Providing support and leadership in the development, coaching, and mentoring of supervisory, administration, and warehouse staff in a Food Grade Distribution Center at a 939,500 square foot multi-building lay-out. As we work to build not only leadership teams with involved staff, with in an umbrella-ed leadership platform, we are also on-boarding and training team members with limited or no warehouse experience in order to create a multi-tier layering of positional knowledge and understanding that is at a minimum three (3) positions deep, both at the leadership and general staff roles. Ground up processes and procedures have been developed, stress tested, improved on, and are improvised as needed to ensure that we are meeting our customers demands. The use of multiple systems, including our own stand-alone WMS (warehouse management system), along with the customers systems and the coordination of all of those, to ensure order accuracy, fulfillment viability, and proper shipment of food grade items to end users is one of our strengths. We as a group, are entirely responsible for the stewardship of all the product, not only with in our own buildings, but we also act as extension for our customers to their end users. As the leader of this group, I take this responsibility very seriously, and thrive in this type of environment.

Responsible for all warehouse activities including safety, shipping, receiving, rail traffic coordination, and sanitation. Hands on experience with the management of case selection, shipping, receiving, replenishment, rail car loading and unloading along with rail coordination, while also versed in inventory control with-in a server based warehouse management system (WMS). Extensive experience with fork lift training and documented fork lift certification of both new employees and the employer re-certification process. Focused on budgetary goals and productivity expectations with an emphasis on safety, these are three main daily drivers. Achieved a 97% or greater on-time shipment rate. Directed up to forty warehouse distribution center associates at one time, across many disciplines, including warehouse clerks, administration, forklift operators, Warehouse Leads, and Inventory Leads. Forecast labor requirements based on daily workload and company cost per case targets within a 24/5 based operational schedule, where over-time is often required, but is goal tasked and oriented to maximize performance against additional labor cost over multiple shifts. Develop daily schedules for fifty five warehouse/distribution center employees. Lead warehouse improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiency, and improve overall customer service and satisfaction. Clean and maintain the distribution center in compliance with AIB sanitation, food safety and security standards. Daily implementation of strategic shipping and receiving policies to achieve long and short-term budgetary and customer service goals. Monitor department performance data to identify and avoid potential risks. Rail car coordination and documentation of both inbound and outbound rail traffic through the on-site rail yard. Well versed in rail demurrage dispute and rail car traffic ordering through CP rail service website.

Ensured efficient and productive practices and procedures were achieved, and maintained through the correct inventorying, and the shipping of manufactured product from the facility to both external, and internal customers. Responsible for maintaining finished goods and raw materials inventory accuracy and control. Extensive experience in inventory control management, shipping, traffic management, load dispatch, employee scheduling, evaluations, fork lift certification, policy and new procedure implementation. On-going improvement practices, budget preparation, vendor and customer contact, payroll, forklift and battery maintenance management, overall warehouse facility maintenance, safety, and overall risk management. Hiring, training, coaching, and mentoring of all warehouse associates.

Hiring, training, employee scheduling, evaluations, disciplinary actions in a union setting, facility maintenance, auditing, budget preparation, risk management, payroll, deposit and cashiered drawer reconciliation, report generation, presentation, and extensive vendor and customer contact.

Provided and maintained excellent overall customer satisfaction through the on-time delivery of accurately filled, and properly packaged medical supplies to various customer's nation wide. General supervision of up to sixteen employees and one shipping supervisor. Experienced in ensuring order accuracy, product rotation, and shipping accuracy. Extensive experience with all forms of UPS, Airborne, Fed Ex, full truck loads, and LTL shipments.