Los Angeles Inventory Control
Resume:
John Ancona
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SR MANAGER OF LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION
Qualifications 30 years in Logistics distribution management
Bachelor of Science in business administration
Specialist in work and manpower planning and quality improvement
Experience in inventory control software development for transportation, and application
Background in logistic, transportation, and inventory
Developed freight vendor metrics to analyze and evaluate performance based on statics.
Managed carrier relationship negotiated rates and executed freight claims at 90% settled.
Warehouse inventory management, 3PL experience
TMS experience with SAP, Oracle, Red Prairie, Mercury gate, and Alvy’s
Forklift certified, manual/electric pallet jack experience.
Executed performance evaluation review.
Professional
Experience
TMS ROUTING MANAGER (Contractor) 02/17/2025-5-17/2025 Coastline Connect Brokerage
Coastline connect is a full truckload brokerage with 25 owned trucks and 15 owner operators within their umbrella of services offering full truck transportation in California and Arizona. Specialized in temperature-controlled shipments
Servicing local food processing plants in Ventura County and Los Angeles.
Ensuring daily shipments are scheduled based on clients forecast load plan
Setting up Alvy’s TMS system for routing capacity
Coordinate with all drivers on pickup appointment
Streamline daily schedule and load into TMS for capacity planning and optimization of routes.
Load all clients’ information into TMS client profile to build pick and delivery lanes.
Use Motive software to monitor and ensure driver safety
GPS location and alerts on Motive as part of the safety program Professional
Experience
FACILITIES MANAGER,
Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 08/2023 – Present The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has several regions in southern and northern California, Our lady of Guadalupe is the assigned site within the Santa Barbara region. Our Lady of Guadalupe is in Oxnard and has a total of 6 buildings Including the school campus
Ensure all buildings are functioning without issues
Oversee 2 employees and maintenance contractors.
Landscape and facility upkeep
Create a PMS system to cover all aspects of building codes and city policies
Internal audit and inspection of alarms, emergency lights, and fire extinguishers
Building cleanliness and system of organized storage.
Prepare facilities for upcoming meetings, festivities, and congress retreats Rheem Raypak, Oxnard, CA,
Raypak is the leader in residential and commercial water heaters manufacturing. In the US supporting worldwide distribution for pool and spa heaters and commercial water heaters for industrial use
MANAGER LOGISTICS, DISTRIBUTION – 01/2023 – 05/2023
Oversee 3 employees in shipping operations and 5 warehouse drivers.
Execute planning for all finished goods, order pulling, staging and shipping all completed orders via ground transportation.
Determine priority on international orders, coordinate vessel shipment with ocean broker or plan air shipment
Implemented measurement capacity metric by order puller to coordinate order processing capacity and maximize units shipped by day.
Executed Oracle Transportation management system for outbound routing and carrier management.
Managed all international inbound transportation for raw materials and intercompany transfers.
Professional
Experience Added remote routing and logistics responsibility for coverage of other company business units in 3PL warehouses.
Responsible for freight claim recovery for damages incurred in transit by carriers eliminating high cost of repair and recondition of finished goods.
Reduced transportation cost by launching an RFP systemin with all carriers in a joint effort with corporate headquarters including all business units Professional
Experience
Olde Thompson (Olam Foods Ingredients), Oxnard, CA. 06/2016 01/13/2023
Olde Thompson, a part of Olam Food Ingredients is one the leaders in spice production and distribution worldwide with packaging inventory, warehousing and JIT shipments. Olde Thompson private label process houses the largest retail and grocery clients in the US SR MANAGER INVENTORY, LOGISTICS, DISTRIBUTION –
Oversee 2 exempt and over 80 employees in inventory and shipping operations warehouse.
Contributed to the implementation of WMS system launch. Successfully launched PLEX WMS software with a zero-error rate.
Launched Oracle Transportation management system for outbound routing and carrier management
Managed all inbound transportation for west coast and east coast plants for raw materials and intercompany transfers
Added remote routing and logistics responsibilities for coverage of other company business units, 3PL warehouses including packed chili pepper and bulk spices market as a remote responsibility
Created department procedures based on TQM (total quality management) philosophy thus documenting all steps to successfully train and replicate process protocol with all transportation analysts
Used analytical statistical process control method for measuring carrier failures performance and for developing KPI’s
Elevated delivery scorecard with major clients e.g., Walmart, CVS, and Costco to a 99.9 accuracy delivery score.
