JOHN “Jack” VASEN
EDUCATION
MS in Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Teaching Assistant and graduate school 1 year, then completed while working
BS in Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Graduated High Honors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRIMO PUMPS, Placerville, CA : 2010 – 2012
Distributor and service center of water boosting pumps for homes firefighting equipment for home use.
Inside Sales/Customer Service Associate
* Provides customer service and technical support for pump.
* Website content maintentance.
DAVEY PUMP, Aurora Illinois: 2006 – 2010
Distributor of water boosting pumps for homes and assembler of larger booster systems for niche applications.
Inside Sales/Customer Service Associate
* Provides customer service and technical support for pump and salt cell product line.
* Oversees pricing, materials management (planning and procurement for all product), and purchasing and bill of material maintenance.
PANDUIT CORP., Romeoville, IL 1984 – 2006
A global manufacturer committed to innovation and excellence as a recognized leader of high-quality products for wiring and communications applications.
Materials Manager, 2003 – 2006
Managed multi-million dollar inventory in a make to stock environment that had cumulative production lead times of several months. Managed Schedulers and a Shipping and Receiving Department.
* Department received highest Customer Service rating in 2004.
* Improved total inventory turns by over 20%.
* Consistently met inventory turns, availability and response goals established by management.
* Used Lean principles to reduce outside services by 30%.
Industrial Engineer, 1994 – 2003
Managed two Industrial Engineers. Supervised production inventory storeroom and shipping/receiving. Managed standard costs system, equipment justification, cost reduction projects, plant layout and other traditional IE tasks.
* Improved assembly line productivity of T20 product by 32% through methods analysis.
* Identified and implemented product cost savings from $722 to $514 for another T20 product.
* Improved and maintained standard costing system covering $12 million in sales.
* Reduced non-value added picking time by 25% through lean techniques.
* Served as Project Leader for simulation of duct punching line to justify reassignment of labor and machines.
* Developed capacity model currently in use covering all labor.
* Other projects: CMM system organization; supplier quality improvement; SPC; process mapping; project leader for re-layout and upgrade of inventory storeroom; participated on teams to improve on-time performance; led variance measurement and reduction teams; performed supplier reviews for capability and performance.
CIM and Advanced Technology Coordinator, 1990 – 1994
Coordinated the development of computer-integrated manufacturing, data collection systems and cutting edge technologies.
* Implemented a Shop Floor Control System providing real time order status information assuring full-proof adherence to operation methods. Saved $65,000 per year.
* Implem...
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