General Manager Resume
Placentia, CA
SUMMARY:
Innovative, results - driven leader with years of success improving the efficiency of procurement and logistics operations for high-growth companies. Expert communicator, able to optimize the productivity of sizeable, cross-functional teams with innovative and incentive programs, one-on-one coaching, and leadership by example. Software proficiency includes MS Office 365, Access, SharePoint, and SQL, SAGE, SAP, MRP systems and QuickBooks; proven ability to quickly master new concepts and technologies.
EXPERTISE IN:
P&L / Budget Management
Continuous Process Improvements
Recruiting and Staffing Initiatives
Strategic Sourcing
Inventory Management
Coaching and Mentoring
Vendor / Supplier Selection
Market Research / Price Analysis
Employee / Development
CAREER EXPERIENCE:
General Manager
Confidential, Placentia, CA
Responsibilities:
- Recruited by a wholesale electronic interconnect products distributor to launch and manage a new manufacturing division from the ground up with an all new team.
- Designed a program on the manufacture of a new product line and enhanced quality control protocols that reduced failure rates from 30% to less than 1%.
- Implemented improved processes that increased first run times by 200% and a 100% on-time rate.
- Worked with key suppliers to optimize deadline compliance on products delivered internationally.
General Manager
Confidential, Ontario, CA
Responsibilities:
- Earned a promotion at an engineering-based power conversion design and manufacturing company and assumed responsibility for leading a 34-member team.
- Identified errors on 80% of all bills of materials (BOMs) and eliminated the procurement of unnecessary items, enabling a significant decrease in inventory.
- Executed the material requirements planning (MRP) process daily resulting in a 14% YoY decrease in unnecessary expenditures.
- Collaborated with sales leadership to increase forecasting accuracy resulting in an increase in product availability and a decrease in dead stock inventory.
- Conducted quarterly vendor reviews to optimize adherence to service level agreements and minimize avoidable distribution costs.
Director of Procurement
Confidential, Ontario, CA
Responsibilities:
- Presided over all strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and vendor management operations with significant focus on budgeting, forecasting, and price optimization to maximize profitability.
- Reduced inventory by 48.9% in one year while identifying and capitalizing on bulk purchasing opportunities to elevate profit margin and maintain an annual turnover rate of six.
- Developed improved filing, purchase order amendment, and shipping processes that increased order fulfillment deadline compliance.
- Collaborated with suppliers to launch consignment programs to enable a pay-as-you-go model that minimized inventory levels and boosted cashflow.
- Employed Lean Six Sigma methodologies to increase production accuracy and minimize turnaround times by an average of 9%.
Associate Manager, Business Operations
Confidential, Covina, CA
Responsibilities:
- Managed a global account portfolio at a world-leading chemical innovator with concurrent responsibilities for overseeing the sourcing of all chemicals, supplies, and raw materials (domestic and international), import and export operations, and negotiating purchasing terms.
- Spearheaded negotiations that cut raw materials expenses by 250% and transportation costs by 25%.
- Improved third-party logistics operations, reducing costs by 30% and increasing on-time delivery rates resulting in a boost in customer satisfaction to 98%.
- Sourced a new liability insurance carrier, decreasing premiums by 50% and boosting sales by 25%.