Donald Cole is seeking a career position in purchasing/inventory control with a company that has strong ethics. He has 20 years of experience in inventory control, purchasing, and sales. Most recently, he worked at KM Machine Co. where he managed inventory using Six Sigma and standard operating procedures, maintained accurate levels, and wrote policies. Previously, he spent 14 years at Georgia-Pacific Corporation implementing inventory software, developing procedures, and reducing inventory variance from 8% to 0.25%. Cole has a business administration degree and is proficient in Microsoft Office, accounting, and training.

1. Donald E. Cole, Jr.
2887 Horseshoe Bend Rd
Randleman, NC 27317
(336) 491-9660
doncole@northstate.net
Objective
I am searching for a long-term career position in Purchasing/Inventory
Control within a company with a strong ethical or moral background.
Experience 2015 – Present Pizza Hut Asheboro, NC
Delivery Driver
 Customer Service
 Delivery of product to customers
2014-2015 KM Machine Co Biscoe, NC
Inventory Control/Receiving/Purchasing
 Data Entry/Filed Documents
 Verified/managed Inventory
 Supply Management using Six Sigma and my own Standard
Operation Procedures on Inventory Control
 Quality
 Purchased and maintained inventory levels to support normal
business operations
 Maintained accurate inventory levels and reported or
troubleshot discrepancies.
 Wrote policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
to prevent inventory discrepancies.
2013-2015 Bob King Mazda Winston Salem, NC
Sales
 Focused on customers’ needs on a daily basis to find the right
automobile.
 Provided superior customer service for any needs and concern
the customer may have had at any time.
1997–2011 Georgia-Pacific Corporation Asheboro, NC
Inventory Control
 Traveled to many different GP manufacturing plants on the East
coast implementing and assisting in training of the Business
Vantage Point Software (also conference calls to various plants).
 Developed, wrote and implemented the Standard Operating
Procedures for accounting and shipping personnel at these
facilities. My Sarbanes-Oxley SOP’s were implemented at
Georgia-Pacific plantsworld-wide.
 Developed new spreadsheets to assist in reconciling
inventory to reduce inventory cost.
 Assisted Shipping Supervisors and plant managers with the
new system and functions within the program for optimal
performance.
 The end result in the policies and Standard Operating
Procedures at the Asheboro facility was the lowest inventory

2. variance in the Packaging Division: reduced plant inventory
variance from 8% to 0.25%.
 Customer Billing
1995-1997 Randolph Community College Asheboro, NC
Accounting and International Business Tutor
 Assisted other students with Accounting and Business
Courses
 Dr. Raphael Brown (Instructor) recommended me to tutor
other students on several occasions.
 Spent as much time as possible with students so they could
get the best resultsand their Educational needs.
Volunteer Work Cub Scout Webelos Leader 8 Years
 Prepared weekly agenda for the Pack of Pack 531
 Supervised Children at all age levels
 Lead Children and adults on wilderness scouting journeys
Education 1995–1997 Randolph Community College Asheboro, NC
 Associates Degree in BusinessAdministration
 Graduated with a 3.25 GPA
Special Skills Purchasing, Inventory Control, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,
PowerPoint, Internet/Intranet and email.
 Record Keeping, Accounting, Training supervisors and staff,
Public Speaking, Creating and implementing Standard
Operating Procedures.
 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
 Teaching and Training others
 HIPAA sensitive information use and filing.