THOMAS COFFEY
Norfolk, Virginia 23502 Email:********@*****.***
BUSINESS MANAGER
Optimizing business operations and total quality performance through proven expertise in effective process implementation, supervisory leadership and management principles
Retired from U.S Navy after 20 years of service. Accomplished, performance-driven professional with over 13 years’ experience in business management, sales and marketing, procurement, inventory Control, warehouse management and quality control. Possessing sophisticated project management and supervisory skills with genuine enthusiasm for resolving business challenges through innovative strategies. Solutions driver and respected team leader with proven track record of success in delivering outstanding service to both internal and external stakeholders. An analytical and strategic thinker with the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity to effectively support corporate objectives.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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•Sales & Marketing
•Project Management
•Record Management
•Operational Efficiency
•Supervisory Management
•Supply Chain Management
•Procurement
•Warehouse Operations
•Inventory Management
•Analytical Problem Solving Abilities
•Strategic Planning & Tactical Execution
•Leadership & Performance Enhancement
•Recruiting Coordinator
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aquate Corporation Navelsg Bldg 4 D Street
Williamsburg, Va 23518 Mar 2014-Mar 2016
DRMO Supervisor / Reconstitution Supervisor
As the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO) supervisor and Reconstitution supervisor for the Consolidated Issuing Facility located in Williamsburg, Virginia, my responsibilities included:
•Disposition disposal services for excess property received from 25 military units that we support.
•Refurbishing items and uniforms, and issuing them to military Personnel .
•Returning all items that are used by military personnel back to stock.
•Receive DRMO inventory and dispose of DRMO.
•Prepare 1149's, BOL and schedule DRMO pickup.
•Responsible for issuing CBR Gear, gas masks, protective gear, MTV Vests, Plates and helmets.
•Collateral duties: CIF Fitting Coordinator, Ordering supplies, Payroll and HR Representative.
Lion Vallen industries Bldg 4 D Street Dec 2006-Mar 2014
Williamsburg, Va 23518
Lead/ Assistant Warehouse Mgr
•Assisted in daily warehouse areas including process orders, filing and shipping/receiving raw materials and/or finished goods using fed-ex or ups.
•Assisted in daily warehouse operations, quality assurance and shipping areas including filing and shipping customers’ orders, satisfying internal shipping requirements, ensuring accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation.
•Supervise and coordinates activities of workers engaged in verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments, and preparing items for shipments: Studies shipping invoices, bills of lading, invoices, orders, and other records to determine shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules, utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures domestic and international. Fill out commercial invoices for shipping.
•Oversees incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and conditions of shipments.
•Evaluates and approves vendors and authorize purchases for goods and services. Purchase machinery, equipment, tools and parts necessary for the operation of an establishment.
•Supervised and coordinates a coordinates a perpetual inventory record of material, supplies and other general stock items.
•Supervised and coordinates the appropriate processing of purchase orders, receiving reports, inventory requisition applicable.
•Maintain inventories at optimum levels to prevent under-or-over in inventory.
•Maintain inventory and supplies receiving, storing and delivering items, securing warehouse and supervising staff.
•Supervise and coordinate cycle counts, spots checks, perpetual inventory and conducted yearly inventory.
Dillard’s Corporation
Chesapeake, Va 23507 Jan 2006-Sept 2006
Sales Manager
•Responsible for the management of 15 to 30 sales associates of an average sales volume of several millions.
•Conducted job performance reviews, managed staff and personnel issues, and supervised customer service of sales associates training and conducted job interviews.
•Worked with store visual merchandising staff to decide positioning of new and existing merchandise on selling floor.
•Directly responsible for inventory control and profitability in assigned goals.
United States Navy (USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75)
Norfolk, Va 23504 Jun 2001- Dec 2005
Norfolk Naval base
Procurement Manager
•Purchasing/Procurement of merchandise from vendors.
•Verified purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to master list clarifying, unclear items, recommending alternatives.
•Maintained financial records and accounting systems.
•Prepared purchase orders by verifying specifications and price. Obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items.
•Obtained purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers, monitoring and expediting orders and forwarding them to Defense Accounting Service for payments.
•Verified receipts of items by comparing items received to items ordered, resolves shipment errors with suppliers.
•Provided purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing data and trends.
United States Navy (USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51 June 1996-June 2001
Norfolk Naval Base
Record keeper
United States Navy (Navsuppact) Jun1992-June 1996
Norfolk Naval Base
Barracks Manager
EDUCATION
St.Leo University Norfolk, Virginia 2014
Bachelor’s Degree
Major: Business Administration / Technology
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
•Financial Management
•Procurement Manager
•Inventory Manager
•Hazmat Manager
•Accounting Systems
•Retail Operation Management
•Supply Operations
•Audit Records
•Microsoft Word
. Microsoft Excel
•Safety (OSHA)
•Quality Assurance
•Shipping / Receiving Manager
REFERENCES
Available on request