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Chris Skinner

Harrodsburg,KY

Summary

Organized and driven candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Experienced executive with supply chain and inventory control success in multiple positions.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Inventory Control Supervisor

Tiffany & Co
10.2022 - Current
    • Provided immediate structure and direction for Inventory Control department.
    • Managed IC team in preparation for Lexington's first physical inventory in February 2023. Overall success with a less than 1% net variance inventory.
    • Implemented cycle count schedule which allowed team to accomplish 100% cycle count compliance for October-December. Previous cycle count compliance was 34%.
    • Introduced MIPS break up process from Pelham. Responsible for training and structure for entire process.
    • Implemented IC Coordinator levels in Lexington.
    • Providing ongoing structure by creating SOPs and training plans for each IC process.
    • Collaborated with other departments within facility to educate and understand how functions affect inventory.
    • Created MAR (Missing Asset Report) template for Lexington facility. Allows visibility to missing product and provides better tracking and facility-wide communication.

Production Supervisor

Tiffany & Co
07.2021 - 10.2022
  • Supervisory duties for 40+ employees within Polish and Cast Cleaning departments
  • Instrumental in assisting to create new Cast Cleaning/Pre-Polish work cell in Lexington facility
  • Daily oversight of production schedule and product flow through manufacturing departments
  • Works cross-functionally with planning, engineering, IC and QA to ensure production flow and on time delivery to our customers
  • Experienced in running reports within JDE/DAS such as tracking reports, melee breakage and metal scrap reports
  • Leads department in upskilling and training of craft per skills matrix
  • Coaching and corrective action responsibilities
  • Experienced in creating job descriptions, pay structures, skill matrix, department structure for newly created Cast Cleaning cell.

Senior Buyer/Planner

SMC Manufacturing
09.2018 - 07.2021
  • Responsible for full supply chain activities
  • Daily interaction with production and purchasingmanagement to meet material and shipping schedule
  • Responsible for planning activities across multiple customers
  • Ensured MRP/ERP demand/forecast wasmet throughout production floor
  • Placed purchase orders and sales orders to meet customer demands per lead time and productionschedule
  • Daily cross functional teamwork to ensure parts are delivered, received, and invoiced correctly
  • Managed customer and vendor shipments to ensure accuracy and timeliness
  • Daily communication with suppliers to ensure accurate and on-time delivery at the best cost possible
  • Partners with internal manufacturing to ensure visual production schedule is met within productioncapacity
  • Point of contact for sales team to assist and solve any customer issues that may arise with supplychain or production orders
  • Responsible for new product project designs along with engineering team
  • Record keeping, anddocumentation are key parts for project management and completion
  • Negotiation of pricing and contracts with suppliers
  • Supplier and customer relationships are a keyaspect of the job
  • Managing supplier issues, and part issues including price, quantity, and receiving errors.

Production Buyer/Planner

AVENTICS Corporation
08.2018 - 09.2018
  • Responsible for direct and indirect sourcing within a manufacturing environment
  • Program management of multiple new products as well as cross-functional team meetings
  • Planned for production schedule for rail and automotive customers
  • Worked closely with productionteam to assemble 2-3 production schedule
  • Daily monitoring of parts to meet planning/production schedule to ensure no line down situations
  • Worked closely with engineering on new product design
  • Pricing and contract negotiation were key aspects of the position as well as vendor management
  • Pricing and SAP system maintenance were critical to the position.

