Joel Salatino

Responsible for all subcontract purchases, 40% of all purchased parts, materials for tool making, packaging, and some MRO purchases. Transformed weak subcontractor relationships into strategic ones by introducing correct purchasing practices and formal procedure. Created a "Subcontractor Service Matrix" allowing more strategically directed quoting and work assignments. Created a quoting process for outside service work with a digitized data base of quotes allowing the quoting process to be 30% faster and the ability to look for trends easily. Analyzing these trends led to a savings of $20,000 in the first year. Member of the business system migration team. Migrating from DCD to Vantage. Participated in the training of personnel and the migration of files.

Responsible for the Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Supplies purchases of a 24/7 manufacturing operation. Analyzed daily MRP data to plan purchases of primary packaging and corrugated. Evaluated spare parts inventory and made changes resulting in a 35% reduction in stock-outs, and reduced mechanical down time to less than 5% of the total. Evaluated VMI programs and made changes in contracts and suppliers resulting in reduced inventory and replenishment time. This improved cash flow and saved approximately $10,000.

Assigned to progressively more responsible positions leading to a promotion to purchasing supervisor. Experienced in all aspects of processing, testing and packaging of commercial and private label products. Project Manager for all new packaging. Represent the company as Quality Liaison and negotiate high volume contracts. Maintain computerized database and update the MAPICS tracking systems. Analyze MRP data for all product lines and oversee inventory levels for all packaging materials. Supervise, train and develop staff. Support overall materials inventory effort. Track and resolve discrepancies. Recovered $500,000 in manufacturing costs related to production down time, which resulted, from defective or out of specification materials. Established partnering relationships with major suppliers, which resulted in $100,000 in savings for consulting services and improved processes. Created dual supplier relationships for high volume products, which generated a cost savings in excess of $50,000 and ensured a more certain supply of materials. Analyzed vendor performance and introduced new standards, which reduced material shortages by 11%. Managed a 14.25 million dollar packaging budget

Provided the administrative support and overall coordination of all processing and distribution of a local privately held corporation. Experienced in overseeing operations in the absence of the plant manager; supervised the solvent and oil packaging operation.