1. Noel Despain
11619 South Nicklaus Rd
Sandy, Utah 84092
Mobile Phone: 801-979-1593
E-mail: noel.despain@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position where I can advance and use my management skills. I have twenty eight years of manufacturing,
Supervisor, Warehouse, Operations Manager and Purchasing Experience.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Buyer/Scheduler/Tool Crib Manager
2013-2014
VMI Nutrition | Salt Lake City, UT
• Purchased and scheduled all non- raw materials for the Plant including all tooling, machined parts and all facility
maintenance items needed to run a manufacturing plant.
• Created delivery schedules for our suppliers and made sure they were kept.
• Created a Tool Crib for the company from the ground up, consisting of thirteen production lines with six hundred
employees.
• Worked with all suppliers as well as potential suppliers and kept a quality professional relationship with all of them.
• Received and processed customer’s purchase orders and made sure they were processed in a timely manner.
• Saved the company money thru negotiations with supplier’s and new suppliers.
• Writing and applying Standard Operating Procedures.
• Worked with all freight carriers to insure on time delivery was met.
• Purchasing supplies needed for the facility and insured that we never ran out.
• JIT Manufacturing practices.
• Responsible for coaching and tracking 5 employee’s performance for the Tool Crib and purchasing.
• Made sure Inventory levels were kept accurate for the entire Maintenance Department.
• Purchased and set up a new MRP software material tracking software system to track individual machine parts
consumption rate’s as well as tooling and facility supplies consumption rates and accountability reasons.
• Created a Min/Max system for the Plant and implemented throughout the facility.
Skills
M3 MRP Software, QuickBooks Software, Six Sigma certified trainer, Microsoft Word and Excel software
Certified along with proficient in Excel spread sheet and Tool Crib Software thru Grainger Supply company.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Materials Manager/Warehouse Manager
2013
EMS Solutions | Ogden, UT
• Cost control of all incoming raw materials for the Plant.
• Shipping and Receiving for the Plant.
• Writing and applying standard operating procedures for the plant.
• Scheduled and shipped all customer orders out of the plant as well as tracking their packages.
• Responsible for the departments annual Physical Budget.
• Ordered and purchased supplies needed for the Warehouse.
• Responsible for coaching and track 20 employee’s performance for the department.
• Made sure that Inventory levels were kept accurate per customer’s forecast.
• Worked with all Shipping Companies to arrange shipments.
• Worked to decrease Inventory levels in time for the company’s annual yearly audits.
• JIT Manufacturing practices.
• Worked with customer’s that supplied their own parts, to ensure inventory levels are kept correct.
• ISO Implementation for the plant.
• Ensured that the kitter employee’s kitted the jobs on time and to the production schedule.
• Created and implemented a clean working environment for the Plant.
Skills
Exact ERP software systems EXACT MAX, QuickBooks Software, Six Sigma certified trainer, Microsoft Word and Excel software
Certified along with proficient in Excel spread sheets and implementation of EXACT MAX while at EMS.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE
Buyer/Scheduler/Operations Manager
2011-2013
Medron Medical | Salt Lake City, UT
• Purchased and scheduled all raw materials for the Plant.
• Created delivery schedules for our customer’s and made sure they were met.
• Invoiced customer’s on a weekly basis.
• Worked with our customer’s and kept a quality professional relationship with them.
• Received and processed customer’s purchase orders and made sure they were processed in a timely manner.
• Saved the company money thru negotiations with supplier’s and new suppliers.
• Writing and applying Standard Operating Procedures.
• Worked with all freight carriers to insure on time delivery was met.
• Purchasing supplies needed for the plant.
• Scheduling all jobs through the plant.
• JIT Manufacturing practices.
• Responsible for coaching and track 120 employee’s performance for the Plant.
• Made sure Inventory levels were kept accurate.
• Made sure that the Production never ran out of any materials needed to produce our product.
• Created a Min/Max system for the Plant and implemented it into the Plant.
Skills
Expandable ERP software systems, QuickBooks Software, Six Sigma certified trainer, Microsoft Word and Excel software
Certified along with proficient in Excel spread sheets and implementation of Expandable while at Medron.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Warehouse Manager/Operations Manager/Facilities Manager
2009-2011
CAO Group | Salt Lake City, UT
• Supervision of five employees.
