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Randall Blossom

Kennesaw,GA

Summary

I am a productivity and safety driven manager with 38 years experience in taking underperforming warehouses and maximizing their potential and efficiency. I took a production department that averaged 150 errors per night to less than 20, while increasing lines picked from 80 an hour to 115 an hour. I have managed teams up to 30 and have helped implement the start of new branch sites nationally and internationally with Viking. My duties included and were not limited to: training and developing associates, overseeing construction of all racking and flow lines, location of all products, and receipt of all product and product put away. I take great personal pride in my work and work hard to ensure my work exceeds expectations.

Overview

40
40
years of professional experience

Work History

Purchasing Manager

Refreshing USA
10.2023 - Current
  • Purchased all products
  • Organized the warehouse with labeling for picking
  • Worked with Google Docs and Excel
  • Worked with the warehouse to optimizeproductivity

Packing Supervisor

Yamaha Motor Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2022
  • Arranged all shipments to and from trade shows
  • While negotiating pricing and discounts from freight companies
  • Maintained a PO log used for organizing the payment of all freight related billing and sent to our corporate office
  • Implemented, built, and maintained master inventories, as well as picture and abr code inventories
  • Responsible for the packaging of all service parts from YMMC, YGC, YBJM from nuts, bolts, and panels
  • Worked in SAP
  • Produced production orders and part kits
  • Managed through 10 employees and 1 lead
  • While overseeing the receipt of parts from Japan and domestic parts
  • Used GFAST by Yamaha increasing productivity 18% during this time
  • Brough returns back into stock to repack parts and Kept box repack inventory
  • Ordered boxes from manufacturer to repack propellers
  • Utilized bar code labels for all parts and created bar code labels daily.

Warehouse Supervisor

Leroux Corporation
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Managed up to 35 employees during the year, while managing all warehouses duties and functions for 4 difference companies under Leroux
  • Re-organized entire warehouse to maximize efficiency and productivity
  • Implemented a flow-line picking system
  • Upgraded all pallet racking to maximize the use of all warehouse space
  • Contracted all work needed for new show rooms and offices
  • Cut overtime by 70% the first year during gift shop season.

Warehouse/Shipping/Inventory Control Manager

Sparks Exhibits and Environments
01.2001 - 01.2004

Production Manager

Office Depot
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • Responsible for 70 associates and 4 lead supervisors
  • Built and maintained job performance standards while conducting yearly performance reviews for 70 associats
  • Developed training instructions for how all jobs should be performed in my department
  • Performed all hiring and firing.

Assistant Warehouse Manager

Viking Office Products
01.1984 - 01.1999
  • Duties at Viking included...
  • Picking Clerk Picked items and packed them into boxes
  • Accuracy and speed were a must
  • Processed product returned to company
  • Placed locations on product for put away
  • Entered information into AS400 for customer credit
  • Accuracy and productivity were a must for this position
  • Audit receiving documents for accuracy and entered amounts into inventory
  • Attention to detail was critical
  • Cycle count backordered product
  • Contact vendors and arranging return and credit of damaged and defective product
  • Had complete turnover every month
  • Performed quality checks of products for customer service related issues
  • Managed through 10 associates the auditing and stocking of all received merchandise
  • Location of all new merchandise
  • Continuously re-profiled the picking modules to ensure maximum production productivity
  • Managed the inventory controller
  • Made sure our inventory integrity was always being kept
  • Tracked all departmental standards for use in reviews and raises
  • Managed 18 associates
  • Tracked all productivity and efficiency standards to maintain an error per order rate set by our Corporate offices
  • Continuously trained and cross trained associates
  • Tracked a Pay for Performance program that pushed our efficiency rate to the highest in the company and motivated our associates to be the best while earning extra money
  • Performed performance reviews, interviewing and disciplinary reviews.

Education

Wilmington College
1983

Skills

  • Zenger Miller
  • Zenger Miller 2
  • PML

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Purchasing Manager

Refreshing USA
10.2023 - Current

Packing Supervisor

Yamaha Motor Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2022

Warehouse Supervisor

Leroux Corporation
01.2004 - 01.2006

Warehouse/Shipping/Inventory Control Manager

Sparks Exhibits and Environments
01.2001 - 01.2004

Production Manager

Office Depot
01.1999 - 01.2000

Assistant Warehouse Manager

Viking Office Products
01.1984 - 01.1999

Wilmington College
Randall Blossom