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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
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James Kinnaman

Supervisor/Management
Littleton,CO

Summary

Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with 9 years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing day-to-day activities. A strong background in logistics and transportation management. Adept at delivering exceptional customer service with knack for making quick decisions. Strategic and committed to keeping safety as highest priority.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Operations Manager/Yard Manager/Dispatcher

Foundation Building Materials
Englewood, Colorado
1 2016 - Current
  • Supervises all crews by providing direction and training, and communicating company policies, procedures, and objectives
  • Includes hiring, supervising performance management, and administering progressive discipline
  • Mediates and resolves complaints and problems of external and internal customers
  • Administers company safety program
  • Includes performing safety audits when necessary and stressing importance of safety to all employees
  • Knowledge of and maintaining DOT rules and regulations
  • Chalking out or improve operational systems, processes and best practices that guarantee organizational well-being
  • Purchase materials, inventory control, and ensure warehouse efficiency
  • Dispatch daily crews by prioritizing jobs to meet customer and manpower needs and tracking of 17 fleet vehicles
  • Schedule and maintaining fleet maintenance
  • Designed warehouse/yard layout to accommodate new material, maximize space utilization and optimize efficiency
  • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with contractors
  • Acting as primary information source for crew, maintaining compliance and consistency, and taking corrective action when needed
  • Test and complete forklift certification for new crew members
  • Oversaw facility maintenance, ensuring optimal functionality of equipment and infrastructure at all times
  • Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers
  • Optimized space utilization within yard, maximizing storage capacity without compromising safety or accessibility
  • Increased safety standards in yard by conducting regular inspections and ensuring compliance with all regulations
  • Directed dispatching, routing, and tracking of 17 fleet vehicles
  • Basic IT skills (databases, MS Office etc)

Forklift Operator/Order Puller

Foundation Building Materials
Englewood, Colorado
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Order pulling
  • Loading and unloading trucks
  • Unloading railcars
  • Assisted in inventory

Forklift Operator/Order Puller

Allcoast Forest Products
08.2012 - 01.2014
  • Order Pulling
  • Loading trucks
  • Unloading trucks
  • Unloading railcars
  • Inventory

Forklift Operator/Order Puller

JM Thomas Forest Products
01.2012 - 08.2012
  • Order pulling
  • Loading trucks
  • Unloading trucks
  • Unloading rail cars
  • Holtec saw

Education

Littleton High School
Littleton, CO

Skills

Managing crews up to 30 employees

Safety Management

DOT rules and regulations

Inventory control

Dispatching

Purchasing and Receiving

Forklift Certification Instructor

Logistics Oversight/Management

Team Leadership

Problem-Solving

Operations Management

Customer Service

Operational Efficiency

Warehouse/yard design layout

Accomplishments

  • Working as the Operations Manager or Dispatcher in each branch location in hit all numbers if not excelling
  • Design warehouse and yard layouts for maximum space utilization and optimize processes
  • Historically hit all annual inventory numbers by 1% or less
  • 2022-2023-As the Operations Manager assisted in taking a failing location from 250k to just under 600k in one year. Our branch hit all budget numbers, met all OSHA & DOT rules, and regulations
  • 2019-2021-Maintained a high internal DOT & Routing score of 90% and above while complying with DOT rules while working as Dispatcher
  • 2016-Working as the Operations Manager at a Greenfield location in Johnstown we ended the first quarter in the black by 50k. Our branch hit all budget numbers, met all OSHA & DOT rules, and regulations

Certification

DOT Certification

Timeline

DOT Certification

01-2019

Forklift Operator/Order Puller

Foundation Building Materials
01.2014 - 01.2016

Forklift Operator/Order Puller

Allcoast Forest Products
08.2012 - 01.2014

Forklift Operator/Order Puller

JM Thomas Forest Products
01.2012 - 08.2012

Operations Manager/Yard Manager/Dispatcher

Foundation Building Materials
1 2016 - Current

Littleton High School

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