DEREK PEDRAZA
Houston,TX
Summary
Organized Team Leader builds positive rapport, inspire trust and guide teams toward achievement of organizational goals. Strong facilitator adept at working cross-departmentally with co-management and top-level leadership. Excellent trainer and mentor.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader
Daikin Technology
06.2021 - Current
- Train, instruct, and supervise a small crew of 12 people using established production methods to produce a quality product in a safe and timely manner to meet production demands
- Provide work assignments, procure parts, and communicate production demands to employees as well as perform quality and safety audits and generate maintenance requests
- Maintain a safe working environment
- Meet and or exceed company metrics including safety, quality, cost, and delivery
- Document and complete production reports, scrap tickets, accident reports, and discipline notices while promoting and enforcing company policies, safety rules, and work instructions
- Compares actual performance with planned performance and takes corrective action to ensure that objectives are achieved
- Use accurate measurement tools to track area key indices, identify unfavorable trends, and take corrective action
- Meet key performance indicators such as Quality, Safety, Productivity, Scrap Rates, Labor Efficiencies, On-time Delivery, Machine downtime, and Inventory Levels to ensure operations are running efficiently
- Proactively use Lean tools to improve operating efficiency, reduce costs, and improve quality and safety results
- Complete required systems work: Mapics, PKMS, AMS
- Perform additional projects/duties to support ongoing business needs
- Provides direction to employees, orients, trains, assigns, and performance management.
Pack Out Associate
The Home Depot
10.2020 - Current
- Ensure the store is stocked and ready for business every day
- Load and unload trucks
- Move material from the receiving area throughout the store
- Operate forklifts and perform critical functions for maintaining proper on-hand and pricing for our customers.
Backup Lead
Daikin Technology/Corestaff
05.2020 - 08.2020
- Ensure timely delivery of parts needed for the assembly line
- Operate a Tugger
- Operate Forklift.
Delivery Driver/ Warehouse Associate
Texas Irrigation Supply
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Drive a flatbed truck to deliver PVC pipe to Irrigation contractors
- Check, load, and inspect vehicles and materials for delivery and performance efficiency
- Operate forklift when necessary to stock and make space in the warehouse.
Delivery Driver/Warehouse Supervisor
Mattress 1 One
01.2014 - 03.2018
- Ensure timely deliveries to customers and proper set up of new merchandise
- Set up and open new stores with merchandise for operation with new model merchandise
- Loading of 18-wheelers with a crew of 4 or more workers to stock the warehouse and load trucks for delivery routes
- Assist sales crew to correct inventory and customer info
- Inventory control, and overseeing all incoming shipments to the warehouse.
Education
Electrical Technician Diploma -
Altierus Career College
Houston, TX05.2019
High School Diploma -
Ross Shaw Sterling High School
Houston, TX01.2005
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Numeracy and an understanding of finance for stock management
- People management skills, including the ability to inspire, lead, and motivate a team of people, delegate work and explain ideas
- Team working skills
- Planning and organizing skills to effectively manage the flow of stock
- Analytical ability
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Initiative and decisiveness
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to work on a tactical and strategic level
- The ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
- A flexible approach to work as many warehouses operate shift patterns
- Knowledge of the legal requirements of operating a warehouse
Certification
- TDLR Electrical Apprentice License
- OSHA 10 Certification
- Nidec Motor Pro Training
- Nidec PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) Training
- Nidec VFD (Variable Speed Frequency Drives) Training
Professional Statement
Energetic, enthusiastic, and tireless management professional seeks a position with a company interested in the growth of the entire team. Professional leader with 10+ years of career experience in transportation and distribution environments. Using experience and judgment to plan and accomplish assigned tasks and goals. Provides direction to employees, orients, trains, assigns, and manages performance.
References
References available upon request
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Team Leader
Daikin Technology
06.2021 - Current
Pack Out Associate
The Home Depot
10.2020 - Current
Backup Lead
Daikin Technology/Corestaff
05.2020 - 08.2020
Delivery Driver/ Warehouse Associate
Texas Irrigation Supply
07.2018 - 07.2019
Delivery Driver/Warehouse Supervisor
Mattress 1 One
01.2014 - 03.2018
Electrical Technician Diploma -
Altierus Career College
High School Diploma -
Ross Shaw Sterling High School