John T Ziomkowski

1570 Pinnacle East S.W.

Wyoming, MI 49509
(616) 538-7377
E-mail: jz675c8e@westpost.net
Professional Summary
Experience in "Lean Manufacturing" practices, quality assurance, product develop
ment, inventory control and supply chain management. Enjoys working in a team at
mosphere and has a track record of contribution to growth and profitability.
Professional Experience:
Customer Service & Purchasing Sales and Engineering Liaison
Product Development Quality Control
Sales Distribution & Inventor
y Control
Importing from Asia Lean Manufacturing
Soltice Limited LLC (Grand Rapids, MI)
12/08 - Current
Independent commercial sales of hi bay fluorescent light fixtures, wood veneer a
nd dry film adhesives, & solid surface.
Direct Sourcing Alliance LLC (Zeeland, MI.)
02/06 - 12/08
Importer and supplier of lighting, metal, and wood products
Customer Service Manager, Logistics, and Warehouse Manager
Worked with purchasing and sales to respond to customer orders and needs:
* Establish a department focused on customer service , order processing, and log
istics
* Worked with customer's engineering to better meet customer requirements
Experienced in dealing with Asia suppliers
Richwood Industries Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)
06/90 - 02/06
A privately held manufacturing / warehouse distribution company focused primaril
y but not exclusively on wood panel products and work surface balancing backers
sold to the major contract office furniture manufacturers such as Steelcase, Her
man Miller, Haworth, Trendway, The Knoll Group and other companies such as Bruns
wick Bowling.
Technical Sales:
Responsibilities included all quality related decisions for the manufacturing an
d distribution of products. Worked directly with Richwood's owner/president and
the sales team and customers to develop new and improved products.
Responsible for all manufactured component sales quotations.
Sales:
* Worked with Richwood's owner/ president to develop a new office panel stile th
at resulted in $1.5 million in sales.
* Developed a $1.2 million sales project with a West Michigan based college dorm
furniture manufacturer for Michigan State University and helped set up quality
specifications and control systems at the mills on the East and West Coasts that
produced the plywood panels and components.
Operations:
* Co-lead a team to lower inventory levels by 35% using the Toyota Production Sy
stem for lean manufacturing. This allowed Richwood Industries to close a manufac
turing facility in Kelso, Washington and move it into the Grand Rapids facility.
* Worked directly with Herman Miller's Supplier Development Team to develop a Q.
C. program that resulted in Richwood Industries becoming a certified supplier t
o Herman Miller.
* Served as interim plant manager for a one-year period.
* Managed the warehouse/distribution facility.
Steelcase/Stow Davis: (Grand Rapids/Kentwood, MI.) 08/86
- 06/90
Fortune 1000 manufacturer of office furniture and related accessories
Final Assembly Product Coordinator:
* Controlled and coordinated the flow of material from receiving to component pr
oduction and on to final assembly.
* Increased production by 15% by monitoring each stations throughput.
* Facilitated team meetings between management and production workers to identif
y solutions to production bottle-necks.
Education and Certifications
Grand Rapids Community College
General Education
Quality Control & Statistical Analysis
Professional Training
Toyota Production System
Lean Manufacturing
References upon request