Chris Fulkerson

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Owensboro, KY 42303

720-***-**** (C)

acvhna@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To secure a position as a team member that will utilize my broad experience in industrial maintenance, logistics, and supervisory positions.

Summary

Motivated, results-oriented, and highly efficient. Ability to lead teams of diverse members and assist them in reaching individual and group goals. Proven leader with excellent communication abilities. Computer literate in numerous software products including, but not limited to: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Kronos, Savanna WES, and System 21.

Experience

The Glenmore Distillery

Shipping Supervisor, November 2015 - Present

Managed a crew of 15 union employees shipping and receiving finished case goods in a 24/7 operation shipping 60+ truckloads per day. This position required a considerable level of inventory management as material from three offsite storage facilities was being consolidated back into the onsite facility and transitioned into a state-of-the-art AS/RS warehouse. Assumed duties of Fault Recovery/System Attendant once the AS/RS was fully functioning.

Owensboro Riverport Authority - Milling Facility

Maintenance Mechanic, February 2015 - October 2015

Start-up of a new milling system in a temporary facility. Created all lubrication and preventative maintenance schedules. Performed maintenance on the milling system, railcar and truck load/unload locations, and maintained new equipment in storage to be ready for installation. Created and maintained spreadsheets for process settings and periodic maintenance logs.

AmeriQual Foods

Maintenance Mechanic, November 2013 - November 2014

Further experience in a food manufacturing environment, working with the latest food packaging and processing equipment from Toyo and Guala, as well as vacuum-pack machinery producing MREs. PLC experience was greatly expanded in this position. Also, assembling, installing, and commissioning new equipment projects was a frequent task.

The Glenmore Distillery

Shipping Supervisor, August 2013 - November 2013

Managed a crew of 15+ union employees shipping and receiving finished case goods in a 24/7 operation shipping 80+ truckloads per day. This position required a considerable level of inventory management as material was stored in four onsite warehouses and three offsite storage facilities.

Echo Lake Foods

Maintenance Mechanic, June 2011 - August 2013

Work in all facets of maintaining a commercial food production facility. Areas of experience include, but are not limited to: plumbing, electrical, mechanical, TIG and MIG welding, cursory knowledge of boilers and ammonia refrigeration, fabrication, and preventative maintenance inspections with related repairs. Familiar with USDA expectations of food processing GMP.

@Home Repair

Home Remodeling, 2008 - 2012

Self-employed in home repair and remodeling.

Helena Chemical Company

Shipping/Receiving Package/Bulk Agricultural Chemicals, 2007 - 2009

Daily loading and unloading package and bulk chemical shipments. Routed delivery trucks throughout western Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southern Illinois. Revised bulk chemical department operating and record keeping procedures. Streamlined monthly inventory process through labeling, stock layout, and adding redundant records resulting savings in payroll and inventory control. Reduced onhand inventory of maintenance parts and established min/max inventory levels reducing unnecessary stocking costs.

Charles Medley Distillery

Maintenance, 2004 - 2009

Performed all maintenance procedures (plumbing, electrical, painting, remodeling) on the distillery property. Maintained storage rental areas to customer needs. Organized the maintenance workshop, paint shop, and parts stockroom streamlining access to materials and assets and minimizing response time to repair requests.

DANA

Production Control Coordinator, 2000 - 2004

Supervised a team of ten team members in a just-in-time/lean production environment. Department received, stocked, and delivered sub assembly pieces to over 50 work stations and staged, loaded, and shipped finished automotive frames to Toyota. In addition, I had the responsibility of creating the shift build sequence. Maintaining assembly part inventory levels to no more than a single day's production run and creating accurate load builds to precisely meet Toyota's needs were of the utmost priority. Participated in several cost and cycle time reducing Kaizen projects in not only my departments, but also the production areas.

Service Merchandise

Assistant Sales Manager, 1996 - 2000

Achieved consistent monthly and quarterly sales increases over a 5 year period while keeping payroll costs below the 9% threshold. My sales of product warranties resulted in the creation of a regional warranty sales trainer position which I filled for it's first year. Designed and implemented the company's first warehouse that exclusively used scannable location labels for all inventory bins. This system was later adopted in over 300 stores nationwide.

Education

Owensboro High School, Owensboro, KY

Graduated, 1993 - Commonwealth Diploma

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Graduated, 2011 - B.S. Early Childhood Education

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