Brandon Kling
Sterling Heights,MI
Summary
Resilient, Reliable and Resourceful; Marine Corps Veteran who is driven to excel. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Motivated for efficiency with a results oriented attitude. Seeking to maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Supervisor
Battle Tested Security
01.2019 - 03.2023
- Worked in fast-paced and high-risk environments while maintaining exceptional standards of excellence for security programs, strategies, and plans.
- Moved around different security stations and vital areas to check on officers and adjust workflow to cover changing needs.
- Developed and maintained emergency response plans to promote fast and effective action during crises.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop and implement strategies to mitigate security risks.
- Analyzed security threats and risks and developed mitigation strategies to reduce potential losses.
- Implemented comprehensive security plans to provide highest levels of protection for facilities.
- Cultivated relationships with external security vendors to make additional security resources available if necessary.
- Kept team compliant with security protocols and appearance standards.
- Supervised team of 12+ security personnel during shift.
Retail Lead
NAPA
- Handled product zoning, organization and stocking with extreme detail and customer awareness.
- Managed order fulfillment and organization of online and promotional package orders.
- Provided expert guidance in operational organization, process execution and floor efficiency.
- Organized and understood goals, sales and requirements of site floor.
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labeling items, and arranging according to size or color.
- Answered customer questions about products and services, helped locate merchandise, and promoted key items.
Warehouse Associate
Penske
- Prepared orders for shipment by picking, packing, and labeling merchandise.
- Operated pallet jacks and material moving equipment to receive and transport items from various warehouse locations.
- Manually or mechanically loaded and unloaded materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles
- Labeled and accurately moved customer orders to meet shipment timetables and minimize errors.
- Checked packages and merchandise for damage and notified vendors.
- Consistently lifted materials weighing as much as 50+ pounds.
- Inspected work areas for cleanliness and obstacles and removed cartons and boxes to keep work areas organized and hazard-free.
Groundskeeper
University of Michigan
09.2019 - 04.2021
- Certified by MDOT to operate facility and maintenance vehicles and equipment.
- Operated range of heavy equipment on regular basis with advanced skill.
- Operated excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks to transport heavy materials, practicing safety measures.
- Trained in diverse pieces of equipment and useful attachments to handle team needs.
- Completed prompt snow removal process during and after weather events.
- Applied salt or chemical solutions to surfaces as preventive measure against snow and ice buildup.
- Upheld safety standards for working in wet, cold and windy conditions.
- Worked in parking lots, roads and driveways to handle needs of businesses and residential customers.
- Cleared public and private areas of debris before and after events.
- Used trimmers and chainsaws for grounds maintenance, brush clearing, and tree removal and thinning.
- Complied with safety regulations and procedures to prevent accidents and injuries on job sites.
- Trimmed trees, bushes and shrubs to keep vegetation aesthetically pleasing.
- Loaded and unloaded landscaping equipment and materials safely.
- Understood and followed verbal and written landscaping instructions to complete complex tasks correctly.
- Maintained grounds of residential and commercial properties by mowing lawns, trimming hedges and planting flowers.
- Provided expert lawn care, mulching, aerating and trimming around walks, walls, and flower beds.
- Performed regular watering and fertilizing of lawns, trees and shrubs to promote healthy vegetation growth.
- Removed and disposed of undesirable and dead limbs.
- Trimmed and removed tree limbs in contention using safety measures.
Gate Clerk
ITSConGlobal/NS Detroit
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Utilizing an intermodal freight tracking system, performed the task of ingating and out-gating trucks and their cargo/chassis for Norfolk Southern
- Annotated any logistical and billing errors via a load-planning program and answered phone calls from company dispatchers and freight-lines.
- Offered friendly, prompt customer service by answering questions, resolving issues quickly and checking system for inventory.
- Scanned items on arrival and departure to create accurate tracking records.
- Documented freight movement to prevent lost or misplaced items.
- Inspected trailers before loading and after unloading, checking for unsecured items and missed cartons.
Education
High School Diploma -
Howell High School
Howell, MI06.2008
Skills
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Responsible Driver
- Excellent Sense of Direction
- Traffic Laws and Regulations
- Defensive Strategies
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Logistics Knowledge
- Forklift Operation
- First Aid Certification
- Operational Effectiveness
- Military Operations
- Operational Support
- Collecting Statements
- Field Observation
- Suspect Tracking
- Intelligence Surveillance
Accomplishments
- Promoted to rank of PFC
- Graduated 3rd in Class for MC-LOS
- Promoted to Lance Corporal
- Assigned to Marine Special Operations Command, 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion
- Completed MRAP Operators Course
- Completed SERE Training
- Combat Logistics Operator under Golf Co, 2nd MSOB
- Collaborated with team of Local Authorities, Law Enforcement and EMT in the development of Re-Vibe Wellness Retreat 2019.
- Supervised team of 42 staff members to help mitigate all security potential.
- Documented and resolved various security issues which led to minimal arrests and medical situations.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets of personnel, shifts and payroll.
- Collaborated with a team in the development of SOP for Dona, TX Immigration Facility
- Achieved 100% success through effectively helping with installing security and accountability measures for all detainees, staff and facilities.
- Promoted Supervisor after 2 years with the company.
- Supervised team of 8-20 staff members.
- Documented and resolved various issues with staff and patrons which led to maximum efficiency of our team and company.
United States Marine Corps
Re-Vibe Wellness Retreat
Deployed Resources
Battle Tested Security
Certification
- HAZMAT (USMC, Formerly)
- MDOT (University of Michigan, Formerly)
- First Aid/AED/CPR (The Henry Ford, Currently)
Affiliations
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- O.U.R Veterans
- The Edison Company
Timeline
Groundskeeper
University of Michigan
09.2019 - 04.2021
Gate Clerk
ITSConGlobal/NS Detroit
08.2019 - 12.2019
Operations Supervisor
Battle Tested Security
01.2019 - 03.2023
Retail Lead
NAPA
Warehouse Associate
Penske
High School Diploma -
Howell High School
- HAZMAT (USMC, Formerly)
- MDOT (University of Michigan, Formerly)
- First Aid/AED/CPR (The Henry Ford, Currently)
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