• Worked with all freight companies to arrange shipping rates as well as the companies shipping needs.
• Insure Inventory levels are kept accurate.
• Insure the Receiving Department receives all products that come in same day.
• Shipping and Receiving for all four divisions.
• Inventory records of the Medical Industry are correct.
• Prepare all Quality Control documentations.
• Worked with our customer’s on a day to day basis and kept a quality professional relationship with them.
• Saved the company money thru negotiations with supplier’s.
• Writing and applying Standard Operating Procedures.
• Worked with all freight carriers to insure on time delivery was met.
• Purchasing supplies needed for the plant.
• Responsible for coaching and track 20 employee’s performance for the Plant.
• Made sure Inventory levels were kept accurate.
• Made sure that Inventory levels were kept at adequate levels to ensure the line never shut down.
• Made sure that Inventory levels were never too much or too little because of the effect it may have on the company’s
finances.
• Worked with the company engineers to get our products qualified in different states.
Skills
Oracle ERP software, AS400 Software, Inventory Control software, Supervision of Employees,
Forklift Certified, MS Word/Excel along with being proficient in Excel spread.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Master Scheduler/Warehouse Manager
2003 -2009
Obrist America | Salt Lake City, UT
• Cost control.
• Shipping and Receiving for the Plant.
• On-Line bidding for purchasing of all raw materials.
• Scheduled and shipped all customer orders and tracked the customer’s shipments.
• Annual Physical Budget.
• Purchasing supplies needed for the Warehouse.
• Scheduling all jobs through the plant.
• Made sure that Inventory levels were kept accurate.
• Worked with all Shipping Companies to arrange shipments.
• Scheduled 60 Injection Molding machine for Coca-Cola companies and Pepsi Cola.
• Directed weekly plant scheduling meeting.
• Worked with Coca-Cola and Pepsi buyer’s and customer service departments.
• Purchased all raw materials for the plant.
Skills
Oracle ERP System, AS400, and Novell GroupWise, Microsoft Software etc., Forklift Certified, Supervisor of Employees.

3. WORK EXPERIENCE
Production Manager/Buyer/Scheduler/Warehouse Manager
1997 -2003
Owens Corning | Salt Lake City, UT
• Quality Control.
• Qualified in complete knowledge of Manufacturing Fiberglass Insulation.
• Scheduling for all customers the plant.
• Writing and applying Standard Operating Procedures.
• Writing and applying Weekly Employee Compensation Program.
• Worked with all freight carriers to insure on time delivery was met.
• Purchasing supplies needed for the plant.
• Scheduling all jobs through the plant.
• Online bidding for the plant.
• Made sure Inventory levels were kept accurate.
• Shift Leader for the Plant for 6 years (A) Shift.
• Maintained at least 100% operation efficacies on most shifts.
• Purchased and negotiated with all suppliers for better product and cost saving’s.
• Supervision of 2 shifts consisting of 110 employees and 6 Lead men.
Skills
Oracle, SAP, Scheduling, Buyer Software, Knowledge in flow and JIT Manufacturing, Giddings and Lewis CNC training, Microsoft
Word and Excel Software, Production Manager of all Employee’s.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Production Process Supervisor/Warehouse Manager
1992 -1997
Daw Technologies | Salt Lake City, UT
• Supervision of 2 shifts consisting of 150 employees and 6 Lead men.
• Quality Control.
• On time delivery.
• Monthly shipping quotas (World wide).
• Production of all CNC Machines.
• Scheduling for the Flooring department.
• Reduced machine down time.
• Experience in all Clean Room Manufacturing best practices.
• Coordinated Logistics of vendors and sub-contractors.
• Managed department budget of over 300K per year.
Skills
Oracle ERP Software, QUBE Software, APICS Member, Microsoft software, Oracle, Novell GroupWise, Production Manager of all
Employees.
EDUCATION
Bachelors Degree| in Business Management
Snow College| Southern Utah campus, UT
Associate Degree| Applied Science/Business Management.
Salt Lake Community College | Salt Lake City, UT
Human Resource, Logistics’ Management
APICS, Six Sigma (Green Belt) Lean Manufacturing