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Jeffersonville, Indiana

ECS Shipping/POL Bundle & Display Line/Repair-Led team of 7 -30 team associates and temporary employees over varying shifts in picking, packing and processing orders to external customers and company retail stores in an accurate and timely manner, as well as receipt of product from other company locations, follow up and review of standard tasks, labor analysis and lean project leadership.-Troubleshoot order issues to completion.-Maintain work schedules between three cells/areas.-Investigate/report on and resolve inventory discrepancies.-Lead 8D team to resolve inventory/safety issues-Worked with team to develop and implement process improvements utilizing LSS and TPS principles.Assistant Site Manager-Onsite liaison between contractors and corporate/local representatives for 196k Sq. ft. new distribution start up. -Contact and work with vendors for all aspects of new facility-Direct labor/contract labor in changing/challenging environment-Daily communication with general contractor/subs-Line/work cell set ups

Columbia, South Carolina Area

-Led team of 7 -30 team associates and temporary employees over varying shifts in picking, packing and processing orders to external customers and company retail stores in an accurate and timely manner, as well as receipt of product from other company locations, follow up and review of standard tasks, labor analysis and lean project leadership.-Troubleshoot order issues to completion.-Maintain work schedules-Investigate and report on and resolve inventory discrepancies.-Lead 8D team to resolve inventory/safety issues-Worked with team to develop and implement process improvements utilizing LSS and TPS principles.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Led teams of eight to 25 people over multiple, changing shifts consisting of team leaders, associates and temporary employees in warehousing activities to support a lean manufacturing environment.•Ensured employee involvement, management, ongoing training and compliance to company and OSHA safety regulations and policies increasing safety awareness by 100% communication/discussion daily.•Delivered daily coaching opportunities in continuous improvement and lean/visual management as part of plant initiatives for process improvement leading to increased employee communication and process improvement suggestions.•Managed and controlled accuracy of approximately $18M inventory with over 4,000 SKU’s.•Increased internal customer service levels by locating and managing process gaps reducing labor costs by $20,000 dollars.•Supervised multiple teams over varying schedules and integrated shifts bringing support levels in line with current/future forecast demand saving $60,000 dollars. •Removed wasted motion and improved visual indicators from processes through Kaizen Team activities targeted to improve manufacturing and material processes. •Evaluated employee performance, administered reviews and delivered corrective actions reducing lost time by 10%.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Managed a shipping team of 10 ensuring company policies, federal regulations, and continuous improvement, on-time shipment accuracy, inventory accuracy and team goals were met and/or exceeded.•Saved $60,000 in labor costs by minimizing processing time and merging two shifts to one.•Active member of a team supporting new product launches ensuring accuracy of pilot shipments within customer specified quality and cost requirements and deadlines reducing expedited shipment costs by 25%. •Led project to reduce miscellaneous shipment costs by $17,000 dollars per year and improved processes resulting in time, labor and cost savings.•Key contributor to a team focused on improving label format of 4085 amps to reduce shipment processing time by 50%. (2D vs. 4D).•Created internal shipping web page to allow better communication between shipping department, internal customers and corporate office eliminating requests for shipping guidelines.•Trained in UPS/Fed-X, expedited and foreign shipments, ASN/EDI data entry and forecast demand order entry.

Managed 10 manufacturing operators to produce product within time, quality and cost parameters.•Key Contributor to BIT team (Bose Improvement Team) to decrease process time of incoming product/receipts to work order staging by 40% and increased customer service reports.•Achieved on time set-up of warehouse for new re-manufacturing facility on two occasions to include conveyor line setup and optimization of warehouse space.•Advanced user of OMAR ManMan shipping database as well as international shipments.

•Executed RF scanning of approximately $100,000 dollars of finished product daily for shipment and proficient use of ManMan Warehouse Management System. •Team member achieving first time to hold 100% inventory accuracy six consecutive weeks.•Decreased process time by 25% by implementing changes to pick report (QZRE352). •Key contributor to a team that reduced team leader off line time saving $80,000 dollars by implementing minimum quantities of line side storage.