Jake Smith
Gulliver
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Manager
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
09.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Supervis four staff members tasked with handling materials management, planning, purchasing, and customer service duties.
- Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
- Track and monitor purchase orders, deliveries and invoicing to verify accuracy and compliance.
- Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Monitor supplier performance for compliance with contract terms and quality standards.
Logistics Manager
UP Paper LLC.
06.2023 - 09.2024
- Coordinate outbound shipments averaging 9,000 tons per month and effectively manage inbound trucking operations to ensure seamless logistics operations
- Collaborate with external sales teams by providing accurate freight quotes, enabling precise pricing for paper sales on the open market and ensuring competitiveness and profitability
- Work closely with machine scheduler to strategize and coordinate production schedules, ensuring timely completion and shipment of customer orders to meet stringent delivery deadlines
- Enter in price negotiations with new carriers, leveraging market knowledge and strategic insights to secure favorable terms and rates, optimizing cost-efficiency and service quality for the logistics operations
- Implemented a digital filing system for new customer orders, replacing outdated paper-based methods, resulting in significant savings of time, effort, and costs for the organization while enhancing efficiency and accessibility of order information
- Managed logistics budgets and forecasting to achieve cost-effective operations.
Regional Logistics Coordinator
Carmeuse Lime and Stone
04.2020 - 06.2023
- Coordinate the shipment of 15+ million tons annually of limestone to both internal and external customers
- Manage and forecast current running inventories of four regional limestone quarries
- Manage internal customer inventories to ensure product availability and communicate daily with external customers to project future needs
- Negotiated contracts to secure favorable rates and terms.
- Prepared and presented reports to management on logistics performance.
Warehouse Manager
Carmeuse Lime and Stone
04.2014 - 04.2020
- Responsible for receipt of goods, goods issues', problem invoice reconciliation, accounts payables resolutions, open PO review, cycle counting, consignment inventory review, creating call-off orders, subcontracting requisitions, minimum/maximum stock level review, annual physical inventory count, process audits, and fuel consumption tracking
- Oversee $1,000,000 of valuated rotating stock inventory
Pharmacy Technician
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
02.2013 - 04.2014
- Performed billing procedures and accurately conducted internal billing audits
- Received daily orders of pharmaceutical supplies and verified items received against invoices
Medical Logistics Journeyman
United States Air Force
08.2008 - 01.2013
- Ordered/Received supplies, Accounts Payable duties, Invoice Reconciliation, contract administration duties
- Deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom, trained Afghan National Army soldiers supply management
Education
B.S. - Management
Northern Michigan University
08.2020
Skills
- SAP & Cerner experience
- Quick Learner
- Financial management and reporting
- Excellent Time Management
- Procurement expertise
- Strategic sourcing
- Diligent
- Logistics planning
- Technologically Adept
Timeline
Supply Chain Manager
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
09.2024 - Current
Logistics Manager
UP Paper LLC.
06.2023 - 09.2024
Regional Logistics Coordinator
Carmeuse Lime and Stone
04.2020 - 06.2023
Warehouse Manager
Carmeuse Lime and Stone
04.2014 - 04.2020
Pharmacy Technician
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
02.2013 - 04.2014
Medical Logistics Journeyman
United States Air Force
08.2008 - 01.2013
B.S. - Management
Northern Michigan University
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