Production Buyer

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, In
09.2017 - 08.2018
  • Managed over $25 million spend mainly purchasing automotive printed circuit assemblies and connectors/assemblies
  • Program management of major, projects through completion
  • Cross-functional communication and teamwork were critical aspects of the role
  • Planned material and production schedule for PPAP and production start up for major automotive customers (Ford, Honda, Chevrolet)
  • Worked with manufacturing to plan and create production schedules for over 15 automotive surface mount and final assembly production lines
  • Submitted work orders and purchase orders to ensure parts were on the production line to meet customer production schedule
  • Worked closely with sales team to manage supplier base and to execute sales order schedule
  • Responsible for sales order management and tracking for multiple automotive customers
  • Worked alongside design engineering on a daily basis for current OEM projects as well as design cost reductions and PPAP approvals for new projects
  • Led APQP meetings which tracked project status and goals completed
  • Point of contact for project updates, also responsible for keeping records and reports for project status
  • Acted as the face of the company for supplier base, responsible for all issues that might arise
  • Experienced in financial analysis as well as negotiation of financial and contractual obligations within multi million dollar inventory
  • Experienced in cost reduction strategies
  • Skilled in MRP systems and EDI inventory systems
  • Experienced in developing commodity strategies
  • Cost analysis and quoting activities
  • Experience with communication with foreign suppliers.

Inventory Control Coordinator

Tiffany & Co
06.2015 - 09.2017
  • Inventory management of multi-million dollar inventory
  • Lean activity strategies and implementation
  • MRP system experience and inventory planning
  • Worked closely with planning to ensure product was picked/issued to production floor to meetproduction schedule
  • Responsible for picking/issuing of production work orders to production floor
  • Managed metal and stone resupply to ensure timely delivery back to the production floor
  • Responsible for receiving, verifying and ensuring correct inventory received
  • Experienced with daily cycle counts
  • Trained in lean six sigma manufacturing
  • Active member of Lean team within manufacturing environment
  • Experienced with material flow of raw material through production to finished good product
  • Oversight of all logistics and shipping and receiving
  • Experienced with ERP systems and production control and product flow within lean manufacturing.

Security Officer

Tiffany & Co
10.2012 - 06.2015
  • Key aspect of the position is to ensure safety of all employees
  • Trained in active shooter and loss detection prevention techniques
  • Managed metal scan activities for 100+ employees on a daily basis
  • Daily trash and reclaim inspection to ensure no product was being discarded
  • Experienced in CCTV review and product loss investigation
  • Performed searches on production floor for any missing/lost product
  • Performed daily walkthrough and security system maintenance

Supervisor Environmental Services

KentuckyOne Health
01.2009 - 10.2012
  • Supervision and direction of 75+ housekeeping staff within hospital setting
  • Material purchasing as well as system maintenance
  • Project management experience rolling out new nationwide EVS system
  • Project management for departmental projects and upgrades to departmental policies
  • Responsible for daily shift placement and coaching on specific duties
  • Provided oversight for employees to ensure proper cleaning and customer service within hospitalsetting
  • Actively filled in for roles that were vacant due to absence or tardiness
  • Experienced in housekeeping and all floor care procedures
  • Responsible for corrective action andcoaching opportunities to better train housekeeping employees.

Education

MBA - Business Administration

University of The Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
04.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Leadership

Nazarene Bible College
Colorado Springs, CO
05.2015

Skills

  • Microsoft Office (10 years)
  • ERP Systems (6 years)
  • Lean Six Sigma (5 years)
  • Lean Manufacturing (5 years)
  • Logistics Management (5 years)
  • Supervising (7 years)
  • Jd Edwards (5 years)
  • Inventory Management (6 years)
  • Negotiation (5 years)
  • Program Management (5 years)

Timeline

Inventory Control Supervisor

Tiffany & Co
10.2022 - Current

Production Supervisor

Tiffany & Co
07.2021 - 10.2022

Senior Buyer/Planner

SMC Manufacturing
09.2018 - 07.2021

Production Buyer/Planner

AVENTICS Corporation
08.2018 - 09.2018

Production Buyer

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, In
09.2017 - 08.2018

Inventory Control Coordinator

Tiffany & Co
06.2015 - 09.2017

Security Officer

Tiffany & Co
10.2012 - 06.2015

Supervisor Environmental Services

KentuckyOne Health
01.2009 - 10.2012

MBA - Business Administration

University of The Cumberlands

Bachelor of Arts - Leadership

Nazarene Bible College

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