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.

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).