Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
Grede
Saint Cloud, MN
02.2023 - Current
Coordinated daily shipping schedules to ensure timely delivery of products.
Informed upper management or department heads of items loaded or problems encountered.
Planned workflow, coordinated employee scheduling and assigned duties to maintain performance and accommodate fluctuating workloads.
Conducted interviews, selected candidates and supported hiring processes to maintain staffing levels.
Reviewed supplies inventory levels and purchased necessary items.
Scheduled materials shipments and transportation for on-time delivery, reducing delays.
Shipping and Receiving Lead
Grede Foundries
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2015 - 01.2023
Prepared accurate shipping orders and bills of lading to direct and route materials.
Compared and verified identifying information of outgoing shipments.
Operated lift and hand trucks to transfer materials to and from target areas.
Troubleshot issues related to shipping and receiving in compliance with corporate procedures.
Unpacked and examined incoming shipments to confirm consistency with records, and routed materials to the appropriate department.
Set up truck and prepared shipping schedule when supervisor was on vacation.
Train shipping and receiving personnel on job duties.
Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Grede Foundries
St. Cloud, MN
06.2010 - 06.2015
Banded, and shrink-wrapped pallets for shipment.
Staged, and scanned loads.
Loaded and unloaded trucks.
Received in materials, and delivered to ordering department.
Core Maker
Grede Foundries
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2008 - 06.2010
Operated CB-22 and Lempe machines.
Made Shure machines where set up properly, and boxes where clean, and free of defects.
Traind other team member on how to operate the machines.
Made sure area was clean, and safety procedures were meet.
Cleaning Department Utility
Grede Foundries
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2003 - 06.2008
Operated presses 1, 2, and 3, and did DISA knock off, and BMD blasts.
Filled in positions when other team member were on vacations.
Operated forklifts for grinders, BMD, DISA, and presses.
Crane Operator
Grede Foundries
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2001 - 06.2003
Observed and followed signals of those from individuals directing moving and positioning of loads.
Calculated load weights and verified lifting capacities to prevent overload.
Inspected crane mechanisms and lifting accessories to maintain functionality and identify malfunctions.
BMD Utility
Grede Foundries
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2000 - 06.2001
Ran sweeper around the plant
Change patterns, and made sure they meet specification when installed, and where free of defects.
Gave breaks to core setters.
Made sure all materials that where needed with operations, where available to core setters.
Grocery Team Member
Cash Wise Foods
WAITE PARK, MN
06.1998 - 06.2000
Used cash register to accept cash or charge card for processing customer selections and purchases.
Received and unloaded new products upon delivery, checking for damage and order accuracy.
Education
Associate of Arts - Business Management
Saint Cloud Technical College
Saint Cloud, MN
05.2019
Skills
Organizing schedules based on customer demands
Working with other team members in challenges they may have with our ERP system
Training others on how to use Odyssey for our shipping and Receiving needs
Vendor Negotiations
Schedule Planning
Cost-reduction strategies
Inventory Control
Safety enforcement
Customer relations
Accomplishments
Learn Odyssey and trained the Shipping and Receiving department on how to use it without any delays in shipments.
Have built relationships with our transportation reps to make sure that shipment, are shipped out on timely schedules.
Communicate with some of our customers and venders, to make sure their orders are entered correct, and they get their material on timely manner.