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
Marietta, GA
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