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St. Johns Michigan

Toledo, Ohio Area

Evaluated and updated operational procedures to verify incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of materials and managing warehouse inventory in order to eliminate inefficiencies. Assembled a solid team, interviewed, hired and determined salaries for six direct report supervisors and hired four clerks that support the warehouse personnel in the day-to-day operations. Train supervisors on management skills and warehouse clerks on shipping and receiving procedures, damage processing and computer software, always providing positive feedback and encouragement.Partner with other department heads to ensure coordination of warehouse activities that affected those departments from production to sales, records control, contingency planning and purchasing.Collaborate with project management team to present solutions for decreasing operating costs and increasing profits focusing on customer order accuracy and efficiency; based on customer’s specific requirements. Focused on efficient operations of inventory management, reviewed and controlled P&L, maintained food safety standards, and contributed productivity numbers, operational costs and labor hours to forecast the budget.Instrumental part of the team for planning personnel safety, plant-protection activities, and maintaining a safe working environment.

Toledo, Ohio Area

Supervised and organized the work schedules for approximately 40 warehouse and 60 drivers engaged in receiving, transporting, stacking, order filling, shipping and maintaining inventory in the warehouse.Trained and managed the warehouse personnel and drivers on operations, performance, customer service and safety practices which resulted in achieving significant improvements in their productivity.Wrote, designed and implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), materials and manuals on food safety audits for Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the food safety program. Assigned as the “point person” for Food Safety Audits, whether scheduled or unscheduled, when conducted by Silliker and Keystone Foods Corporate Food Safety Group. Oversaw the Quality Inspection Program (QIP) to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, served on the Safety Committee for the warehouse and handled any accident and injury investigations.Safeguarded the quality of the products through temperature probe in the trailer and computer hardware which monitored the product temperatures through the probe from departure until arrival to the customer. Travelled to other Distribution Centers inside and outside of Keystone Foods Company; observed, researched, supported and collaborated with other supervisors to identify and solve issues. Certified as a JDE trainer for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Transportation (JDE) software, handled the warehouse side for the roll out of JDE at four Distribution Centers along with being the “go to” person for assistance with the computer software.Communicated with union representatives to resolve grievances between union workers and the company and worked with non-union employees to ensure their issues were addressed equally. Trained temporary to full time employees on Good Warehousing Practices (GWP) for handling, storage and transportation of products ensuring the handlers and warehouse is in sanitary condition

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Directed inbound and outbound shipments to ensure that products were being moved in a timely manner along with safety practices were implemented in dealing with a variety of chemicals.Performed scheduled preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment that produced the chemical mixtures ensuring little to no down time during repairs.Oversaw and coordinated sales activities with three Service Managers in the field, provided ongoing encouragement to meet or exceed sales quotas and suggested ways to improve sales performance. Conducted Quality Control testing on the manufacturing processes along with managed inventory control making sure there were optimal levels of supplies to meet manufacturing needs.

Toledo, Ohio Area

Supervised crew of 15 full and part-time employees; created weekly schedules based upon shift parameters, adjusting manpower for maximum coverage and productivity. Trained newly hired employees on build-up loading and daily sorting operations, conducted safety training programs and procedures, and performed quarterly evaluations to give constructive feedback. Oversaw on-time departures, the proper loading and balancing of cargo in 18 positions on the aircraft, and calculated the maximum amount of cargo along with exact placement to ensure flight stability.

Toledo, Ohio Area

Synchronized customer’s cargo that had to be shipped and selected freight that would be held back for later shipment according to the shipping requirements pre-set by each customer. Instrumental part of a team that was recognized for having the most pounds and/or cases shipped with minimal to no incidents of mis-sorted freight in shipments for customers.Handled customer service concerns and resolved damage issues that occurred during shipments along with re-enforced administration of ISO quality standards. Conducted scanning audits to ensure that employees were properly scanning the freight being shipped in order for it to be tracked by the company and customers while on route to its destination.