Manager Quality Assurance

RICHARD ROSEN

***-** **** ****** ****: 718-***-****

Little Neck, New York 11362 Cellular: 347-***-****

Email: *******@*****.***

SUMMARY

Experienced Warehouse/Distribution Manager with 30 years extensive background in shipping products domestic, as well as internationally. Exemplary supervisor experience, strong communicator, problem solver, and detail oriented. Proven decision making capabilities.

EXPERIENCE

HOLYOKE FITTINGS/CORONET PARTS

Brooklyn, New York

Warehouse Manager

2010-2011

Responsibilities

• Train and supervise 20 employees in the day to day operations, including shipping and receiving, pick and pack orders for over 1000 different items, material handling, assembly of product, and inventory control.

• Ship approximately 70 orders daily ranging from single cartons to multi-skidded shipments.

• Liaison between warehouse employees and union.

• Prepare reports for management including inventory, on-hand material, re-order points, and shipping schedules.

• Maintain all proper safety procedures.

• Trained and certified warehouse employees in forklift operation.

• Helped format and implement procedures for future ISO certification.

PREMIER SNACK DISTRIBUTORS

Garden City Park, New York

Warehouse / Distribution Manager

2007 – 2010

Responsibilities

• As a master distributor for Kelloggs/Keebler/Stella D’oro, provided inventory for 40 routes in Metro NY/NJ/PA market.

• Purchased inventory for main warehouse, as well as six satellite warehouses.

• Trained and supervised warehouse personal in day to day operations, including receiving trailers, sorting inventory, pulling orders, and assisting drivers with outgoing paper work.

• Prepared purchasing, sales, and labor reports for management.

• Introduced new products to route drivers, and transitioned discontinued products out of warehouse pipeline.

Accomplishments

• Maintained smooth distribution channel, while handling multiple brands.

• Upgraded warehouse from standard, manual inventory, to a live system, creating a more efficient system. Approximately six hundred SKU’s were affected.

• Helped to transition Stella D’oro from a private equity group [Brynwood Partners] to Lance, Inc. with minimal interruptions to customers and consumers.

• Assisted company cash flow by effectively managing inventory and controlables.

NORCATEC, LLC.

Garden City, New York

Contract Administrator

2003-2007

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of contract administration from bidding process through completion of contract.

• Prepared shipping schedules and financial/budget forecasts across multiple departments.

• Conducted reviews of all domestic and international contracts received.

• Lead expeditor on major projects, including US Government Contracts.

• Managed and administered vendor purchase orders.

Accomplishments

• Automated and implemented electronic system whereby all import and export licenses were prepared and utilized systematically.

• Supported and managed key components of ISO 9001/2000 certification process.

• Managed the transition team which included warehousing, QA Dept., Assy Dept., and Inventory/Distribution from New York to Minnesota.

• Managed and re-negotiated freight tariffs with common carriers, which in turn produced a financial savings on a quarterly basis.

NORCATEC, LLC.

Garden City, New York

Warehouse Manager

1988 - 2003

Responsibilities

• Shipped approximately 30 million dollars of product on an annual basis

• Managed 20 employees comprised of Shipping/Receiving, Inventory Control, Logistics and Quality Assurance Department.

• Preparation of export shipping documents including SLI, export license decrement, commodity declaration and certification.

• Responsible for estimation of packaging costs on all projects.

• Inventory control for 17,000 various items, including bar coding/RFID technology.

• Maintained vendor relationships with freight forwarders, trucking companies, packaging suppliers, vendors and customers.

Accomplishments

• Migrated from a manual based inventory system to an automated, Window-based system.

• Developed automated process whereby shipments to key customers (i.e., Raytheon, SAIC) were processed within 24 hours.

• Created in house packaging team which reduced dependency on third party packaging houses, allowing overhead costs to be reduced.

NORCA MACHINERY COMPANY

US Government Sales

1984-1987

NORCA MACHINERY COMPANY

Shipping/Receiving Clerk

1979-1983

EDUCATION

QUEENS COLLEGE

Queens, New York

• Bachelor of Science, Accounting

• Bachelor of Science, Sociology

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