Randal Lowe
Talbott,TN
Summary
Manufacturing and production professional skilled in leading high-producing teams and using lean manufacturing to reduce costs and increase process efficiency. Fifteen years of planning, production scheduling, inventory control, administration, and management experience. Talent for assessing problem situations and finding solutions. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inventory Manager
Masonite
09.2021 - Current
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the Shipping/Receiving Department.
- Load Plan out going freight to meet scheduled CTP dates.
- Responsible for the accuracy of the on-hand inventory
- Responsible for planning and execution of cycle counts and physical inventory
- Responsible for the bin/location management
- Resp. for the timely and accurate processing of inventory related transactions.
- Performs PFEP analysis and makes recommendations.
- Able to perform root-cause analyses of material shortages and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Supervises receiving clerks and material handlers for raw materials and finished goods
- Responsible for timely replenishment of material to the lines.
- OSMI and MRB analysis, transacting, tracking and reporting.
- Ensures inventory adjustment process is followed in a timely manner.
- Ensures warehousing best practices - FIFO, LIFO, expiration dating, batch management, flow lines
- Owns the following KPIs: OSMI, min/max levels, WIP accuracy on the floor, inventory accuracy, inventory adjustments
- Ability to investigate inventory transactional history for corrective action.
- Other duties as required.
Warehouse Manager
Coke Consolidated
07.2019 - 09.2021
- Full P&L responsibility for site.
- Manage and direct the daily activities of all associates.
- Efficiently supervise the loading/unloading of all route trucks, bulk rigs, and transports
- Maintain and control warehouse inventory to keep inventory loss at acceptable levels.
- Maintain security of the warehouse, loading dock, and surrounding area to prevent theft.
- Manage the intake of items to be stored in the warehouse.
- Create a schedule to manage warehouse workers and their time.
- Adhere to safety codes for both workers and equipment.
- Manage staffing to ensure warehouse is properly staffed.
- Speak with upstream and downstream partners to predict when items will arrive and leave, while managing inventory and space.
- Reconcile any inventory variances
- Work closely with other business groups to execute all planned programs
- Direct the daily housekeeping and maintenance of warehouse grounds
- Adheres to all policies and procedures relating to product age and quality
- Manage and model the safety culture and strive for 100% compliance concerning safety policies and procedures
Operations Manager
RGE USA
03.2017 - 05.2019
- Full P&L responsibility for the site.
- Responsible for a three-shift operation with 65 associates in a fast-paced environment.
- Understand the underlying performance of the site and make changes to hit production output targets in efficiency, cost and service level including quality and delivery performance.
- Overall responsibility for ensuring that staffing and competency levels are achieved/exceeded in all aspects of the manufacturing process.
- Improve internal work practices for material handling, labor efficiency, service levels, health and safety improvements and overall efficiency of the company measured as OEE.
- Support sales on all customer visits- internally and externally.
- Hold weekly meetings with all department heads to ensure all projects, tooling and improvement projects are hitting targets.
- Produce weekly reports for UK head office to summarize sales, profit margin, production issues and stock report.
- Work closely with plant and quality assurance personnel to review product quality consistency while monitoring yield rates and wastage to determine trends and areas of improvement
- Review established production schedules for all manufacturing departments to ensure established inventory levels are met while operating at the highest efficiency possible.
- Monitor operation expenses and research ways to reduce costs while maintaining product quality.
- Develop and execute the plant manufacturing budgets, including relevant departments accountable to the achievement of budgets.
- Conduct performance appraisals and provide coaching and guidance to all operations staff.
- Encourage and promote operations in a continuous improvement environment.
- Remove production constraints; allocate human and equipment resources and direct production employees to attain all established goals.
- Remove waste and constraints from the production process to improve efficiencies and enhance productivity.
- Work in collaboration with Marketing and Sales to develop and bring to market new products.
- Work with the Purchasing Manager to develop and improve supplier relationships for all Plant inputs.
- Maintain primary processing and production equipment and ancillary services.
Manufacturing Operations Expeditor
Renold Jeffrey
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Routinely reviewed dispatch reports to anticipate production requirements.
- Distributed travelers, burn/nest lists and drawings to work centers as material is requisitioned in order to complete operations on time.
- Monitored traveler status, observing completed operations, past due items and incorrect items. Regularly audit travelers and close operations as required.
- Kept production leads advised of constraints, material delays, incorrect labor entries, or deviation from plan.
