Management Quality Assurance

Kristopher Russell ****.********@*****.*** 804-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sabra Dipping Company, LLC- Colonial Heights, VA June 2014–Present

Logistics Supervisor

Drive a safe culture and lead by example; recognize safe behaviors and coach unsafe behaviors; immediately address safety concerns to mitigate additional risk.

Establishes working relationships with internal and external customers to drive optimal productivity.

Drive change, coach, engage, and motivate teams; manage conflict, and develop people.

Ensure work areas are clean, organized, efficient, and compliant with Sabra standards.

Coach and provide meaningful feedback and recognition through active and real-time performance management.

Lead and manage department wide training efforts to include identifying training needs, scheduling, document control and partnering with other business groups to maintain 100% training compliance.

Develop team members using impactful talent management tools and resources, i.e. creation of a skills assessment matrix and development of a cross training program to increase team productivity (trucks per shift, case picks per shift, etc).

Utilize SAP WMS to manage material stock, process orders and goods movements to assign workload for the team; and track productivity through monitoring RF scans.

Responsible for a quarter of Sabra’s day to day logistics operations and engages in decision-making efforts that directly effect downstream customer-supplier relationships.

Partner with Production and Quality Assurance to maintain material integrity and ensure customers received the highest quality product to sustain positive customer relationships.

Developed an Inventory Tracking and Accountability procedure that improved rack location accuracy in the warehouse.

Achievements

Developed a skills assessment matrix and a department-wide cross training program

Increased team performance from 60% productivity to averaging above 85% monthly (department goal is 80%)

First ever recipient of the Sabra Dipping Company Coach of the Year Award

Highest Team Member Engagement Survey score of all supervisors/managers in the company, worldwide

Sabra Dipping Company, LLC- Colonial Heights, VA/Oceanside, CA July 2013– June 2014

HR Generalist

First point of contact for all employee relations issues. Respond to employee inquiries and routine questions on employment, benefits, employee programs and company procedures. Conduct internal investigations regarding formal complaints or policy violations, address performances issues and administer performance management and coaching. Administer and track employee leave of absences in accordance with company policy and applicable Federal and State laws/regulations.

Serve as business partner and advisor by ensuring HR initiatives, programs, and policies are fully understood and implemented within the business. Provide coaching to Managers around performance issues, workforce planning, and union avoidance.

Oversee full cycle recruiting process for all business groups exempt and non-exempt workforce – Manage all site wide job board accounts. Post job requisitions to internal and external job boards, screen resumes, conduct initial phone interviews with candidates, and coordinate in person interviews with hiring manger. Partner with hiring managers to develop and execute effective sourcing strategy, define talent needs, educate hiring managers around hiring policy and best practices.

Supported HR Manager to maintain positive relations throughout all business units. Responsibilities included conducting employee focus groups, identifying staffing needs and gauging the pulse of the employee population.

Serves at the first point of contact for safety incidents and execute proper procedures for handling each case. Draft incident reports and develop corrective action measures. File Worker’s Compensation claims and maintains OSHA 300 log. Follow Company of Zero LTIs by working with management on restricted duty cases.

Coordinate plant wide trainings and develop programs to reinforce a safe work environment. Develop cost effective procedures and processes to prevent injury and mitigate future Worker’s Compensation cases.

Achievements

Successfully hired 60+ full time individuals, including both exempt and non-exempt

Initiated and completed two ergonomic overhaul projects to mitigate workplace injuries

Defense Commissary Agency-Fort Lee, VA September 2011 – July 2013

Contract Specialist

Manage resale contracts worth totaling more than 50 million through contractor compliance and pricing verification. Conduct market research to determine acquisition requirement specifications and identify potential sources of procurement. Conduct pre-acquisition planning for resale to evaluate Tradeoff and Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable procurements.

Analyze clause matrices to ensure inclusion of special conditions such as transportation costs, quantity variation, and price differential.

Analyze and interpret the FAR, DFARS, and internal directives to maintain compliance in contract administration tasks

Prepare and analyze data reports to assist and facilitate leadership decision-making, such as analysis of historical pricing data and current economic price fluctuations to negotiate prices proposed by contractors.

Achievements

Saved the agency more than $100,000 by monitoring contractor compliance through post-award metrics such as monthly market basket surveys and commodity pricing analysis.

Create new pricing databases in Excel to conduct weekly pricing analysis for 10+ contracts to ensure accuracy of unit delivery prices.

Education

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA Master of Human Resource Management, 2013

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 2010

SKILLS

Technical Skills: ADP and SAP WMS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certifications: Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level I

Courses: OSHA 511: Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

Awards: 2015 Sabra Dipping Company Coach of the Year Award

Affiliations: Vice President – National Contracting Management Association, Central Virginia (2012-2013)

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