Inventory Control -Work

DON TELLINGHUISEN

**** ****** ****** ***** ********, TN. 38135 920-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To secure a position that will allow me to use my experience in operations, warehousing, inventory control, purchasing, budgetary management, and superior people skills, while continuing to learn and grow with your business. An opportunity that will provide me with the ability to contribute to the continued success and growth of your organization, while providing insight and leadership to promote your operation and staff.

FW Logistics Memphis, TN

VP, Refrigerated Operations. 3/2025 – 6/10/2025

-Management frozen storage facilities located in Montezuma, GA. and Memphis, TN.

-Work with customers to improve poor communication

-Train/restructure workforce to strengthen the team

-Cross training of personnel

-Institute processes and housekeeping standards

-Left on my own terms due to toxic work environment, micro-managing, inability to make necessary long-term changes for the success of the facility and lack of processes in place.

-I did show a profit at the end of the month for April and May, which had not been achieved in over 2 years.

Monogram Foods Memphis TN.

Manager, External Warehousing 4/2023 – 3/2025

- Direct contact and relationship building with 30+ 3PW’s, including contract negotiations. - - Manage inventory levels and discrepancies.

- Storage rate review, negotiation and approval, including restructuring of existing contracts

to support our needs

- Contract tracking

- Contract negotiation

- Consolidation of 3PW’s, reducing footprint from 29 locations to 21 locations in 12 months - Sourcing of new 3PW partners – prior to leaving, I handed off a project adding 1 new 3PW partner offering a $980k/yr. cost reduction/avoidance

- Onsite visits quarterly to each location across the country

- Audit tracking

- Annual AOP budget build, analyze and implementation

- EDI implementation and tracking

- Drop trailer agreements

- Emergency storage relief effort sourcing and implementation

Monogram Foods Plover WI

Warehouse and Dist. Manager 10/2019 – 4/2023

- Manage day-to-day operations of warehousing and distribution at multiple

locations

- Oversee inventory movements between internal & external warehouses

- Manage direct inbounds to offer cost savings opps.

- 9 direct reports, including warehouse supervisors, inventory control manager, 5

CDL drivers and office staff

- Manage truck and trailer fleet

- Work directly with (3) 3PW’s

- Cost savings and continuous improvement projects (source and manage)

*Project successes

- Secured external warehouse, allowing closing of 2 others and

combine into 1 location

- $500k cost savings in 2022

SKILLS

-Facility Management

-Project Management

-Superior People and Leadership Skills

-SAP/Highjump/Accellos/Microsoft D365/Microsoft Office

-Relationship Building

-Problem Solving

-Multi-tasking

-Safety Management

-Mentoring

-Empowerment of others to push for their promotability

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