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plant 250,000 sq.ft. 250 salaried/hourly * Operations responsibilities: material management, purchasing, distribution, manufacturing, imports/exports (China & Taiwan), forecasting, planning, inventory control, EDI, order entry, capacity planning, customer returns and master scheduling for China and Tennessee manufacturing facilities. * Distribution responsibilities included: hub in Memphis, TN, Puerto Rico, and California. Managed 21 salaried and 90 hourly professionals. * professionals injection molding 10 machines blow molding carbon filter manufacturing vertically integrated water purification manufacturing air purification humidifiers vaporizers and fan manufacturing/assembly. Responsible for moving the Haggerstown MD facility ($80 million in Sales revenue and 120 people) which manufactured portable air cleaners under the Eviracaire brand name. Consolidated this facility with the Newburn TN facility in 90 days. Responsible for creating and centralizing the domestic and international purchasing and planning organizations. This included sales/operations forecasting process and centralized procurement for plastic resin filters MRO supplies which include packaging materials. Responsible for over $10 million in purchases. * Reduced finished goods inventory 20% through distribution consolidation and by forecasting management. Responsible for the implementation of Oracle MRP II system leader for order entry inventory procurement and manufacturing modules. Introduced bar coding to distribution centers. * Numerous manufacturing plant improvements including substantial injection molding productivity improvements (10%) and mold cost reduction of 20%. Negotiated lease and tax incentives with Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Reduced shipment time from 4 days to less than 24 hours.
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