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Douglas Herrmann

Moline,USA

Summary

Efficient warehouse professional skilled in managing high-volume operations and maintaining precise inventory control. Experienced in optimizing storage spaces and ensuring equipment functionality. Knowledgeable in safety regulations and practices, with a strong focus on quality and performance. Demonstrates excellent time management and teamwork capabilities.

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience

Work History

Overhead Crane Operator

Gerdau Steel
08.2024 - Current
  • Operated overhead cranes to lift and move materials efficiently across production areas.
  • Ensured compliance with safety protocols while operating heavy machinery in high-risk environments.
  • Conducted routine inspections and maintenance on crane equipment to ensure optimal performance.
  • Collaborated with team members to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency.

Warehouse logistics

Purina
04.2009 - 12.2021
  • Load and unload trucks
  • Clean warehouse for weekly audits
  • Paperwork for shipping and receiving
  • Building loads and vibrating shoppers to make schedules
  • Organized warehouse design to maximize space for stock while allowing for high volume traffic zones.
  • Established and maintained good relations with customers, vendors and transport companies.
  • Monitored work areas for cleanliness and functionality and removed obstacles for safety.
  • Received deliveries, scanned packages and updated orders in internal database.
  • Recognized defective material and reported issues to management.
  • Staged and sorted multiple types of products for loading.
  • Moved large and bulky items manually or with pallet jacks or forklifts.
  • Prepared and completed warehouse orders for delivery or pickup according to schedule.
  • Operated forklifts and pallet jacks to securely move boxes and packages from inventory to delivery area.
  • Preserved safe work environment by maintaining clean workstations and pallet area.
  • Updated inventory and production information using warehouse management systems and scanner guns.
  • Operated forklifts to fill or empty overhead spaces.
  • Filed requisitions for out of stock items and supplies.
  • Loaded and unloaded shipments and moved products to assigned warehouse locations manually or used forklift or pallet jack and focused on easy retrievability for customer orders.
  • Safety committee
  • Peo committee
  • Ergonomics committee
  • Certified first aid
  • Certified cpr
  • Sanitation lead

Transportation Scheduler inspector

Alcoa
01.1995 - 02.2009
  • Scheduler and Transportation Professional with 16 years of manufacturing experience.
  • Tuff Stuff training at Alcoa has increased my ability to solve problems in human relations, with strong attention to fine detail, organizational skills, team efforts and the willingness to learn new ideas.
  • Effective in the unique ability to multitask, and prioritize international shipments with strong math skills.
  • Have demonstrated leadership skills and apply ABS principles to eliminate waste in the system on my job.
  • Create domestic, international, and air freight loads in a timely manner, taking into consideration the customer on dock requirements and promise date schedules, as well as optimizing the loads to be the most efficient and cost effective.
  • Schedule units to run efficiently with work
  • Daily management report Transportation Professional
  • Domestic load builder for all regions
  • Back up International load builder
  • Back up Canadian load builder
  • Back up Air freight loads.
  • Inspect sheet and plate and coil metal.

Material Handler and Back Up Supervisor of the Shipping and Receiving

Johnson Controls
10.1987 - 01.1995
  • Responsible for planning inventory needs and materials for the department.
  • Effective in the unique ability to train, motivate, and direct people.
  • Created schedules to utilize and train employees
  • Arranged the way the plant could run efficiently by identifying situations and eliminating repetitious movements that caused injuries.
  • Strong safety background.
  • Receive and enter truckers bills as well as spotting trucks
  • Load and unload trucks

Security Guard and back up supervisor

Quad city security
06.1985 - 10.1987
  • Security Guard responsible for the safety and well being of employees and visitors.
  • In charge of admitting and departing of authorized trucks and vehicles.
  • Scale Guard responsible for operating scales
  • Receive and enter truckers bills
  • Recorded times in log books for truckers destination

Education

Certificates - Microsoft applications

New Horizons
Davenport, Iowa

Process management

Kishwaukee college
Malta, Illinois

High school diploma - undefined

Rochelle township high school
Rochelle, Illinois
05.1986

Skills

  • Shipping and receiving
  • Decision-making
  • Inventory management
  • Staff training
  • Time management
  • Problem-solving
  • Dispatch management
  • Team leadership
  • Equipment inspection
  • Driver monitoring
  • Forklift operation
  • Delivery scheduling
  • Data entry
  • Shipment coordination
  • Task prioritization
  • Organizational skills
  • Quality assurance
  • Stock control
  • Process improvement
  • Warehouse operations
  • Supply chain management
  • Shipment tracking
  • Logistics coordination
  • Transportation management
  • Materials monitoring
  • Defective product disposal
  • Conveyor systems operation
  • Logistics planning
  • Materials handling
  • Continuous improvement practices
  • Safety compliance oversight

Timeline

Overhead Crane Operator

Gerdau Steel
08.2024 - Current

Warehouse logistics

Purina
04.2009 - 12.2021

Transportation Scheduler inspector

Alcoa
01.1995 - 02.2009

Material Handler and Back Up Supervisor of the Shipping and Receiving

Johnson Controls
10.1987 - 01.1995

Security Guard and back up supervisor

Quad city security
06.1985 - 10.1987

Certificates - Microsoft applications

New Horizons

Process management

Kishwaukee college

High school diploma - undefined

Rochelle township high school

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