My role as the warehouse manager I have also taken on a project management role being with my present employer. Since this past May of 2021 I played a key role in our move to our new location of 70,000 sq, ft. warehouse. Helping in the design, and negotiations with contractors to make this a successful on time delivery of the new warehouse. I have implemented a new picking system, completed new contracts with UPS LTL, and Small package, increased shipping by 35% in my first year, added new racking, applied more efficient procedures for completing of annual inventory. Added additional shipping lanes, purchase of MHE. Reduction in temporary help, Lead projects in reducing shipping overall shipping cost. Other projects,5S, quality control, work with customer service, sales team, engineers. Create locations for new product line of belting. Work with Amazon Central with our product.Other skills, payroll, hiring/firing, creating shipping documents for Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Germany and other export locations, team building, safety. Just completed negotiations taking our singe deep racking system to a double deep racking system due to growth of new clients. Also purchased new double deep reach trucks, and redesign of our shipping area. This was as of November 2022. Always looking for new challenges with other company's to use my skills to grow personally and professionally.

Company has moved out of state as of 8/17. Supervise the second shift shipping /receiving departments of a 250,000sq.ft. warehouse. Work with and give direction to pick and pack employees. Print out daily orders and put togetheraggregate shipments,enter in loaded trailers into PDQ.net. Implemented new procedures into thekitting and production department.Head the safety committee and implementing new safety guidelines for the warehouse and office. Work with the logistics department to get out orders to customers request.Use the UPS World Ship system. Implementing new inventory packaging procedures into the WMS system. Proficient in inventory adjustments, overs and values. Knowledgeable in TranZact programs. C-TPAT training( Warehouse Security and Threat Awareness)

Supervise the second shift packing, distribution, shipping and Direct to Consumer (DTC) departments of Finish Line. Oversee the daily movement of employees to various locations to fill labor needs. Work with Crisplant systems, Pyramid, EXE and other management systems in the warehouse as well as RF technology.Manage flow of product on conveyor system from picking, to packing, print apply to shipping out of product.

Managed a 250,000 sq. ft. OEM and after market car parts distributor, with over 160 employees and all job functions of this new start up.Proficient in JDE warehouse systemHandle all the purchasing of the warehouse as well maintenance agreements and new contracts.Full knowledge in picking processes and RF scanners,5SStrong background in start ups.

• Directly manage a 736,000 square-foot warehouse specializing in pet supply fulfillment.• Manage a staff consisting of 75 employees in various departments of shipping, bulk replenishment/active, andrack replenishment/active, fulfillment, and maintenance.• Proficiently use WMS Manhattan to maintain high levels of efficiency throughout entire warehouse.• Use of voice to pick, hand held RF scanners.• Full knowledge in fulfillment/pick module conveyor system.

•Directly supervised a fulfillment staff of more than 120 employees, 8 stockers and 7 receivers, as well as 3 supervisors on 2nd shift within a 300,000-square-foot pet supply warehouse.•Coordinated overall activities within the shift to ensure compliance with timelines.•Efficiently minimized and maintained an allowable error, reflected on production reports of employees. •Teamed up with the Maintenance Department in overseeing more than a mile of conveyor system used to move totes of customer product. •Effectively maintained a 98% on-time dock leave on air and ground shipping.•Proficiently applied Radio Frequency (RF) technologies in monitoring stock and inventory; gained full knowledge of conveyor scanners and photo eyes.

•Rendered courier services to banks and mortgage companies throughout the Midwest area for Tricor, a $60M company.•Performed a wide array of HR functions, such as hiring, recruiting and training employees; played an integral role in motivating and supervising 1 support employee and 16 drivers in 2 shifts; successfully liaised with independent agents. •Established a “no accident” record and a very low acceptable employee turnover rate.•Streamlined processes to manage 5,000 pounds of inbound material and 2,000 pounds outbound each day; recognized as the #1 station in the nation in 1998.

•Managed the pickup and delivery of freight along with other duties, such as scheduling, customer service and sales support.•Skillfully loaded and unloaded packages to and from aircraft and trucks at the O'Hare Airport terminals to meet shipping deadlines.

•Closely worked with the Accounting Department and expertly analyzed customer service rates.•Successfully decreased deadhead mileage from 30% to 10% within four months.