Jim Albers is a highly qualified leader with over 20 years of experience managing diverse groups, projects, and organizations in various roles within manufacturing. He has a proven track record of driving costs out of business models through initiatives like implementing rebuild programs, reducing inventory levels, and leveraging systems. Currently he is a Senior Purchasing Supervisor at Abbott Nutrition where he directs a team and has reduced spending by 25% through partnership programs.

1. Jim Albers
7817 CraindowCt.
Dublin,Ohio 43017
Cell: 614-634-1802
jamesralbers@gmail.com
Summary
Highly qualified leader with a 20 year track record of managing diverse groups,projects and
organizations. Possess a well balanced background which facilitates navigation through
complex business challenges. Demonstrated ability to drive costs out of existing business
models to deliver bottom line savings.
Highlights
Project Management Team Leadership
Automated Warehousing Traditional Warehousing
Materials Management Production Planning
Purchasing Logistics
Experience
August 2011 to Abbott Nutrition Columbus Plant
Current Senior Purchasing Supervisor
Direct 10 member team responsible for:
•MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) purchasing at the Columbus manufacturing plant.
•Managing 15 million dollar MRO inventory with annualspend of50 million.
•Managing staff for 24/7 stockroom line support.
•Reduced spend by 25% during an 18 month period byimplementing a rebuild partnership program
for MRO parts with outside vendors and internal partners.
•Plant SAP team lead SME (SubjectMatter Expert) for AbbottSAP Procure to Pay implementation.
•Plant SAP team lead SME for Abbott SAP/Maximo MRO North American implementation.
October 2008to Abbott Nutrition Columbus Plant
August 2011 Manager Plant Scheduling
Led a 3 shift operations team of 25 responsible for:
•Rawmaterialand finished goodsfor the AbbottNutrition Columbus plant with 500 million annual
throughput.
•Ordering all rawmaterialsfor the plant production lines.
•Scheduling all production lineswhile working with corporate partnersto meet customer demands.
•Providing 24 hour line support.
•Managing all aspectsof the logisticsrequired to keep the production facilityadequately and
efficiently loaded with rawmaterials required for production.
•Assuring proper production reporting for allfinished goods being sentto our high rise automated
warehouse facility.
•Able to reduce rawmaterialinventoryby 30% over 12 month period resulting in the elimination of
annual offsite rawmaterialstorage costs of 1.5 million.

2. January 1991 to
October 2008
January 1989 to
January 1991
Abbott Nutrition Columbus Plant
Financial Reporting Manager
Directed a 12 member team responsible for:
•Managing payroll for Abbott's 500 employee Columbus manufacturing operations.
•ColumbusPlant SOXand financial auditrequirements.
•Plant production reporting.
•Inventory verification for all rawmaterials work in processand finished goods inventory.
•Daily reconciliation of 50 million in finished goodsinventory maintained atthe Abbott automated high
rise regional warehouse.
•Fixed asset management.
•Project Manager for Kronoslabor reporting implementation for all5 North American Abbott
manufacturing facilities. Project resulted in annual networklabor savings of 5 million.
Columbus Showcase Company
Materials Manager
Led a 15 member team responsible for:
•Shipping/Receiving functions for all rawmaterials and finished goods.
•Purchasing and stockroom management.
•Production reporting and costing for all store fixtures manufactured.
•Inventory accounting for all manufacturing activities.
Education
The Ohio State University
Computer Science Bachelor ofScience
The Ohio State University
Productions and OperationsManagementBachelor of Science