Experience

Hand Arnold

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Warehouse Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Waller Distributors Limited

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Manufacturing

• Warehouse Operations Manager

  • Apr 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Plan all delivery routes of all trucks to be dispatched on a daily basis. • Executing quarterly Stock Counts within both company’s warehouses geared towards maintaining stock integrity, visibility, driving accountability and minimizing shrinkage through inventory losses. • Coordinate Teams to ensure efficiency Propper stock Rotation and Accuracy i.e. LIFO FIFO, Pick Policy, Expired Goods, and Damaged Goods are resolved on a timely and transparent basis to sustain business efficiency and underpin customer service. • Monitor physical processes to ensure that agreed and implemented procedures are adhered to. • Employ temporary staff in both division during peak period as well as all permanent staff. • Oversee the warehouse planning and distribution process to ensure stock accuracy is maintained. • Coordinate sanitization and pest control process to ensure fumigation is done accordingly while ensuring all covid 19 procedures are in place. Oversee the Van Sales team to ensure all trucks are loaded and dispatch to their routes on a daily basis. Manage a team 40 of employees. Show less



Food Basket International

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Warehouse and Inventory Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  Warehouse Manager/ Inventory Control Manager @ Food Basket International Ltd Group of Companies (January 2020 to March 2021) Duties include: • Manage, plan and execute all stock count within the group of companies that incorporates Groceries, Superstores, Clothing Stores, Pharmacies and Warehouse. • Develop and implement new inventory procedures to enhance accuracy and efficiency within the organization. • Generates and distribute inventory reports to managing director using the SMS/Illuminate Software, Compu Max and Peachtree/Sage 50. • Manage new implementations and updating of all software to enhance system accuracy within the group. • Approve large purchase orders to ensure overstocking of stores does not take place from an inventory stand point. • Manage the implementation of proper signage and pricing of all products within the supermarket. • Employ temporary staff in both division during peak period as well as all permanent staff. Oversee the warehouse planning and distribution process to ensure stock accuracy is maintained. • Plan, dispatch and authorize all deliveries, coordinate the offloading of all containers Manage the day to day activities of all warehouse staff. • Coordinate the pest control process to ensure fumigation is done accordingly Manage a team of 30 employees. Show less



A.S. Bryden and Sons (Trinidad) Limited

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Wholesale Food and Beverage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acting Operations Improvement Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  Acting Operations Improvement Manager @ A.S. Bryden and Sons (Trinidad) Limited: (1st January 2019 –December 2019)Duties include:• Manage and plan all day to day activities within the Operation Improvement team.• Manage and coordinate all stock counts both WMS and non-WMS ations throughout the organization.• Prepare and distribute variance reports to senior Management of all stock count and Van sales audit.• Manage and update all audits and spot check on the van sales distribution team, both in house and on the trade.• Ensure the Operations Improvement team are knowledgeable of all controls and processes throughout the organisation.• Provide adequate training and development for all team members to enhance their performance in Inventory Management.• Conduct performance appraisal on all members of the Operations Improvement team.SKILLS:• ACHIEVEMENTS• KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH AS/400 ENVIRONMENT, AND WITH VAI SYSTEM 2000 ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.• EXPERT IN THE COMPUTERIZED WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (WMS) IN THE VAI SOFTWARE SUITE.• RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPING NEW AND PRESENT EMPLOYEES IN WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (WMS).• KNOWLEDGEABLE IN COLLATING, PREPARING AND ANALYSING AN ARRAY OF REPORTS USING THE VAI, S2K, POWER BI AND PROCLARITY SYSTEM.• REORGANISING AND AUDITING OF PROCESSES AT OUR NAUGHTY GRAPE RETAIL OUTLET. Show less

• Operations Analyst

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2018

  OPERATIONS ANALYST @ A.S. Bryden and Sons (Trinidad) Limited: (October 2008 – December 2018). Duties include:• Champion the execution of quarterly Stock Counts within the DC geared towards maintaining stock integrity, visibility, driving accountability and minimizing value leakage through inventory losses.• Reconcile and update all stock count variances within the WMS system.• Work closely with DC Leadership to analyse current processes and recommend changes towards optimizing the operations processes.• Work alongside the DC Efficiency Team to ensure that Rotation Accuracy, Pick Policy, Expired Goods and Damaged Goods are resolved on a timely and transparent basis to sustain business efficiency and underpin customer service.• Monitor physical processes to ensure that agreed and implemented procedures are adhered to.• Work together with Operations Improvement Manager and guide him in training, developing and leading the Operation Improvement team.• Review and updated all standing operating procedures (SOP) throughout the operations department.• Leads the system troubleshooting process with respect to S2K and WMS issues within the DC Show less

• Credit Clerk

  • Sep 2007 - Oct 2008

  CREDIT CLERK @ A.S.Brydens and Sons (Trinidad) Limited: (September 2007 – October 2008).Duties include:• Record-keeping of customers invoices, analysis, processing and issuing of customers credits in the accounts department for all divisions.• Double-checking of Return Authorizations (R/As) established at the DC, in terms of product, price, quantity, salesman etc. against original shipping documents.• Customers Service – Support customer queries relating to outstanding credits and invoices. Show less