Robert Kunkel Email & Phone Number

Newark, California, United States

With 25+ years in warehouse, purchasing, 3PL logistics, and operation management. Have designed layout and built warehouse for the most effective and efficient product flow. International and domestic negotiation skills. Created database and revamped existing database to give multiple lookup options, making it more productive and time saving. International and domestic trade show experience. From setting up product delivery to the exhibit, to booth set up as a seller, to meeting with existing and potential suppliers/manufacturers as a buyer. Have experience defending company with any legal problems with 100% success rate. Dealing with employees, hiring, firing, training, discipline write ups, writing reviews, legal mediation. Took care of building maintenance and inspections. Certified forklift trainer and driver.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

conducted safety inspection throughout the warehouse nightly. Help train and certify forklift drivers. Conducted drug tests for employees. Wrote incident reports.

Santa Clara, California

Hired to create a wholesale program for the company. Need to structure about 100 vendor product list and create a wholesale pricing structure with multiple price levels and MAP pricing. Contact existing customers and also call on new potential customers.

Operations ManagerGolden Apple Corp – Union City, CA June 2002-Oct. 2015• Importer of automotive and truck wheels and accessories. Brands: ADR wheels, Stern wheels, Nitro wheels, RSL wheels, NEX suspension and Maxspeed Performance.• Hired as warehouse manager of the 280,000sq.ft warehouse in Southern CA.• Inventory management. • Received 5-10 containers of car and truck wheels a week from china.• Shipped 50-100 pallets a week.• Re-organized entire warehouse. Making all A, B & C items were inventoried closer to the shipping docks.• After 7 months was offered the position of operation manager. Which I gladly accepted.• Company sold the Southern CA. warehouse about a year later. At that time was asked to move to Northern CA. to take over as operation manager of the corporate warehouse.• Interviewed all potential employee applicants.• Hired, fired and trained employees. Issued write ups. Mediation for company with employees and courts.• Worked with the factories in China and Taiwan on quality issues, defects and any shipping errors• Trade show coordinator. Also worked all the shows. Both domestic and international.• Created new and more efficient part number and product data base. Making 3 different was to look up product. • Developed my own customer base with proven sales. • Building maintenance, fire inspections, EPA reports and guide lines.• Equipment maintenance schedules.• Negotiated terms with UPS, Fed Ex and all trucking companies.•Worked with freight forwarders for in coming containers from China and Taiwan. Prepared documents and performas for export shipments.•Managed day to day shipping and receiving.• Set up and maintained ecommerce sites on EBAY and Amazon. • Unfortunately owner decided to retire

I was responsible for purchasing over 1000 products from multiple vendors. Negotiate new contracts and re-negotiate old contracts. Also help introduce and educate Performance Products with all the products from Precision Auto Designs after the acquisition. Kept over 99% first pick rate on A,B & C items.

Purchasing ManagerPrecision Auto Design 1989-March 2000• Mercedes Benz Mail order catalog.• Complete management of all aspects of corporate purchasing, including research on suppliers and negotiation of purchasing terms with international and domestic suppliers and factories.• Created the product data base. Used key look up words for a more effective and efficient look up for the sales department.• Worked closely with accounting department. All vendor invoices had to be approved by more before payment sent.• Help start up an import company called Five Palms Manufacturer, to take over the international buying and manufacturing of the products sold by the mail order division Precision Auto. Five Palms became the only supplier for Precision Auto.

Diploma, Printing Press Operator And Darkroom Tech

Was in graphic arts & printing.

High School, General Studies

General education with diploma.