Jerry Nelson-Brown
Tampa,FL
Summary
Experienced Logistics Manager skilled in monitoring operations and delivering relevant information to internal customers and stakeholders. Collaborates with multiple entities to achieve business goals for logistics efficiency, cost containment, and contract integrity. Demonstrates a strong work ethic, working quickly and maintaining focus while consistently providing top-notch customer service.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Warehouse, Production & Logistics Manager
DART PLASTIC CONTAINERS & MANUFACTORING
10.2021 - Current
- Foster a culture that embraces safety as the number one overriding priority
- Promote and comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures
- Identify opportunities for improvement in safety performance opportunities for improvement in safety performance
- Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)Motivate staff using innovative management techniques to ensure that all departments meet or exceed safety, cost, quality, service and efficiency metrics
- Establish an environment that encourages employee engagement, participation and teamwork within and between all departments
- Recommend, develop and implement new and improved operations and processes, all with a committed focus on safety, quality, service and cost
- Plan, direct, and coordinate the transportation operations within the facility to provide transportation services
- Manage the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality
- Lead continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives Identify and recommend short- and long-term business strategies
- Monitor KPI's anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets.
Senior Operation Manager
FPL FOOD MANUFACTORING
03.2018 - 10.2021
- Coordinates activities of the Production Department and monitors procedures and standards to achieve consistent high-quality products produced in an efficient manner
- Provides leadership for and develops production management personnel in the Shipping and Receiving Production Department
- Responsible for ensuring the best quality products, excellent customer service by maintaining regular quality audits 2 good manufacturing practices, compliance with federal/state/local regulations (FDA, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, etc.), HACCP, meet or exceed Global Food Safety Standards (BRC), environmental compliance Supports General Plant Safety, Food Safety, Food Defense initiatives and Good Manufacturing Practices with an understanding that these are absolutes and are Priority #1
- Ensuring that General safety and Food Safety are absolute priorities by setting an example to others
- Lead the achievement of a zero-injury workplace by ensuring safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations on environmental, health and safety issues
- Build a culture of mutual respect, teamwork, and professionalism, supplying active support for the Company's
- Accomplishments: Supplied leadership to improve on time delivery from 98.5% to 99.7% teaching and training on accuracy from 99.1 to 99.6 to keep correct inventory and supply world class customer service
- Held a zero % safety rating for 6 months
- Help in coaching a Turnover ratio of 64% to 18% by CBWA
- Increase inventory accuracy by conducting mini-inventory weekly to improve from 97% to 99.8%
Assistant Director & Operation Manager
Supervalu/UNFI
04.2016 - 03.2018
- 1.1 sq
- Million feet Refrigerated & Grocery Manage one Operation manager & 2 Sr
- Supervisor with sixteen Frontline Supervisors with up to 385 associates
- Warehousing activities to ensure that both incoming and outgoing products are handled effectively use proper training, accuracy systems, and programs
- Plans and assignments work for the most efficient use of personnel and equipment, ensuring that production standards are being supported
- Serving over 185 supermarket independent chains with various delivery days
- Coordinates with Inventory Control personnel to guarantee proper product rotation, slotting, and space allocation
- Ensures that all personnel adhere to all safety, security, sanitation, and pest control codes, laws, and policies
- Accomplishments: Conducted a world class process of inventory with a goal of 99% to 99.5% Selection accuracy of 99.3 vs
- 98.9% by placing audits and checks & balance
- Safety continuous 410 days (about 1 year 1 and a half months) without a lost time injury
- Payroll overtime less than 10% vs
- A goal of 15% by becoming more efficient in planning, communicating
- Through Put has been obtainable with adding added hrs
- It is 41.9 vs
- 38.7 CBWA
- Selecting from 200cph to 235cph by redirecting the selection path and product placement
- Fostering a culture and environment of inclusion
- Diversity, Coaching
Southeast Regional Distribution Manager
State of Pennsylvania
03.2012 - 04.2016
- 900,000 square Foot Distribution center with 2 Operations Manager& 11 Supervisors and 226 associates managing all activities of Distribution & Logistics for 168 stores and 108 Supermarkets Planned the daily work assignments and monitors the work performance to ensure the most efficiently
- Reviewed established methods, techniques, and procedures to ensure best receipt, storage, and distribution of alcoholic beverages, makes recommendations for revisions as appropriate
- Accomplishments: With on-hand inventory of $655 million and sales that contributed more than $3 billion (about $9 per person in the US) (about $9 per person in the US)
- Facility exceeded all sales expectations for the STATE LIQOUR SALES for 3years of service
- This building was driven by convey belts picked from batching system and was translated into Vocollect headset
- Consistently support accountability and engagement opportunities to change behaviors
- On time delivery rate of 99.1% in the city and 99.6% in the counties
- Selection rate of 99.8 for picking all items for sales
- Achieved a turnover ratio of 6%
- TO SAVE THE state OVER $250,000
Shift Manager
C&S Wholesale Grocers
04.2010 - 03.2012
- 1.5 million Square Foot semi-automated Frozen, Refrigerated and Dry Grocery Distribution Complex with nine supervisors and 155 associates in a union facility
- Managed all aspects of the distribution operations Responsible for developing and supporting both vendor and client relations, for mentoring, training and development of management staff P&L responsibility and budget analysis for operations Responsible for leading and executing facility wide KPI's, operating model and identify key customer issues that are critical to quality.
Shift Manager
Dollar General Distribution
04.2006 - 04.2010
- Million Square foot to 1.5 million square feet (about half the area of a large shopping mall) automated DCs led three Department managers and six supervisors with an average of 170 associates Set a strategy that effectively addresses scheduling, planning, systems development, and material/inventory control activities.
Education
DEGREE - Communication// Speech & Behavior
Temple University
Philadelphia, PAUnited States Marine Corps -
E-5 SARGENT
Skills
- Shipping and receiving
- Warehouse Management
- Distribution Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Operational management
- Shipping and receiving operations
- Team Management
- Logistics Management
- Work Delegation
- Logistics Oversight
- Logistics Analysis
- Transportation Management
- Shipping Documentation
- Product Management
- Mentoring and training
- Strategic Sourcing
- Transportation management systems
- Skilled in [Software]
- International Freight Management
- Supplies inventory
- Safety standards
- Budget Planning
- Order Fulfillment
- Critical Thinking
- Inventory Management
- Relationship Building
- Customer Service
- Warehouse Organization
Timeline
Warehouse, Production & Logistics Manager
DART PLASTIC CONTAINERS & MANUFACTORING
10.2021 - Current
Senior Operation Manager
FPL FOOD MANUFACTORING
03.2018 - 10.2021
Assistant Director & Operation Manager
Supervalu/UNFI
04.2016 - 03.2018
Southeast Regional Distribution Manager
State of Pennsylvania
03.2012 - 04.2016
Shift Manager
C&S Wholesale Grocers
04.2010 - 03.2012
Shift Manager
Dollar General Distribution
04.2006 - 04.2010
DEGREE - Communication// Speech & Behavior
Temple University
United States Marine Corps -
E-5 SARGENT
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