Roger Koppa

201 E. Scotland Dr Irving, Texas 75062 

817-846-4180

texasroger@yahoo.com

 

Professional

Sovereign Pharmaceuticals1999 – Present

Warehouse/Production Supervisor

·   Manage warehouse for multi-million dollar pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor.

·   Responsible for over $30 million inventory, 300+ line items, 35,000 sq. ft. warehouses.

·   Supervise the daily warehouse and shipping duties including: issuing and returning of production items, shipping and receiving, satisfying internal requests for equipment and supplies.

·   Ensuring accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation, receiving incoming material and routing to appropriate production area or personnel, and receiving finished goods. Handling vendor request for receiving shortages and freight damage information.

·   Schedules and performs weekly inventory cycle counts and ensuring inventory transactions are accurately logged and reconciled.

·   Coordinate annual Inventory audits of production and equipment items with outside agencies and resolve any discrepancies.

·   Coordinates as necessary with Accounting and Purchasing to resolve receiving and inventory discrepancies.

·   Manage the monthly shelf life program.

·   Operate warehouses in compliance with OSHA, DEA and FDA guidelines.

·   Measuring and reporting the effectiveness of the department activities.

·   Developing and Maintain Departmental Policies and Procedures.

·   Establishing and adjusting work procedures and personnel to meet warehouse demands as dictated by production schedules and work flow.

·   Interpreting company policies to workers and enforcing safety regulations.

·   Recommending measures to improve quality of service, increasing efficiency of department and work crew and equipment performance.

·   Continuously improve warehouse operations through the use of proactive practices.

·   Conferring with other supervisors to coordinate production activities of individual departments.

·   Direct supervision of 13 production workers and indirect supervision of 30 other production workers.

·   Products and equipment include chemicals, hazardous materials, lab furniture, diagnostic instruments, clean room and lab supplies, and refrigerated items.

·   Managed the daily picking reports for discrepancies.

·   Formulates liquid manufacturing processes for new products.

 

Major Projects:

·   Configured a new inventory control software program for prescription Narcotic products.

·   Assisted in the development of procedures for hazardous/non-hazardous material storage and disposal.

·   Created procedures and design changes of facility for controlling the disposal of waste and prevent theft.

·   Conducted non-hazardous material/safety training for employees.

·   Redefined warehouse positions, established hourly production standards.

·   Standardized receiving, stocking, checking, and housekeeping procedures.

·   A team member that converted the warehouse inventory from a manual accounting system to a computerized system to allow all departments to interface at a higher communication level.

·   Reduced waste disposal costs by 30%.

·   Received no FDA observations during the last 5 audits in the Warehouse and Liquid Manufacturing areas

·   Increased employee productivity 20% by establishing production standards.

·   No lost batches due to dispensing errors 5 years in a row.

·   Consistently met shipping goal for shipments.

 

SouthStar Logistics                                                                                                              1999

Warehouse order puller

 

Palm Harbor Homes                                                                                                      1997-1998

Manufactured housing assembler

 

Dart Couriers                                                                                                                   1996-1998

Independent Delivery Driver

·   Pick up and deliver merchandise to customers within established time frames.

Special Dispatch Delivery Service                                                                                1994-1996

Independent Delivery Driver

·   Pick up and deliver merchandise to customers within established time frames.

 

Self Employed                                                                                                                 1993-1994

·   Lawn Service

 

US Air Force                                                                                                                    1980-1992

Staff Sergeant (E5) - Inventory Management Specialist

·   Processed over 300 requests daily for parts and supplies and delivered to support organizations.

·   Converted a manual warehouse accounting system to a computerized system.

·   Responsible for the inventory control of over 3500 different items.

·   Scheduled and conducted warehouse inventories. Through research of inventory discrepancies resulted in an accuracy rate of 96%.

·   Wrote local operating instructions. 

·   Conducted internal surveillance inspections of other departments the Logistics Department.

·   Responsible for maintaining the accountability and control of office equipment, vehicles, and supplies for the squadron headquarters and 35 recruiting offices throughout Texas and Louisiana.

 

Professional Skills

 

FOURTHSHIFT (for inventory and accounting control)

WASP (For Inventory control of Narcotics)

Microsoft Word-Intermediate

Microsoft Excel-Intermediate

 

Forklift operator and trainer

 

Bobtail Truck driver

 

 

 

 

 

 

References	Position Held	Companies	Telephone Numbers
Johanna Hunter	Vice President Sales & Marketing	Sovereign Pharmaceuticals	817-739-2400
Kathleen Parker	Director ,Purchasing	Sovereign Pharmaceuticals	817-284-0465
Michael Parkinson	Manufacturing Supervisor	Sovereign Pharmaceuticals	817-917-8826
David R Cason	Personal Reference		214-236-2884
Linda Gray	Personal Reference		214-529-4151