Brian Mitchell
Summary
Driven Supply Chain Specialist with 15 years of experience in overseeing compliance, inventory management, customer care measures and logistics control. Team-oriented collaborator and innovator with talent in boosting revenues by creating production and quality checks and protocols. Loyal and dependable team leader with strong background in supply chain coordination. Detail-oriented, methodical, and well-versed in supplier relations, production optimization and inventory management. Strong communicator and decisive planner pursuing a new professional challenge in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory Control/Warehouse Associate
Randstad USA/Nemera
Buffalo Grove, IL
07.2021 - Current
- Received and put away incoming materials
- Assisted in resolving inventory discrepancies
- Packed, palletized and wrapped finished goods and WIP
- Completed daily cycle counts to maintain accuracy of records.
- Used forklifts and pallet jacks to move inventory.
- Audited and corrected discrepancies in inventory numbers.
Warehouse Associate
Medline Industries
Libertyville, IL
09.2018 - 07.2021
- Prepared orders for shipment by systematically picking, packing and labeling merchandise.
- Performed inventory control, such as counting and stocking merchandise.
- Manually or mechanically loaded and unloaded materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles
- Wrapped pallets in shrink wrap prior to loading.
- Operated forklifts to transfer inventory to and from target destinations.
01.2007 - 01.2018
- Chose to leave the workforce in order to care for a new child
- During this time was heavily involved in volunteer activity as a homeowner's association board member and as a trustee of a church.
Operations Manager
Ascent Medical Corporation
Knoxville, TN
01.2000 - 01.2006
- Direct, entrepreneurial management of all aspects of a start-up medical device manufacturing company which manufactured disposable products
- Responsibilities included human resources, logistics, quality assurance, manufacturing engineering and design, purchasing, regulatory affairs and accounting.
- Partnered with vendors and suppliers to effectively manage and budget.
- Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
Director of Product Development
PRISM ENTERPRISES
SAN ANTONIO, TX
11.1997 - 07.2000
- Responsible for the development of all new products in a company that had sales in the automotive aftermarket, consumer products, and medical device markets
- Part of team that analyzed and secured private financing of a management buy-out of division from bankrupt parent company
- Directed and collaborated in several patent applications for novel products.
- Conceptualized long-range product roadmaps and strategically designed according to market data and research.
- Oversaw product design and roadmap and coordinated aspects of development and rollout.
- Translated information highly technical in nature to investors and senior staff and aligned product strategy with market.
Director of Product Development
DeRoyal Industries
Powell, TN
04.1993 - 11.1997
- Established a new product development department in a medical device company
- Supervised seven engineers, three technicians, and forty hourly workers in the design, development, manufacturing, and bringing to market of numerous medical devices
- Responsible for the product development budget of a company with annual sales exceeding $250 million
- Responsible for analysis of make/buy decisions and based on this analysis negotiated the purchase of several companies and product lines
- Negotiated purchase and led integration of thermistor manufacturing company in Costa Rica
- Directed the development of numerous product lines including temperature monitoring products, temperature management products, anesthesia products, minimally invasive surgery products, orthopedic soft goods, neonatal products, electrosurgical products, and others
- Directed and collaborated on more than twenty patent applications.
- Oversaw product design and roadmap and coordinated aspects of development and rollout.
- Conceptualized long-range product roadmaps and strategically designed according to market data and research.
Purchasing Agent/Product Development
MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL
ST. LOUIS, MO
01.1991 - 01.1993
- Assisted in transitioning two manufacturing facilities to a single manufacturing facility in Mexico
- Purchased and scheduled production materials for two manufacturing facilities
- Was liaison between operations and research and development in bringing new products to market
- Negotiated contracts with contract manufacturers.
Plant Manager
ELECTRI-TEC
, IN
01.1989 - 01.1991
- Supervised 25 hourly employees and had total operational and P&L responsibility for 8,000 square foot manufacturing facility
- Maintained and supervised the operation of presses, insert injection molding machines, transfer molding machines and compression molding machines
- Facility manufactured UL and CSA listed products and supplied OEM products to several medical device, automotive, and consumer product customers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Bob Jones University
Associate of Science - Manufacturing Technology
Tri-State University
Lean Six Sigma Certified - undefined
Skills
- Shipping Method Optimization
- Storage Procedures
- Computer Tracking
- Workflow Planning
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Optimal Inventory Levels
- Supplier Review
- Supply Chain and Inventory Management
- International Purchasing
Timeline
Inventory Control/Warehouse Associate
Randstad USA/Nemera
07.2021 - Current
Warehouse Associate
Medline Industries
09.2018 - 07.2021
01.2007 - 01.2018
Operations Manager
Ascent Medical Corporation
01.2000 - 01.2006
Director of Product Development
PRISM ENTERPRISES
11.1997 - 07.2000
Director of Product Development
DeRoyal Industries
04.1993 - 11.1997
Purchasing Agent/Product Development
MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL
01.1991 - 01.1993
Plant Manager
ELECTRI-TEC
01.1989 - 01.1991
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Bob Jones University
Associate of Science - Manufacturing Technology
Tri-State University