CLINTON DIEHL
Seattle,WA
Summary
Highly effective Purchasing & Inventory Manager offering 10 years of experience in supply chain management. Proven negotiating and managing supplier relationships to obtain favorable costs. Customer service driven professional with experience involving operations, project management, materials management and supply chain management. Innovative professional who drives customer satisfaction while improving cost, quality, and delivery. Skilled at evaluating complex issues, identifying key elements, creating an effective action plan and guiding its execution.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory and Procurement Manager
Sorse Technology
Seattle, WA
04.2019 - Current
- Executed scheduled inventory cycle counts and made necessary adjustments to virtual inventory records.
- Followed operational guidelines to properly unload and stock merchandise.
- Retained optimal inventory levels to prevent disruptions in business operations.
- Handled departmental scheduling to maintain proper staffing for shifts.
- Analyzed various aspects of corporate logistics to determine most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products.
- Examined levels of supplies and material to determine shortages.
- Monitored inventories on computer to generate accurate reports.
- Prepared inventory for shipment by attaching tags and labels.
- Analyzed stock levels and processes to predict inventory problems and formulate solutions.
- Reviewed inventory stocking levels and helped coordinated return or transfer of excess inventory.
- Received, evaluated and scanned in new inventory, updated computer database and proactively resolved variances.
- Tracked orders using functional systems and coordinated with warehouse workers to ensure proper storage and distribution of products.
- Coordinated and monitored inbound and outgoing deliveries, keeping abreast of delays and other issues.
- Handled ad resolved escalated situations related to inbound and outbound deliveries.
- Restructured warehouse picking locations and reserved slots to achieve maximum employee productivity.
- Identified opportunities to reduce cost and improve productivity.
- Established transportation cost standards and economical shipping practices.
- Managed day-to-day logistics operations, monitoring incoming deliveries and overseeing MRPEASY.
Inventory Control Manager
Tribe Productions
Seattle, WA
12.2017 - 04.2019
- Supervised activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing and shipping products or materials.
- Identified opportunities to reduce cost and improve productivity.
- Researched item history to identify root cause for discrepancies between inventory and stock records.
- Established warehouse policies, minimums and maximums, safety stock and reorder points for thousands of stock codes.
- Conducted monthly, quarterly and yearly inventories of warehouse stock.
- Restructured warehouse picking locations and reserved slots to achieve maximum employee productivity.
- Prepared inventory for shipment by attaching tags and labels.
- Oversaw efficient receiving and inventory management to keep stock within optimal levels.
Inventory Control Specialist
SafeStreets USA
, Kent
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Support and monitor supplier performance through delivery and cost metrics
- Integrate and coordinate customer requirements to establish and document procurement necessities to meet customer expectations
- Assist in developing supply solutions to best meet both customer and company goals and objectives
- Support other specialists with project management activities
- Monitor supplier capacity to ensure on-going product availability, return and delivery management
- Monitored sub-tier supplier availability and readiness
- Frequently engage with various levels of management and staff
- Facilitate day-to-day operations including reducing overhead to meet company goals
- Increase overall performance with strong focus on inventory redistribution and teamwork.
- Managed inventory for western half of country once Gaylord merged.
- Procured almost one million dollars worth of equipment per month and streamlined inventory counts within Security Trax to reduce shrinkage.
Inventory Manager & Primary Service Coordinator
GAYLORD SECURITY, INC
Kent, WA
11.2011 - 12.2016
- Support and monitor supplier performance through delivery and cost metrics
- Integrate and coordinate customer requirements to establish and document procurement necessities to meet customer expectations
- Assist in developing supply solutions to best meet both customer and company goals and objectives
- Support other specialists with project management activities
- Monitor supplier capacity to ensure on-going product availability, return and delivery management
- Monitored sub-tier supplier availability and readiness
- Frequently engage with various levels of management and staff
- Facilitate day-to-day operations including reducing overhead to meet company goals
- Increase overall performance with strong focus on inventory redistribution and teamwork.
- Service appointment rate and completion improved.
Customer Service Representative
Gaylord Security Inc.
12.2010 - 01.2012
- Handled all customer service issues including answering questions
- Processing exchanges, returns and payments
- Assisting with difficult or hostile customers
- Aiding in finding specific items
- Performed diverse A/R functions including, issuing refunds, and balancing receipts
- Partnered with managers and team members to develop strong and sustainable relationships to drive repeat and referral business.
Education
Construction Certificate - Construction
SeaTac Occupational Skills Center
SeaTac06.2002
High School Diploma -
Foster High
Tukwila06.2002
Skills
- Procurement Management
- Inventory Management
- Team Management
- Team Leadership
- Regulatory Compliance
- MRPEASY
- Salesforce & Hubspot
- MS Office
Timeline
Inventory and Procurement Manager
Sorse Technology
04.2019 - Current
Inventory Control Manager
Tribe Productions
12.2017 - 04.2019
Inventory Control Specialist
SafeStreets USA
01.2016 - 07.2017
Inventory Manager & Primary Service Coordinator
GAYLORD SECURITY, INC
11.2011 - 12.2016
Customer Service Representative
Gaylord Security Inc.
12.2010 - 01.2012
Construction Certificate - Construction
SeaTac Occupational Skills Center
High School Diploma -
Foster High
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