Kevin Oakley
Rio Rancho,NM
Summary
Motivated and experienced Warehouse associate with over 30 years of Management, Forklift, Stocking, Receiving, Audit, and Quality Assurance expertise. Possess a plethora of experience in Retail and Operations areas with a willingness to learn and excel in new challenges and opportunities. Resourceful and adaptable to achieve tasks with excellent leadership and team building skills.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Coordinator - Produce
Ben E. Keith
04.2024 - Current
- Verifying quality of all incoming produce shipments
- Daily quality checks on all produce
- Daily inventory/counts on all produce, bread, cheese, dairy and eggs
- Daily e-mail correspondence with vendors, sales reps and management.
Overnight Forklift Driver
Ben E. Keith
07.2021 - 04.2024
- Dropping and stocking pallets/cases for selectors to pull for orders
- Rotation of product to ensure older product gets pulled first and avoid damages due to dating issues
- Communication of any issues or inventory concerns to management
- Keeping warehouse clean and neat for safety and food safety procedures
Audit Lead
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
- Achieved consistent reduction in shrinkage across 15 stores within the division, ranking among the top 3 performers for 5 consecutive years.
- Conducted comprehensive audits, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and company policies.
- Performed in-depth reviews of organizational systems, identifying opportunities for process improvement and cost savings.
- Led a team of auditors, fostering collaboration and promoting professional development among team members.
Bakery/Café Manager
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
- Ensure all products produced were up to proper quality control standards daily
- Performed store wide daily operational duties including the opening/closing of building, cash office/accounting duties and front-end cash register duties
- Daily interactions with all bakery vendors including standards, receiving and credits..
- Delivered excellent customer service experiences by addressing concerns promptly and professionally.
Bakery/Café Lead
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
- Oversaw a team of 15 associates, ensuring proper training, scheduling, and conducting performance evaluations.
- Daily ordering of merchandise to be shipped from Distribution center to store
- Inventory control to prevent unnecessary waste of product to maintain profits
- Daily loading, unloading and stocking of trucks
- Ensure all quality control and sanitation standards are met daily
Meat/Produce Manager
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
- Perform all day-to-day operations in Meat and Produce departments including training, supervision, scheduling, evaluations, ordering and inventory management
- Ensure daily that all quality control specs are being followed
- Strengthened profits by reducing waste, controlling shrinkage, and increasing team efficiency with optimized workflows.
- Evaluated employee performance regularly, providing constructive feedback and implementing development plans as necessary.
Produce/Grocery Lead
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
- Managed a multifaceted team of more than 10 individuals from various departments like Produce, Grocery, Snacks and Freezer/Cooler among others
- Ensured timely and accurate loading/unloading of all trucks
- Efficiently oversaw merchandise rotation and dating to enhance quality control procedures.
- Weekly audits and research of shortages, overages and credits.
- Achieved regular completion of required category layout adjustments
- Managed daily operations of the grocery department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely task completion.
Forklift Driver/Merchandiser
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
- Dropping and stocking of all needed merchandise
- Maintaining steel standards and safety as well as locating all pallets in steel utilizing computerized location system.
- Dropping and binning all pallets for vendors and merchandisers to stock daily.
Education
High School Diploma -
Kingston High School
Kingston, NY06.1991
Skills
- Forklift/Pallet Rider/Cherry-Picker certification
- Steel safety and organization
- Computerized pallet/product location
- Staff Supervision
- Inventory Control procedures
- Organization/Multitasking
- Shipping and Receiving
- Inventory Tracking and Management
- Microsoft Excel proficient
- Excellent Communication
Awards
- Awarded Overnight associate of the month on six occasions
- Overnight Associate of the year for 2022
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Quality Assurance Coordinator - Produce
Ben E. Keith
04.2024 - Current
Overnight Forklift Driver
Ben E. Keith
07.2021 - 04.2024
Forklift Driver/Merchandiser
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
Audit Lead
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
Bakery/Café Manager
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
Bakery/Café Lead
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
Meat/Produce Manager
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
Produce/Grocery Lead
Sam's Club
04.1992 - 07.2021
High School Diploma -
Kingston High School
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