Ian Vernon
Roebuck,SC
Summary
Skilled Manager offering over 13 years of experience and proven success in production, quality assurance and leadership. Highly skilled in streamlining operations and improving throughput through continuous process improvement and cross-functional collaboration. Accomplished in building high-performing teams and inspiring staff to achieve personal and professional goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Electrician Foreman
Gregory Electric Company
Greenville, SC
03.2023 - 07.2024
- Reduced project completion time by efficiently delegating tasks to team members and closely monitoring progress.
- Conducted regular evaluations of employee performance, providing constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
- Developed customized maintenance plans for clients, extending the lifespan of their electrical installations while reducing downtime risks.
- Collaborated with other trade professionals to ensure seamless integration of electrical systems within larger construction projects.
Electrician
Crowder Construction Co. and Elevated Staffing
Charlotte, NC And Spartanburg, SC
11.2019 - 03.2023
- Performed daily assignments using strict time management to achieve completion goals to meet project timelines.
- Participated in all daily safety meetings and coordinated the completion of Job Safety Analysis forms for every task to prevent work place injuries
- Operated forklift to move large electrical material
Operations Manager
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
Spartanburg, SC
05.2017 - 09.2019
- Boosted company efficiency through technology upgrades and process improvements such as converting from an air pick operation to a 75/25 ratio floor and air pick operation
- Identified inefficiencies and made recommendations for process improvements on loading processes resulting in a 6% increase for on time deliveries to customers
- Mentored, coached and trained two supervisors, one shift lead, 25 warehouse associates
- Hired and trained all new employees for outbound operation
- Oversaw the development and launch of RF picking when operations converted from voice picking
- Reduced overtime without increasing headcount by developing new consistent production standards across all parts of the operation
- Enforced best practices to maintain a safe and injury free warehouse resulting in minimal recorded lost time injuries
- Implemented daily production audits and time studies to promote a coaching first mentality
Operations Subject Matter Expert
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
Easton, Pa
01.2014 - 05.2017
- Implemented new processes to increase employee performance and improve accuracy
- Obtained, organized and developed training procedure manuals, guides and course materials to create best practices and SOP's for each function with the operation
- Identified training needs and developed content while evaluating existing programs
- Trained, coached and monitored all warehouse associates and management teams to ensure smooth adoption of new inbound and outbound processes for 8 different integration projects
- Onsite manager for warehouse setup and start up for 8 different integration projects
- 100% success achieving deadline goals for all 8 integration projects targeted start up dates
Supervisor
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
Easton, PA
07.2007 - 01.2014
- Implemented voice receiving into warehouse to increase accuracy and speed, track employees performance, and monitor daily progress
- Supervised as many as 25 employees at a given time
- Coached and rehabilitated employees who violated policies to improve moral and performance
- Trained, coached and inspired leads and master trainers to achieve future promotions
- Spearheaded the master trainer development program with the management team to create a consistent training program for new employees
- Conducted weekly Gemba walks with customer service members, purchasing associates, and department management teams to ensure consistency and open communication between departments for improvement in our operation
- Supervised each area in the warehouse for inbound receiving operations, outbound shipping operations, and inventory control
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Aviation and Liberal Arts
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, PASkills
- Training programs
- Work flow planning
- Natural leader
- Dependable
- Staff management
- Employee relations
- Unsurpassed work ethic
- Project management
- Staff training and development
- Performance reporting
- Workforce training
- Systems implementation
- Mergers and acquisitions knowledge
- Process improvement strategies
- Policies and procedures implementation
- Problem/Conflict resolution
- Process improvement
- Performance management
- Delegation
- Staff retention
Accomplishments
- 2015 Phillips Pet Food & Supplies Excellence Award Winner for outstanding commitment and dedication to the overall success of the company
Certification
- Association for Project Management (APM)
- OSHA 30 Hour Safety Training.
Timeline
Electrician Foreman
Gregory Electric Company
03.2023 - 07.2024
Electrician
Crowder Construction Co. and Elevated Staffing
11.2019 - 03.2023
Operations Manager
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
05.2017 - 09.2019
Operations Subject Matter Expert
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
01.2014 - 05.2017
Supervisor
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
07.2007 - 01.2014
Some College (No Degree) - Aviation and Liberal Arts
Lehigh Carbon Community College