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Newark, California, United States

United States

Newark, California, United States

Newark, California, United States

Mountain View, Ca

Newark, California

Responsible for coaching, developing and supervising employees in the day-to-day activities of physically performing inventory counts, recording and reporting data results, researching and reconciling inventory discrepancies. Lead corporate initiative to improve processes throughout entire operation. Implement daily inventory pass down to initiate engagement of all stakeholders. Develop reports to communicate root causes, variances and trends. Subject matter expert for shipping, receiving, put away and inventory. Manage and validate corrective actions. Key Accomplishments• Promoted from analyst to supervisor in less than three months.• Established processes to validate errors and worked with the customer to improve communication between their planners and our inventory control team. • Established a cycle counting process and improved material handling practices which resulted in the inventory accuracy improving from 50% to 95%. • Managed WMS upgrade project for the warehouse.• Trained employees on system and processes in warehouse.• Lowered obsolete inventory by 60%.• Improved warehouse location accuracy from 62% to 98%.• Implemented 5S program.

Hayward, Ca

Responsible for the physical cycle counting process and daily reconciliation of inventory to insure product availability sufficient to meet customers' scheduled deliveries. Analyzes data and provides reports and analyses to management, reports on inventory issues, and assists with research and reconciliation of inventory discrepancies.Key AccomplishmentsEstablished a cycle counting process and improved material handling practices which resulted in the inventory accuracy Improving from 50% to 95%. Established reports to validate errors and worked with the customer to improve communication between their planners and our inventory control team.

San Jose

Lead specialist in charge of developing strategic solutions for short and long term fulfillment based on cost, security, timing and features. Initiated and established new swag fulfillment system as a result of proactive forecasting and in-depth analysis.Key AccomplishmentsEnhance operational effectiveness and efficiency by delivering targeted initiatives such as: Launching and refining long and short-term solutions for swag fulfillment and shipping; overseeing fulfillment processes and recommending improvements to increase productivity and profitability; and partnering with vendors to ensure clear communication and standardized fulfillment practices.Strategically collaborate with vendors to develop a system where partner swag requests are communicated to fulfillment vendor on an ad-hoc basis. Created a system where partners can request “refills” of kit items.

San Francisco, Ca

Led, directed and supervised the daily activities of the order fulfillment department. Ensured high employee efficiency levels, training and development, implementation of safety procedures and order accuracy. Conducted cycle counts, inventory procurement and quality check on items prior to shipment.Key AccomplishmentsOversaw, mentored and directed a team of 15 warehouse staff which included delivering comprehensive training on new inventory control and order fulfillment procedures. Authored SOP for Order Fulfillment and Quality Control as well as a manual for company wide software usage.

Pleasanton, Ca

Skillfully processed inventory transactions and conducted cycle counts of inventory worth $7M+.

Hercules, Ca

Spearheaded cycle count program for $5 million worth of inventory in three on-site warehouses and for 24 offsite engineers for the service department. Processed warehouse transfers. Designed and generated inventory reports. Key AccomplishmentsSuccessfully increased onsite warehouse inventory accuracy to 98%; and offsite engineer inventory accuracy 99%.Drastically reduced field service inventory from $2 million to $1.2 million.