Richard L. Grabowski Email & Phone Number

Conroe, Tx, Us

Bannockburn, Illinois, Us

National company, large compounding pharmacy in the home infusion industry - Houston branchLeadership role wearing multiple hats, providing direction and accountability for the warehouse team. Responsible for all patient deliveries of medications and supplies to homes, hospitals, and patient care facilities. Timely handling and resolution of patient delivery issues with a sense of urgency. Accountable for branch pump management program, delivery and accuracy metrics, error research and resolution, people management, controlling budgeted costs, providing cost savings and continuous improvements. Heavy interaction with all internal departments, intake, pharmacy, clean room, nursing, department leadership heads, as well as external teams from national divisions other branches around the region and country, patients and caregivers.• Manage 5 hourly employees, 2000 SQ FT warehouse, 1,000 medical supply SKUs, 75 – 125 deliveries daily.• Processing and dispatching medication and supply deliveries direct to patients via same day and next day couriers, UPS, FedEx, patient pickups, and Infusion Suite appointment medications.• Took on and improved pump management program, increased branch pump score from low 50’s to 100%.• Reorganized warehouse, created location system for all medical supplies, printed bin and shelf item labels matching descriptions on pick tickets, enabled locations to print on pick ticket line items, saving time by quickly guiding pickers to the item shelf, greatly improving accuracy of correct supply items pulled and sent to patients.

Stafford, Texas, Us

Manufacturer of Rebar Support Components for the Concrete Construction Industry Key role providing direction and leadership to the Warehouse, Shipping and Receiving team. Hand out workloads, confirm order completion, follow-up on shipment status and logistics delays. Work heavily with planning and production to get short products produced for orders, Heavy contact with sales, ownership, logistics, engineering, and production teams. Accountable for KPI’s of 100% complete shipments, on time shipments, inventory accuracy, errors and returns.• Manage 25 hourly staff, office employees, leads and a supervisor.• 250,000 SQ FT warehouse and plastic molding manufacturing facility, 5,000 SKUs, $40,000,000 inventory.• 30 – 40 domestic and international shipments per day, container, truck load, LTL, and customer pickups.• Created and implemented color coded FIFO system for utilization of oldest product first.• Worked with freight companies to acquired pro number sticker books to accurately apply pro numbers ourselves to outbound LTL freight, eliminating mis-shipments, and reducing load time having our freight ready in advance.• Created daily assignment sheet to monitor picker’s workloads, productivity and order status’ at any moment.

Worldwide wholesaler and manufacturer of corporate award and trophy components.Accountable for hands on leadership of the Houston warehouse branch, people management, inventory management and facility. Directed and monitored workflow of transfers, receiving, stocking, order pulling, inspection, packing, and shipment processing. Accountable for KPI’s of lines picked, orders shipped, errors rates, on time shipping.• Managed 6 perm and temp employees, 40,000 SQ FT distribution center, 7,500 SKUs, $3,500,000 inventory.• 50 – 250 orders shipped per day domestically and internationally via LTL, UPS, FedEx, will-calls.• Greatly improved inventory accuracy from less than 50% to 99%, with daily cycle counting, and KPI data.• Improved storage efficiency, sorted and organized all locations, correctly identified and located all products, condensed multiple overstock locations, removed years of obsolete product, regained 20% of tied up space.

Heavy duty equipment manufacturer, fabrication and assembly of HPU's and power units for land based oil rigs.Provided effective leadership and direction to materials operations, coordinating planning, scheduling, purchasing, inventory control functions, kitting, order pulling flow of raw materials, sub-assemblies and components, managing warehouse and inventory logistics process from BOM thru shipping and delivery of finished goods, meeting assembly dates, ship dates, and delivery date deadlines. • Managed 3 employees, 25,000 SQ FT manufacturing, assembly, fab shop operation, parts storage, 3,000 SKUs, $2,200,000 inventory.• Processed and shipped parcels, as well as large equipment via LTL, flatbed trailers and overseas containers. • Maintained and improved storage space and organization, improved inventory accuracy and integrity of warehouse, field service location parts trailers, and service truck materials and components to 99%. • Produced a current and relevant in-house inventory by reviewing, researching and evaluating all on hand items to identify and determine high activity, slow move, non-use and obsolescence inventory dispositions.• Returned to vendors items and materials that were irrelevant to current builds or obsolete that were returnable for credit, adding $50,000 back to the bottom line from non-use product returns.

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Manufacturer of hydraulic valves, pneumatic valves, custom valves, and manifold blocks.Fulfilled a key role leading the coordination and execution of all materials, inventory, work order kitting, shipping and logistics operations, with accountability for high inventory accuracy. Cultivated relationships of collaboration with multiple internal departments. Effectively managed work order pulling, kitting processes, and delivery of components necessary for production in machine shop and assembly departments. Engaged in daily cycle counts, investigating, addressing, and resolving inventory issues and transaction discrepancies. • Managed 12 material handlers and delivery driver permanent employees.• 30,000 SQ FT assembly, machine shop, warehouse, shipping and receiving, 3,500 SKUs, $5,500,000 inventory.• Greatly improved inventory accuracy from 70% to a consistent 99%.• 100% on-time shipment, accurate picking, fulfillment and shipping of customer orders, 50 to 150 orders per day.

Associates, Industrial Engineering / Marketing & Management Coursework

General Secondary Education Studies, Architectural Drafting

Transferred To St. Joseph H.S In 1982, General Studies