Stephen Hughey Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Responsible for multi million dollar inventory

Houston, Texas, United States

• Oversee all operations of the Houston Warehouse
• Maintain safe and functional warehouse supporting Houston and Dallas import/export
• Responsible for millions of dollars worth of cargo each month
• Support the operations teams in the safe transport of cargo to and from destination
• Handle all billing for the Houston Warehouse to ensure timely invoicing to and payment from customers
• Responsible for all communications from the warehouse team

Houston, Texas, United States

• Oversee all operations of the Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio Branches
• Manage employees and branch managers throughout Texas
• Handle day to day operations as well as ensure all customers’ merchandise is delivered efficiently and correctly
• Responsible for all monies that change hands upon delivery or before delivery
• Help building solar jobs for customers
• Responsible for over $10mm in inventory from small parts to solar panels

Houston, TX, United States

• Oversee all operations of the Houston and Dallas DC’s
• Implemented cycle counting and physical inventory counts
• Analyze the business to determine the production output daily
• Handle all customer balances with the accounting department
• Coordinate imported goods from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
• Responsible for a fleet consisting of 1 tractor trailer, 5 26-foot straight trucks, and 2 16-foot box vans

Houston, Texas, United States

• Analyzed inventory and purchased products for 80+ DCs nationwide.
• Conducted 90-day projection analysis to influence purchasing, including from imported vendors.
• Allocated companywide inventory costs ($250M throughout 92 DCs).
• Coordinated imported goods from China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
• Reduced inventory/purchasing spending by $25M within 1 year by implementing a central purchasing team.
• Created job descriptions for entire central purchasing team, including purchaser and analyst.

Spring, TX, United States

• Oversaw purchasing and receiving departments (20 employees) in DCs throughout Houston.
• Maintained 35 vendor partnerships via phone, email, and in-person meetings.
• Managed receiving department projects, including rearranging warehouse layout, training new employees in proper receiving and merchandise storing techniques.
• Implemented ScanWorkx into the MS Dynamics AX system for the first time, troubleshooting issues and reporting necessary changes.
• Communicated warehouse procedures and updates to other managers and departments, including new scanning and inventory-moving processes.
• Decreased receiving department shrink by 95% within 6 months; identified DC issues and implemented new schedule and auditing systems that eliminated errors.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Led sales and warehouse operations throughout Memphis market (22 stores and 1 DC).
• Collaborated with district managers, operations managers, and sales team to streamline sales, warehouse operations, delivery quality/changes, operational changes, and inventory budget allocation.
• Trained and supervised 6 warehouse crew and 3 assistant managers.
• Implemented process improvements to control shrink, eliminate overhead of delivery contractor, and more efficiently transferring product throughout warehouse. Earned DC of the Year in 2008 and 2009.
• Assisted with transition to new ERP systems in Phoenix, Nashville, and Memphis.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

• Assisted operations manager with employee/delivery crew management, inventory, inbound/outbound and product management.
• Managed deliveries and inter-store transfers between how many locations 14 locations and 1 DC.
• Oversaw daily unloading of inbound trucks.