Kenny Dedrick

931-***-****

xfkd7b@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

Materials Management professional with progressive and diverse experience in Procurement, Inventory, and Supply Chain Mgmt. Specializing in scheduling, production and inventory planning, data analysis and demand planning.

Skills (High Level)

SUPPLY CHAIN

Master/Sub Assem Scheduling

Forecasting

Lean Manufacturing

Production/Inventory Planning

Indirect/Crib Inventory

Production Orders(all facets)

Sales Orders(all facets)

Supplier/Vendor Returns

Inventory Analysis

Cycle Counting

Vendor Managed Inventory

Kanban/JIT

Consigned Materials Mgmt

Freight/Packaging

CONFIGURATION MGMT

ECO Implementation

Item Master-Create/Maintain

Bill of Materials-Create/Maintain

ACCOUNTING

Standard Cost Updating

PPV

Cost of Goods Analysis

SOFTWARE

Windows

MAC OS

JD Edwards MRP System

ICS

Legacy Production System

Professional Experience

BATESVILLE CASKET CO. – Manchester, TN

Known as a highly motivated, results oriented, self-starter with vision. Excellent communicator, interpersonal skills, effective management of materials, very efficient scheduling, outstanding computer and analytical skills with proven performance record of progressive and increased responsibility.

Materials Manager/Consultant-Steel Commodity

November 2005 to Present

Responsible for the forecasting, master scheduling and inventory planning of more than 100 sub-assembly components. Inventory value of more than1.1 Million. Consultant to materials department.

o Inventory Reduction of 25 % in 3 months by efficient scheduling and reduced inventory.

o Maintained functional duties of three other departments in interim due to vacancy of a material lead position.

Materials/Supply Scheduler- Interior, Gasket, Hardware, Injection Molding, Plating

October 2002 to October 2005

Responsible for the production/inventory scheduling/planning for over 500 direct purchased parts, production orders, purchase orders, interplant transfers, and material variance analysis.

o Tiger Team Lead that reduced weekly fabric variance usage from $5500 to less than $1700 with BOM updates, correction of process controls, and adequate scrap reporting procedures.

o Introduced Plating Department Efficiency Reporting that led to the outsourcing of the Plating Operation due to the very poor efficiency and cost of upgrading.

o JIT Production Scheduling in the Injection Molding department which eliminated batch running and very high parts inventory.

Material Controller- Interior, Gasket, Hardware

August 2000 to October 2002

Responsible for the inventory planning and control of purchased parts for Interior, Gasket and Hardware Departments.

o Hardware Kaizen Event Sub Team Leader that reduced inventory from 5 days to 2 days with min/max visual mgmt.

o Corrected Bill of Material errors that were creating cycle count gains of more than $1500 per week.

Material Controller- Interior

February 1999 to August 2000

Responsible for the inventory planning/control of purchased parts for Interior Department

o Introduced standard packaging and order quantity as part of a beginning 5-S implementation.

o Reduced weekly inventory balances by having multiple weekly shipments on non flat rate shipments.

SHAW INDUSTRIES – Winchester, TN

Lead Inspector/Relief Supervisor

October 1997 to February 1999

Supervisor when regular supervisors were not available due to vacation, emergencies, and other uncommon absences or assignments.

Responsible for carpet quality inspection checks at extremely high run rates and periodic testing for strength and durability.

Project Manager

January 1996 to July 1996

Responsible for learning all jobs and performing capability/efficiency studies to determine optimal work loads and possibility of production increases.

Roll-Up Operator

July 1996 to October 1997

Responsible for operator equipment that rolled carpet on cardboard cored at specified lengths and printing ticketed information related particular rolls.

Utility Operator

November 1994 to January 1996

Duties included on line relief for all department jobs. Responsibilities also included carpet scrap bailing, trash compacting and department cleaning.

MONTEREY MILLS – Cowan, TN

Inspector/Auditor

August 1993 to November 1994

Inspection and auditing of finished products before shipping. Alerted operators of non-conformances for immediate corrections.

EDUCATION

B.A Economics/Accounting 1993

University of the South- Sewanee, TN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Pursuant o CPIM Certification

Member- American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS)

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