Experience

Ready Alliance

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Manager

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  • Train and develop various team members throughout Manufacturing, including Sanitation, Blending, and Packaging personnel. • Facilitate, gather, and input reported data from each manufacturing room for accurate KPI tracking – Actively use the data reported to correct, redirect, or otherwise facilitate improvement in the manufacturing process. • Identify opportunities for improvement of processes, reduction of costs, and betterment of the employees. • Operate with transparency and earn trust at all levels through communication and actions. • Work directly with the Maintenance department to respond to mechanical failures, schedule preventative measures, accommodate facility improvements, and improve operational hardware. • Work directly with Quality Assurance personnel to review any adverse scenarios and respond appropriately as well as ensure that all products meet or exceed standards and that personnel are adhering to quality standards at all times. • Facilitate manufacturing related inventory control issues with the Inventory Manager, ensuring proper storage and accuracy of inventory throughout the manufacturing process. • Remove waste and constraints from the manufacturing process to improve efficiencies. • Be actively involved in analyzing labor requirements, making adjustments to staff as it pertains to position, team structure, and overall labor costs. • Hire, interview, and be actively involved with onboarding efforts for new employees. Conduct performance reviews, 1-on-1s, and other developmental reviews to provide coaching and guidance to employees. • Manage direct reports daily – Including performance management, training, analyzing and resolving work related issues, and conducting disciplinary actions. Show less



Orbit Irrigation Products, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Specialist

  • Feb 2021 - May 2023

  • Project management: Manage the entire project lifecycle from project definition through implementation. Accountable for meeting agreed-upon scope, cost, schedule, and quality measures. Develop project plan and drive project milestones. Establish an effective communication plan with the project team and key stakeholders. Provide day-to-day direction to project resources. Ensure effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project. Responsible for the preparation of documentation, status reports, and budgets. • Agent of operations: Serve as a liaison and mediator between all company departments to achieve a cohesive result to improvements and change. Investigate inconsistencies in processes, product quality, forecasts, inventory, and system data to identify area of improvement. Optimize and streamline operations involved. Track and analyze reports to identify areas in which positive changes can be made. Identify customer and supplier needs by observation, collecting company and client surveys, and analyzing feedback and data figures. Prepares operations information reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends. Using collected data, propose plans of action to optimize areas of opportunity throughout the company. • Develop logistical improvement plans to align efficient business operations with customer and supplier satisfaction. Meets distribution objectives by estimating requirements and initiating corrective actions. • Perform any and all manual labor necessary to complete any hands-on specific projects utilizing hand tools and power tools. Prepare photo studio to take photos of company assets then enhance for sales and marketing purposes as well as internal company use. • Submit electronic change orders to implement change throughout the company's records and internal systems. Show less



Packsize

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Warehouse Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Receive and inventory parts and maintain appropriate inventory levels with the HQ Spare Parts cage while coordinating shipments and packages for the various Packsize departments. • Ship parts and maintain 99.5% shipment accuracy and on time delivery using the Salesforce Lightning Product Request system. • Utilize SAP to track/audit inventory activity, create purchase orders, and ship/bill assets • Work with suppliers to ensure best prices for warehouse assets and establish refurbishment processes for parts to reduce company costs • Enhance the customer's positive experience with Packsize by recognizing their needs and providing solutions that meet and often surpass those needs (ie Counter to Counter airline deliveries, exploring alternate solutions to warehouse/machine issues). • Operate Packsize equipment to meet shipping needs and participate in client demonstrations within the warehouse. • Work with leaders to assess and optimize warehouse department processes (Facilities, Hotline, Packsize Now, Packaging, Advanced Products, R&D, etc.). • Manage and train Spare Parts employees according to company standards while maintaining the 5S structure within the warehouse. • Regularly collaborate with and mediate between the Packsize HQ warehouse departments to ensure synergy and communication is kept optimal. • Utilize tools such as SAP, Salesforce, EDrawings/Solidworks, Adobe Acrobat DC, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Drive (Docs/Sheets/Calendar), and UPS Worldship daily. • Make executive decisions and take ownership of the warehouse and all of its assets and various departmental processes while ensuring customers deadlines and parts needs are met in a constantly changing industry. • Budget all purchases and review monthly costs for the HQ warehouse and Spare Parts department to minimize costs in North America. • Assess current demand from various customers for various products and create forecasts with vendors' lead times for purchasing and project planning. Show less



Wicked Peel

• Restaurant Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Ensure that guest service complies with Wicked Peel standards. • Ensure that food is prepped, cooked and plated according to company standards. • Purchase all food from authorized sources, using company required procedures. • Ensure that food safety practices comply with Wicked Peel standards as well as local Health Department and Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations. • Achieve financial objectives regarding sales, food cost, labor cost, and other controllable costs. • Protect cash and all other company assets by adhering to company control procedures. • Work on floor monitoring guest satisfaction, guiding staff, and filling in as needed, during peak hours. • Complete all administrative work during low volume hours. • Establish and follow up on cleaning procedures to maintain company housekeeping standards. • Lead staff and supervisors in ways that promote efficiency and high morale, while complying with all appropriate employment regulations. • Ensure the pizza kitchen is in compliance with all other regulatory agencies related to worker safety, alcoholic beverage sales, etc. • Develop, plan, and implement local store marketing initiatives. Show less



Walmart

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Asset Protection Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2018

  • Represent the company's corporate home office in-store in a professional and friendly demeanor while achieving defined PR business goals. • Oversee and encourage overall safety of customers, vendors, and associates by touring the store and conducting various Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance audits. • Professionally address any and all security risks that occur on property and handle them according to company protocol. • Supervise, train, and schedule Asset Protection Associates daily to reduce the amount of theft-related shrink in the store, reduce safety-related accident costs, and to maximize overall store security and safety. • Manage Cash Office associates and operations daily to assure accuracy and adherence to policies while preventing possibilities of loss. • Analyze/manage P&L statements and determine cost reduction plans. • Manage UPC Office associates and operations weekly to assure no paper shrink occurs and no product is "lost". • Observe associate, customer, and vendor behavior daily to determine that all policies are adhered to and assess/address any potential of risk to store safety and/or security. • Meet with all store's new hires and orient them while touring the store and showing them all aspects of Asset Protection's role in the store with both safety and security as well as their individual roles in Asset Protection. • Articulate all forms of communication effectively in every form of contact: management meetings, training sessions, one-on-one walkthroughs, media and law enforcement relations, corporate relations, etc. • Establish professional rapport with management team, supervisors, associates, and vendors. • Work closely with law enforcement to assure due process and that all cases are thoroughly and securely handled. • Advanced proficiency with the Verint CCTV system. • Be on-call at all times for any urgent safety or security matters that involve the store and its customers, associates, vendors, or products Show less