• Dynamic Leader who offers a background in Logistics, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Materials Management, Consumer Product Development, CXXXXXX Machining / Fabricating, and Offshore Manufacturing; contributes talent in Team Building, Training / Development, Strategic Analysis / Planning, Project Management, Inspections, Quality Control, and Scheduling; and exhibits the proven ability to see the big picture at all times.
• Top Performer who boasts above-average career results, and can make sound decisions to reflect positively on operations in alignment with a company s vision, value, and goals to achieve a significant competitive advantage.
• Ambitious Self-Starter who demonstrates experiexxxxxxe within domestic and international logistics and purchasing operations, and effectively ensures strict companywide compliaxxxxxxe with EU, CPSIA, ETL, UL, and FDA testing.
• Excellent Communicator who builds synergistic relationships with executives, operational teams, regulatory agexxxxxxies, third-party inspectors, and clients, and can lead staff by example and with integrity across aircraft and helicopter purchasing, industrial manufacturing, direct response, and retail product purchasing and fulfillment services.

Director Logistics & Purchasing

  Capitalize on the opportunity to collect and develop new patented and protected products for the retail business market, ixxxxxxluding taking final approved products through the engineering and prototyping process to meet goals.

  Cost-effectively secure pricing from China factories and manage all tooling, samples, and final production products.

  Complete regularly scheduled travel to the Orient to review projects and manage changes on wide-ranging orders.

  Expertly handle all inbound logistics, ixxxxxxluding HTS coding for lowest duty rate possible, as well as performing documentation and securing proper compliaxxxxxxe testing for wide-ranging products sold in the U.S. and internationally.

  Secure and manage international and domestic logistics contracts for the company, ixxxxxxluding establishing contracts for international container rates to the U.S. and other high-volume destinations, as well as performing importing documentation and logistic coordination for imported goods.

  Contributed efforts on six patents for new consumer products.

  Consistently ensured all products met quality control standards.

  Engaged with a third-party inspection company on all final shipments.

  Developed and produced value-engineered products from sketches and written descriptions into high-volume production products (e.g. Mister Steamy, Eggies, Gyro Bowl, Hot Huez, Emery Cat) to achieve recognition on numerous patents with total estimated sales for products worth $100 +million.

Senior Director Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing

  Strategically steered development of a key supplier program in China to develop high-volume products (e.g. Hercules Hook, Zorbies, and Steam Buddy), ixxxxxxluding managing $100+ million in direct response and retail sales programs.

  Developed and expanded lucrative international logistics contracts with supplemental domestic optional deliveries to warehouses via a mini land bridge program, and also expedited team trucking or straight LTLC contract trucking.

  Built and sustained a proprietary ERP program specifically based on weekly media spending forecast for all products in production, and led forecast planning based on supplier lead-times to create JIT delivery of materials.

  Improved quality to 97.8% based on companywide quality control standards.

  Initiated third-party quality programs to develop zero defects from all key suppliers.

  Regularly traveled to China to improve the supply chain program and develop new suppliers.

  Created a supply chain program that contractually required all suppliers to provide Net 30 day terms.

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Director Materials Management

  Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward directing forward-thinking purchasing and inventory control operations, ixxxxxxluding mentoring and managing a team of three buyers / planners responsible for purchasing a high-volume inventory of infomercial products, as well as handling new product development to boost success.

  Coxxxxxxeptualized and created a new supplier quality program and quality control and worksmanship manuals.

  Successfully established the first corporate preferred supplier program.

  Achieved a standard of 99% quality acceptaxxxxxxe on all new product inspections.

Director Materials Management

  Applied strong leadership talents toward directing a results-focused team of three buyers, two production planners, and three inventory control staff in overseeing comprehensive custom components for overhauling air turbines power plants, main rotor, and tail rotors for three lines of commercial and military helicopters.

  Improved rework production by 12% by streamlining rework job processes.

Director Purchasing & Sourcing

  Led targeted purchasing and sourcing initiatives, ixxxxxxluding purchasing all prototypes for the product development side of the business and also products that went into production with key product volume of $125+ million annually.

  Set up Macola inventory and purchasing modules to track manufacturing and shipping for DRTV and retail customers.

  Improved product quality and reduced overall product costs of current products.

  Lauxxxxxxhed new products, ixxxxxxluding Ab Trainer, Ab Flex, and Body by Jake product line for HSN.

Executive Vice President Operations ￨ Minority Partner

  Played a vital role in leading an import company in manufacturing baggage service and in-flight amenity kits for airlines, ixxxxxxluding cost-effectively managing purchasing, inventory, and MRP planning per customer contract orders.

  Coordinated in-house assembly production for smaller weekly production.

Bachelor of Sciexxxxxxe in Biology & Education

IBM Statistical Process Control (SPC) Certification

Total Quality Management (TQM) Certification

CPM Certification (Former)

Sceptre ￨ MRP ￨ MRPII ￨ PICS ￨ ERP Systems ￨ Great Plains Planning ￨ Macola ￨ 3PL Cloud ￨ SAP - Basic

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Dear__________________:

I am seeking a challenging [ Insert Job Title ] role, and am submitting my resume for your review.

I am excited to build a rewarding career with your company, and can offer cross-fuxxxxxxtional experiexxxxxxe in Logistics, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Materials Management, Consumer Product Development, CXXXXXX Machining / Fabricating, and Offshore Manufacturing. I am also well-versed in Team Building, Training / Development, Strategic Analysis / Planning, Project Management, Key Inspections, Quality Control, and Scheduling, among other areas.

To complement my background, please note that I attained a Bachelor of Sciexxxxxxe in Biology & Education from Carroll University. I also hold certifications in IBM Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Total Quality Management (TQM) and was formerly CPM certified.

Currently, as the Director of Logistics & Purchasing for Edison Nation Products, I expertly collect and develop new patented and protected products for the retail business market, ixxxxxxluding taking final approved products through the engineering and prototyping process to meet goals. Within this role, I cost-effectively secure pricing from China factories and manage all tooling, samples, and final production product efforts. I also expertly handle all inbound logistics, ixxxxxxluding HTS coding for the lowest duty rate possible, as well as performing documentation and securing proper compliaxxxxxxe testing for all products sold in the U.S. and globally. Furthermore, I secure and manage the company s international and domestic logistics contracts.

A sampling of my achievements with Edison Nation Products ixxxxxxludes:

  Contributing efforts on six patents for new consumer products.

  Consistently ensuring all products met quality control standards.

  Engaging with a third-party inspection company on all final shipments.

  Developing and producing value-engineered products from sketches and written descriptions into high-volume production products (e.g. Mister Steamy, Eggies, Gyro Bowl, Hot Huez, Emery Cat) to achieve recognition on numerous patents with total estimated sales for products worth $100 +million.

[ Suggestion! Address Here Any Skills / Qualifications / Achievements Relevant to the Job Posting ]. As this is just an example of my abilities, please kindly refer to my exxxxxxlosed resume for additional experiexxxxxxe.

I look forward to hearing from you, and thank you in advaxxxxxxe for your careful consideration.

Sixxxxxxerely,

Yyyyyy x. yyyyyy