Matthew Kangas
Lowell,USA
Summary
Warehouse professional with solid experience in logistics and inventory management. Strong focus on team collaboration and flexible to adapt to changing needs. Skilled in operating forklifts, managing stock, and ensuring efficient workflow. Reliable and results-driven with commitment to maintaining high standards in all tasks.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Night Auditor
Fairfield Inn Marriott
Grand Rapids, MI
06.2025 - 11.2025
Warehouse Associate
Amazon
Grand Rapids, MI
11.2024 - 06.2025
- Sorted and organized merchandise in preparation for shipment
- Inspected products for defects and damages and reported issues to the proper authority
- Documented all damages, shortages, overages or other irregularities
- Sorted orders multiple orders at one time to meet customer needs
- Pulled and prepared product for shipment, verifying exact number and type of product before packing
- Assisted with stocking shelves and organizing warehouse
Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
Magna Mirrors
Alto, MI
02.2024 - 11.2024
- Provided training sessions for new employees on safety protocols and operational procedures related to shipping and receiving duties
- Documented all activities related to shipping and receiving including invoices, bills of lading, packing slips
- Supervised staff members, providing guidance and direction when needed to ensure timely completion of tasks
- Monitored stock levels and placed orders with vendors as needed to maintain optimal inventory levels
- Communicated with customers regarding delivery status updates, delays, or other issues that may arise during shipment process
- Conducted regular safety checks on employees, equipment, and warehouse racking
- Trained and certified employees on forklift, motorized tugger, and dock locks/lifts
- Regularly communicated to meet component needs for production and also finished product needs for shipping orders
- Performed same work duties as those supervised, and performed more difficult and skilled tasks and assist in performance
- Collaborated with workers and managers to solve work-related problems
- Planned work schedules and assigned duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads
- Resolved personnel problems, complaints, and formal grievances when possible and referred them to higher-level supervisors for resolution
- Conducted daily staff meetings to give and receive input
- Evaluated employee performance and prepared performance appraisals
Shipping Clerk
Magna Mirrors
Alto, MI
08.2022 - 02.2024
- Worked daily with supervisors, business unit managers, resource planners, and other material handlers to address and resolve inventory issues to meet orders on specific deadlines
- Set up plan of actions to accomplish tasks to meet production and shipping schedules
- Delegated work loads to fellow workers to properly use time to fit needs of my department
- Directly supervised interactions with truck drivers and handled issues accordingly
- Trained personnel on duties and company rules and policies
- Inventory counting and resolving inventory issues with RF scanner and tracking systems
- Adjusted orders to meet shipping schedules and orders
- Organization of shipping dock and delegating space needed based on inventory in a warehouse
Molding Material Handler
Magna Mirrors
Alto, MI
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Received and counted incoming material
- Kept logistics on material for all presses
- Monitored and advised on amounts of inventory for multiple parts and material needed for production
- Communicated with multiple departments to help determine plans of actions to best support production
- Handled all moving and sorting of raw and finished material in the department
- Kept inventory of all parts and dunnage in the yard
Assembly Material Handler
Magna Mirrors
Alto, MI
05.2020 - 02.2022
- Handled all material needed for production
- Communicated with production assistants to deal with inventory discrepancies
- Maintained inventory for multiple lines to assist production
- Used the RF scanner to maintain inventory
- Kept work areas clean, safe, organized and free of debris at all times.
- Performed regular cycle counts of inventory levels in order to maintain accuracy.
Education
Certificate - Culinary Arts
Baker College
Muskegon, MIDiploma - General Studies
Belding High School
Belding, MI06.2010
Certificate - Culinary Arts
Heartlands Institute of Technology
Ionia, MI06.2010
Skills
- Packaging and labeling
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Labeling and boxing
- Shipping and receiving
- Warehouse safety
- Order picking and processing
- Heavy lifting
- Warehouse operations
- Loading and unloading
- Warehouse organization
- Workplace cleanliness
- Warehouse environment safety
- Data entry
- Inventory organization
- Inventory counting
- Quality control
- Leadership and team building
- Pallet jacking
- Inventory management
- Warehouse management systems
- Forklift Expirience
- Time management
- Self-motivated and disciplined
- Clear communication
- Multitasking and organization
Timeline
Night Auditor
Fairfield Inn Marriott
06.2025 - 11.2025
Warehouse Associate
Amazon
11.2024 - 06.2025
Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
Magna Mirrors
02.2024 - 11.2024
Shipping Clerk
Magna Mirrors
08.2022 - 02.2024
Molding Material Handler
Magna Mirrors
02.2022 - 08.2022
Assembly Material Handler
Magna Mirrors
05.2020 - 02.2022
Certificate - Culinary Arts
Baker College
Diploma - General Studies
Belding High School
Certificate - Culinary Arts
Heartlands Institute of Technology