Ted Lemerand

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QUALIFICATIONS

Highly motivated self-starter with 15 plus years of business and operations management experience in production and warehousing. Extensive professional logistics expertise, sales experience and operations skills. Distribution center and warehouse expertise for pharmacy warehousing and distribution, consumable foods, experienced with FDA, ISO and HACCP standards and expectations. Very experienced in SQF and USDA standards and audit preparation. A sales leadership trainer, and safety committee leader, experienced in COPS, Kronos, Citrix and People Soft operating systems. Experienced in lean manufacturing, root cause analysis workers comp and RF Scanning systems. Extensive experience with MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint. Multi-tasker in a fast paced environment. EMPLOYMENT

Operations Supervisor W allenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, Nissan Smyrna, TN 2015-Curret

Manage third shift operations in Accessories and Distribution Departments.

Advocate safety for all employees in all areas of the facility.

Manage quality, cost and productivity.

Manage storage and distribution of all accessories and vehicles produced.

Manage staffing, attendance, performance and expectations, serve disciplinary actions.

Hold employees accountable for compliance with company policy.

Creation and implementation of new quality process which includes retraining staff to improve quality.

Lead communication between shifts and each department.

Coordinate and manage 5S and EHS audits weekly.

Ensure all processes are standardized and have documented SOP.

Continuous improvements met through effective problem solving and countermeasure implementation. Logistics Manager L ewis Bakery, Murfreesboro, TN 2014-2014.

Manage and coordinate all company and contracted routes and drivers.

Manage and coordinate all internal bakery routing within the company and between all four bakeries.

Manage all hot trip line hauls within all four bakeries.

Manager expenses, rating and cost within the entire transportation process.

Maintained OSHA, FDA standards for audit inspection at all times.

Managed weekly sales goals; monitor P&L along with leases and capital purchases and expense reports.

Maintain a 99.9% customer service satisfaction level and maintain a 100% on time truck departure.

Conducted weekly meetings between all facilities and departments, attend regular meetings with department managers, sales managers

& upper management to discuss current objectives and future business opportunities or plans.

Managed weekly sales goals; monitor P&L along with leases and capital purchases and expense reports.

Implement a cultural focus on safety and accountability to being safe.

Perform work performance appraisals for associate personnel.

Supervise employees including monitoring extension or completion of assignments, addressing problems, coaching, terminate employees when appropriate.

Daily review of productivity performance and ensure account profitability goals are met. On-site Performance Manager S taffmark, Smyrna, TN 2013-2014

Manage the day to day operations at a UPS Mail Innovations facility.

Manage receiving, warehousing and shipping of inbound and outbound freight.

Manage the daily production operations.

Manage the Planning for Production and the inbound and outbound distribution.

Manage output solutions, productivity based staffing model.

Overall account, employee and productivity management.

Monitor and manage productivity to achieve GP goals, financial and operational objectives.

Monitor Human Resource functions

Supervise employees including monitoring extension or completion of assignments, addressing problems, coaching, terminate employees when appropriate.

Daily review of productivity performance and ensure account profitability goals are met.

Ensure work cells are adequately staffed to capacity, make decisions on required headcount.

Listen and troubleshoot customer management workforce concerns.

Conduct employee orientations, performance evaluations and reviews.

Preform hiring decision.

Perform training, conduct end-of-shift inspection.

Monitor employee production efficiency and quality.

Perform and maintain production and quality reporting daily, posting productivity records at the end of each shift.

Monitor arrival time and attendance, preform daily tracking of absenteeism.

Perform on-site risk management and ensure safety guidelines. Production Supervisor Taylor Farms, Smyrna, TN 2009-2013

Manage high volume production. Uphold finished product specifications, maximize efficiencies, and control waste.

Utilize skillful planning, precise organization to motivate work staff in a very fast pace environment.

Produce for sales demands, customer demands and warehouse needs.

Managed the Production Planning.

Supervise team of 35, monitor overtime, report employee absences, accidents and rule infractions to Production Manager.

Increased production by 65%. Responsible for three production lines three times as much as any other production supervisor.

Maintain a 99.9% customer service satisfaction level and maintain a 100% on time truck departure.

Communicate with other departments to ensure production cooperation.

Provide continuous improvement to quality and food safety. Maintain OSHA and FDA standards.

Assist in product trace back and recalls. Ensure daily customer comments are read and corrective actions are taken.

Manage the inventory scanning department; Raw product from receiving and finished goods from shipping.

Perform work performance appraisals for associate personnel.

Assist Plant Manager in resolving personnel issues.

Assist Plant Manager in all production issue's planning and process decisions. Operations Manager / Logistics Manager, Alliance-1 Courier and Logistics, Nashville, TN 2005-2009

Managed warehousing, logistics, distribution, rating, billing and direct communications with several major accounts.

Managed and communicated company PNL reports daily.

Trained and developed over 40 independent contractors.

Directed and coordinated operations for pharmacy distribution centers for Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Huntsville, AL and surrounding areas.

Managed warehouse and distribution of pharmaceutical products to over 200 Sales representatives for 14 different pharmaceutical firms.

Managed pharmaceutical distribution for Omnicare, consisting of 90 nursing homes throughout Mid TN, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Huntsville Al. (night routes).

Managed warehouse and logistics for 30 plus diverse corporations within Alliance-1.

Coordinated distribution of restaurant products for 50 restaurants in Mid TN.

Maintained a 99.9% customer service satisfaction level. One of the top distribution services in Mid TN.

Expanded operations from Nashville to Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Huntsville, AL. Operations Manager, Flower Foods, Franklin, TN 2001-2005

Managed $480,000 weekly of sales/stale with 40 independent distributors. Doubled the size of the territory responsibilities.

Increased Sales instantly $40,000 plus per week after joining management team.

Maintained OSHA, FDA standards for audit inspection at all times.

Accountable for successful attainment of volume, warehouse, distribution, merchandising and operations goals.

Directed sales, oversaw bread routes and built strong relationships with all customers.

Constantly pursued new business throughout territory and establish new relationships.

Managed all financial inventory migrations of product upgrades, competitive conversions, returns, new product rollouts, product recalls and consignment increases within budget constraints, plus forecast future consumer needs.

Analyzed inventory metrics for Turns Reports, expiring products, overdue payments, customer service consumption reports, cycle, count, daily replenishment reports.

Conducted weekly meetings between all facilities and departments, attend regular meetings with branch managers, sales managers & upper management to discuss current objectives and future business opportunities or plans.

Managed weekly sales goals; monitor P&L along with leases and capital purchases and expense reports. EDUCATION

Draughons Junior College: Associates Degree Major Business Management Dale Carnegie Sales Institute: Certified Sales Leadership Training CPR Certified: American Heart Association

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