John Darnell
Cookeville,TN
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Warehouse Associate
Amazon
Madison, TN
11.2021 - 07.2022
- Received inbound trailers and placed material on conveyor belt
- Separated packages and placed in specified bags for later distribution
- Gathered all material and separated for final delivery to customers.
Shipping and Receiving Associate
Isenhour Door Products, Inc.
Nashville, TN
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Prepared all outgoing materials for shipping, completing all relevant paperwork and ensuring compliance for each shipment, per requirements
- Received incoming materials and picked orders based on management instructions
- Forklift driving, reporting, and communicating with customers
- Trained and mentored new employees
- Documented flow and processes of: picking, packing, and receiving, including workflows, cycle times, time studies, and tracked shipping and receiving KPI’s.
Temporary Production Manager
PSC Fabrication
Columbia, TN
07.2018 - 11.2018
- Directly managed departmental performance measures, including visual controls and provided regular progress reports to plant manager
- Established a lean material flow throughout the facility and in coordination with sister facilities
- Tracked operational and asset efficiency rates
- Instilled facility wide commitment to 100% on time delivery of all products
- Maintained open communications with other BU plant managers and production managers
- Balanced quality, productivity, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
Field Service Representative
Techtronic Industries
Memphis, TN
08.2015 - 07.2016
- Managed and serviced assigned territory accounts independently in various segments via face to face contact through effective business planning, forecasting and budgeting
- Analyzed market potential, competitive initiatives and changes
- Drove monthly sales objectives through sales and managing ability; achieved expectations consistently on performance reviews
- Made full use of company facilities to help service accounts such as technical service, advertising, sales promotion and public relations
- Consulted with department heads to plan advertising services and to secure information on equipment and customer specifications.
Shift Manager/Material Coordinator
Android Industries
Bowling Green, KY
06.2013 - 05.2015
- Provided effective leadership of production and material handling operations
- Ensured short term and long- term goals were accomplished
- Administered operating systems to manage all production operations
- Ensured compliance with Androids quality policies, values, and philosophies
- Coordinated with multiple departments to ensure all logistic work was done in a manner that would facilitate the warehouse operations
- Managed daily inbound and outbound deliveries from a variety of fleet customers as well as shuttle deliveries to General Motors.
Material Group Leader/Launch Coordinator/Supply Chain Internship
General Motors Assembly Plant
Bowling Green, KY
04.2010 - 06.2013
- Solved issues of damaged materials when necessary
- Tracked and maintained inventory levels by using General Motors MGO system
- Managed the body/chassis material drivers on bilateral sides of assembly plant
- Received and organized inventory shipments for the 2015 Corvette Stingray
- Worked closely with engineers to provide them the parts needed to successfully design and build the latest models of corvettes
- ISO/TS Certification
- Performed various audits on various area and performances of the plant
- Ordered parts through PPS ordering system for small lot materials.
Education
BS, Business Marketing with an emphasis in Sales -
Western Kentucky University
Skills
- Strong adherence to 5-S and LEAN principles
- Operational understanding of ISO/TS 16949
- Adaptable team leader, able to supervise and collaborate with team members to improve both morale and productivity, working towards conflict resolution when needed
- Expert in Microsoft Office with a focus on Excel
- Ability to work independently with professionalism while maintaining focus on quality and customer service
Volunteer Experience
Nashville Rescue Mission, Nashville, TN, 2021
Timeline
Warehouse Associate
Amazon
11.2021 - 07.2022
Shipping and Receiving Associate
Isenhour Door Products, Inc.
04.2019 - 04.2020
Temporary Production Manager
PSC Fabrication
07.2018 - 11.2018
Field Service Representative
Techtronic Industries
08.2015 - 07.2016
Shift Manager/Material Coordinator
Android Industries
06.2013 - 05.2015
Material Group Leader/Launch Coordinator/Supply Chain Internship
General Motors Assembly Plant
04.2010 - 06.2013
BS, Business Marketing with an emphasis in Sales -
Western Kentucky University