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Skills

  • AS/400 experience
  • Familiar with WMS
  • Supervision
  • Project management
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Team development
  • Data entry
  • HAZMAT training
  • Maintaining safety standards
  • Revenue generation

Work Experiences

  • Separated the cargo received by account number and destination.
  • Was in charge of receiving loads, inspecting merchandise, and tagging them with warehouse IDs.
  • Was responsible for maintaining accurate stock records and schedules.
  • Coordinated quarterly business reviews along with senior management.
  • Prepared materials for shipment by packing, securing, labeling, and applying postage to them.
  • Created budgets, kept track of warehouse costs, and cut costs where I could.
  • Communicated with carrier representatives to make arrangements and provide shipping and delivery instructions.
  • Audited shipping and receiving documentation.
  • Collaborated with vendors to plan more than 11 daily pickups and weekly deliveries.
  • Achieved a 24% reduction in stock-outs.

Summaries

  • Experienced in technical writing, recordkeeping, and interdepartmental coordination.
  • Dedicated to learning, growing, and succeeding in Transportation.
  • Capable of quickly adapting to the changing needs of fast-paced, growing businesses and organizations.
  • Through communication and coordination skills, establishes positive relationships with carriers and representatives.
  • Distribution Associate with 3 years of successful risk assessment and performance reporting experience.
  • Warehouse expert with 16 years of experience inspecting merchandise, documenting movements, and resolving logistical issues.
  • Good documentation and planning skills, as well as a hardworking, detail-oriented personality.
  • Works well both independently and in groups.
  • Self-motivated and open to working a variety of shifts.
  • Capable of prioritizing and organizing tasks in a way that maximizes productivity.

Accomplishments

  • Led the initiative to audit and improve compliance within shipping and receiving, reducing processing errors by 45%.
  • Optimized delivery routes regularly, resulting in reduced transportation costs by $18 annually.
  • Ensured compliance with OSHA safety standards during 11 years of warehouse operations, achieving a perfect safety record.
  • Initiated a time management program for warehouse operators, increasing operations efficiency by reducing idle time by 51% hours daily.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline warehouse processes, improving order fulfillment accuracy by 36%.
  • Overhauled return and restocking processes, cutting processing time by 76% and resulting in increased throughput.
  • Designed a new returns procedure that reduced processing lead time for returned items by 13 days, improving customer satisfaction.
  • Established metrics for cycle count accuracy, leading to a 43% decrease in inventory discrepancies over one year.
  • Monitored daily shipment performance, leading to a 64% decrease in delayed deliveries over the course of 2024.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Affiliations

  • American Society of Safety Professionals
  • Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)
  • International Council of Nurses
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Material Handling Industry (MHI)
  • Jaycees
  • Freemason
  • Council of Logistics Engineering Professionals (CLEP)
  • Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
  • American Marketing Association

Certifications

  • Certified Transportation Broker (CTB) – Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA)
  • OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Safety and Health – initiative
  • Salesforce
  • Warehouse Inventory and Management Certificate - initiative
  • Certified Warehouse Distribution Supervisor (CWDS) - Beacon Labs
  • Certified Warehouse Logistics Professional (CWLP) – Lakeside Partners
  • Supply Chain Assessment and Planning Training - Summit Group
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • ServSafe
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

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