David Mitchell
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SUMMARY- Manufacturing/Warehouse/Shipping & Receiving/Logistics Personnel
Qualified manufacturing and logistics professional with 25+ years in manufacturing, production & assembly, and shipping & receiving operations. Supervision and lead for warehouse operations, supervised team of 30 employees. Train employees on warehouse operations. Ability to operate stand-up, sit-down, reach forklifts and cherry picker. Safety compliance, 5S/7S, ISO 9001, FIFO, plant operations, forklift trainer. Excellent attention to detail, organizational, and logistical skills, dependable and highly efficient.
EXPERIENCE
Team Lead/Warehouse Supervisor
Garden Fresh – Ferndale, MI 09/2020 - Present
Single handedly set up and staged 3500 sq. ft. warehouse facility.
Maintain warehouse facility day to day operations.
Facilitate and offload/backload rail car.
Train staff on forklift operations.
Shipping and receiving, operate forklift to load/backload incoming and outgoing trucks of all warehouse materials.
Cycle count inventory and maintain warehouse housekeeping for supply, logistical maintenance and tracking.
Unload, scan, and placement of incoming warehouse materials.
Pick, scan, and load outgoing warehouse materials.
Maintain specific warehouse staging areas.
Forklift Operator
Vinmar International – Houston, TX 01/2020 – 09/2020
Shipping and receiving, operate forklift to load/backload incoming and outgoing trucks of all warehouse materials.
Cycle count inventory and maintain warehouse housekeeping for supply, logistical maintenance and tracking.
Unload, scan, and placement of incoming warehouse materials.
Pick, scan, and load outgoing warehouse materials.
Maintain specific warehouse staging areas.
Forklift Operator 09/2018 – 12/2019
Kelly Services – Panalpina, Pasadena, TX
Shipping and receiving, operate forklift to load/backload incoming and outgoing trucks of all warehouse materials.
Cycle count inventory and maintain warehouse housekeeping for supply, logistical maintenance and tracking.
Unload, scan, and placement of incoming warehouse materials.
Pick, scan, and load outgoing warehouse materials.
Maintain specific warehouse staging areas.
Train new staff.
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Shipping & Receiving Clerk/Forklift Operator 03/2018 – 08/2018
Kelly Services - Piping & Equipment Co., Houston, TX
Ensure all inventory materials are prepared, labeled, and shipped daily to vendors.
Cycle count all inventory and maintain warehouse housekeeping for supply maintenance and tracking.
Operate forklift to unload incoming/outgoing warehouse materials.
Manage inventory for shipment and coordinate activities via FedEx, UPS, will-call, pick list, and local vendor distributions.
Data entry and use of shipping/receiving software.
Forklift Operator/Laborer 04/2017 – 11/2017
Helical Pier System, Houston, TX
Unload rebar and metal materials via forklift.
Measured rebar to proper point specifications for pile installation.
Assessed excavated areas of piles installed to ensure piles are accurately placed via maps/diagrams.
Daily safety meetings 5S, housekeeping, and barricade set-up/breakdown for welding stations.
Monitor all equipment, supplies, and incoming supply trucks for the assigned project.
Work site spotting, fire watching, flagging, and traffic control for all personnel/heavy machinery operators.
Assignment of company credit card to maintain company vehicles and miscellaneous project material supplies.
Assess company applications to document/log timekeeping and company expense accounts for project manager.
Forklift Operator 03/2017-04/2017
Kelly Services-International Distribution Center, Pasadena, TX
Operated forklift to pull orders, scanned inventory for tracking and shipping. Cycle count staging areas.
Unloaded and loaded inventory, stocked, picked, staged, shrink-wrapped, and loaded motor oil materials for global shipping services.
Sandblast Valve Technician 11/2014 – 03/2015
Pentair, Pasadena, TX
Refurbished steam and pressure valves.
Operated and handled cranes required to sandblast valves in excess of 60 pounds.
Cleaned, painted, and shipped refurnished valves to chemical and refinery plants.
Pipe Paint Application Operator 11/2013 - 07/ 2014
Tenaris, Houston, TX
Utilized 2 computers to complete the final stages of pipe painting applications. 150 pipes processed daily.
Operated the conveyor for the pipe to be sealed and capped off for pick up via giant forklift upon completion.
Performed weekly maintenance of paint application machines and parts.
Operated forklift to pick up supplies for departments.
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Team Leader/Interim Supervisor/Material Handler-Forklift Operator/Trainer 06/2008 - 09/2013
Johnson Controls, Highland Park, MI
Oversight of daily floor warehouse operations to ensure supplies, materials, and all equipment were operational and functional for material movement and shift workflow activities for 30 warehouse material handlers.
Ensured that the floor operations for the shipping and receiving department were handled daily.
Directly supervised team of 30 material handlers/fork lift operators.
Secured all employees in the department with their daily work assignments, forklifts and applicable safety PPE equipment.
Assigned, monitored, and reviewed team crew members progress for performance reviews.
Worked with the shipping and receiving staff to load and back load incoming materials and empty outgoing containers.
Coach/mentor team work crew for successful receipt, storage, and shipment of all materials.
Trained staff on forklift operations, testing and certification.
Good housekeeping, good manufacturing, 5S, FIFO, safety, OHSA, and hazmat procedures/training.
Ensured smooth flow of operations in production/assembly to ensure just in time shipping/receiving of products that required shipping to appropriate Chrysler manufacturing plants.
Ensured that safety markings within the plant were visible and painted as needed to identify designated floor space.
EDUCATION
H.S. Diploma, Diploma 2006
Benjamin Franklin High School
SKILLS/LICENSES/ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Supervision/Team Lead.
Shipping & Receiving, Automotive, Warehouse & Manufacturing Plant Operations, Safety, OSHA, FIFO.
Forklift Operations/Training, Stand Up, Sit Down, Propane & Tugger Forklift Operations.
ISO 9001, 5S/7S Procedures, Staging, Stacking, Loading, Unloading, Pallet Repair, Pick, Sort, Pull.
MS Office, Fax, Copier, Data Entry, ADP, Expense Tracking, Valid Driver’s License.