Michael Smith

Strive to return a satisfactory profit on dealer capital invested in the parts inventory Proactive and meticulous assistant parts manager with over 30 years of experience in the automotive industry. Proficiencies in inventory control, sales, staff training and development. Customer-oriented team player with expertise generating optimal satisfaction levels while building profits and client generation.

• Maintain adequate parts inventory while minimizing obsolescence
• Maintain proper reporting and financial controls to ensure adherence to all practices and policies
• Maintain an accurate and efficient inventory control system
• Formulate plans for continuous improvement
• Manage employee performance impact on CSI scores
• Supervising the shipment issues of parts ordered
• Manage the Ford RIM orders and returns
• Works with multiple manufactures obsolescence returns
• Direct shipping and receiving efforts to ensure timely processing
• Monitor and adjust inventory to minimize obsolescence
• Supervises stock order procedures
• Ensuring the inventory levels are maintained accurately
• Order parts/supplies from multiple manufactures and suppliers
• Purchase parts/supplies from local suppliers with electronic purchase orders
• Receive invoices from the manufacture and supplier and confirm correct accounts are billed per purchase order
• Work with accounting department to make sure the amounts match on invoices received from outside vendors where products may be purchased
• Check availability of product before order is placed to determine order priority
• Check on all orders placed daily for backorders or other special circumstances that would require further action to receive product
• Work with suppliers to upgrade to critical or procure product from another facility when necessary
• Follow up on products not received when they are due in to see if further action is required
• Track any inventory discrepancies and make changes when needed
• Perform inventory counts monthly to track discrepancies
• Assist in looking at suggested stock orders to make sure stock is available
• Ship parts to other dealers through a dealer to dealer request
• Update service dispatcher/advisor daily of parts availability
• Post and track lost sales to determine stocking level of parts
• Update and maintain ADP database system to ensure inventory and other important information is complete and accurate.
• Experience working with ADP/CDK database with past experience in Reynolds and Reynolds database system.

• Larry Camper, Customer, 415 Maple Street, Salem, VA, 24153, 540-387-9066
• Chip Garland, Customer, 4551 Old Stage Rd, Radford, VA, 24141, 540-392-7094
• Brad Wright, Co-Worker, 3551 Riner Road, Riner, VA, 24149, 540-998-1128

• Robert Craft, Friend, 5361 Old Rough Road, Riner, VA, 24149, 540-558-8062
• Becky Hylton, Friend, 160 Alder Lane, Christiansburg, VA, 24073, 540-239-3646

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