Brian Davenport
Upper Darby,PA
Summary
I have up to 10 years experience as a retail assistant warehouse manager and customer service & sales assistant manager leading a team of 13 employees in all daily work routines such as inventory, scheduling and unloading up to six trucks in a 8 hour shift, unpacking & replenishing merchandise while also meeting all customers needs. Also experience as a welder and assembler. Recognized by management as a versatile and flexible team player.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Receiving/shipping
Gaupp Meats
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Loading and unloading orders placing product in freezer storage.
- Performing monthly inventory while providing customer service to all walk up customers.
Warehouse Manager
Total Warehouse Solutions / Preferred Freezers
01.2014 - 01.2021
- Managing a crew of 14 employees, and loading & unloading 14 - 28 trucks day.
- Managed scheduling and payroll duties as well as mentoring and training for employees.
- Worked closely with USDA and various vendors working inside the warehouse.
- CBP inspection warehouse and Tyler Distribution.
Warehouse Manager / Logistics Specialist
IKEA South Philadelphia
Philadelphia, USA
01.2006 - 01.2014
- Worked with logistics' help run the daily reports as well as the weekly.
- Helped with inventory by investigating existing discrepancies.
- Helped maintain Macro access database reports by updating the scripts and code as the Unix based system MHS updated by either adding columns or creating new fields in the database.
- Managed 12 - 14 employees as well as trained them and maintained their scheduling and rotation of warehouse duties.
- Helped stock the shelves after receiving them from the inflow team, and continued to support the goods flow process.
Tire Retread
Ardmore Tires
Essington, PA, USA
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Tire retreading & rebuilding of the tires for various cars.
- Worked briefly on some carburetors & transmissions as well as maintain the tires & changing them.
Welder & Assembler
W & G Specialties
Philadelphia, PA, USA
01.1996 - 01.2000
- Duties were to be welding and cutting metals to create materials such as clothes racks for department stores, and assembling them.
Education
High School - Business and Administration
Benjamin Franklin High School
Philadelphia, PASkills
- Logistical forensics
- Goods Flow
- Pricing
- Product placement
- Attachmate Reflections system
- OSHA certified trainer
- Forklift operation
- Reach truck operation
- Power Pallet jack operation
- Aerial Boom lift operation
- Office duties
- Customer issue resolution
- Scheduling
- KRONOS
- CNS scheduling
- Key holder
- MS Office
- PeopleSoft payroll systems
- CPR certified
Skills Certifications Training
- Logistical forensics for product movement in the cycle of Goods Flow, pricing, & product placement using Attachmate Reflections system
- OSHA certified trainer and operator for Forklift, Reach truck, Power Pallet jack and Arial Boom lift.
- Range of office duties resolving customer issues, scheduling coworkers in KRONOS three weeks in advance and scheduling trucks in CNS for delivery, key holder.
- MS Office Kronos Scheduling & PeopleSoft payroll systems
- CPR certified
Timeline
Receiving/shipping
Gaupp Meats
01.2022 - 01.2025
Warehouse Manager
Total Warehouse Solutions / Preferred Freezers
01.2014 - 01.2021
Warehouse Manager / Logistics Specialist
IKEA South Philadelphia
01.2006 - 01.2014
Tire Retread
Ardmore Tires
01.2000 - 01.2004
Welder & Assembler
W & G Specialties
01.1996 - 01.2000
High School - Business and Administration
Benjamin Franklin High School