michael dawson

senior buyer

About

Summary * Managed 265 people in plant operations environment, managed a department of 12 people in purchasing and in the material departments; 10 years of running physical Inventories, Master Scheduling, Cycle count programs, Strategic Planning implementation. * System experience: SAP 13 years, IFS 7 years, Symix sightline 4 years * Supplier consolidation; coordination of supplier tracking / monitoring. * Lean value-stream mapping, transactional Lean and manufacturing Lean Implementation. Green Belt certification. * Experienced in international sourcing of goods and hard to source products. * Continuous improvement, DMAIC approach to issue resolution.

Country

united states

City

milwaukee

Industry

industrial automation

Skill

six sigma, value stream mapping, 5s, kanban, management, program management, materials, leadership, electricians, sourcing, factory, instrumentation, training, machine tools, pneumatics, manufacturing, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, strategic planning, purchasing, process improvement, sap, dmaic, project management, negotiation, supply chain management, sales management

Experience

master scheduler 1-1 and 2 year, purchasing manager 1-1 and 2 year, plant manager 1 year

teleflex incorporated

2006-1 - 2008-5 · 2 yrs 5 mos

purchasing manager

thermal transfer

2000-1 - 2002-12 · 3 yrs

* Managed the supply of material brought into the plant by kanbans. * Supervised eight employees in the plant store's warehouse, receiving and four buyer planner roles. Implemented control Kanban tags to support plant floor supermarket activities. * Implemented a cycle count program and inventory turn program with targets and responsibilities. * International procurement of investment castings, electric motors, brass tubing and semi-finished goods in China, Spain and Mexico. * Established a vendor compliance / audit program to address performance to overall on time receipts and quality tracking by supplier. * Coordinated efforts to implement one-piece flow from stores back to supply base. * Managed the move of $1,500,000.00 out of raw and semi-finished goods inventory through detail analysis of usage in cell production control Kanban tags and inventory pull programs through vendor base.

senior buyer

rockwell automation

2007-4 - Present · 19 yrs 6 mos

Rockwell Automation, the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Throughout the world, our flagship Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software® product brands are recognized for innovation and excellence. http://www.rockwellautomation.com/.