Responsible for maintaining a budget for transportation and freight within 5% margin on 30 million spent.
Responsible for eliminating high cost of chargebacks for none compliance in retail distribution amongst major food retailers
Reduced transportation cost by negotiating rates with reputable truckload companies with food grade quality knowledge and equipment while providing cost savings yielding 1.8 million on first year.
Implemented best practices for every packaging line to ensure highest yields amongst 9 lines of retail compliant UCC128 label pack on daily output.
TECHNICOLOR, Camarillo, CA. 11/94 – 06/2016
Technicolor is one of the world’s largest distributors of video and optical products. Technicolor offers a full spectrum of packaging, distribution, warehousing, and fulfillment services.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER 12/07 – 06/2016
Oversee systems integration amongst various platforms and achieve EDI connectivity for remote shipping process.
Contributed to the implementation of transportation management software for our outbound activity. Successfully launched Red Prairie, Precision, and Mercury Gate TMS software in our warehouses.
Project manage new clients and new transportation carriers into the database system by creating a timeline of events and successfully meet our goal.
Plan and schedule capacity with various transportation companies including truckload, less than truckload (LTL), and parcel. TRANSPORTATION MANAGER (12/04 – 12/07)
Functions and Accomplishments:
Managed airfreight, surface, domestic, and international shipments for Optical Media division Shipping and Distribution
Responsible for hiring, motivating, and training a staff of up to 2 senior distribution supervisors’ western region of the country.
Mentor directed and lead a team of two exempt and 35 non-exempt associates.
Oversee four shipping docks, including all reporting, shipping and transportation activity
Worked directly with Director of Distribution on streamlining budget and optimizing shipping procedures for a cost-effective operation
Responsible for $18M Transportation budget
Responsible for accurate international shipping documentation, requirements and harmonized code classification
Ensure compliance on updated policies with international regulations on exports
Provide forecast to freight vendors for volume of shipments based on manufacturing to ensure capacity.
TRAFFIC SUPERVISOR (01/94 – 12/04)
Functions and Accomplishments:
Acted as the liaison between manufacturing, packaging, and customer service to ensure on time and accurate shipping.
Negotiated freight rates with multiple carriers for the Camarillo facility.
Monitor labor usage; coordinate with customer service to ensure shipping timelines.
Responsible for maintaining 99.96 % accuracy on shipments, tracking high value loads and providing proof of deliveries.
Developed analytical unit and shipping cost reports for senior management.
Provided proper training to department associates for all job functions and including P.I.T. certification.
Developed procedures for ISO certification.
Major Projects
Configured, installed, trained and deployed new TMS software platform Successfully integrated Red Prairie TMS software systems into our WMS platform and deployed to each of the company’s three major distribution sites for shipment optimization.
Configured and deployed Mercury gate software for raw materials inbound management in Supply Chain
Used Oracle TMS system to plan and optimize shipments, build lanes for distribution
Developed lane pricing for frequent shipments.
Negotiated special pricing for outsourced production with major transportation company and reduced cost $700 per truckload with a potential to save $40,000 per month.
Education
Bachelor's in Business Management And Administration (Concentration in Supply Chain), University of Phoenix, California
2011
Professional Completed courses/seminars in hazardous waste, transportation, traffic, safety, employee involvement, and leadership. Also completed food quality courses in GMP (Good manufacturing practices), SQF (Safe Quality Food, and HACCP (Hazard analysis and critical control points)
Leadership role in developing Six Sigma culture with quality team APICS courses for CPIM certification
Technical
Proficient in MS Office, Word, Excell, and email.
Efficient in creating pivot tables, charts, reporting, document creation and written procedure Mercury gate – Training on software mapping, coding, and integration Red Prairie – Training for software installation and deployment Precision – Training for managing in Blackbox environment Oracle Transportation management system – Successfully launched in spring 2022 Proficient in SAP
Alvy’s TMS system
Motive ELD tracking system
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