Purchasing and Operations Manager

• May 2017 - Present

Technical Sales Consultant

• Apr 2011 - May 2017

• Received a Bravo Award in 2015 for leading an Employee Engagement Team which I utilized ACE/Lean Principles• Received ACE (Achieving Competitive Excellence)/Lean Principles Associate status in 2015 by completing all training, Kaizen Events, & VSM Events• Made sales calls by cold calling prospects via telephone and/or in person visits• Calculated customers’ needs for emergency or planned temporary HVAC & Power Generation projects• Maintained an accurate forecast and year end reports by utilizing a custom Sales Log that I designed in Excel.• Total Revenue as of February 2016, $6.032M • Project Managed for emergency and planned temporary HVAC & Power Generation projects• Verified safety procedures and protocols at customer sites and reviewed with onsite workforce daily• Customer relations Show less

Equipment Coordinator

• Jul 2006 - Mar 2011

• Received a Bravo Award in 2008 for Outstanding Productivity by taking on a task that was not in line with my role.• Received a Bravo Award in 2008 for Outstanding Productivity when I volunteered to help coordinate at our Houston, TX depot due to hurricane Gustav• Received a Bravo Award in 2011 at the end of my tenure as an ACE Pilot where I was part of a team that created Standard Work, and I led 5S and Kaizen Events for our Mid-West Depots • I was the depot’s EH&S Supervisor (Environmental Health & Safety) and maintained the highest audit scores in the company• Maintained the EH&S Monthly Activity Plan (MAP) that defined safety related tasks for our depot• Performed monthly, quarterly, & yearly EH&S Audits & Inspections• Ensured all employees were up-to-date on EH&S training• ACE Pilot & Coordinator – 5S, Standard Work, RRCA, VSM• Scheduled all Inbound/Outbound shipments by working with the customer and multiple freight vendors• Provided daily feedback to Depot Manager & Sales Force• Planned workforce for setup’s, teardowns, & preventative maintenance while ensuring the overhead costs were in line with the depot’s P&L• Kept a custom Freight Log, Job Log, & Equipment Log that I designed to ensure costs were in line with the depot’s P&L and to ensure Asset Inventory accuracy. Other Coordinators adopted my Equipment Log as it was a benchmark for keeping accurate inventory.• Took sales calls if salesmen were not available Show less

Account Supervisor over Inbound and Outbound Operations

• May 2004 - Jun 2006

• Trained new order pullers, quality control personnel, and forklift drivers • Compiled daily log of outbound shipments using Excel to ensure accuracy of shipments • Printed reports from in-house software program to ensure inventory accuracy • Organized order shipments to ensure efficiency • Lead teams during annual Inventory counts • Planned work force requirements for the next day based on order amounts • Provided daily reports to Warehouse Manager on shipments • Ensured worker safety • Maintained a strict schedule of shipments to multiple vendors using multiple carriers Show less