Joe Torres
Stockton,CA
Summary
Dynamic Warehouse Team Lead with extensive experience at Wayfair, skilled in optimizing warehouse operations and enhancing order accuracy through effective employee training and quality control. Proven ability to foster teamwork and maintain a safe work environment, while promoting continuous improvement initiatives. Certified in forklift operation and adept at multitasking in fast-paced settings.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Warehouse Team Lead
Wayfair
Lathrop, CA
07.2022 - 03.2025
- Trained employees on equipment operation and safety protocols.
- Supervised warehouse operations by managing employees during shifts.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure timely coordination of shipments, achieving smoother operations overall.
- Maintained high employee morale by fostering a positive work atmosphere and addressing concerns promptly as they arose.
- Ensured a safe working environment by enforcing safety protocols, leading training sessions, and promptly addressing hazards.
- Improved order accuracy through diligent quality control checks and thorough communication with team members.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback from team members regarding potential changes or enhancements to current processes or systems used within the warehouse setting.
- Oversaw warehouse staff and maintained efficiency in fast-paced environment.
Warehouse Associate
Ferguson
Stockton, CA
06.2018 - 07.2022
- Prepared orders for shipment by picking, packing, and labeling merchandise.
- Worked safely around moving machinery.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve daily targets and complete tasks efficiently.
- Performed inventory control, such as counting, and stocking merchandise.
- Operated various types of equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, or hand trucks safely while moving products throughout the facility.
- Operated equipment while observing standard safety procedures.
- Drove forklifts, pallet jacks and other equipment to move materials.
Warehouse Forklift Operator
PACE Supply
Stockton, CA
01.2014 - 05.2018
- Wrapped pallets in plastic wrap and attached merchandise tags to prepare for shipping.
- Built pallets and loads for partial and mixed pallets, wrapped finished pallets and staged pallets and loads into truck when ready for shipment.
- Worked with racking systems and loaded or unloaded pallets, pulling and placing pallets on or off of vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically.
- Received products using frequency scanners, unloaded shipments from trucks and fulfilled and organized orders to streamline customer delivery processes.
Education
High School Diploma -
Lincoln High School
Stockton, CA06.2000
Skills
- Order picking
- Shipping and receiving
- Stocking
- Warehouse operations
- Multitasking and organization
- Warehouse functions
- Equipment operation
- Employee training
- Forklift certification
- Product handling
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Quick learner
Timeline
Warehouse Team Lead
Wayfair
07.2022 - 03.2025
Warehouse Associate
Ferguson
06.2018 - 07.2022
Warehouse Forklift Operator
PACE Supply
01.2014 - 05.2018
High School Diploma -
Lincoln High School