KIRBY KENNEDY
Surprise,AZ
Summary
Reliable professional offering 6+ years of experience managing, shipping, receiving, inventory operations and final inspection of product quality. Well-versed in inventory audits and product staging. Dedicated to accurate record-keeping, work site safety and timely issue resolution.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Warehouse Specialist
Paramount Global
04.2021 - Current
- Verified amount of items received in orders and cross-checked with invoices.
- Collaborated with team members to meet daily order fulfillment goals, ensuring timely delivery to customers.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization within the warehouse facility, promoting a safe working environment for all staff members.
- Loaded and unloaded items from and to shipping trailers.
- Route drivers deliveries.
- Processed orders and reported to supervisory staff when stock dwindled.
- Scheduling inbound and outbound freight.
- Packaged items for safe shipment and protection from damage in transit.
- Acted as a liaison between the warehouse team and customer service department to resolve any order-related issues or discrepancies quickly.
- Operated various types of material handling equipment safely, including forklifts, pallet jacks, and hand trucks.
- Managed day-to-day operations of warehouse, freight and parcel shipments, returns, and transfers.
- Collaborated with other departments to address any issues or discrepancies in orders, ensuring smooth communication across teams.
- Used hand-held scanners and physical logs to accurately track item movements.
- Optimized space utilization within the warehouse by regularly reorganizing storage layouts based on inventory needs.
- Handled fright and parcel shipment schedules, return and transfer processes and oversight of daily warehouse operations.
- Reviewed order slips, picked products and staged merchandize to be shipped.
- Conducted cycle counts to maintain accurate inventory records while minimizing discrepancies between physical stock and system data.
Final Inspection
SparTech
06.2019 - Current
- Conducted inspections, tests and measurements of plastic materials to verify adherence with regulations and desired specifications
- Checked color, shape, texture and grade of products and materials against established templates, charts and samples
- Tested more than $750,000 in product per month
- Evaluated items to assign grades and marked quality level, rejection status or acceptance
- Used hand tools, instruments, gauges and equipment to complete accurate measurements and noted results for official records
- Disposed of unsound and unsafe materials, products and equipment to prevent inappropriate reuse
- Generated and submitted detailed reports to regulatory agencies and company leadership to help drive enhancements
- Inspected surface preparation, primers, mid-coats, top-coats and powder coatings on window structures
- Collaborated with team to define business requirements for organizational processes, achieve productivity standards and adhere to accuracy standards
- Certified forklift operator
Warehouse Manager
GePack, USA
02.2017 - 06.2019
- Boosted warehouse operations efficiency by overseeing dispatching and setting optimal employee schedules
- Oversaw upkeep of equipment and physical condition of warehouse, identifying and ordering needed repairs, renovations and replacements
- Completed timely and accurate daily logs to keep internal reporting accurate and effectively track materials movements
- Offered expertise in inventory management and current stock levels to internal teams and customers to facilitate accuracy and product availability
- Handled day-to-day shipping and receiving overseeing more than 20 pallets per day
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes
- Managed scheduling and task delegation for 10-member warehouse team
- Kept all documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery
- Conducted inventory audits with 95% accuracy following company procedures
- Tracked production and quality control systems to proactively identify deficiencies
- Redesigned warehouse layout to accommodate new equipment, maximize space utilization or improve process efficiency
- Forklift Certified
Warehouse Associate
United Parcel Service
08.2016 - 02.2017
- Setting up belts before shift starts to ensure safe time effective work environment
- Scan and receive packages one at a time into correct trailers
- Checking packages for hazardous materials, damages or leaks
- Loading various size packages in multiple trailers ranging in length
- When loading trailers stacking packages in walls with level shelves and natural formed Ts
- Help with flow of packages as well as break jams on personal belt belts as well as neighboring trailers
- At end of shift help load irregular packages from carts to trailers Unload packages off various trailers when help is needed
- Help load small sort packages (under 6lbs) into correct shipping bags
- Maintained necessary level of communications between shifts.
Responsible for achieving production requirements - Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed
Roofing Laborer
Johnson & Sons Roof Removal
07.2014 - 03.2015
- Completed residential and commercial projects with tight schedules by working effectively and leading team members
- Removed old roofing material and properly disposed of all debris to maintain clean, organized work sites
- Performed job duties at low, medium and advanced heights on regular basis while observing safety protocols to avoid possibility of accidents and falls
- Maintained good physical fitness in order to maintain proper balance on inclined surfaces and at high levels off ground
Tile Installer
RepTile
11.2012 - 02.2014
- Assistant to lead contractor of company
- Leveled surfaces using plywood and mortar prior to laying marble and tile
- Placed marble and tiles into place using spacers to achieve proper spacing for grout application
- Reviewed blueprints and specifications to determine labor and materials that would be required to complete tiling project
- Used safe lifting, equipment and behavioral practices
- Used power wet saws and tile cutters to cut tiles to specifications for projects
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately
Warehouse Employee
National Youth Sports
07.2007 - 10.2012
- Assemble, pull and ship orders throughout the United States
- Receive inventory and inspect quality on all shipments
- Stock product in an productive manner to be used throughout the year
- Build trophies and plaques to be given to coaches and athletes
- Heat press all coaches and athletes jerseys and shirts
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Computerized Drafting
Glendale Commuity College
Glendale, AZHigh School Diploma -
Stafford Career Institute
Glendale, AZ2005
Skills
- Issue resolution
- Time management
- Cycle counting
- Stock Rotation
- Decision-Making
- Quality assurance
- Inventory management
- Forklift operations
- Shipping and receiving
- Purchase order verification
- Loading and unloading
Timeline
Warehouse Specialist
Paramount Global
04.2021 - Current
Final Inspection
SparTech
06.2019 - Current
Warehouse Manager
GePack, USA
02.2017 - 06.2019
Warehouse Associate
United Parcel Service
08.2016 - 02.2017
Roofing Laborer
Johnson & Sons Roof Removal
07.2014 - 03.2015
Tile Installer
RepTile
11.2012 - 02.2014
Warehouse Employee
National Youth Sports
07.2007 - 10.2012
Some College (No Degree) - Computerized Drafting
Glendale Commuity College
High School Diploma -
Stafford Career Institute
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