Brian Collins
Akron
Summary
Experienced Supervisor leads team members to complete jobs on-time. Assigns tasks, trains employees, and implements company procedures. Excellent communication and listening skills. Provides leadership and vision, driving teams to meet goals.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor
Joann Stores Distribution Center
06.2015 - 06.2025
- Manage performance activities to ensure daily goals and priorities are met while maintaining quality and safety standards.
- Evaluate Team Member performance and adjust priorities in order to ensure daily goals are met.
- Effectively communicate within all levels of the organization to ensure efficiency in all work processes and maintain a positive work environment.
- Partner with peers and management to ensure efficient production flow.
- Administer DC company policies and procedures.
- Interact with other departments and shifts to coordinate workflow and communicate to identify and resolve problems.
- Provide training and coaching to team members and temporary employees, as needed to allow them to be successful in meeting established work standards, while promoting safety, quality, and accuracy.
- Evaluate performance, prepare and deliver performance feedback.
- Provide ongoing mentorship and development for current staff.
- Audit processes regularly to ensure distribution center goals for quality and accuracy are being met.
- Run, review and interpret reports, and perform system updates as needed in WMS or in Access databases.
- Conduct a Shift Start-up Meeting daily and determine staffing needs based on volume or workload assessment of the department.
Distribution Center Reporting Clerk
Joann Stores Distribution Center
03.2011 - 06.2015
- Actively Maintained Distribution Center Database to provide accurate and accessible reporting at all times.
- Communicating with other distribution centers to ensure database structure and procedures adhere to standards amongst all distribution centers.
- Assisted Quality Assurance and Inventory Control Teams as needed.
- Complete the Wave Planning Process Daily to ensure proper workflow to the DC.
- Compile daily selection data and produce Daily Workload Reports.
Inventory Control Clerk
Joann Stores Distribution Center
06.2006 - 03.2011
- Identified all mark-outs and prioritized mark-outs based on frequency level.
- Offered recommendations to Management to avoid future mark-outs.
- Cycle count problem product and made adjustments in system.
- Reassigned misallocated product.
- Resolved/Researched broken standards, damaged product, pack/repack issues.
- Checked locations to identify missing product as well as to verify correct product/location.
Quality Assurance Clerk
Joann Stores Distribution Center
06.2004 - 06.2006
- Consistently met or exceeded Audit production goals daily.
- Ensured that all auditing procedures were being adhered to, and that the quality of work was above audit standard.
Retail Clerk / General Warehouse Labor
Western Reserve Farm Co-op
06.2000 - 02.2003
- Provided excellent Customer service in the retail and order fulfillment areas of the store.
- Regularly performed general labor needs in order to maintain a clean and organized warehouse.
- Loaded and Unloaded material for delivery to ensure that the customers’ needs were met.
Electrical Assistant
Wesley Electric
08.1999 - 12.1999
- Assisted Master electricians in Commercial and Residential construction projects.
- Installed Electrical devices to ensure the construction process was completed on time.
Education
Philosophy - Major
Kent State University
01.2003
Accounting - Major (CPA program)
Stark State University
01.2006
Music production - Major
Stark State University
01.2004
Skills
- Team building
- Safety protocols
- Training and mentoring
- Documentation and reporting
- Strategic planning
- Process monitoring and improvement
- Complex Problem-solving
- Task delegation
- Inventory oversight
- Workflow management
- Department organization
- Analytical thinking
Timeline
Supervisor
Joann Stores Distribution Center
06.2015 - 06.2025
Distribution Center Reporting Clerk
Joann Stores Distribution Center
03.2011 - 06.2015
Inventory Control Clerk
Joann Stores Distribution Center
06.2006 - 03.2011
Quality Assurance Clerk
Joann Stores Distribution Center
06.2004 - 06.2006
Retail Clerk / General Warehouse Labor
Western Reserve Farm Co-op
06.2000 - 02.2003
Electrical Assistant
Wesley Electric
08.1999 - 12.1999
Accounting - Major (CPA program)
Stark State University
Music production - Major
Stark State University
Philosophy - Major
Kent State University
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