Jeffrey Roark
Lynn Haven,FL
Summary
I bring a diverse range of skills, experience and knowledge that have been developed over my 20 plus year career through both my work education and professional experience. A dedicated and enthusiastic professional with a commitment to excellence and a passion for continuous learning and development. Thrive in a team environment and have excellent interpersonal skills. History of leadership and success in material procurement, production and scheduling.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior buyer/Planner
Zimmer Biomet
01.2022 - 05.2024
- Manage supplier relationships
- Planning and executing procurement strategies
- Establish and maintain new vendor setup
- Evaluate and Action MRP recommendations
- Evaluate and maintain Open PO’s
- Maintain inventory levels over diverse group of items
- Assess financial risk of PO’s
- SME for year ERP transition
- Work with AP on invoice reconciliation
Materials Manager
Maritech Machine
09.2018 - 04.2020
- Procurement of Raw Material
- Evaluation of Prints for Material, Hardware, & Routing Requirements
- Using JobBoss software for Order Creation & Data Entry
- Maintaining Daily Work Schedules for Production Floor
- Collaborating with Outside Vendors for External Processes
- Preparing & Acquiring Material Quotes
- Creating Deviation Reports & Following them to Closing
- KPI Tracking
- Lead to Become AS9100 Certified
- Created Company Processes
- Created Company Forms
- Coordinated AS9100 Training Sessions with Outside Training Representatives
- Conducted Internal Training
- Solely Developed the Quality Control Manual System for Maritech (QMS) & Associated Process Maps
- Collaborated to Implement Lean
Materials Control Clerk
Bay School Districts
03.2017 - 08.2018
- Acquire & Evaluate 'Requests For Quotes' for HVAC Department
- Find new vendors
- Place purchase orders for multiple maintenance departments
- Work with vendors on multiple projects (Lead Times, Expedite Coordination, Receipt of Invoices, Return and/or Re-work parts)
- Make sure all monthly invoices are submitted
- Scan and record all invoices into Bigfoot
- Reaching out to vendors to rectify any discrepancies
- Process a monthly summary of invoices for the Finance Department
- Document all fuel deliveries into Fuelmaster
- Set up and create keys all new employees in the system
- Run Monthly report of fuel usage and submit for finance review
- Document invoices
- Data reporting
- Inventory correction
Planning & Materials Supervisor
Zimmer Biomet
01.2012 - 10.2016
- Evaluating and actioning MRP requirements
- Scheduled primary and secondary production throughout the shop floor
- Supervisor over all receiving duties and responsibilities
- Supervisor of Material Clerk and material allocation
- Conducted annual reviews and performance evaluations of direct reports
- Responsible for all outside vendor processes
- Coordinate custom patient-matched products
- Collaborate with Marketing & Forecast Analysts on demand projections
- Drive operations and SIOP to meet and exceed KPI Metrics
- Coordinate monthly supply plan meeting
- Provide all manufacturing backorder updates
- Direct point of contact for customer service updates
Senior Planner/Buyer
Biomet Microfixation
03.2003 - 01.2012
- Directed 2 year planning efforts for the transfer of high-volume manufacturing from the current facility to our off-site parent company
- Created an automated Kan Ban system, 50% reduction in lead time for FG inventory
- Created raw materials storage location increasing efficiency by 30%
- Evaluating and actioning MRP requirements
- Lead Planner for new product development teams
- Managing all internal manufacturing activities
- Lead Planner for the customs and patient matched product
- Direct coordination with off-site manufacturing and shipping
- Customer Service Liaison for backorder and production updates
- Led daily operations review meetings
Education
Completed 40 credit hours -
Wingate University
Wingate, North Carolina05.1997
High School Diploma -
Riverview High School
Sarasota, Florida06.1995
Skills
- Material Management
- Data Analysis
- MRP Systems
- Forecast Projections
- Vendor Management
- Staff Mentoring
- Supervisory Experience
- JDE
- AS400
- BrowserXA
- Ariba
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- DataCube
- Forecast Pro
- TipQA
- Sharepoint
- Juno Pulse
- Lotus Notes
- Quick Base
- Fuelmaster
- Bigfoot
- JobBoss
Training
- JDE-SME Lead (1 year long integration training company wide)
- Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Value Stream & Process Mapping, Demand Planning
References
- Sam Weis, Sourcing Manager, Zimmer Biomet, sam.weis@zimmerbiomet.com, 904-254-4755
- Desirea Tyler, Facilities Manager, Zimmer Biomet, desirea.tyler@zimmerbiomet.com, 574-371-6909
Timeline
Senior buyer/Planner
Zimmer Biomet
01.2022 - 05.2024
Materials Manager
Maritech Machine
09.2018 - 04.2020
Materials Control Clerk
Bay School Districts
03.2017 - 08.2018
Planning & Materials Supervisor
Zimmer Biomet
01.2012 - 10.2016
Senior Planner/Buyer
Biomet Microfixation
03.2003 - 01.2012
High School Diploma -
Riverview High School
Completed 40 credit hours -
Wingate University