Scott Hopes

I am a Materials Management professional and my career successes have been in creating value by streamlining business systems to improve the bottom line. I effectively contribute to all areas of operations, inventory management, product procurement, financial analysis, and sales where I combine the latest best practices with my extensive real-world experience to help achieve our company's vision.

Masterack | Social Circle, Georgia                                                                                    2023 - Present 

Director Of Materials

• Responsible for all Materials Management across three production plants achieving $64M annual revenue.
• Manage Materials Managers, Shipping/Receiving Supervisors, Buyers, Production Schedulers, Material Leads and Handlers to get Sales out, keep production running with needed material, and increasing turns.
• Drive 98% OTD, by implementation of JDE MRP management of Customer Orders and Forecasting through Capacity Resource Planning (CRP) schedule, to align production demand, equipment, and labor profile. 
• Manage SIOP to achieve increased ITO (4.3 to 8.3) and Reduced Inventory Valuation (14.9M to 4.7M) by strategic purchasing of materials and production consumption between Q2 2023 and Y/E 2024.
• Manage all yearly plant PI’s to 99.5% overall accuracy by implementation of ABC rotating cycle counts.
• Reduced all Customer lead time to 20 business days.

Clairon Metals Corporation | Covington, Georgia                                                             2001 - 2023

Production Planning and Procurement Manager  |  5 years

• Manage Supply Chain with the SIOP by aligning supply with customer demand.
• Create and manage production schedule based on Customer Purchase Orders and Forecasting through management of Visual Manufacturing EzLean “pull” system software.
• Responsible for Purchasing and Procurement of all material.
• Strengthen and create successful relationships in managing Supplier base. 
• Manage team of Buyers and Production Clerks.
• Successfully control valuation and accuracy of $5 million in total inventory, with rotating cycle counts and physical inventories, to meet and exceed Turns goal.
• Optimize inventory flow, between production departments, to minimize subcomponent and WIP inventories without jeopardizing the company’s delivery.

Production Control Manager | 5 years

• Manage Production Control, Inside Sales, and Receiving departments.
• Responsible for customer service, order fulfillment, forecast accuracy, and selling price.
• Manage six direct employees as two Account Managers, Shipping/Receiving Clerk, two Truck Drivers, and one Material Handler.

Quality Engineer | 5 years

• Managed corrective action system to support both customer and supplier bases.
• Implemented Final Inspection area which detected and drove the fix of part quality issues.

Master Scheduler |5 years

• Developed and maintained the level production schedule to meet customer requirements for efficient utilization of equipment and personnel.

Account Manager | 2 years

• Responsible for customer service, to satisfy stocked and nonstocked demand, across the entire operation from material purchases to finished good shipments.
• Purchased steel and components.

W. R. Bonsal | Pompano Beach, Florida                                                                                2000 - 2001

Materials Manager

• Scheduled production for all drymix, grout, liquid, and specialty lines.
• Purchased all aggregates, cements, bags, and containers.

The Quikrete Companies |  Lithonia, Georgia                                                                     1999 - 2000

Production Manager

• Managed Production which supplied over 25 Quikete and licensee owned plants across the nation.
• Management responsibilities included supervision of 50 employees, setting up new shifts, and production lines.
• Purchased raw material aggregates.

B.S. Chemical Engineering, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL