Michael Schwendinger
Goose Creek,SC
Summary
Dedicated manufacturing professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Tool Focal
Leadec Corp
08.2023 - Current
- Responsible for completion of audits on Maintenance department tools. Maintain running inventory of tools. Label and etch tools for control purposes.
Purchasing Specialist
Westrock Corp
01.2023 - 08.2023
- Maintain repair item inventories to set reorder point levels.
- Generate requisitions and purchase orders for both stocked and repair parts.
- Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.
- Reconcile invoices with Accounts Payable.
- Meet with suppliers and vendors to resolve issues and develop relationships.
- Maintained consistent email communication with stores and suppliers to confirm and track orders and verify price revisions on purchase orders.
- Perform chemical purchasing agent functions and act as storeroom manager when respective persons are out of office.
Warehouse Supervisor
WestRock
02.2012 - 01.2023
- Promoted diligence and culture of safety for drivers and warehouse operations.
- Supervised shipping and handling operations to ensure workplace safety.
- Supervised warehouse operations.
- Monitored adherence to safety protocols and company policies by staying attentive to details.
- Monitored employee performance and offered mentoring and leadership to improve any deficiencies.
- Started up and shut down processing equipment.
- Coordinated maintenance work with in house force and contractors.
- Performed troubleshooting to resolve issues with equipment, devices and products.
- Oversaw inventory control levels and verified compliance with storage and organization processes.
- Generated reports on inventory of product in warehouse for leadership and finance groups.
Distribution Administrator
Westrock Corp
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Performed compliance review of existing and new distribution facilities.
- Negotiated contracts with outside providers and rates for facility operations to minimize costs to company.
- Integrated warehouse operations with existing and new business processes.
- Trained personnel on use of warehousing software/systems to process materials.
- Replenished and processed offsite consignment inventories per customer contracted requirements.
Education
Associates of Arts - Business Administration
Southern Wesleyan University
Central, SC2015
Skills
- Accurate Recordkeeping
- Corrective Actions
- Dynamic Communication
- Quality Control
- Complex Problem-Solving
- KPI Monitoring
- Data Organization
- Procurement Operations
- Inventory Management
- Maintenance Requirements
- Purchasing for Manufacturing
- Scheduling
- Materials Movement
- Quality Assurance
Accomplishments
Experienced in JDE, Microsoft Office365, including previous exposure to SAP.
Utilized Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Managed inventory and repair parts to set KPI's.
Utilized quality control process to ensure product compliance to customer specifications and standards.
Manage Quality Hold/Non Conformance product segregation and disposition.
Timeline
Tool Focal
Leadec Corp
08.2023 - Current
Purchasing Specialist
Westrock Corp
01.2023 - 08.2023
Warehouse Supervisor
WestRock
02.2012 - 01.2023
Distribution Administrator
Westrock Corp
01.2007 - 01.2012
Associates of Arts - Business Administration
Southern Wesleyan University