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Allendale, NJ

• Functions – Logistics/Operations/Warehouse ManagerProvides Senior Leadership to support the Warehouse, Fleet, and Administrative groups in a highly demanding market servicing customers in the NY/NJ metro area with.
• Recognized as the only Distribution Center to exceed the Initial Quality (IQ) metric - % of units without a customer IQ issue.
• Ranked first in customer service among 8 national centers, consistently exceeding 98.0% complete and on time delivery metric for 8 years.
• Reduced supply purchasing and vendor costs by 21% through cost analysis.
• Led center activity during the closing of the facility and finished with 0 OSHA incidents, 0 Preventable Motor Vehicle Accidents (Fleet) and ended 35% below projected closing costs.

Allendale, NJ

• Managed warehouse, fleet and office teams on all operational tasks. Provided coaching of both hourly and management team members’ performance and development. Involved in all aspects of facility operations, including.
• Achieved route optimization by analyzing and adjusting truck routes to lower miles driven, driver hours, fuel consumed and customer lead time.
• Decreased warehouse staff 8% and the office staff by 14% while maintaining efficiencies.
• Established standard work procedures for the Receiving department, resulting in a 15% decrease in offloading times.

Allendale, NJ

• Directed daily center activity with a focus on safety, cost and results-based performance. Developed and established environmental and safety programs in compliance with corporate goals and standards.
• Led review of stock placement to implement product relocations which reduced pick times 18%.
• Achieved a safety training compliance rate of 100% by administering OSHA and DOT compliance safety programs, including new hire orientation.
• Implemented a truck loading safety audit that reduced material damage 11%.

Allendale, NJ

• Executed all day to day aspects of running a shift, consisting of 35 union associates and 3 management members. Managed all safety, quality and performance-based activity.
• Put into effect a safety program which reduced worker’s comp claims and saved an estimated $450,000 in its final year of activity.
• Improved product handling and put away techniques which reduced box damage by 81.6%.
• Reduced warehouse damage in dollars by 59%, lessened loading errors by 55% and decreased damage on trucks by 76%.