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MONTGOMERY RALPH PARKS 1014 Jones 912-786-5516 (home) Tybee Island, Ga. 31328 912-346-3427 (cell) OBJECTIVE Warehouse and distribution position where leadership, innovation, and problem
resolution skills are required to ensure deliveries, inventory accuracy and profitability. QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Extensive and diverse material management experience in increasingly
responsible roles. CAREER KEYWORDS APICS Certification, JDEdwards, QS9001 AuditorProduction Control, Inventory and Warehouse Management, Domestic and International Purchasing and Logistics,
Stamping, Injection Molding, Assembly, Nonprofit Administration, Fleet Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE American Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia 2010 to Current Branch Manager
Responsible for staff of 13 including drivers, warehousemen and labor. Responsible for fleet maintenance, inventory management and customer service in 24 counties with over 300 agencies.
Distribution of over 800,000 pounds of food per month. Owner – All Points Café 2008 to 2010 Tybee Island breakfast and coffee shop Employed five people in a small retail shop in Tybee’s
historical district. JCB Inc 2006 to 2008 Materials Group Leader Coordination and management of all inbound import and domestic freight Supervision of twenty person material handling
department Implementation of lean principles and practices to help triple production volume Product line discontinued Siegel-Robert, Inc., Newbern, TN 2002 to 2006 Materials Manager
Hired to participate on startup team for tier one automotive exterior body parts plant. Responsible for establishing systems for shipping, receiving, production control, crib, customer
service and warehousing. Plant systems based on Kanban/pull techniques and RF bar coding. Maintained 100% on time delivery while keeping fifty annual inventory turns, Assisted in starting
up fifteen products over first year of operation, Hired and trained 25-member department. ALCOA ALUMINUM (KAWNEER INDUSTRIES), Jonesboro, GA 2001-2002 Materials Manager Led 95-person
materials department consisting of shipping/receiving, production control, crib, material handling and inventory control in an aluminum extrusion and fabrication facility. Identified
human resources issues and implemented required actions to achieve goals in all departments. Introduced capacity loading measurements and inventory tracking tools, and mobile equipment
safety audits. Intimately involved with return of profitability from loss position of two million dollars, while improving delivery on time performance from 72% to 98%. YAZAKI INTERNATIONAL
(NACOM CORPORATION), Griffin, GA 1998-2000 Logistics Manager Managed 60-person department in 150,000 square foot shipping/receiving/warehousing operation for automotive electronic components.
Closed third party logistics agreement in sourcing all domestic and international shipping, Improved inventory accuracy on $18 million dollar inventory to 95%., Serviced 26 electronic
assembly lines with components with 98% uptime, QS9000 certified plant with $160 million annual sales.
MONTGOMERY RALPH PARKS Page 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONT MAGNA INTERNATIONAL, (QWIK TOOL & MANUFACTURING), Lexington, KY 1996 -1998 Materials Manager Managed shipping, receiving,
production control, customer service and all purchasing activities for a 40,000 sq. ft. automotive stamping facility. Hired as materials specialist for turn around team and to expand
the existing business. Reduced materials department from sixteen employees to five. Improved delivery performance to Toyota from 10% on time to 99% on time. Reduced all inventory
categories by one third. QS9000 certification team member. Plant closure MIDWAY PRODUCTS, (LAKEPARK INDUSTRIES OF OHIO), Greenwich, Ohio 1993 -1996 Materials Manager Managed, shipping,
customer service, production control and purchased material for a 100,000 sq. ft. automotive stamping facility supervising a staff of eight. Hired as material specialist on team for
growth in plant shipments from two million dollars per month to in excess of four million dollars dollars per month through plant expansion and new product introduction. Maintained
plant vendor performance rating with Ford Motor at 98%. Selected as materials specialist for new plant start up team for thirty five million dollar transfer press facility in Findlay,
Ohio. FEDERAL -MOGUL CORPORATION, Lititz, PA 1981 -1993 Product Line Materials Manager (1989-1993) Materials specialist for automotive product line in new plant with annual sales of
$36 million customer base that included GM, Ford, and Chrysler. Interfaced with precision metal grinding, heat-treating, press operations, assembly, and custom packaging cells. Achieved
98% weekly JIT delivery performance to aftermarket distribution through integration of existing MRP and MRP II systems with Kanban-based program. Improved production by 20% using cellular
manufacturing methods, and instituted a unique PC based production schedule to reduce WIP inventories by 80%. Facilitated a team concept program for new product review using reverse
manufacturing principles. Scheduled three heavy-duty bearing lines servicing Caterpillar, J.I. Case and John Deere. Master Scheduler -Automotive Throw out Bearings (1981 -1989) Transferred
to plant from corporate to serve on MRP installation team EDUCATION/TRAINING Oakland University, Rochester, Mich. B.S. Accounting, 1981 Course Grader/Research Assistant for Accounting
department Student co-op with Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys). Worked for three semesters in Contract Negotiations for mainframe computer sales. APICS Certification -1982 QS9000
Lead Auditor Certification -1999 SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE Project team leader for design and installation of shipping warehouse and docks for $14 million dollar per month
electronic components factory. (1999) Kaizen activities focused on Kanban and visual inventory systems. (1999 -2000) Member of project team with Toyota Supplier Development for six
month Kanban implementation.