Inventory Control, Manager at St. Jude Medical
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
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- Inventory Control, Manager at St. Jude Medical
- Past
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- Freelance Marketing Consultant at Self Employed (Self-employed)
- Senior Business Analyst at Dal-Tile Corporation
- Systems Analyst / Programmer at Dal-Tile Corporation
- Information Analyst at American Olean Tile Company
- Education
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- Lehigh University
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Michael Kirkpatrick’s Summary
Twenty years of experience in business operations combining technology skills with supply chain management to provide competitive operational advantages as well as exceptional customer service. Possess superb analytical skills with methodical approach to solving complex business problems.
Worked in several positions related to operations, logistics, distrubution, and supply chain management. Designed and maintained information systems as a programmer/systems analyst supporting order processing, manufacturing, planning, transportation, inventory management, and point of sale business systems. My extensive business systems knowledge evolved into a career as a business analyst specializing in operational goals, supply chain issues, cost reduction strategies, and key performance measurements.
A career of comprehensive experience working for a $2B building materials company with a distribution network of ten manufacturing plants, numerous suppliers, five re-distribution centers, and over 250 company owned sales service centers with 10,000+ employees in Canada, Mexico, and the USA.
Michael Kirkpatrick’s Specialties:
Ability to harvest large amounts of data into business intelligence through various reporting tools.
Proficiency in Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Avid researcher
Michael Kirkpatrick’s Experience
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Inventory Control, Manager
St. Jude Medical
(Public Company; stj; Medical Devices industry)
July 2009 — Present (6 months)
Managing field inventory for over 250 sales reps. Evaluating operations processes that impact inventory and recommending enhancements to procedures and applications. Creation of a seamless inventory related information flow across platforms and applications in and out of SAP.
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Freelance Marketing Consultant
Self Employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 4 months)
Provided Graphic Design, Video Production, and Marketing Consulting Services to small business and non-profit organizations. Designed and produced marketing materials including brochures, prospectuses, advertisements, logos, and videos to promote corporate marketing and branding efforts. Also developed and maintained websites for non-profit organizations and artists.
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Senior Business Analyst
Dal-Tile Corporation
(Building Materials industry)
July 2002 — March 2007 (4 years 9 months)
As a Senior Business Analyst, was responsible for developing and implementing measures to increase inventory turns and reduce field deployed inventory while also maximizing customer satisfaction and improving profitability through improved inventory utilization. Also was responsible for supporting eight Regional Operations Managers with data analysis, inventory and supply chain reporting, and special ad hoc reports as needed. Developed key management reports for $140MM of inventory in 250+ warehouses nationwide.
Examples of reports include:
• Idle asset reports to remove obsolete and slow moving products from inventory.
• Stock profile analysis reports to determine products to be managed at warehouses to meet distinct market requirements and customer preferences.
• Strategic inventory reports to manage over 10,000 SKUs at each location
Created reports and assisted in developing strategies to manage $40M of freight expenses for over 250 company owned trucks as well as LTL and Premium freight carriers delivering to customers from 250+ warehouses nationwide resulting in savings of over 20%, over $200,000 per year.
Responsible for creating numerous sales and marketing reports to analyze sales trends for products, sales promotions, and customers as well as product margin reports to support market pricing strategies.
Other Responsibilities Included:
• Maintaining price book distribution application for multiple market classes.
• Demonstrating skilled knowledge of cross-functional processes in an order life-cycle.
• Defining and documenting business requirements for new inventory management and point-of-sale system.
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Systems Analyst / Programmer
Dal-Tile Corporation
(Public Company; MHK; Textiles industry)
January 1992 — July 2002 (10 years 7 months)
As a Systems Analyst/Programmer was responsible for
• Developing and supporting an inventory stock replenishment system used by 250+ warehouses that utilized inventory management concepts such as forecast, safety stock, lot size, and lead time.
• Programming and technical support of proprietary point-of-sale system used by 250+ sales service centers.
• Designing, developing, and integrating a freight cost rating system used by 250+ sales service centers to reduce delivery costs.
• Managing corporate item master databases and customer master databases.
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Information Analyst
American Olean Tile Company
(Building Materials industry)
May 1987 — January 1992 (4 years 9 months)
As an Information Analyst was responsible for
• Providing critical information, reporting, and technical support for Inventory Control, Distribution Planning, and Production Planning departments.
• Leading a corporate supply chain information system project that integrated fragmented operational processes to a centralized system.
• Documenting business process requirements for the definition and design of future business systems.
• Creating and executing test scripts for new systems development.
• Delivering a corporate best practices project for inventory management procedures at sales service centers throughout the country.
Michael Kirkpatrick’s Education
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Lehigh University
BS Computer Science , 1990
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Passionate advocate of empowerment and sustainable development in Africa
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