David Harris

• Supervised shipping personnel to ensure efficient and accurate completion of tasks.
• Maintained records of all outgoing shipments, ensuring that they were accurate and complete.
• Coordinated with carriers to schedule pick-up and delivery times for shipments.
• Resolved customer complaints related to shipment discrepancies or delays in a timely manner.
• Negotiated freight rates with carriers while monitoring cost effectiveness of services provided.
• Assisted in developing strategies for improving efficiency within the shipping department.
• Managed communication between customers, vendors, suppliers, and other stakeholders throughout the entire shipment process.
• Implemented quality assurance processes for verifying accuracy of shipments prior to departure.
• Participated in vendor selection processes by evaluating capabilities against operational needs.
• Investigated lost packages or delayed deliveries with carriers or customers.
• Checked loaded materials compared to work orders for correctness.
• Informed upper management or department heads of items loaded or problems encountered.
• Held staff meetings to share project information and address specific issues.
• Created and sent price quotes to potential customers.
• Completed or assisted with difficult or skilled tasks.

Quality Control Inspector

Duties included:

• Responsible for inspection of finished mold parts for the aerospace industry (tire & rubber). Companies served include Goodyear Tire, Cooper Tire, & Sumitomo Rubber.
• Certified Primary Inspector for Sumitomo Rubber.
• Assisted with inspection of various parts for the oil & gas industry, defense/military, & NASA.
• Created bubble drawings & inspection reports to facilitate new project quality inspections.
• Responsible for communicating quality issues & corrective actions to management & machinist in an effort to reduce non-conformance parts.
• Maintaining a safe & clean work area.
• Ensuring that all gages are properly calibrated & tagged to meet ISO standards.
• Ensuring that all paperwork has been properly completed & filed to meet ISO standards.

Machine Operator

Duties included:

• Set up & operation of 3 & 5 axis horizontal mills including Haas & Okuma machines.
• Set up & operation of bridgeports/drill presses.
• Able to read & understand blueprints.
• Forklift certified.
• Maintaining a safe & clean work area.
• Ensuring that all machine inspections & production paperwork in completed to meet ISO standards.

Warehouse Lead

Duties included but were not limited to:

• Overseeing 30 warehouse personnel & assigning day to day responsibilities such as loading/unloading of raw materials/finished goods.
• Coordinating movement of trailers into/out of docks for loading/unloading of raw materials/finished goods.
• Coordinating movement of finished goods to & from outside warehouses to complete customer orders.
• Data entry & printing of pertinent paperwork for shipment/receiving of raw materials/finished goods.
• Coordinating with customer service & production teams to ensure on-time delivery of finished product to customers.
• Assisting warehouse personnel with daily assignments when short staffed.
• Assisting drivers with load/trailer assignments.
• Daily inventory of loaded/empty trailers on grounds.
• Maintaining a safe & clean working environment.
• Ensuring that the warehouse & staff are meeting ISO standards.

Warehouse Technical Trainer

Duties included:

• Training of new warehouse hires in regard to safety, ISO standards, completion of day-to-day responsibilities/paperwork, scanner/computer operations, PPE, & forklift safety/operation.
• Updating established employees on new safety/ISO requirements & re-certifying forklift operators.
• Maintaining Warehouse Training database.

Customer Service Representative

Duties included:

• Day to day scheduling of production lines.
• Ensuring that raw materials were ordered & on hand to meet production schedules/needs.
• Generating customer orders in database.
• Coordinating with outside trucking companies to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders.
• Coordinating with sister plants to move raw materials/finished goods when unforeseen shortages occur.
• Attend weekly production meetings to facilitate maximum production numbers & on-time deliveries to customers.