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A strategic partner responsible for overseeing a wide variety of warehouse activities including incoming freight, outgoing distribution, product placement within the warehouse, inventory management, customer service driven as well as retaining and developing employees. • Receive, store and ship materials to and from production or distribution locations• Configure warehouse to ensure formal storage• Strategic placement of items to decrease turnaround time• Effective inventory management control• Manage inbound/outbound freight• Plan layout and space to prevent loss or damage• Coordinate and manage material in off-site facility• Investigate lost or damaged shipments• Implement and monitor metrics for shipping and receiving• Comply with all safety policies and procedures Key Accomplishments:• Converted warehouse to 24/7 coverage to better serve our in house customers• Relayed entire warehouse to efficiently process all material handling• Revised cycle count procedure to bring better visability to customer owned material

Hands on supervision of team of 25-40 employees to pick product and prepare for shipping for both international and domestic destinations. • Direct shipment to both international and domestic destinations• Standardize procedures to improve efficiencies within the business• Develop and train employees• Monitor expenses including payroll, supplies and inventory• Act as safety contact for the warehouse and ensure compliance for the safety programs• Worked with management to support employee retention and work programs• Focus on continuous improvement of state of business, team performance and upcoming project Key Accomplishments:• Converted picking process from a paper order system to a computerized process using an FDM system requiring RF guns• Developed a cycle count system to inventory the warehouse during the first quarter of each year• Saved the company 20% of supply expense by researching and using new vendors• Coordinated, entire 120,000 square foot warehouse move including; racking, bin set up, equipment moves and layout of new facility

Successfully led a team of 12 retail stores with an annual volume of $20M • Supervised and managed a district of 12 store managers and their employees• Total P&L responsibility including implementation of budgetary guidelines, financial forecasts and labor costs• Develop weekly, monthly and yearly budgets to ensure achievement of company goals• Led training and development for pipelining opportunities• Acquired new business while displaying high quality of customer service and satisfactionKey Accomplishments:• Opened 12 new stores in Minnesota market from "ground up" including hiring and training of staffs, merchandising, and operations• Managed and operated as many as 18 stores in district before dividing• Improved sales by 5% and reduced shrinkage to less than 1.01% in district• Appointed to the “District Manager Advisory Board” for the company

Successfully managed an overall operation of three district managers and 35 stores with an annual volume of $50M • Total P&L responsibility including implementation of budgetary guidelines, financial forecasts and labor costs• Develop weekly, monthly and yearly budgets to ensure achievement of company goals• Led training and development for pipelining opportunities• Acquired new business while displaying high quality of customer service and satisfaction Key Accomplishments:• Increase total store wide sales by 12%• Increased complete total gross profit by 5%• Decreased shrink by 1.5% at store level• Promoted from District Manager to Area Manager• Assisted in 16 promotions due to training and mentoring• Opened over 30 new store locations including store set-up• Developed and presented operational training seminars