Church, family, golf
George Ercolino
Greenacres,FL
Summary
Resourceful Distribution Manager with excellent inventory management and supply chain optimization skills. Hardworking and organized with expertise in warehousing, distribution & Logistics. Offering 30 years of experience in various industries and global corporations.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Order Fulfillment Manager
Point Blank Enterprises
07.2024 - Current
- Review daily shipping expenditure for accuracy
- Participated in strategic planning meetings with upper management to align the fulfillment department''s objectives with overall company process improvement goals.
- Improved customer satisfaction ratings through consistent attention to detail in assembling and fulfilling orders accurately and promptly.
- Managed a team of warehouse employees to ensure timely and accurate order fulfillment.
Sr. Mgr. Warehouse, Distribution & Logistics
NIDEC Drives
01.2023 - Current
- Manage all distribution & logistics activities for the manufacturing site
- Raw Material Receiving, Inventory Control, Finished Goods Shipping (domestic & international), import / export logistics
Sr. Mgr Distribution Centers
Olympus Corporation of America
10.2015 - 10.2022
- Manage all distribution activity for the National Service Centers in Bartlett, TN & San Jose, CA
- - Reverse Logistics
- - Trade Shows, Grants, Workshops
- - Analysis and recommend system enhancements for SAP IM & WM inventory movement and work process tasks
- - Distribution Project Lead for the Design & Implement of Manhattan WMi Software
- - Re-layout warehouses for efficiency and improved product flow
- - Manage 3PL relationship for off-site warehouse storage
- - Inventory Management: 100MM
Consultant – Distribution Center Operations
IPS Corporation
05.2015 - 09.2015
- Contracted to review DC operations, list observations and present improvement project plan to VP of Operations and Division President
- Presented a 2 Phase Project Plan over the course of 6 months and was given approval to start Phase I (60 days)
- Project Plans (Phase I & II) includes:
- Full re-slotting of warehouse according to Sales History, velocity movement, product dimensions & weight to provide optimal pick path calculations in WMS (JDE Advance Warehousing)
- Improve inventory accuracy from 90% to 99% in 3 – 6 months
- Increase storage capacity by creating additional pallet storage locations – captured average pallet heights to determine proper storage cubing
- Plan removes all floor storage locations, creating more outbound staging area
- Redefined functional areas manpower, equipment (MHE) and tasks (Receiving, Put-away, Replenishment, Inventory Control, Picking, Auditing and Shipping)
- Edit / create SOP’s, WI’s along with new employee training manual
- Implementation of 'Visual Management Aids' via the use of signage, labeling, whiteboards and 5S tools
- Introduces Lean Warehousing to DC staff and structures a culture of continuous process improvement, with the help of worker participation in process changes through the submission of ideas and suggestions
Distribution Center Manager
IDEXX Operations
10.2011 - 03.2015
- Oversee all DC functional areas, 8.5M financial budget for DC, management staff coaching, training and mentoring, continual process improvements through Lean Warehousing Principals, housekeeping / 5S
- Oversee receipt, storage and shipping of product requiring, frozen, refrigerated and ambient conditions, 55M inventory and 3PL Management
- Maintained a 99.9% on time, same day domestic customer commitment for orders placed by 9 PM EST
- Logistics Lead on two corporate projects
- Trained DC Staff with aid of Lean/ Six Sigma Director on 'Lean Warehousing Principles'
- Lead: 5S Program, Rapid Process Improvement Events (Kaizen) and Value Stream Mapping of domestic distribution process
- Developed and implemented an Employee Process Improvement Idea Program (310 submissions in 2.5 years w/ 70% implementation rate) to improve a task or function, improve a work area or improve the work environment
- Increased storage capacity by 25% by redesigning the export shipping area, forward pick areas and parts of the warehouse layout
- Increased hourly productivity metrics by 10%, through employee idea submission program and continuous process improvement
- Logistics Lead on 2 Corporate Projects:
- Logistic Lead on corporate UPS Supply Chain Services (SCS) partnership to analyze and formulate data for contact creation with UPS to ship customers in 7 western states from UPS Reno 3PL location
- Work closely with IT project teams and 3PL management resulting in a successful Go-Live on-time and on budget
- Logistic Lead on corporate US Sales Strategy change for FY2015
- Mirrored successful UPS SCS Reno Project to partner and distribute out of two more UPS 3PL sites (Harrisburg, PA, Ft Worth, TX)
- Prepared Memphis DC for an additional 25% workload through conveyor line enhancements (pack stations, ship stations), increase manpower assessment utilizing labor stands and the re-slotting of all SKU’s being conveyed
- Successfully handled a 40% volume increase in December 2014 one month prior to Go-live
- Managed off-site frozen storage (1,600 pallet positions) in Nashville, TN which included, inbound shipments from vendor, inventory control and reconciliation with 3PL location and outbound weekly replenishment order to Memphis DC
Sr. Mgr. Product Distribution
BIOMET3i
12.2004 - 10.2011
- Oversee raw and finished goods storage and global product distribution for an FDA, ISO and BSI regulated medical device manufacturer
- Areas of Responsibility: Receiving, Raw Material, WIP, Component Warehouse, Bulk Warehouse, Kit Build, Finished Goods and Global Distribution
- Responsible for inventory control and replenishment of 2 offsite locations: Mexico and Columbia
- Designed new distribution area to increase storage capacity and reduce travel time along with incorporating the use of RF technology for all distribution tasks
- Distribution Service Area: 1
- All 50 states 2
- 39 countries worldwide
- Pick / Pack shipping operation with a same day domestic shipping commitment
- 99.9% Order fill rate per day
- 99.9% Correct Order Accuracy
- 99.9% Inventory Accuracy
- Created department SOP’s and WI’s in accordance with FDA, ISO, BSI and OSHA regulations
Education
Business Administration -
William Paterson University
Wayne, NJSkills
- Lean Warehousing Principles
- ERP Systems
- WMS
- Global Distribution & Logistics
- Carrier relations
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Warehouse safety
- Inventory Management
Training
- Georgia Tech 'Lean Warehousing'
- WERC 'Lean Warehousing Essentials'
- AMA 'Managing Emotions in the Workplace'
- Warehouse Advisory Council 'Managing & Improving Warehouse Operations'
- UNZ & Co. 'Hazardous Material Seminar'
- UNZ & Co 'Import / Export Seminar'
- UPS-SCS 'Essentials to International Trade'
Accomplishments
- Trained staff on Lean Warehousing Principles to foster a continuous process improvement work environment.
- Supervised team 110 company and agency workers.
- Collaborated with vendor and IT teams in the development and implementation of Manhatan WMi.
- Logistics lead to select a 3PL solution for the storage and sales order shipping of customers in 7 western states.
Interests
Timeline
Order Fulfillment Manager
Point Blank Enterprises
07.2024 - Current
Sr. Mgr. Warehouse, Distribution & Logistics
NIDEC Drives
01.2023 - Current
Sr. Mgr Distribution Centers
Olympus Corporation of America
10.2015 - 10.2022
Consultant – Distribution Center Operations
IPS Corporation
05.2015 - 09.2015
Distribution Center Manager
IDEXX Operations
10.2011 - 03.2015
Sr. Mgr. Product Distribution
BIOMET3i
12.2004 - 10.2011
Business Administration -
William Paterson University
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