- Expedited material delays or stock outs with appropriate departments.
- Informed production lead and manager of operations of parts that may be required or unnecessary.
- Facilitated the movement of parts into, within, and out of departments in accordance with proper sequence of operations. Distributed materials and information to work centers to ensure timely completion of operations.
- Ensured excess materials were properly stored or returned to warehouse.
- Used dispatch reports and schedules, discussed sequence of events and priorities with individual work centers.
- Maintained requisite files and records, prepared regular and special reports upon request.
- Monitored and maintained Dashboard and Metrics:
- Past Dues
- Zero On Hand/Zero On Order
- Due in next 14 Days
- Maintained critical items list and expedited orders
- Interfaced with manufacturers in regards to procurement issues
- Interacted with Plant Manufacturing Personal, Plant Engineers, Operations Managers, and Plant Management.
- Served as secondary leader for Operations Management as needed.
Value Stream Manager
Lisega, Inc
12.2014 - 03.2016
- Helped achieve company goals by supporting production workers. Supervised team of nine skilled TIG and MIG welders.
- Inspected finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications. Ensured the most cost-effective production methods were employed.
- Monitored the production processes and adjusted schedules.
- Planned and laid out work to meet production and schedule requirements.
- Adhered to all applicable regulations, policies and procedures for health, safety and environmental compliance.
- Worked with managers to implement the company's policies and goals. Reviewed the performance of subordinates.
- Reviewed operations and conferred with technical or administrative staff to resolve production and processing problems.
- Defined appropriate metrics and measurements to drive results.
- Enforced a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement while providing operational leadership.
- Improved efficiency and productivity by eliminating waste and production constraints.
Production Scheduler/Warehouse Manager
Trelleborg Coated Systems
03.1994 - 05.2014
- Defined appropriate metrics and measurements to drive results.
- Coordinated rush orders and order changes.
- Oversaw the organizing and product storage in warehouse/new and old inventory. Served as mentor to junior team members.
- Mastered the intricacies of the process flow within each department.
- Developed and implemented data-based solutions in a timely manner.
- Coordinated closely with quality control regarding products awaiting dispositions. Supervised production schedules, inventory and on-time delivery.
- Identified inefficiencies and made recommendations for process improvements. Enforced a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement while providing operational leadership.
- Improved efficiency and productivity by eliminating waste and production constraints.
- Designed and developed production schedule for 17 machine centers.
- Developed and maintained schedule database for production process.
- Setup min/max levels of WIP and maintained these levels.
- Ordered and maintained levels of raw materials for production.
- Monitored schedules and made changes when required, to avoid delays.
- Coordinated with department supervisors to assign status to all projects.
- Planned schedule workflow for individual departments as per requirements.
- Determined appropriate manufacturing sequence and lead times for all operations. Managed the Warehouse Shipping/Receiving Department- Managed $4,000,000 in inventory through year-end inventory and cycle counts Developed; maintained good relations with existing and potential vendor partners.
Education
Master of Arts - Organizational Management
Tusculum College
12.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Management
Tusculum College
12.2007
Skills
- Decision-making
- Warehouse management
- Critical thinking
- Team leadership
- Materials management
- Inventory audits
- Shipping and receiving
- Supplier relations
- Purchasing management
- Cycle counting
- Personnel management
- Inventory distribution
- Vendor relationship management
- Team development
- Inventory control systems
- Process implementation
- Vendor sourcing
- Report preparation
- Audit coordination
- Process improvement
- Cost reduction
- Inventory optimization
- Inventory reconciliation
- Logistics scheduling
- Cycle Counts
Certification
- 16-Hour DOT Hazardous Materials and Waste Regulations Course HAZWOPER/RCRA Training
- Emergency Response Course
- Spill Response Training
- OSHA 10
Timeline
Inventory Manager
Masonite
09.2021 - Current
Warehouse Manager
Coke Consolidated
07.2019 - 09.2021
Operations Manager
RGE USA
03.2017 - 05.2019
Manufacturing Operations Expeditor
Renold Jeffrey
05.2016 - 12.2016
Value Stream Manager
Lisega, Inc
12.2014 - 03.2016
Production Scheduler/Warehouse Manager
Trelleborg Coated Systems
03.1994 - 05.2014
Master of Arts - Organizational Management
Tusculum College
Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Management
Tusculum College
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