Marlo Johnson Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Point person for Fulfillment Department; coordinate picking and transfer of products needed for Production jobs.• Point person for Inventory Control Department; receive and putaway incoming inventory, pick and prepare outbound inventory for shipping or transfer to other departments.• Lead teams to complete jobs to specifications and within time allocated on job tickets.• Track and input time and activities for each team member working on each job.• Find and implement efficiencies to improve key performance indicators.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Train and supervise three full-time employees and 5-20 temporary fulfillment workers, adjust roster based on workload and seasonality, and replace lower performing workers.• Assign tasks and move workers to maintain flow of picking, packing and processing B2C and B2B fulfillment orders.• Maintain or exceed hourly and daily goals for number of orders, picks and pieces processed.• Monitor and approve workers’ timesheets and allot times to appropriate job functions and clients.• Replenish inventory using standup reach lift and sit down forklift.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Hired, trained, and managed a roster of 50 distributors and merchandisers to ensure timely and accurate distribution to 30,000 doorsteps and 1,700 bulk drop locations. • Replaced outsourced distribution of 38,000 monthly copies with in-house distribution, for a savings of $50,000 annually.• Expanded two monthly products' distribution from metro-wide to statewide by adding 175 locations, hiring new distributors and supplementing with Spee-dee Delivery and USPS.• Initiated Walgreens partnership to add distribution in 100+ stores, and later replaced distribution through their warehouse with in-house distribution to improve timeliness.• Expanded bi-weekly newspaper distribution from 30,000 to 40,000 by launching doorstep delivery into Northeast Minneapolis.• Coordinated display and distribution at events including Minnesota State Fair, Winter Loppet Festival, Camp Fair and Home Improvement Fair.• Managed facilities upkeep by making repairs and coordinating larger projects with outside contractors.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Called on wholesalers and retailers to maximize retail sales for the nation’s largest magazine national distributor.• After US launch of Maxim magazine, grew local allotment from 900 to 28,000 monthly and became category leader.• Took over distribution of 125 titles on short notice after competing national distributor ceased operating.• Coordinated retail promotions, including dump bin displays in 225 Super America stores.• Collaborated with gum & candy reps to replace and upgrade checkout fixtures in retail chains such as Cub Foods and K-Mart.

Developed operating plan and directed activities of six route merchandisers, a route supervisor and administrative assistant to achieve plan objectives.• Sold space on company racks, decreasing open space from 22% to 5% in 18 months.• Launched rack and distribution program in 25 Snyder Drug stores (now defunct).