RAYFIELD DOBBINS
Brooklawn,NJ
Summary
Self-motivated, conscientious, responsible individual with over ten years’ experience as a Lab Manager for Engineering Undergraduate Labs. Proven ability to diagnose and fix issues in the labs. Competence in communicating ideas and actions need to accomplish desired tasks in a timely fashion. Able to work independently and as part of a team. Strong analytical capabilities.
Diligent Lab Manager with background in managing laboratory operations and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Demonstrated ability to lead teams and oversee complex testing procedures. Proven skills in quality control and laboratory safety.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Lab Manager, MEM + CAEE Departments
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
08.2015 - Current
- Supervised laboratory operations, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Developed and implemented standard operating procedures to enhance workflow efficiency.
- Managed inventory of laboratory supplies, optimizing resource allocation and reducing waste.
- Collaborated with faculty to support research initiatives, aligning resources with project needs.
- Oversaw equipment maintenance schedules, ensuring reliability and minimizing downtime for experiments.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory standards by staying up-to-date on industry best practices and adjusting internal policies as necessary.
- Maintained an organized inventory system for lab supplies, reducing waste and saving on procurement costs.
- Kept equipment maintained, facility clean, and organized and inventory stocked to maximize performance.
Substitute Teacher
Gloucester High School
Gloucester City NJ
2010 - 2015
- Collaborated with teachers to ensure continuity of instruction during absences.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively, fostering a positive learning environment.
- Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
- Assisted in emergency procedures, ensuring safety protocols were followed during drills and incidents.
Database Coordinator, Professional Sales Group Territory Management Software
Elsevier Science, (W. B. Saunders)
Philadelphia, PA
01.2006 - 01.2011
- Maintained and Updated Sales Database for 40 sales representatives
- Trained sales representative on the use of the database software
Education
Bachelor of Science - Commerce / Decision Science and Computers
Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ06.1983
Skills
- INVENTORY CONTROL
- Managed distribution of inventory levels between multiple warehouses, cutting shipping costs and time needed to fill customer orders
- Directed interaction between a number of teams to thus reducing out of stock situations
- Instituted an inventory system of consumable items allowing a timely and orderly running of the Undergraduate labs
- CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Coordinated interaction between customers, sales representatives, warehouses, order entry, inventory planning, and traffic departments in order to ensure timely shipment of materials needed to fill customers, and sales representatives’ requirements
- Produced weekly and monthly reports to sales representatives and senior sales executives to verify that all sales generated by the reps were actually processed and billed correctly
- TECH SUPPORT
- Produced users’ manual for proprietary Territory Management Program used by 65 outside sales representatives, enabling them to utilize the program in order to increase sales and simplify sales reporting
- Diagnosed and corrected minor computer problems for professional sales force, cutting down on computer down time helping them to process orders and provide sales quotes to customers
- Compiled and distributed monthly and weekly sales reports using company owned, proprietary software that helped managers direct strategies to increase sales revenue
Timeline
Lab Manager, MEM + CAEE Departments
Drexel University
08.2015 - Current
Database Coordinator, Professional Sales Group Territory Management Software
Elsevier Science, (W. B. Saunders)
01.2006 - 01.2011
Substitute Teacher
Gloucester High School
2010 - 2015
Bachelor of Science - Commerce / Decision Science and Computers
Rider University