Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Bimbo Bakery USA, adept at driving significant improvements in productivity and efficiency. Skilled in motivating teams and influencing others, with a strong focus on achieving sales targets and fostering continuous improvement. Expertise in strategic planning and coaching, ensuring superior quality and compliance standards are met.
• Manage day to day shipping activities at the sales center to include the validation of inbound shipments, overages or shortages, and inventory.
• Initiate and drive effective communication to the supplying plants/DCs as well as the area managers regarding product inventory issues, product quality, shipping/delivery schedules, and equipment issues.
• Drive capability and accountability for meeting key performance targets; execute procedures and programs to increase productivity, effectiveness, and quality of work.
• Ensure proper scheduling of shipping staff to appropriately manage labor hours against the needs of the business.
• Direct, monitor, and measure the activities of hourly associates, focusing on improvements in fill rate, accuracy, and quality.
• Hold sales center associates accountable for compliance to the product and equipment accountability procedures to reduce loss and waste as well as develop action plans to address any identified loss or waste.
• Engage and develop core competencies in sales center associates through training, coaching, mentoring, and consistent performance feedback.
• Foster an atmosphere of continuous improvement to include the development of self, others, and work processes.
• Responsible for the recruiting and hiring process of sales shipping associates.
• Support “Superior Quality Always” by maintaining and enforcing BBU Food Safety and internal audit standards to ensure a secure and food safe environment.
Achieve the sales center safety goals; deliver on safety awareness programs accordingly to eliminate unsafe acts, eliminate workplace injuries, and lead local
• organization to achieve the goal of zero injuries and maintain and enforce BBU Food Safety and internal audit standards.
• Perform special projects and assignments as requested by Leadership.
• Additional duties as assigned.