Randall Weber

Randall Weber

Manager- Purchasing

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President, Automotive Division at Topy America, Inc.

  • Education

    • Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio

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      BA Business Management and Accounting, dual majors

      Activities and Societies: Green Key Graduated May 2012

    • Blanchester High School, Blanchester, Ohio

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  • Experience

    • New Sabina Industries, Inc.

      Sept 1995 - Apr 1997
      Manager- Purchasing

      •Moved buying process from Lotus spreadsheets to MAPICS MRP

    • New Sabina Industries, Inc.

      Jul 1998 - Aug 2012

      •Reporting to the executive committee, facilitator on cross functional projects, to support key midterm projects.•Project leader, to reduce North America logistics costs by 30%. Consolidate warehousing, reduce warehousing cost, create and implement centralized planning for North America, and reduce transportation cost.•U. S. Project leader, to study and implement a common North American ERP system with improvement synergies for 2 Mexican plants, Sales and Engineering office in Michigan, and 1 Ohio plant. System will interface with our Japan Corporate offices. Show less Responsibilities•Responsible for total plant’s inventory accuracy control, material receiving, and shipping functions. Responsible for warehouses in Sabina and Wilmington, over 90,000 sq. ft.Projects- North America•Project leader, to reduce North America logistics costs by 30%.•Project leader, to study and propose a common North American ERP system with improvement synergies for 2 Mexican plants, Sales and Engineering office in Michigan, and 1Ohio plant. System will interface with our Japan Corporate offices.Projects- Sabina•Project leader, replacing Future 3 EDI and scanning software with Lexon C Core hosted product for shipping and label making. Under $126,000 budget and completed on time with no problems effecting customers or production.•Reduced quarterly physical inventory loss from over $300,000 to $51,000 on $16,000,000 inventory.•Moved to 64,000 sq. ft. warehouse to a more efficient building. $50,000 first year savings including cost of moving. Show less Responsibilities•Reported to the executive committee and worked on projects as requested•Project lead on all major computer projects. Acted as liaison between IT department and Material departments. Coordinating and negotiating software and hardware projects. •Team member responsible for writing J-SOX (Japan Sarbanes/ Oxley) workflows, risk matrixes, and narratives for the material departments.Projects- Detroit•Assigned for 12 months working 2 weeks per month at our Detroit sister company. Lead projects on warehouse layout, wireless RF scanning, and build out control.•Assisted sister company’s Detroit warehouse in reorganizing to meet the demands of their new customer, BMW.•Completed installation, report writing, documentation, and training of Crystal Reports, report writing software, for Detroit.Projects- Sabina•Conducted process audits in the Sabina material departments, Reorganized and documented the cycle count process with an emphasis on problem solving and making permanent countermeasures. Restarted monthly performance reporting to management.•Completed project on inventory policy and procedure standardization (written workflow and work standards), resulting policies and procedures are available on companywide intranet; in support of our ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001 policies.•Led project to improve inventory accuracy, using in-house resources installed scanning in production line, resulting in over $1.1 million inventory error reduction annually. Presented results at Honda’s Annual Lean Manufacturing Conference in May 2006.•Led cost analysis projects on plant expansion and warehouse relocation. Show less Responsibilities•Material Services, Production Control, Inventory Control, Purchasing, and Sourcing Departments (over 70 associates) •Responsible for a $140 million a year budget •Oversaw cost downs of over $8 million from a $140 million a year parts and material expenditures, over 70% purchased from overseasProjects•Led project that moved production scheduling and demand forecasting / analysis from Excel spreadsheets to using JD Edwards MPS/MRP programs.•Reorganized purchasing department resulting in the reduction of parts and material stock outs of over 30 per day to less than 3 in a JIT environment and reduction of airfreight charges by $80,000 per month•Reduced on hand inventory from $27 million to less than $23 million, during a period of 12% production growth improving turns from 7 to over 10, in electronic parts that have lead times of over 3 months. Show less

      • Senior Technical Specialist- Organization Development

        Feb 2012 - Aug 2012
      • Manager- Material Services

        Jan 2009 - Feb 2012
      • Senior Advisor- Material Control

        Oct 2005 - Jan 2009
      • Senior Manager- Material Control

        Apr 2003 - Sept 2005
      • Deputy Senior Manager- Material Control

        Jun 2002 - Apr 2003
      • Manager- Material Service

        Apr 1997 - Jun 2002
      • ERP Project Leader

        Jul 1998 - Dec 1999
    • Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies

      Aug 2012 - May 2013
      Production Control and Logistics Manager

      •Responsible for customer contact, inventory control, production scheduling, engineering change control, and material planning.•Inventory reduction from $4.5 million to $3.6 million while building a $350K bank to transfer selected parts to a new supplier.•100% on time and sequenced delivery to BMW.

    • Kohler Company

      Jul 2013 - Aug 2013
      Inventory Control Consultant

      • Responsible for cycle counting and investigating inventory differences between SAP and actual inventory.• Found errors between KPAC MES system and SAP.

    • Spectraforce Technologies

      Sept 2013 - Nov 2015
      Material Control Specialist (for BMW Manufacturing Company)

      • Responsible for assuring supplier deliveries for BMW SKD/PN2 program and controlling related part inventory levels in SAP.

    • Takumi Stamping, Inc.

      Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
      Production Control Manager
    • Topy America, Inc.

      May 2016 - now

      Responsible for Production, Production Control, Shipping, Material Handling, and Inventory Control.9 direct and 200 indirect reports. Responsible for Production Control, Shipping, and Material Handling.Plex Software Implementation Project Leader

      • Vice President, Automotive Division

        Jan 2022 - now
      • General Manager of Operations

        Nov 2017 - Dec 2021
      • Production Control Manager

        May 2016 - Nov 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Six Sigma Black Belt CSSBB

      Villanova University
      Jan 2011
    • Lean Six Sigma CLSS

      Villanova University
      Jan 2010
    • Six Sigma Green Belt CSSGB

      Villanova University
      Jan 2010