Warehouse Operations Manager

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CONTACT

Address:

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Apt# 201

Clermont FL 34711

Phone: 609-***-****

Email: adgmy9@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

Operations/Logistics/Supply Chain/Inventory Management

Hands on/Approachable Leadership

Forklift Certified

Continuous Operational and Process Improvement

Excellent Communication

Microsoft Office Word, Excel

Team Building

5S/Kaizen Events

Root Cause Analysis

Key Performance Indicators

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - Sept. 2020 - Edushore

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - May 2020 - Udemy

Lean Fundamentals - Dec. 2019 - LeanCor

Lean Warehousing - Aug. 2019 - LeanCor

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt - March 2014 - KnowWare Inc.

MILITARY SERVICE

United States Marine Corps - 1988-1992

EDUCATION

High School Diploma: 06/1988

Buena Regional High School - Buena, NJ

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Mid-Senior Level Warehouse Manager, with 20 years of management experience, who streamlines operations and increases productivity by using Lean Six Sigma Concepts and Key Performance Indicators to progress towards defined business goals.

WORK HISTORY/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Warehouse Operations Manager, 04/2020 to 09/2020

Garden State Cold Storage - Carteret, NJ

Oversaw more than $130 million in inventory and 70 employees in 300,000 square foot 3PL warehouse with 30,316 pallet spaces.

Managing day-to-day operations in shipping and receiving, typically averaging more than 66,000 packages per day.

Established company audit rules during inventory counts with 99.2% accuracy.

Warehouse Operations Manager, 03/2016 to 03/2020

Garden State Bulb Co - Vineland, NJ

Worked with Owner, President, and COO to identify and establish Lean Six Sigma project selection criteria with emphasis on overall process and quality improvements.

Communicated with other departments/members to distribute workload/define project expectation and used Kanban boards to keep all warehouse personnel updated on projects.

Completed Kaizen/Lean projects within 5 months or less resulting in following key performance improvements: Receiving/Put-away Accuracy 75% to 99.01%, Dock to Stock Cycle Time from 8 hours to 2 hours, and Shipping Accuracy from 85% to 99.8%.

Accuracy Rate for $18 million dollar inventory improved from 87.6% to 97.4% within three years by implementing ranked based cycle count program, monitor inventory key performance indicators, and reduce bad picking habits of warehouse personnel through training.

Cycle time, Spaghetti diagrams, and brainstorming with employees helped reduced travel distances by 50% from pick locations to production area to maximize workflow/productivity.

Coached Lean practices, 5S, and Kaizen tools across all levels to deliver business results.

Warehouse Operations Manager, 09/2015 to 03/2016

National Diversified Sales - Bordentown, NJ

Redesigned warehouse layout using adjacency and part matching principals that helped reduced Dock to Stock Cycle time from 3 hours to 1.5 hours.

Developed open lines of communication with Supply Chain Managers and implementing ranked based cycle count program improved order fill-rate from 97.3 to 98.5%, On-time Shipments from 98.1 to 99.05%, and, Shipping Accuracy from 98.1 to 99.05%.

Receiving Supervisor, 01/2015 to 09/2015

IKEA Distribution Center - Westampton, NJ

Used KPIs of put-away accuracy, volume of stock put-away per labor hour, and cycle time to help manage most efficient and cost-effective movement of 3000 pallets/day with 43 unionized employees thru 1.2 million square foot distribution center.

Warehouse Manager, 05/2013 to 10/2014

Buffalo Freezer And Cold Storage (3PL) - Hammonton, NJ

Improved inventory accuracy from 97.25% to 99.99% by conducting cycle counts 30 minutes prior to start of each workday.

Decreased outbound loading times from 30 minutes to 15 minutes by pre-staging orders in specific area and placing customers names, purchase order number, and number of pallets/cases to outbound shipments.

Successfully created environment to empower employees using seven principles of Lean Six Sigma: Value Stream Mapping, Spaghetti diagrams, control charts, Pareto charts, Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram, root-cause analysis, and histograms to help reduce waste and solve problems.

Warehouse Manager, 06/2007 to 05/2013

Donio Produce - Hammonton, NJ

Reduced yard traffic by assigning 30 company drivers to specific loading dock doors for both inbound and outbound loads.

Successfully established KPI of 20 minutes or less by reducing number of handling steps in receiving-put away process.

Scheduled deliveries during off peak picking hours to improve picks/man hour, which reduced outbound operation from 10 hours to complete to 8.

Improved picks per foot by 25% using ABC inventory classification.

Increased order accuracy from 95% to 99.1% by having orders staged and verified by checker.

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LAMONT A HOWELL

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