Rory Rasmussen
Cold Spring,MN
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Buyer/ Procurement Manager
Custom Products of Litchfield
09.2025 - Current
- Use Apteen ERP system to run material reports.
- Analyze reports for materials needed.
- Buy materials needed for office, production, engineering, and maintenance.
- Work with sales and interpret customer forecasts.
- Send forecast to vendors to expedite lead times.
- Meet with potential vendors.
- Communicate with production and production planning to make sure they have materials.
- Work with vendors to escalate delayed materials.
- Communicate with freight companies to expedite materials.
- Trained a new buyer.
Plant 2 Supervisor, Assembly
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2025 - 09.2025
- Coordinate and train employees, materials and product to be assembled in a timely fashion to meet deadlines.
- Perform end of shift reports to management.
- Communicate with second-shift supervisor to provide daily status update.
- Supervise up to 16 employees.
- Perform annual and 90-day performance reviews for employees.
- Safety team member.
Plant 1 Supervisor, Metal Prep/Weld
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Coordinate employees and materials to be cut, bent, welded and painted.
- Supervise employees in weld, brake operators, laser tables, tube benders, saw operators, and weld robot operators.
- Worked with maintenance, management, quality, material handlers, and production teams to ensure all parts get to where they are needed.
- Communicate with second-shift supervisor to provide daily status update.
- Supervised up to 23 employees.
- Perform annual and 90-day performance reviews.
- Safety team member.
Paint/Metal Prep Supervisor
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Coordinate employees and materials to be cut, bent and painted.
- Supervise and train employees on paint line.
- Perform annual and 90-day performance reviews for employees.
- Worked with maintenance, quality, and production teams to trouble shoot part and paint/system problems as the arise.
- Communicate with second-shift supervisor to provide daily status update.
- FANUC Welding robot training.
- Touch up welds that are non-conforming.
- Safety team member.
Manufacturing Engineer
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Worked with production and management to speed up work processes.
- Used Solidworks to create shadow boards and check fixtures.
- Setup an assembly line and check fixtures to streamline assembly processes.
- Helped setup guns and program the system and on a new NORDSON powder coating line.
- CCAI certified.
Sales Manager
Duluth Nets
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Worked with customers and production to build nets.
- Utilized Quickbooks to facilitate sales orders, collect and run payment and produced invoices.
- Provided specifications to production team.
- Insured materials needed for jobs.
- Fill orders.
- Managed vendor relations for materials as needed.
- Represented company at multiple aquaculture conferences, including setting up booths and interacting with present and future customers and vendors.
- Worked successfully from home during the first 3 months of Covid-19.
Production Manager
Duluth Nets
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Coordinated production crew of 15 people to build nets.
- Interviewed, hired and supervised employees.
- Worked with customers to get them what they need.
- Provided specifications to production team.
- Loaded and unloaded trucks with a bobcat/forklift.
- Used company truck to deliver parts to offsite location.
- Installation of a variety of nets including: golf courses, recreation parks, high school and baseball stadiums.
- Used Quickbooks, Microsoft office, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Worked with logistic companies to ensure the best rates for the company and our customers.
Production Lead
Duluth Nets
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Supervised production crew of 5-7 people to build trap nets.
- Managed fabricating, building, boxing and shipping of nets.
- Used Bobcat to move materials and products around company, as well as, snow removal of parking lots and driveways in the winter.
- Utilized company vehicle to represent at aquaculture conferences.
Net Technician
Duluth Nets
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Followed detailed specifications to build a variety of fishing and sporting nets.
Timeline
Buyer/ Procurement Manager
Custom Products of Litchfield
09.2025 - Current
Plant 2 Supervisor, Assembly
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2025 - 09.2025
Plant 1 Supervisor, Metal Prep/Weld
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2024 - 01.2025
Paint/Metal Prep Supervisor
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2023 - 01.2024
Manufacturing Engineer
Custom Products of Litchfield
01.2022 - 01.2023
Sales Manager
Duluth Nets
01.2019 - 01.2022
Production Manager
Duluth Nets
01.2015 - 01.2019
Production Lead
Duluth Nets
01.2012 - 01.2015
Net Technician
Duluth Nets
01.2009 - 01.2012