Ray Cole

Experience

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  Diversified Products

  Nov 1988 - Jan 1993

  Group Leader

  Employed with Diversified Products Corporation of Opelika, Alabama—a $200 million-dollar exercise equipment manufacturer. With Diversified, held progressively responsible positions culminating in position of Production Group Leader.

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  Trinity Industries

  Nov 1995 - Jun 1997

  Master Scheduler

  Employed as Materials Manager with Trinity Industries in Bessemer, Alabama—a $100 million-dollar railcar manufacturing division. Started as the Master Scheduler and was promoted to Materials Manager leading 7 direct reports. Responsibilities included planning and scheduling, purchasing, inventory management, and material logistics.

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  Outdoor Technologies Inc.

  Jul 1997 - Jul 2004

  Materials Manager

  Outdoor Technologies, located in Macon, Mississippi, was a 200 employee extruder and fabricator of vinyl fencing, decking, and railing products. I was the Materials Manager, reporting to the Director of Operations, and my responsibilities included scheduling, procurement, logistics, inventory management, and injection molding (had some operations responsibility here). Managed 6 direct reports, 40 indirect, and had budgeting responsibility for $5 million annually.

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  Fontaine Trailer Company

  Jul 2004 - Jan 2008

  Director of Materials

  Fontaine Trailer Company is a multi-plant, OEM of flatbed trailers for commercial and military applications. I was the Director of Materials, reporting to our President, and managed our supply chain to include strategic sourcing and partnership, supplier development and alignment, plant loading and scheduling, replenishment systems, logistics, and inventory management. I had a staff of 9 buyers, planners, and warehouse leaders, and together we coordinated sourcing between plants while lowering our material costs as a percentage of sales. Had responsibility for an annual spend of $100 million. Show less

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  CMC Impact Metals

  Mar 2008 - now

  Director of Operations

  I'm responsible for the operations of multiple manufacturing plants:Safety, Health, & EnvironmentalQualityServiceCosts - Expense ManagementContinuous improvements and the development of our teamCapital justification and executionI engage internally and externally to our business unit on a daily basis and work across the organization to meet our customer and employee needs.