Direct daily warehouse operations at a furniture manufacturer, ensuring products are correctly and safely handled, from product inventory to ultimately delivering the product to the customer.
In charge of coordinating logistics for incoming and outgoing deliveries while accurately completing and delivering customer orders.
Direct and oversee six (6) warehouse employees, ensuring training and support while empowering them to be accountable for safety, process, productivity, and team morale.
Oversee and manage product assembly to ensure that products meet quality control standards before production time lapses.
Manage product inventory levels by overseeing inventory checks and product organization in the warehouse.
Improve processes to increase operational efficiency and reduce delivery schedules by 15%.
Provide training and oversight to ensure the safety protocols are consistently followed and written workplace procedures are being adhered to consistently.
Communicate with other departments (sales, customer service, etc.) to coordinate and ensure our orders are completed correctly and delivered on time, allowing for maximum customer satisfaction.
Was successful in maintaining and improving operational practices to decrease delivery time by creating improved route planning and coordinating pack assembly orders of furniture with outgoing deliveries.
Was able to facilitate an increase in customer satisfaction by working towards and successfully delivering products on time, all while frequently performing quality control on product assembly.
Mentored and trained employees on proper Workplace Safety
Lead Delivery Driver
Office Furniture Outlet
Huntsville, AL
09.2017 - 08.2021
Supervised the delivery team to ensure the safe deliveries of office furniture to customer sites and to ensure the deliveries were timely.
Oversaw the loading and unloading of office furniture to ensure safe transport and placement at customer sites.
Provided customer service, including inquiries and responses to customer issues while on delivery, to provide customers with a positive experience.
Worked with logistics to help map delivery routes so we could optimize the route and make the delivery times better, which allowed for a reduction in transportation costs.
Training and mentoring new drivers on delivery techniques, safety techniques, and customer service expectations.
Managed delivery each step of the way to track and maintain records of furniture product shipment to ensure that the delivery occurred as scheduled.
Built a good working relationship with the delivery team to meet delivery timeframes consistently always and to maximize their effectiveness.
Significantly brought down delivery damages based on improved processes in packaging and handling.
Acquired new customers based on positive reviews of successful deliveries.
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