Chris Eckman Email & Phone Number

Batavia, Illinois, Us

• Responsible for all warehouse operations (receiving, selection, transportation/logistics) • Responsible for 350+ staff in a 24/7 operation • Manage $110 million of outbound volume per month • Provide service and deliver to over 100 store locations daily • Recruit, hire, and develop manager and supervisor positions • Responsible for food safety (HACCP certified) and facility safety• Responsible for all inspections (OSHA, FDA, USDA) • Oversee building, equipment, and ammonia plant maintenance including budgets, reactive, and planned maintenance.

Batavia, Illinois, Us

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Batavia, Illinois, Us

Decision-Making Responsibility:• Communicates job responsibilities and performance expectations to store management to ensure desired results; manages and develops store management.• Assesses, establishes and implements appropriate store staffing levels with input from store managers. • Works with store managers to develop and implement action plans that will improve operating results.• Recruits, selects, promotes, manages, develops and terminates shift managers and store associates.Consulting Responsibility:• Reviews and analyzes the competitive pricing within the district and keeps the director of store operations informed regarding ALDI's competitive pricing position.• Determines and provides feedback to the director of store operations, including making recommendations regarding new items to carry or those that should be discontinued.• Identifies and recommends divisional service companies to the director of store operations.• Develops and recommends changes to improve policies and procedures.• Confers with store managers regarding the advancement, discharge or discipline of store personnel.Responsibility for Action:• Oversees and manages the training and development of store personnel by store management.• Serves as a liaison between store management and upper management to facilitate an understanding of company goals, objectives, and opportunities for improvement.• Communicates and models the vision and values of the company to create a proper work environment and sense of teamwork among store personnel.• Oversees and manages the achievement of store payroll budgets and total loss results; ensures that results achieved are within district budget.Individual Tasks:• Ensures adherence to company merchandising plans.• Plans and conducts regularly scheduled store manager meetings.• Supports store managers in conducting store meetings.• Conducts store inventory counts and cash audits according to guidelines.

Batavia, Illinois, Us

Kansas City, Mo, Us

• Gained knowledge and hands on experience with Cisco networking equipment.• Built virtual servers in VMware vSphere.• Managed employee accounts through ADUC.• Assisted in the migration of old to new hardware systems in the data center. • Worked with the help desk to solve open tickets.