A position in Industrial Engineering and/or Purchasing with a small to medium sized company.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
WA Whitney	Individual Contributor	1/2005 - 1/2009
U-haul Corp	Individual Contributor	6/2003 - 1/2005
Cosco	Individual Contributor	1/2000 - 1/2002
Champion Spark Plug	Individual Contributor	9/1990 - /1999
Winegard	Individual Contributor	6/1985 - /1990

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
University of Nebraska	Industrial Engineering	1980	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

Cost savings of $500,000 by developing new fadrication vendors during my first year as a buyer. Multiple plant layout projects, six factories completely restructured and/or moved. Developed nine assembly and fabrication workcells. Reduced stretch wrap usage at Cosco-$61,000 cost reduction Changed packaging on Indstrial Spark Plug line at Champion Spark Plug-$190,000 cost reduction Purchased VideoJet printing machine at Champion Spark Plug - $144,000 cost reduction

Companies I like:

Teng & Associates

MS Excel
Technology/Needs Assessments
Vendor management
Plant layout
Process development
Cost reductions
Package development

• purchasing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Negotiation
• Industrial Engineering
• Cost Reductions
• Work cell development
• Package design
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Material handling

Purchasing-Procurment of all direct and MRO materials for the construction of capital equipment. Solving inventory and receiving problems. Engineering-Industrial/Process/Packaging emgineering. Plant layout, methods, standards, cost reductions, work cell development, and line balancing.