Daniel Jones
Warehouse/Inventory Control Professional
The Colony,TX
Summary
Experienced Warehouse Professional offering 20 years of experience in all aspects of shipping, receiving, transportation, and inventory control. Demonstrated ability to reduce operating costs, maximize operational performance, and increase associate retention.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Restoration Artist
Jones Custom Baits
2021.09 - Current
- Founded and manage small business restoring antique fishing tackle for collectors worldwide.
- Monitored market conditions to set accurate product pricing and take advantage of emerging trends.
Professional Class A Driver
Republic National Distributing Company
2017.05 - 2021.12
- Successfully managed high volume delivery route of wine and spirits to retail customers throughout DFW Metroplex.
- Planned daily workload to efficiently meet customer needs and ensured safety always remained top priority.
- Selected as Driver of the Month four times in four years from pool of 83 drivers.
Warehouse Operations Supervisor
United Natural Foods Inc.
2016.02 - 2017.05
- Recruited by previous employer to develop and implement strategies for improving individual team productivity as well as overall facility throughput.
- Managed day-to-day operations of 140+ associates in 500,000-square foot warehouse.
- Improved overall team performance by 42% through process improvement, coaching and SOP training.
- Moved inventory replenishment team from 22nd (last) to 1st in corporate “timely replenishment” benchmark.
Professional Class A Driver
Maverick Transportation LLC
2014.10 - 2016.02
- Maintained DOT compliancy with heavy focus on safety while hauling 40,000 lb. Steel coils to customers located throughout the United States.
- Loaded and unloaded products at warehouses and customer locations using hand trucks, pallet jacks, and forklifts.
Inventory Control Manager
United Natural Foods Inc
2009.09 - 2014.10
- Directly responsible for the integrity of $45 million in inventory and 28,000 active SKU's for the leading distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods.
- Reduced annual labor needs by 50% and inventory shrink by 112K first year following department restructure and extensive root cause analysis.
- Developed and managed team of subject matter experts responsible for daily cycle counts, accounts payable reconciliations, FDA recalls, shrink investigation, service level analysis and inventory slotting.
- Responsible for maintaining compliance with the Food and Drug Administration, Sarbanes-Oxley, OSHA, and Texas Department of Agriculture.
Shipping/Receiving Supervisor
United Natural Foods Inc
2007.09 - 2009.09
- Organized and prioritized work load to ensure daily customer needs were met.
- Monitor and coach associates on weekly performance and provide annual performance reviews.
- Developed and led quality improvement committee comprised of empowered floor level associates which resulted in a highly productive team of problem-solving experts. Train the Trainer.
- Streamlined shipping procedures - Reduced annual labor cost by 45K.
- Developed SOP's and implemented production standards to improve customer fill rates and operations throughput.
- Key individual for implementation and training of numerous warehouse management systems to include WMS Manhattan, Vocollect, Carousels, Pick to Light, Pick to Belt, Smart and BoxWorks.
Outbound Operations Foreman
Albertsons Distribution
2000.07 - 2007.09
- Promoted through progressively responsible positions in all departments of an 800,000-square foot grocery warehouse
- Responsible for training and development of newly hired associates in all aspects of customer order selection, stand-up reach forklift replenishments and loading trailers for outbound delivery.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Supervisory Management
Clark Community College
Vancouver, WA07.2010
Skills
- MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Conflict Resolution
- First responder
- HACCP
- Forklift Operation
- Shipping and Receiving
- Employee Motivation
- WMS
- Hiring and Training
- SOX Compliance
- Resolving Variances
Timeline
Owner/Restoration Artist
Jones Custom Baits
2021.09 - Current
Professional Class A Driver
Republic National Distributing Company
2017.05 - 2021.12
Warehouse Operations Supervisor
United Natural Foods Inc.
2016.02 - 2017.05
Professional Class A Driver
Maverick Transportation LLC
2014.10 - 2016.02
Inventory Control Manager
United Natural Foods Inc
2009.09 - 2014.10
Shipping/Receiving Supervisor
United Natural Foods Inc
2007.09 - 2009.09
Outbound Operations Foreman
Albertsons Distribution
2000.07 - 2007.09
Associate of Applied Science - Supervisory Management
Clark Community College
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