Manager Employee Relations

Lawrence M. Atti

**** ***** ** *****, ** ***** 716-***-**** *********@**********.***.***

GENERAL / BRANCH MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTION / LOGISTICS

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Cost reduction strategies Project planning and development Employee relations

Budgeting and forecasting Process improvement Superb time management skills

Natural leader Contract negotiation Quality assurance and control

Expense reports Workflow planning Organized

Performance evaluations Human resources management Project management

Management information systems Expense reports Purchasing and procurement

Results-oriented Risk management

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

General Manager 01/2019 to Present

Ben Weitsman Recycling – Brant, NY

Organize scheduling of 15 staff members

Budgeting, increase gross by 10%

Reduce OT by 90%

Maintain proper staffing level to ensure customer satisfaction

Sales, acquire new business on a monthly basis for yard and container business up 10%

Pricing of commodities, tin, short steel, metal shop materials

Safety training, heavy / light equipment

Purchasing of all supplies

General Manager 06/2007 to 12/2018

Iovate Health Sciences, a $1.0B distributor of nutritional supplements – Blasdell, NY

Responsible for maintaining operations of all facility departments

Ensure consistent quality and results

Maintain 400,000 plus square foot distribution center and offsite 100,000 square foot facility

Implementing of OSHA safety program, building security measures, inventory control, and freight budgeting.

Reporting staff of 4 managers, 6 supervisors, and 59 associates 200 Temps 3 shifts a day

Freight budgeting & scheduling LTL, Full Truckload and Small packaging

Branch Manager 01/2002 to 06/2007

Kuehne – Nagel, a global publicly traded distribution/freight company, – Blasdell, NY

Maintaining operations and budgets of all facility departments; keeping open communication with

corporate offices and customers to ensure consistent quality and results

Responsible for 200,000 plus square foot distribution center and offsite 400,000 square feet of space

Implementing of OSHA safety program, and IOS standards, building security measures, inventory control

IT systems integration and facility

Freight budgeting & scheduling LTL, Full Truckload and Small packaging

Reporting staff of 3 managers, 6 supervisors, and 41 associates and 200 temps 3 shifts a day

Logistics Manager 03/1999 to 12/2001

Harlequin Distribution Center – Depew, NY

Freight budget- 22.6MM packages annually with a budget of 20MM

Inventory management- 41.2MM books with a value of 20MM, total sku 15K

Reporting staff- Three Supervisors, Two managers, and thirty associates

Logistics Engineer/ Operations Manager 01/1987 to 01/1999

Azerty Corporation – Orchard Park, NY

• Responsible for multiple location distribution centers encompassing over 150 employees, coordinating and overseeing all distribution center projects from start to finish.

• System automation, design and build, design layouts; bar-coding; velocity slotting and bin maintenance.

• Relocation and consolidation of 5 warehouses across the U.S.

• Manage interaction with other departments to assume smooth productivity

• Train staff on productivity levels

• Operating budget detail for all U.S. operations

• Computer experience in Lotus, Excel, Harvard Graphics, Word, PowerPoint

• Experience with mainframe operating systems

• Negotiating all freight contracts budget of $25MM

Warehouse Manger – 03/1981 to 12/1986

Par-Med Pharmaceuticals / AL Laboratory

Inventory control Shrink OTC < .05 / Class 2 & 3 drugs 0 Shrink allowed

Responsible for FDA regulation

Warehouse manager prescription pharmaceutical

Responsible for operating budget detail $1.2MM

Computer experience in Lotus, Excel, Harvard Graphics, Word

PowerPoint.

Experience with mainframe operating systems

Responsible for staff of 30 employees

Warehouse / Inventory Control Manger – 03/1979 to 12/1981

Peter j Schmitt/ Bells Supermarket / (HCW Subsidiary of PJS

Customer service Rep to Bells supermarkets

Inventory control Supervisor at HCW - (Subsidiary of PJS)

Warehouse manager frozen / fresh Ville HCW

Responsible for operating budget detail $5.6MM

Computer experience in Lotus, Excel, Harvard Graphics, Word

PowerPoint.

Experience with mainframe operating systems

Responsible for negotiating employee labor relation / distribution of trucks

EDUCATION

SUNY Empire State; Fredonia, NY

Major: Business Administration

Bryant & Stratton; Buffalo, NY

Major: Business Administration

Niagara University – Lewiston NY

Business Administration/ Computer Technology

Certifications

OSHA certified - 2015

Green Belt / White Belt Certified, Kuehne & Nagel - 2006

GMP training - 2014

MICRO MBA Buffalo State – 2015

References upon request

Contact this candidate