessary for daily operations including developing Oracle reports in the preparation of statistical data for the Director of C&P
- Management of sale/disposal of $1.2 million yearly of obsolete material
- Management of item master maintenance on existing stock records
- Management of quarterly Vendor Performance reporting
- Management of eight Store Rooms and a staff of 65 employees
- Development of Oracle Procedures for staff
- Root Cause Analysis on store room parts
- Corrective Actions against NCR's for stock items
- New Vendor Supplier Audits
9/02 – 1/06 Supervisor Inventory Control, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Atlanta GA
Supervise Inventory Specialists in the management of the Authorities $27 million inventory in support of bus and rail operations
- Developed and implemented an automated ROP/ROQ calculation
- Developed and implemented Vendor Performance report
- Developed and implemented the MPAC Quote module reducing the keystrokes required to type a quote
- Reduced the Authorities Inventory investment approximately $1 million while maintaining Service Level above 95% even as the Authority increased its inventory investment to support a new rail car fleet
- Increased Inventory Turns from 1.0 to 4.0 in FY 10
- Developed procedures for the inventory control department
Roger A. Mahler
1/99 – 9/02 Master Scheduler, Buyer/Planner, Roche Diagnostics, Roswell GA
- Obtaining global forecasts, creating and maintaining master scheduling in SAP
- Purchasing raw materials, subassemblies and subcontracted parts
- Reducing inventory by over half a million dollars soliciting quotes for JIT deliveries
- Increased inventory turns from ~3 to over 6
- Quoting and sourcing new suppliers
- Conducting supplier audits
- Creating weekly Ops plan for production
- Directing weekly Ops meeting with department managers
- Configuration Management of all work orders and Bill’s of Materials in SAP
- Routing creation and maintenance in SAP
- Coordinating all shop order and shop floor activities
- Material review board for defective materials
- First Article Inspections at receiving
- Root Cause Analysis for NCR
5/96-12/98 Senior Material Control Planner, EMS Technologies Inc. Norcross GA
- Implemented and maintained MRP system using Visibility software
- Led as the focal point for all purchasing responsibilities
- Assist with receiving First article inspections
- Created and maintained configuration management of all BOM's in Visibility
- Provided cost to complete forecasts and actuals for inventory dollars and labor
5/93-5/96 Material Manager, Firearms Training Systems Inc. Suwanee GA
- Management of material/production control, stockroom, shipping and receiving departments
- Managed Receiving Inspections for all stock items for adherence to PO requirements
- Implemented and maintained MRP system using MACOLA software
- Maintained inventory levels and accuracy
- Developed master schedules
- Structured bills of material for manufacturing
- Warehouse layout
- Fleet maintenance
EDUCATION
Nassau Community College - Associates in Science, Bus Adm. 1984
APICS Member since 1998, Basics of Supply Chain Management completed