Shakira Buford
Milwaukee,Wi
Summary
Experienced with inventory management, ensuring accurate stock levels and timely order processing. Utilizes forklift operation skills to optimize warehouse space and streamline logistics. Track record of maintaining safety standards and promoting effective teamwork.
Committed Warehouse leader accustomed to managing shipping and receiving operations in high-volume warehouse environments. Organized approach to monitoring materials movements with focus on safety and productivity. Performance-oriented team player with good multitasking abilities.
Team-oriented warehouse professional accustomed to streamlining shipping and receiving processes to increase overall efficiency. Industrious and dedicated with talents in team leadership and motivation. Energetic individual equipped to work hard in fast-paced, constantly changing environments.
Hardworking [Type] team member skilled in safely moving heavy loads manually or using forklifts and pallet jacks. Punctual, reliable and dedicated to teamwork. Good maintenance and repair skills with training in multiple areas
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Warehouse Worker
Amazon
10.2024 - 10.2025
- Operated warehouse equipment to efficiently move and organize inventory.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure timely order fulfillment.
- Maintained accurate inventory records using warehouse management systems.
- Trained new employees on safety protocols and operational procedures.
- Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety standards and policies.
- Loaded, unloaded, and moved material to and from storage and production areas.
- Consistently lifted materials weighing as much as 50 pounds.
- Maintained clean workspaces by enforcing strict housekeeping guidelines for storage areas, dock bays, and equipment zones.
Forklift Operator
Caterpillar
03.2021 - 10.2023
- Check trailors in and out move them to a different dock
- Collaborated with team members to optimize loading and unloading processes.
- Assisted in preparing shipping documentation and coordinated logistics for outbound shipments.
- Coordinated with shipping department to prioritize order fulfillment and meet tight deadlines.
- Wrapped pallets in plastic wrap and attached merchandise tags to prepare for shipping.
- Built pallets and loads for partial and mixed pallets, wrapped finished pallets and staged pallets and loads into truck when ready for shipment.
- Worked with racking systems and loaded or unloaded pallets, pulling and placing pallets on or off of vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically.
- Received products using frequency scanners, unloaded shipments from trucks and fulfilled and organized orders to streamline customer delivery processes.
- Unloaded and stacked materials by raising and lowering lifting devices.
- Optimized warehouse space utilization by effectively stacking pallets using a forklift, maximizing storage capacity without sacrificing accessibility or safety.
- Ensured timely deliveries by efficiently loading and unloading trucks with the use of forklifts.
- Reduced product damage by performing routine forklift maintenance and safety checks.
- Maintained an organized warehouse by systematically arranging products using a forklift according to company guidelines.
- Collaborated with other warehouse team members, ensuring smooth workflow through effective communication during forklift operations.
- Supported the shipping department with prompt loading and unloading tasks utilizing a variety of specialized attachments on the forklift as needed.
Shift Manager (full-time)
Wendy's
03.2020 - 05.2023
- Mange a group of people to strive for the goals n making customer happy taking cashier orders
Housekeeping
Peoria Civic Center
01.2019 - 05.2022
- Clean after events
Forklift Driver/Warehouse Worker
Sc2 Service Inc
02.2018 - 05.2019
- Pick up items and take them to they correct area and unload and load trucks
Education
High school diploma -
Woodruff High School
05.2009
Trade school - undefined
Some college - undefined
Bachelor's degree - undefined
High School Diploma -
Woodruff
Peoria, IL05-2009
Skills
- Filing
- Sanitation procedures
- Dishwashing
- Climbing
- Process improvement
- Writing Skills
- Computer skills
- Time management
- Quick service & fast food restaurant (8 years)
- Manufacturing management
- Food safety management
- Warehouse management system
- Microsoft Windows
- Work ethic
- Lean
- Technical Proficiency
- Typing
- Cooking
- Operating Systems
- Performance management
- Continuous improvement
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer operation
- Outdoor work
- Adhering to traffic regulations
- Active Directory
- GPS
- Attention to detail
- Logistics
- Warehouse experience
- Geriatrics
- Manufacturing company experience
- Computer literacy
- Safe work practices
- Working with geriatric patients
- Productivity software
- GMP
- Shipping & Receiving
- Network Support
- Animal enclosure cleaning
- Implementing lean manufacturing processes
- Machine operation
- Operating heavy equipment
- Order Entry
- Clerical experience
- Manufacturing
- Mobile Devices
- Packaging
- Loading and unloading
- Warehouse safety
- Heavy lifting
Certification
- Sanitation servsafe Present
- Driver's License
- CPR Certification
- First Aid Certification
- Food Safety Certification
- MAST Permit
- OLCC Service Permit
- Bartender License
- TABC Certified
- Food Handler Certification
- Forklift Certification
- Pallet Jack Certification
Languages
Spanish
French
Timeline
Warehouse Worker
Amazon
10.2024 - 10.2025
Forklift Operator
Caterpillar
03.2021 - 10.2023
Shift Manager (full-time)
Wendy's
03.2020 - 05.2023
Housekeeping
Peoria Civic Center
01.2019 - 05.2022
Forklift Driver/Warehouse Worker
Sc2 Service Inc
02.2018 - 05.2019
Trade school - undefined
Some college - undefined
Bachelor's degree - undefined
High school diploma -
Woodruff High School
High School Diploma -
Woodruff