shipping supervisor

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 Highly skilled manager with many years of diversified experience in shipping and manufacturing

 Excellent ability to motivate performance, communicate strong messages, and deliver significant results.

 Innovative problem solver with proven talent in identifying opportunities for efficiency and profitability.

 Dedicated, motivated, and conscientious hard worker with a reputation for dependability and integrity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SCHENKER, INC., East Granby, Connecticut

Shipping and Receiving – Part Time 2008 - Present

• Verify accuracy of incoming and outgoing shipments. Examine contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices or orders.

• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies for accounting and recordkeeping purposes.

• Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to rectify any problems.

• Shrink wrap, label and prepare materials for shipping using work devices such as handheld bar code scanning equipment.

• Organize and maintain space for shipping materials on the floor and trailer areas.

• Load materials on truck with forklift.

THE STANDARD MATTRESS COMPANY, Hartford, Connecticut 1991 - 2008

Warehouse /Shipping Manager (2000 -2008)

• Manage daily operation of all shipping and receiving of mattresses and futons across the U.S. and abroad.

• Handle workforce management for 10 employees; including hiring, employee relations, training and development, performance appraisals, compensation recommendations, and employee eliminations.

• Effectively evaluate routing and deliveries; ensure truck space is utilized and therefore keep costs down.

• Maintain an organized and clean 65,000 square foot warehouse.

• Recognized by the president of Standard Mattress for organizing the entire warehouse; significantly reduced loading time from 5 to 2 hours.

Assistant Production Manager (1991-2000)

• Managed all aspects of operation including assembly, fabrication, quality control, scheduling, and distribution of completed products.

• Responsible for the management of 4 supervisors and 100 employees that produced up to 200 mattress sets (400 pieces) and 1000 futons on a daily basis.

• Re-designed plant to increase machine and operator efficiency from 150 to 220 pieces per day and therefore reduced employee turnover.

U. S. MATTRESS CORPORATION, RESTONIC, Irvington, New Jersey 1988 - 1991

Assistant Plant Manager

• Managed daily operations of the entire plant; developed and implemented training program for new employees therefore doubling productivity and reducing turnover.

• Implemented new incentive program which reduced overall labor costs and increased productivity by 50%.

• Redesigned the sewing room to improve work flow and accommodate new machinery.

• Created the new Restonic Legacy Line, Regency Line, and the new quilt design for 1990 which increased sales and new customers by 25%.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Management Certification, Zenger & Miller, N.J.

• Supervision Certification, Zenger & Miller, N.J. • Forklift Certified

• Equal Opportunity Certification

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