HomeMy Public PortalAboutA resume from Monty Parks 2010MONTGOMERY RALPH PARKS
1014 Jones 912-786-5516 (home)
Tybee Island, Ga 912-308-1726 (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 serving automotive industries in metal stamping, electronics, plastic injection molding, and aluminum
fabrication. A proven record of achievements in each of the following critical functions:
CAREER KEYWORDS
APICS Certification, JDEdwards, QS9001 Auditor, Kaizen Continuous Improvement, Kanban Implementation, Production Control, Inventory and Warehouse Management, Domestic and International
Purchasing and Logistics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
American Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia 2010
Warehouse and Distribution Manager
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
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.
Completed mobile equipment safety audits.
Intimately involved with return of profitability from loss position of two million dollars
Improved 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 by in sourcing all domestic and international shipping operations saving five million dollar per month expense.
Improved inventory accuracy on $18 million dollar inventory to 95%.
Installed RF based bar code scanning system linked to JDEdwards operating system.
Serviced 26 electronic assembly lines with components with 98% uptime.
QS9000 certified plant with $160 million annual sales.
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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.
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 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. Project was aimed at improving delivery performance and inventory levels (1998-1999)