Brian Harnish

• Controls all aspects of inventory, labeling, and warehouse management.
• Plans, organizes, supervises, and directs all activities related to shipping, receiving, and labeling.
• Improved inventory accuracy from 85% to 99%.
• Created a cycle-count program to reduce inaccuracies, improve stocking-level planning, support budgeting, and eliminate the need for an annual physical inventory.
• Conducts weekly staff meetings to set goals, resolve issues, and motivate employees.
• Reorganized stock and materials, improving the picking process by 35%.
• Manages direct reports, including hiring, termination, scheduling, and performance management.
• Developed and redesigned the barcode system to increase employee efficiency.
• Oversees the transfer of slow-moving materials to inter-company sites.
• Ensures on-time shipments through the customer-driven MRP portal.
• Maintains warehouse conditions through Lean practices and 5S programs.
• Trains and develops warehouse staff through ongoing improvement programs.
• Implemented updated safety protocols to ensure full OSHA compliance.

Additional Operational Leadership Achievements:

• Assumed leadership of an eight-person test team during a management vacancy, eliminating the need for an interim manager, and reducing labor costs.
• Redesigned the test generator workflow, increasing output efficiency by 50%, and reducing project costs by $90,000.
• Developed a verification program for test loads and power sensor heads, reducing downtime by 30%.
• Created a system combining weekly shipments, production commits, and test priorities to streamline operations and improve on-time delivery.

• Plans, organizes, supervises and directs all activities of employees involved in shipping, receiving and labeling for large thermoplastic valve manufacturer and distributor
• Manages 25 direct reports, including hiring and termination, creating weekly schedules to ensure proper staffing levels and monitors employee performance
• Controls all aspects of inventory/labeling (over 200,000 SKU's) and warehouse management for brand new state of the art 75,000 sq. ft. facility including 6 bays
• Performs annual inventory count
• Helped redesign new facility including creation of new SOP as well as designing new warehouse layout to ensure proper flow of raw materials to finished goods.
• Developed and redesigned ERP system to better facilitate employee efficiency
• Maintains physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new lean principles and 5SPrograms
• Created Cycle count program to better reduce inventory inaccuracies, plan stocking levels and budget for growth
• Works with R&D, Materials, Engineering and Warehouse teams to create specialty packaging for high profile orders
• Conducts weekly staff meetings to establish goals and objectives, identify/resolve issues and motivate employees
• Broke down and reorganized stock and material to improve picking process by 25%
• Implemented new wrapping procedure for plastic piping which resulted in a 50% reduction in freight damage claims
• Negotiates tariffs with freight carriers to reduce shipping costs while still maintaining a high level of service
• Processes customer orders in an efficient and timely manner
• Develops warehouse staff by training and continuous improvement programs
• Manages warehouse costing, budgeting and forecasting
• Completes all paperwork for domestic movements and customs
• Ensures warehouse and staff are in compliance with all OSHA regulations, promoting a safe and clean environment
• Facilitates all forklift training, and the certification of new and current employees

• Manages all facets of warehouse operations including dock operations, shipping, receiving, inventory control, quoting and quality control
• Assigns, directs, reviews and monitors work of supervised staff based on the needs of the business to maximize productivity
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing methods, 5S, GMP, HACCP, Quality Assurance, Sanitation, Food Safety, Health & Safety at workplace
• Oversaw, analyzed and improved monthly cycle count with average inventory accuracy of 98-99%
• Assess processes with set up continuous improvement techniques for performance optimization
• Passed all SQF Audits by using GMP's to keep warehouse up to government standards
• Participated in the PIT crew to apply lean principles and observe their impacts on performance. This resulted in a more streamlined ordering process from the plant to the warehouse limiting returns and doubling picking
• Performed forecasting and supply planning to manage inventory levels, usages and vendor stock
• Ordered raw materials based on production schedule to ensure timely completion of finished goods
• Developed and implemented new materials ordering procedure that resulted in a reduction of overflowing warehouse to trailers and cut materials cost by 5-10%
• Prepared reports for management review upon request as well as for monthly inventory counts
• Ensured proper procedures were in place to allow for efficient warehouse and shipping activities, employee safety, and compliance with OSHA guidelines.
• Recommended improvements to reduce cost and drive productivity within the department while achieving the targeted Sales to Service Goals.
• Facilitated all forklift training, and the certification of employees
• Coordinated SQF audits and mock recalls
• Received and tracked all raw materials and lot codes to ensure use of FIFO
• Trained as a production supervisor to work in plant when needed

• Directly supervised all phases of shipping and warehouse operations including schedules, loading operations, inventory and material handling activities
• Managed and supervised warehouse employees including traffic management and distribution staff
• Supervisory skills include hiring, termination, scheduling and training of warehouse employees
• Prepared and audited all bills of ladings and freight invoices
• Ensured safe and clean environment for all employees
• Developed and executed the consolidation of three warehouse locations into one 27,000 square foot centralized warehouse reducing annual leasing fees by $300,000.00
• Designed and implemented a shipping procedure which better protects fragile warehouse inventory producing a 35% annual savings
• Analyze and balance exception reports, manage receipts and adjustments of physical inventory
• Supply General Manager and Domestic Sales Associates with Inventory Available and Level reports
• Developed, implemented and trained employees on new packaging procedure decreasing material costs by 10%
• Worked directly with 3PL's as well as common carriers to negotiate freight rates and contracts
• Maintained relationships with city dispatchers as well as drivers to ensure effective scheduling of all inbound/outbound shipments including LTL, FTL, Air and Ocean shipments