Robert Byrum
Germantown,TN
Summary
Inventory and supply planning professional with strong experience in MRP, purchase orders, stock reconciliation, and launch support. Delivers accurate reporting, maintains planning parameters, and partners with cross-functional teams to resolve inventory issues, add new parts, and keep materials flowing to meet demand.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Specialist
FedEx Services
12.2013 - Current
- Developed program and standard operating procedure for adding new part numbers into inventory system.
- Created process to track parts within system, enabling field technicians to efficiently obtain vehicle parts.
- Provided reconciliation and reporting support, locating vendors and assisting onboarding activities.
- Published monthly report deck on help form statistics and pricing discrepancies, enhancing visibility for stakeholders.
- Participated in project teams to identify improvement opportunities in systems and processes with peers and leadership.
Senior Planner Writing and Creative Expression
Newell Rubbermaid
07.2011 - 07.2013
- Oversaw planning and scheduling across 30+ unique work centers, optimizing equipment and personnel utilization.
- Anticipated constraints and service impacts on tooling, work centers, and component availability, enabling smoother FG production.
- Developed recovery plans for items affecting service levels, ensuring timely responses to production challenges.
- Collaborated with Operations to establish proper staffing levels across production floor to ensure demand plan is fulfilled with an attainable production plan.
- Maintained planning parameters for items planned; MOQs, lot sizes, planning horizons, forecast consumption, etc.
- Met customer demand and eliminated excess inventory exposure on assigned product line including 500+ FG, WIP, and RM SKUs.
Associate Demand Planner Rapid Development
Medtronic, Spinal and Biologics
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Developed and maintained inventory plans and forecasts, conducting analysis and reporting to support decision-making
- Work with Marketing, Quality, Distribution and the rest of the Supply Chain to ensure items are properly forecasted, planned, purchased, and inventory levels are maintained at appropriate levels
- MPS/MRP generation and reporting on a daily basis. Review and react to exception reports, production plans and / or purchase orders and resolve system issues associated with the materials planning process for all product lines
- Coordinate with Marketing, Engineering, Quality, and the entire Supply Chain to support the timely release of new products. Manage phase-out planning for mature systems.
- Coordinated logistics planning and communication with domestic and European manufacturing sites to align forecasts, shipping schedules, and inventory management
- Reported progress towards forecast accuracy targets and implemented corrective measures to enhance alignment with business objectives
Inventory Coordinator
Medtronic, Spinal and Biologics
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Administer the daily cycle counts for all assigned inventory storage locations
- Disposition of discrepant inventory according to research results
- Identified root causes of inventory loss and recommended preventive measures to mitigate future occurrences
- Audited operational procedures and recommended improvements to enhance system and policy effectiveness
- Supported Logistics and Distribution Center management and sales network with technical guidance on inventory disposition processes
- Reconcile system stock status with confirmation of inventory physical locations from Operations personnel
- Reported discrepancies found during the inventory reconciliation process and met with personnel to formulate corrective actions
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Union University
Jackson, TN05-2010
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism-Public Relations
University of Memphis
01-2001
Skills
- Inventory management
- MRP systems
- Purchase orders
- Process improvement
- Cross functional collaboration
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Process improvements
- New vendor setup
- Supplier relationship management
- Purchasing
- Vendor relationship management
- Purchasing processes
- Procurement activity coordination
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Inventory reconciliation
Timeline
Procurement Specialist
FedEx Services
12.2013 - Current
Senior Planner Writing and Creative Expression
Newell Rubbermaid
07.2011 - 07.2013
Associate Demand Planner Rapid Development
Medtronic, Spinal and Biologics
01.2008 - 01.2011
Inventory Coordinator
Medtronic, Spinal and Biologics
01.2005 - 01.2008
Master of Business Administration -
Union University
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism-Public Relations
University of Memphis