Larry Gilley
Piedmont,USA
Summary
Well-organized and quality-minded person with extensive exposure to materials, shipping, inventory, and receiving methods and challenges within a warehouse/production setting. Deep insight into managing and supervising the activities of personnel engaged in both production and shipping to ensure product is delivered timely and safely.
Professional with strong background in operations management. Skilled in optimizing workflows, improving efficiency, and leading high-performing teams. Known for effective problem-solving and adaptability in dynamic environments. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving measurable results. Proficient in inventory management, process improvement, and staff training.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Supervisor
UNFI
07.2017 - 08.2025
- Supervises warehouse shipping, receiving and inventory control operations. Monitor productivity, quality assurance, accuracy, and sanitation in a union warehouse associates. Utilize labor and processes to maximize thruput and associate retention.
- Champion safety and positive employee relations
- Coaching associates with the use of the Preferred Methods Observations daily.
- Ensure optimum service to our customers while maintaining a cost-efficient operation.
- Knowledgeable in P-Plex, Pick Manager, and Red Prairie Systems.
- Maintain daily production and accuracy records.
- Conduct daily crew meeting to discuss safety, productivity, and accuracy.
- Supervise shipping, receiving, and inventory control to ensure all loads are processed correctly.
Warehouse and Materials Supervisor
Trinity Meyer Utility Structures
04.2011 - 01.2017
- Supervises all areas of receiving, shipping, purchasing, scheduling, and the tool room. Coordinate budgeting for labor and materials with Plant manager and Controller.
- Create staff schedules and ensure that each staff member follows them properly.
- Assign shipping and receiving tasks to each warehouse worker, depending on his or her ability to cope.
- Supervise both shipping and receiving activities to ensure conformance to work orders and company protocols.
- Oversee incoming and outgoing shipments to ensure accuracy and completeness of shipments.
- Determine space requirements for stored items and received ones and ensure that sufficient space is allocated to each category.
- Handle routing and legal load limits of outbound shipments to ensure that they conform to the state’s legal load requirements.
- Inspect loading and unloading activities to make sure that they are in compliance with shipping and receiving specifications.
- Overhauled the existing inventory system and established quarterly physical inventory counts which increased its efficiency by 55% and maintained a 99.9% accuracy.
- Put in place quality control standards (according to established procedures of the company) which increased order efficiency by 88%.
- Create FIFO system so consumables will be used in order received.
- Created a MIN/Max system in tool room to accurately manage the high use parts while minimize stock less used. Implemented inventory procedures in receiving and tool room to maintain 99.9 percent inventory accuracy. Implementing these procedures reduced overtime by 40%.
Shipping Manager
Boral Brick
03.2010 - 04.2011
- Responsible for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory
- Directed three associates to make sure the correct items were selected for the each work order.
- Transported items to the packaging area and ensured that it was safely packed / boxed and labeled with item and batch number information.
- Ascertained that packed items were properly loaded in the delivery vehicle and stacked properly.
- Received incoming shipments and assisted in unloading them from delivery trucks.
- Ascertained that received items were in accordance to the orders specified.
- Assist customers with the selection of the building products they were interested in and help them complete their purchase. Responsible for all inventory counts and accuracy.
Education
A.S. - Business Management
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, AL08-2009
High School Diploma - undefined
Spring Garden High School
Spring Garden, ALSkills
- WMS (Warehouse Management System), OMS, PKMS, J D Edwards, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Kronos, Jobscope, Inventory View, ADP, AS400, Pplex, Red Prairie Systems, RF systems, Vocollect, Pick Manager
- Warehouse safety
- Order picking
- Shipping and receiving
- Load planning
- Scheduling coordination
- Inventory management
- Staff supervision
- Quality management
Accomplishments
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Supervised team of 30 staff members.
Certification
- Forklift Certified
- 10 Hour OSHA Certified
Timeline
Operations Supervisor
UNFI
07.2017 - 08.2025
Warehouse and Materials Supervisor
Trinity Meyer Utility Structures
04.2011 - 01.2017
Shipping Manager
Boral Brick
03.2010 - 04.2011
High School Diploma - undefined
Spring Garden High School
A.S. - Business Management
Gadsden State Community College