Carter Furtaw
Plymouth,MA
Summary
Self-motivated business professional with nine years of experience in aerospace/defense, construction, consumer products and marine industries working in fast-paced, high-pressure work settings. Multitasker who excels in both individual contributor and collaborative project team environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Parts Department Manager
Bosun's Marine
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Managed team of three Parts Specialists, holding them to high standards of customer service, DMS accounting and cross departmental communication.
- Analyzed sales, expenses, and inventory discrepancies on a weekly basis to maintain profit goals.
- Implemented new department processes to ensure accuracy of inventory, while reducing shrinkage and obsolescence.
- Negotiated competitive pricing with vendors & manufacturers for upcoming winterization season.
- Interviewed, hired & onboarded one new employee, increasing department morale.
Logistics Team Member
CEC Logistics
07.2023 - 07.2024
- Boosted overall efficiency by effectively managing multiple tasks simultaneously, such as loading and unloading vehicles, route planning, and paperwork completion.
- Trained new team members on best practices in logistics operations, fostering a supportive work culture that prioritized teamwork and collaboration.
- Improved customer satisfaction by ensuring timely and accurate deliveries of products.
Project Manager
Ceilings Inc.
01.2019 - 02.2023
- Generated comprehensive union labor and material cost estimates to signatory general contractors.
- Managed awarded construction projects from a schedule driven perspective with the goal of completing the project on time, and under labor and material budgets.
- Conducted weekly site inspections with job foremen and customers to ensure the project schedule and end product are achieved.
- Refined and implemented a proactive, best-in-class safety program to comply with current Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations.
- Cultivated and ultimately established relationship with a new general contractor, resulting in the award of three additional projects in 2021.
- Delivered all projects on time and under budget.
Procurement Agent
Boeing Aerospace
05.2016 - 12.2018
- As a key member of the International Supplier Team, procured IR sensors to be integrated into the Joint Direct Attack Missile and Small Diameter Bomb kits for both the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force.
- Selected to travel to Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel to negotiate a multiyear weapons package deal with Elbit Systems, successfully settling contract below target.
- Interfaced weekly with research and development and production facilities in Fort Worth, Texas and Haifa, Israel to ensure that manufacturing levels of heads-up display units for the F/A-18 Super Hornet were fulfilling customer demand.
Buyer
C&S Wholesale Grocers
06.2015 - 04.2016
- Procured health and beauty care products/general merchandise from key vendors such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, and Proctor & Gamble while exceeding targeted service level requirements.
- Negotiated with vendors and customers to maximize product flow, manage inventory levels, and successfully coordinate action against close coded, expired, and other unproductive inventory.
- Interfaced with warehouse operations, quality control, and merchandising teams to determine and resolve time sensitive issues.
- Collaborated with the director of procurement, team leader, and the senior buyer daily to attain gross profit goals.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA05.2015
Skills
- Project management
- Cost modelling
- Inventory Management
- Accounting
- Sales analysis
- Process implementation
- Staff training
- Negotiation
- Hiring/Staffing
Timeline
Parts Department Manager
Bosun's Marine
07.2024 - 12.2024
Logistics Team Member
CEC Logistics
07.2023 - 07.2024
Project Manager
Ceilings Inc.
01.2019 - 02.2023
Procurement Agent
Boeing Aerospace
05.2016 - 12.2018
Buyer
C&S Wholesale Grocers
06.2015 - 04.2016
Bachelor of Science -
Saint Joseph's University
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