Daniel Salazar Jr.
*********@*****.*** 337-***-**** 5843 Northern Oak St., Houston, TX 77016
PROFILE: Department manager with 5+ years management experience, 7+ years manufacturing setting, 7+ years forklift operation. Hardworking, focused, loyal, and driven by exemplary communication and organizational skills. Outstanding analytical skills to formulate strategies to overcome operational concerns. Highly motivated to lead others to meet excellence through efficiency and effectiveness.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dillard’s Lafayette, LA
Men’s Suiting Manager February 2019 to March 2025
●Managing, training, mentoring five sales associates, sales specialist on fundamental goals and expectations, trained 30+ associates on Point of Sale efficiency
●Drove sales 600K+ per year, top three in sales region, through customer engagement, accessing, designing, and ordering custom products
●Specifically involved in fittings, exact measurements, while collaborating with onsite master tailor.
●Tasked with resolving customer complaints and/or concerns
●Managed inventory levels and performed inventory audits twice a year
●Collaborated with upper management and corporate to exceed business standards
M&M International Broussard, La Shop hand/ CNC Machinist July 2016 to January 2019
●Routine maintenance of CNC machines, waste disposal, optimal coolant levels
●Cut segments, raw stock to make bop valves, and internal components
●Trained on CNC machines; Mazak Nexus 250 and 350 Lathes
●Interpreted blueprints, wrote programs to specification
●Machined internal bop valve components; seats, rockets, stems, balls etc.
●Inspected, measured parts for correct dimensions using calibrated tools
ASR Group (Domino Sugar Refinery) New Orleans, LA
Lift Operator August 2012 to June 2016
●Safe operation of forklifts, order pickers, electric pallet jacks throughout refinery
●Attended weekly safety meetings, proper lock out tag out procedures
●Adhered to safety rules,regulations; OSHA standards, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
●Worked with management to implement strategies to increase efficiency
●Trained new hires, transfers, senior employees on computerized data management system
EDUCATION & SKILLS
●University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL)
●Mathematical skills: Advanced Algebra, Calculus and Statistics
●Strong verbal and written communication skills
●Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Word, and POS Systems, Internet technology
●Typing skills: 50 words a minute
●Bilingual skills include: fluency in English, proficient in Spanish
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
●Consistently, department top three in sales relative to size in Southern region
●Team Lead 10 man forklift crew