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Corey Blair

Desoto,Texas

Summary

Versatile, self-motivated management professional offering 23 years of experience along with strong slate of proven skills. Excellent planner and strategist, with history of implementing strategic plans and leading teams to achieve challenging objectives. Strong analytical and problem-solving talents demonstrated in applying Lean techniques and ingenuity to improve productivity, reduce waste, and optimize operations. Adept project manager, providing continuous partnership with all stakeholders. Personable communicator, interacting and growing positive relationships with team members, supervisory peers, and senior managers. Expertise in training and development, quality control, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Operations Manager

KeHe Distributors
Dallas, TX
11.2020 - Current

Coordinate daily activities within the distribution center by directing staff to execute activities such as material handling, equipment usage, stocking, replenishment and inventory management. leading a group of 6 supervisors and 250 hourly staff.

  • Directed cost reduction and process improvements to boost workflows and productivity.
  • Partnered with human resources on training compliance and performance progression methodologies.
  • Monitored staff training and output to meet compliance, productivity and revenue goals.
  • Provided input for performance reviews and identified areas for additional improvement.
  • Assigned tasks to employees and monitored productivity, performance and task completion.
  • Addressed employee and production issues to determine and implement optimal resolutions, preventing wasted resources and maintaining schedules.
  • Transformed work area by increasing production, reducing turnover, eliminating waste and enhancing quality.
  • Promoted employee safety awareness based on understanding of regulatory mandates and organizational best practices.
  • Cultivated communication among senior managers and floor supervisors to encourage optimal productivity.
  • Coordinated with internal departments to maximize operational efficiency across production and administrative areas.
  • Oversaw inventory and physical counts and performed periodic cycle counts to verify outgoing orders.
  • Developed and implemented significant process improvements to enhance department quality and throughput.

Operations Manager

NFI Industries
Lancaster, TX
09.2019 - 11.2020
  • Directed day-to-day operations by spearheading implementation of short-term and long-term strategies to achieve business plan and profitability goals.
  • Implemented policies and standard operating procedures and managed quality, customer service and logistics to implement improvements.
  • Contributed to development and evaluation of service level agreements that complied with established operational parameters.
  • Directed cycle counts for less than 10 on hand while conducting daily cycle counts.
  • Monitored supplier operations to verify quality, delivery schedule and conformance to contract specifications. Increasing inbound trailer unload count to ten per day.
  • Completed thorough opening, closing and shift change functions to maintain operational standards each day.
  • Enforced security policies and procedures to protect company assets from theft, loss or damage.

Outbound Manager

Summit Racing
Arlington, Texas
11.2017 - 09.2019
  • Manage operations, interview, hire and train supervisors and teammates, responsible for routing and monitoring outbound deliveries, manage outbound teammates and customer complaints, exceeded operations goals, managed administrative staff and operations staff.
  • Directed day-to-day operations by spearheading implementation of short-term and long-term strategies to achieve business plan and profitability goals.
  • Delivered positive customer experiences by implementing effective quality assurance practices.
  • Improved morale and management communication by creating employee recognition and rewards practices.
  • Developed initiatives for process improvement and reviewed and assessed ongoing operations.
  • Presented performance and productivity reports to supervisors.
  • Collaborated with team leaders on quality audits.
  • Crafted operations best practices using audits and project management team feedback.
  • Motivated and evaluated personnel for performance improvement and goal achievement.

Inbound Manager

Allied Electronics
Fort Worth, Texas
01.2015 - 11.2017
  • Manage inbound process to include tracking and monitoring inbound shipments and managing timely flow into the Distribution Center.
  • Manage 125 indirect reports and 5 direct reports for customer service, receiving, high bay, put away and shipping.
  • Customer service maintained ticket cycle time within 24 hrs.
  • A 24hr. Reduction from the standard 48hrs.
  • Developed strategic plan to enhance the discrepancy process to work with vendors on OS&D process decreased variance on discrepancy by 15% while conducting standard and cycle counts for accuracy Maintained safety culture by management and associate involvement in safety meetings, daily safety topics, pre-shift warm-ups.
  • Often meeting safety mile stones in the operation.
  • Trained and coached supervisors on process and procedures while promoting safety,quality and productivity that filtered through associates.
  • Overall responsibility included monitoring the flow of product through the inbound to outbound process that included picking,put away and customer service.
  • While maintaing a safe secure facility.

Function Manager

Walgreens Distribution Center
Waxahachie, Texas
09.2002 - 01.2015

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  • Tracked the movement of cases picked daily for replen and outbound cases.
  • Receiving responsible for monitoring inbound loads LTL,drop container, put aways, detrash Shipping responsible for managing the overall daily volume for accuracy and loading.
  • Unloading and making sure return trailers from the store to distribution center were stripped of all totes and returns cleaned and ready to be reloaded.
  • Supervised 48 associates responsible for monitoring the daily shift pick volume of 60,000 to 100,000 cases per day for replenishment and outbound shipping cases.
  • Created & maintained Transitional Work Group program for TM’s with Disabilities Maintained safe working environment that was conducive to all TM’s Maintained and delivered accurate budgets by job functions meeting or beating daily and monthly goals.
  • Coached associates in respective departments to yield high end results and increased productivity Tracked Product movement from DC to Store using AS400 system Spearheaded Christmas Bulk Special Operation Initiative inbound and outbound functions shipping 60,000 cases daily.

Education

Key Achievements Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - tools and techniques for leading a Green Belt-level project to reduce or eliminate waste. 5S Implementation: Implemented weekly 5S audit, training employees in 5S principles and practice. - Business Administration and Management, General

Ashford University
2008

Skills

  • Staff training and development
  • Policies and procedures implementation
  • Process improvement strategies
  • Planned equipment constraints
  • Six Sigma Certification
  • Inventory management
  • Client relationships
  • Logistics oversight
  • Safety standards

Timeline

Sr. Operations Manager

KeHe Distributors
11.2020 - Current

Operations Manager

NFI Industries
09.2019 - 11.2020

Outbound Manager

Summit Racing
11.2017 - 09.2019

Inbound Manager

Allied Electronics
01.2015 - 11.2017

Function Manager

Walgreens Distribution Center
09.2002 - 01.2015

Key Achievements Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - tools and techniques for leading a Green Belt-level project to reduce or eliminate waste. 5S Implementation: Implemented weekly 5S audit, training employees in 5S principles and practice. - Business Administration and Management, General

Ashford University