Kendrick Toliver
La Grange
Summary
Experienced with operating forklifts in fast-paced environments, ensuring smooth material handling and efficient operations. Delivers consistent performance by maintaining equipment and adhering to safety guidelines. Knowledge of warehouse management and logistics coordination.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Forklift Operator/Loader and Unloader
Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc.
09.2024 - Current
- Operated forklifts to load and unload materials efficiently.
- Conducted routine safety checks on equipment to ensure compliance.
- Maintained accurate inventory records through systematic tracking methods.
- Assisted in training new operators on safety protocols and equipment use.
- Coordinated with shipping and receiving departments for timely deliveries.
- Safely loaded and unloaded trucks using appropriate forklift attachments, reducing the risk of accidents or injuries.
- Kept warehouse clean and organized by removing debris and returning unused pallets to designated areas.
- Unloaded and stacked materials by raising and lowering lifting devices.
Warehouse Manager
Smyrna Truck & Cargo
06.2021 - 09.2024
- Oversee operations at a warehouse or storage facility to ensure that all incoming and outgoing inventory is processed according to schedule.
- Receive any orders that come in throughout the workday; freight or parcels.
- Occasionally ship out orders whether parcel or freight loads.
Foreman/Laborer, Stocker
Farmer's Lumber Company
09.2011 - 05.2021
- Checking in orders, stocking shelves, reorder low items.
- Sort and stack lumber based on size and type so customer can easily find the lumber he/she needs.
- Maintenance and cleanliness of the lumberyard, ensuring that stacks of wood stay neat and that the yard has a clean appearance.
- When a new customer visits the lumberyard, the worker answers the customer's questions and shows him where to find what he needs.
- Educate a customer on the best type of lumber for that customer's project needs.
- Loading and unloading trucks and providing exceptional customer service to our client base.
- Supervised daily operations to ensure adherence to safety protocols and quality standards.
- Managed workflow by coordinating tasks among team members to optimize productivity.
Fire Watch
KBR Construction
01.2010 - 08.2010
- Primary duty for personnel on both fire watch or hole watch is to sound the alarm in case of an emergency.
- Maintain a lookout for small fires started by these sparks and bits of slag.
- Should a fire begin to develop or occur, execute their primary duty of sounding the alarm and, if possible, attempt to control the fire.
- The team member on hole watch maintains communication with the personnel in the confined space, or hole.
- Understand the hazards associated with confined space entry, be able to communicate effectively, recognize aberrant behaviors in the personnel in the confined space that may result from the hazards associated with the space and act appropriately in an emergency.
Cook/Prep
Sonic Drive-In
09.2005 - 07.2009
- Ensure customer satisfaction, resolving customer complaints, and addressing any questions or comments that customers may have.
- Take customers' orders, assemble the orders, and act as cashiers.
- Replenishing supplies and condiments, maintaining inventory and taking food orders.
- Maintain cleanliness in food service areas and throughout the food establishment.
Education
High School Diploma -
La Grange High School
La Grange, TX05.2006
Skills
- CDL Class A (3 years)
- Forklift (10 years)
- Forklift operation
- Forklift operator certification
- Loading and unloading
- Shipping and receiving
Timeline
Forklift Operator/Loader and Unloader
Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc.
09.2024 - Current
Warehouse Manager
Smyrna Truck & Cargo
06.2021 - 09.2024
Foreman/Laborer, Stocker
Farmer's Lumber Company
09.2011 - 05.2021
Fire Watch
KBR Construction
01.2010 - 08.2010
Cook/Prep
Sonic Drive-In
09.2005 - 07.2009
High School Diploma -
La Grange High School