James Sturdy
Middletown
Summary
Innovative Merchandise Coordinator with many years of experience. Adept at long-term budget management and designing displays for various departments. Successful at training employees on excellent customer service and quality assurance standards.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Machine Operator
Quaker Houghton
Middletown
05.2026 - Current
- I operate a blender for chemical clients
- Pumped raw materials into blender according to batch cards for customer orders.
- Filled totes and drums with oil-based chemicals for production.
- I keep the production floor clean
- Organized desk and workspace to maintain efficiency and focus.
- Loaded and unloaded trucks to support timely product delivery.
- I operate a sit-down forklift
Merchandise Coordinator
Frontgate
West Chester
07.2019 - 06.2026
- An important part of my duties was to operate a box maker. I operated this machine every day in order to keep everything protected and organized mainly for storage in our racks of the warehouse.
- Coordinated with merchants to ensure timely delivery of products for showrooms, facilitating product reviews and style outs within strict deadlines.
- Followed a detailed list of merchandise to locate, pull down from racks using a forklift, and stage for upcoming photo shoots.
- Managed loading and unloading of trucks to maintain smooth warehouse operations.
- I would train new hires on specific equipment and what their job calls for.
- Collaborated with photo studio team to supply necessary products, ensuring completion of catalog pictures on schedule.
- I maintain accurate status of sample for photography within SIMS.
- Received new photo samples from merchandising for catalog production.
- Receive and process into SIMS product order from stock.
- Generated all necessary SIMS reports for inventory management.
- Recorded sample conditions and replaced items as necessary.
- Routine purge to maintain current pallet locations.
- Support the setup for style-outs.
- My responsibilities included supervising a team of 6 employees on out-of-town production shoots.
- Out-of-town location responsibilities: Unload/load trailers and organize any temporary warehouse by subcategories.
- Setup trash service and schedule for temporary warehouse.
- Maintain clear walkways within temporary warehouse.
- Set when and where rental trucks will park.
- Reload product into enterprise trucks for location.
- Returned keys to owner after ensuring space was clean and empty.
- I also relied on driving a 16-26-foot truck to set safely.
Production Associate
DuBois Chemicals
Sharonville
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Operated sit-down forklift to wrap pallets of drums and load onto 52ft trailer for shipment to various companies.
- Transferred hazardous liquids from kettles into designated drums and totes, ensuring compliance with safety regulations for disposal.
- Maintained cleanliness of kettles to support safe and efficient chemical mixing processes.
Produce Clerk
Kroger Company
Little Miami Township
05.2008 - 08.2016
- Delivered exceptional customer service to enhance shopping experience.
- Cut Fruit and packaged them for sale
- I Performed Freshness Checks (Rotated)
- Stocked shelves with products to maintain product availability for customers.
- Priced and discounted items using RF scan gun to ensure accurate transactions.
- Operated the register to support front-end operations.
- Unloaded and Loaded Trucks
- Kept the Backroom and sales floor clean
Education
pre-business degree -
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash
Blue Ash, OH, United States07-2026
High School Diploma -
Milford High School
Milford OH05-2010
Skills
- Box maker operation
- PIT Equipment operation
- Warehouse operations
- Shipping & Receiving experience
- Logistics coordination
- Inventory control
- Quality control
- Production scheduling
- Packing and loading
- Handheld scanner operation
- Data entry
- Excel proficiency
- SIMS proficiency
- Microsoft Word proficiency
- Box truck driving
- Valid Driver's License
- Safety Oriented
- Ability to Multitask
- Strong organizational skills
- Detail-oriented
- Follow-through skills
- On-site project support
- Supervisory experience
- Team leadership
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Self-starter
- Equipment maintenance
Timeline
Machine Operator
Quaker Houghton
05.2026 - Current
Production Associate
DuBois Chemicals
01.2022 - 01.2023
Merchandise Coordinator
Frontgate
07.2019 - 06.2026
Produce Clerk
Kroger Company
05.2008 - 08.2016
pre-business degree -
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash
High School Diploma -
Milford High School