Warehouse / Facilities Manager

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d DeMichele Senior-Level Plant Manager

Leadership and Team Development ~Plant Manager - Facility Management ~ Warehouse Operations

Highly skilled Facilities Manager with extensive maintenance and warehouse experience within large commercial buildings. Analytical strategist and forward thinker, skilled in successfully navigating corporations large and small through periods of accelerated growth. Collaborative communicator continually focused on building relationships and promoting synergy within project teams to drive positive change, comprehensive solutions to difficult problems and enhanced efficiencies that save time and money.

Areas of Expertise include:

Project Management

Leadership and Management

Client Relations

Health and Safety

Operations

Process Improvements

Preventive Maintenance

Staff Training and Development

Problem Resolution

Inventory Control

Remodels- Departments & Stores

Contract Negotiations

Start-up Warehouses & Stores

Communication

GC on Several Homes

Experience & Key Contributions

ZULILY, Sparks, NV 02/15-Present

Area Facilities Manager

Manage 8 technicians completing daily schedules, preventive maintenance schedules, facility monitoring, and repairs. Direct the preventive maintenance and repairs for a 780,000 square foot facility possessing state of the art conveyance systems such as high speed sorters, cognex camera systems, and tote routing. Monitored and maintained the shop, flammable cabinets and power tool cabinets.

Key Contributions:

Ensure the technicians participate in regular health and safety training sessions as well as equipment workshops and ongoing professional development

Manage the overall safety of the crew and building through consistent audits, training and communication

Create Creform stations, carts, tables and more as required, to ensure continued successful operations

SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT, Sparks, NV 05/07-12/13

DUAL ROLES:

Facilities Manager

Maintained and trained the team on Hytrol conveyor maintenance and material handling equipment (125 units), and vehicles. Designed, purchased and installed new and used conveyor in house. Planned and executed expansions, remodels and supervised upgrades. Maintained HVAC, plumbing, electrical and overall grounds.

Key Contributions:

Developed a 6 person facilities team to maintain 3 warehouses exceeding 300,000 square feet, as well as a workshop, with required tools in order to improve efficiency and turnaround times

Created preventive maintenance programs that significantly reduced down time on conveyor systems and eliminated down time on all material handling equipment

Leased and setup two new 165,000 sq ft warehouses – remodel, electrical, racking, etc.

Warehouse Manager, 08/08-12/13

Managed a team of more than 80 responsible for shipping / receiving and inventory management. Developed employee morale, customer service skills, schedules, budgets, salaries, recruitment, discipline and terminations. Advanced programs at other locations training staff on organization and programs developed on Spark’s site.

Key Contributions:

Maintained firm adherence to ship all orders on day received which the team accomplished with no errors

Improved and organized the warehouse, inventory standards and employee moral that increased production and reduced errors ultimately becoming the best of three sites

Improved inventory results to within $600.00 dollars year after year on 42+ million

Experience & Key Contributions (cont’d)

SAFEWAY STORES INC., California & Nevada 11/88-12/05

District Manager

Supervised multiple districts with a final district of 22 stores, 19 Pharmacies, One offsite pharmacy, 6 fuel stations, and office staff of 32 and over 1600 employee’s. Managed a variety of projects such as remodels, and new store openings. Participated in union grievances as well as union contract negotiations. Certified store manager and district manager assessor for over 35 weekly sessions. Trained instructor for Frontline Leadership and developed budgets, sales and profit plans. Provided excellent customer service, and sales, maintained inventories, managed recruitment.

Key Contributions:

Recognized for outstanding programs and performance multiple times

Top 15 District Managers of the company of 79 on overall performance and standards

Implemented program to handle seasonal sales increases in tourist areas that maintained high customer service standards, sales and profits and store stocks

Responsible and supervised over 30 department remodels and several full store remodels.

Education and Training

Lock out / Tag out Refresher (LOTO)

Lean Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 2015

OSHA 10 2015

National Fire Protection Standards (NFPA)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Refresher 2015

CPR and First Aid Refresher 2015

Forklift, Ride Motor, Wave, Scissor Lift Refresher 2015

ICW Intelligrated conveyor 2015

Conveyer Safety Refresher 2015

LadderSafety Refresher 2015

Workplace Harassment Refresher 2015

Hytrol Conveyor advanced maintenance 2009

Hytrol Conveyor EZ-Logic 2009

Hytrol Conveyor basic maintenance 2008

Front Line Leadership

Supervisory Skills

Food Industry Executive

Dale Carnegie

8915 Benedict Drive, Sparks, NV 8944 ª E-mail:**.*********@*********.*** ª Cell: 775-***-****

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