Manager Sales
Resume:
William Banton
Profile
Seeking to obtain a responsible position in logistics management where my skills, knowledge and experience as a Warehouse Shipping Manager will contributed towards the improvement of the company. My innovative ideas and active personality should assist me a lot in adding to the company’s growth. I have more than 10 years of experience with strong knowledge of management practices and procedures.
ADDRESS
137 Daffodil Ave.
Franklin Square, New York 11010, USA
PHONE
(917) 697- 7534
adgrdc@r.postjobfree.com
www.linkedin.com/in/william-banton-074a483/
Activities and Interests
Theater, CrossFit, Art, Biking, Snowboarding, Travel
EXPERIENCE
2011– Present
Warehouse Shipping Manager • Hanky Panky LTD • Hollis, New York
- Manages the shipping team in a manner that supports a positive work environment.
- Work with other managers to ensure that all employees’ workloads are planned, prioritized, monitored and organized.
- Evaluate and maintain equipment, systems and facility to improve efficiencies and work flow.
- Interface with sales, allocation, inventory, and customer support departments of shipping shortages to ensure all orders/ invoices are accurate while ship windows are met and to maintain inventory.
- Coordinate shipping procedures and guidelines for new customers as well as handling current customer's complex shipping requirements while improving shipping operating efficiencies. This includes truck pick up routing, EDI procedures 850/ 860, 810/ 856 and BOL creation.
- Continue to test and troubleshoot WMS system for any ongoing issues that affects shipping operations.
2008– 2011
Logistics Manager • Botkier Inc. • New York, New York
- Directed the daily operations of the 3PL warehouse (Bergen Shippers Inc.), retail store and office warehouse in all phases of shipping/ receiving, storage maintenance, invoicing and inventory control on a Microsoft Access data base Navision (SAP) platform.
- Proficiently utilize UPS, FEDEX, DHL, USPS, FD Services and freight forwarders computerized delivery and tracking systems to insure samples and regular shipments reach their end destination both international and domestic.
- Coordinated with production department to monitor monthly shipments from Italy and China to assure orders are complete, received and cancel dates are met to company warehouse and showroom.
- Researched and negotiated trucking / carrier bid contracts to develop strategic approaches and creative solutions to cost effectively ship product and improve customer relations.
- Managed and assist sales department on all order entry, allocation, shipping logs and EDI distribution in compliance to routing guidelines to both major and specialty stores.
- In charge of creation of UPC codes and uploading into Inovis catalog and Inter-trade system.
2003– 2008
Operations Coordinator • Gurhan • New York, New York
- Involved in the designing of jewelry and the creation of prototypes under the instructions of main designer. (i.e. Hand Sketching, stringing and beading, merchandising)
- Negotiated with stone vendors on the purchasing of precious and semi- precious stones used for production.
- Corresponded with production office in Istanbul, Turkey on daily basis regarding new production orders and re-orders.
- Responsible for all logistics aspects of jewelry trade shows and trunk shows, as well as assisting in the creation of press kits that enhance client’s sales presentation.
- Handled special projects that involve creating press releases and marketing functions in major fashion and trade magazines.
- Provided superior administrative support to the company president and designer.
2002– 2003
Operations/ Logistics Specialist• Manolo Blahnik • New York, New York
- Assisted in daily operations for high-end women’s shoes and accessories, including entering orders, invoicing clients, creating pick tickets, purchase orders, and creating credit memos on Footwork’s database.
- Communicated with Italian manufactures on a daily basis regarding samples and stock orders for high-end department stores, from development to final delivery.
- Monitored and tracked international shipments with truckers and ship forwarders including Fish and Wild Life, Federal Express online, and U.P.S. online.
- Provided technical support to employees by configuring and troubleshooting PCs to promote an efficient working environment.
EDUCATION
Fashion Institute of Technology • New York, NY
2005-2008 Accessories Design
KEY SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS
- Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize, maintain attention to detail and recognize time constraints.
- Ability to work with a great deal of autonomy/ limited supervision.
- Effective written and verbal skill to communicate with all levels of the organization and excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong working knowledge and understanding of global logistics, freight forwarding operations and retail distribution.
- Technical knowledge: Warehouse Management Systems, Customer Routing Websites.
- Solid working knowledge in Microsoft Office. (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point)
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