Meticulous and results driven Production Controller with 15+ years' experience of managing maintenance operations, coordinating inventory, and implementing systems improvements. Adept at ensuring quality control, budgeting materials, and overseeing planning and scheduling. Well versed in providing staff training, maintaining logistics best practices, and managing procurement processes.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Logistics Technician
Bevilacqua Research Corporation
Hunstville, AL
01.2024 - Current
Company Overview: Amentum Space Exploration Group.|NASA ESSCA Contract.
Provides support to the engineering team by procuring all needed raw materials to the specifications outlined by the drawings.
Completed over 500 procurements in CY 24 using our ERP system, Basware.
Responsible for negotiating fair prices, terms, and conditions with suitable vendors.
Reorganized and developed the Inventory Management SOP for the propulsion department.
Responsible for the control of work orders from creation to completion.
Ensure timely acquisition of materials, parts, and tools to ensure test dates were met, and the overall mission of the organization was completed.
Leads and mentors others in department of creation of purchase orders using ERP system
Maintains bench stock quantities to ensure technicians had all items needed to complete work
Encourages safety first culture within organization
Prioritizes work order flow for engineer techs
Operations Manager
Rainbow of North Alabama
Decatur, AL
06.2021 - 12.2023
Directed operations staff by providing guidance, training, and support in order to meet company objectives.
Maintained accurate inventory records to track stock levels, and minimize costs.
Identified areas of deficiency and performed root-cause analysis to solve problems.
Developed key performance indicators to measure effectiveness of operational processes.
Staff Sergeant (E-6)/ Motor Sergeant/ ERP's Clerk
Unites States Army
Northport, AL
03.2001 - 04.2021
Company Overview: Alabama National Guard.
Responsible for leading, training, and mentoring a section of 20+ soldiers at the home duty station and overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, in which my section received numerous awards, such as the Army Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medals, and Army Achievement Awards.
Responsible for overseeing all maintenance operations through meticulous planning, guidance, and execution of military maintenance operations, in which the unit maintained a fully mission-capable rating of 95% or higher.
Used inventory control, property book reconciliation, and hand receipt control to successfully maintain the accountancy of over 9 million dollars' worth of assigned military equipment.
Production Controller
Department of Defense, United States Army
Northport, AL
01.2010 - 03.2021
Conducted property book reconciliation with supported ARNG customers by adhering to Army regulations and guidelines, which led to proper equipment reporting and readiness.
Controlled the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between departments by using expert knowledge and the Army's ERP system, GCSS-A (SAP), in a maintenance manager role, which resulted in supported customers maintaining equipment readiness that led to mission completion.
Controlled workflow by creating, issuing, updating, and closing repair work orders to successfully support Army field and depot maintenance operations.
Served on the logistics SME team in the initial fielding of the GCSS-Army system to the Alabama National Guard by using critical thinking skills to successfully help develop the state's SOP and end-user manual during the transition.
Responsible for military equipment life cycle management, to include acquisition, fielding, new equipment training, maintenance plans and service internals, and demilitarization and turn-in processes.
Worked with U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM) representatives for product supply-chain operations.
Assessed current workflows to find opportunities for improvement in terms of cost-effectiveness, speed, accuracy.
Surface Maintenance Repairer
Department of Defense Army
Northport, AL
05.2007 - 01.2010
Responsible for repairs to various types of military equipment using diagnostic equipment, schematics, technical manuals, and troubleshooting skills, with less than 3% of rework.
Acted as a liaison between field and organizational maintenance by planning and coordinating movement to and from locations to ensure that unit readiness capabilities were always met.
Researched needed repair parts through appropriate technical manuals, the Fedlog system, and DLA with expert accuracy to ensure no unnecessary costs to the organization.
Assisted in field maintenance at various unit locations.
Planned work procedures using charts, technical manuals and experience.
Special Cooperated Researcher at Inter- University Research Institute Corporation High Energy Accelerator ResearchSpecial Cooperated Researcher at Inter- University Research Institute Corporation High Energy Accelerator Research