Results-oriented achiever with proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Combines strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Chemist
Elite Comfort Solutions
03.2021 - Current
Foam line supervisor: manage a team of 13. Four chemical unloaders (isotainers, rail tank car, cargo tank trailers, intermediate bulk containers, and drums). Two foam line human machine interface operators. One saw operator. One Zanasi industrial inkjet printer operator. Three utility people. One laboratory technician and one laboratory technician assistant. Trouble shoot foam defects on the fly, such as fall plate splits, R/S splits, chimney splits, rotten bottom, internal splits, collapsed foam. Calibrate pumps, create excel graphs showing the accuracy of the calibration. Experience with physical properties testing equipment limited to IFD, density, airflow, and recovery rate. Unloading polyol and isocyanates from railcars and isotainers,
Collaborate with R&D department back east to formulate and run trials (experimental foam grades). Reformulate problematic foam.
Heavy use of mathematical skills under pressure and on the fly.
Conduct daily and monthly safety huddles.
Office Clerk
UPS
06.2019 - 03.2021
Collaborate with others nationwide through conference calls, including strategizing and problem solving with in-house management.
Communicate with customers to schedule delivery appointments and pick-ups.
Conduct inventory of equipment which consisted reconciling missing equipment, new equipment, missing shipments and found shipments.
Responsible for maintaining a department in good standing with no discrepancies.
Managed complaints while maintaining a professional attitude to resolve conflicts with upset customers.
Entered data into the internal tracking system regarding damaged, lost and extra shipments followed by researching tracking and paperwork.
Equipment Inventory Clerk
UPS
01.2016 - 06.2019
Walking the yard taking inventory of heavy equipment including tractors, trailers, dollies, yard hostler/ tractor.
Handle heavy equipment under strict deadlines to meet production standards.
Forklift and yard hostler/ tractor operator certification.
Climbing into and out of trailers to catalogue any freight that is found to be in allegedly empty trailers.
Employed physical fitness to safely lift, push and pull heavy freight or crawl and squeeze through freight without damaging goods in order to catalogue fully loaded trailers at times.
Operation of forklift to load and unload freight intact to meet productivity while maintaining UPS brand safe practices.
Maintained equipment inventory database and records on a daily basis to avoid lost shipments, paying late fees on leased/ rented equipment, overcrowding of equipment in the yard.
Health and Wellness Champion
UPS
12.2014 - 01.2016
Demonstrated and taught safe lifting, pushing, pulling practices.
Educated employees on the importance of health and wellness through diet, hydration, rest, stretching and regular exercise.
Held prework communications meetings to educate employees.
Performed safety audits.
Attended regional seminars led by UPS executives to discuss safety, health and wellness, strategies of promotion and ideas.
Dock Clerk
UPS
09.2011 - 01.2016
Walking and standing for 10+ hour shifts.
Data and exception entry/ verification.
Verification/ inspection of material goods, quantities, damages, overages, shortages.
Often involving lifting and moving (push/ pull) heavy freight in using UPS brand safe practices.
Navigated the dock briskly, collecting paperwork at each door, through a fast paced environment with dozens of forklifts operating at speeds of 8 miles per hour while keeping my eyes and ears open, and practicing safe work behavior.
Closed trailers using hazmat enforcer for loads containing hazmat and created shipping bills of lading for railroad transportation all within tight windows to meet shipping and production deadlines.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree - Chemistry
California State University San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Associate of Science Degree for Transfer - Chemistry and Physical Science
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Skills
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Copilot
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Inventory Management
Loss Prevention
Database Management
Multi-Line Phone System
Conflict Resolution
Customer Service
Productivity Standards
Training and Development
Forklift
Timeline
Chemist
Elite Comfort Solutions
03.2021 - Current
Office Clerk
UPS
06.2019 - 03.2021
Equipment Inventory Clerk
UPS
01.2016 - 06.2019
Health and Wellness Champion
UPS
12.2014 - 01.2016
Dock Clerk
UPS
09.2011 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science Degree - Chemistry
California State University San Bernardino
Associate of Science Degree for Transfer - Chemistry and Physical Science