Manager Years Experience

Chris Knackstedt

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e-mail: ***********@*******.***

CAREER SUMMARY:

Twenty years experience with increasing responsibility and achievements in

various facets of Operations.

. Managed Receiving, Shipping, Inventory Control and Packaging

functions.

. Lead Chair for weekly MRB meetings to disposition non-conforming

product.

. Problem solving expertise in inventory variance reconciliation.

. Managed Kit issue and work order completions.

. Increased inventory accuracy from 52% to 98.5%

. Developed a serial number tracking and FIFO system for Finished Goods

at off-site facility.

. Knowledge of ASK, Oracle, SAP and various smaller inventory systems.

. Wrote shipping, receiving and warehouse processes and procedures for

ISO qualification.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Expresso Fitness Corp. Sunnyvale, CA

Shipping/Receiving Supervisor From 8/06 to 9/09

Managed day to day activities for shipping, receiving and pack out.

. Prepared documentation for domestic and international shipments.

. Managed off-site finished goods inventory

. Developed and maintained MS Excel spreadsheet serial number and First

in First out processing

. Performed weekly cycle counts and reconciliations

. Negotiated freight rates with common carriers.

. Receive and verify overseas containers

U.S. Postal Service Reno, NV

Mail Processing Clerk From 4/06 to 8/06

. Processed regular and bulk mail for the greater Reno area.

Global VR (formally UltraCade Tech San Jose, CA

Shipping/Receiving/Stockroom Lead From 10/04 to 4/06

Managed day to day activities for shipping, receiving, pack out and

stockroom

. Crate and pack-out all finished goods shipments.

. Kit and prepare materials for the manufacturing line

. Process all receipts into inventory data base.

. Perform cycle counts and reconcile.

. Load and unload trucks with forklift

Pratt & Whitney (UTC) San Jose, CA

Sr. Operator From 3/01 to 1/04

Reassembled the refurbished Minute Man rocket motor

. Extensive use of hand tools to assemble motor modules onto the second

and third stage rocket.

. Responsible for tool control in accordance with US Air Force "foreign

object" processes.

. Certified in hazardous waste recording and disposal.

. Trained for 25000 lb crane and 20000 lb forklift

Ultimate Staffing for Proxim Corp. Sunnyvale, CA

Supervisor, Shipping/FGI From 9/00 to 2/01

Supervised day to day activities in the stockroom, pack-out and shipping

functions.

. Print ship list from the SAP data base to determine shortages and

configurations for processing.

. Responsible for all shipments international and domestic.

. Direct pack-out on what configurations of product to be built.

. Responsible for stockroom inventory and kitting.

. Supervised 10 employees

ActionAce.com Richmond, CA

Manager, Inventory/Receiving From 12/99 to 6/00

Managed all inventory movement and transactions on a day to day basis.

. Trained and supervised employees for inventory control.

. Orchestrated a complete wall to wall physical inventory

. Took over receiving department as requested by the operations VP

. Reduced "stock-outs" from 400+ to less than 5 per week

Quantum Corp. Milpitas, CA

Lead, MRB/Warehouse From 1/97 to 1/00

Lead person for warehouse distribution and MRB disposition.

. Responsible for 3 separate stockrooms for MRB materials.

. File and follow up on all freight claims.

. Ensured Kanban was continuously monitored and data entry complete in

real time.

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