Yohannes Meressa
Auburn,WA
Summary
Operations leader with 10+ years of experience across entrepreneurial, manufacturing, and high-complexity production environments. Proven track record leading teams, improving workflows, optimizing inventory integrity, and building scalable operational processes. Combines hands-on leadership experience from business ownership and operations management with systems exposure inside Amazon Leo’s aerospace manufacturing environment. Strength in identifying root-cause inefficiencies, standardizing workflows, and implementing practical improvements that increase throughput, accountability, and long-term operational performance.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inventory Analyst II
Amazon Leo
Kirkland, Washington
08.2025 - Current
- Support inventory accuracy, material readiness, and exception resolution across a fast-paced aerospace production environment with direct exposure to Kanban, inbound, outbound, transportation, and workflow coordinator functions.
- Use Jira to document operational blockers, track workflow issues, escalate discrepancies, and improve cross-functional visibility into material flow, shipping/receiving exceptions, and process bottlenecks.
- Partner with production, operations, and floor support teams to resolve inventory discrepancies, routing issues, packaging failures, and downstream material constraints affecting throughput.
- Operate within SAP/MES-driven systems to maintain stock integrity, support Kanban replenishment flow, and ensure reliable inbound, outbound, and production-side material movement.
- Investigate root causes of inventory discrepancies and take corrective action as needed.
- Perform extensive inventory cycle counts on a monthly basis.
Operations Manager
Techno Flex
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
12.2020 - 02.2025
- Led daily operations for commercial auto parts and industrial hydraulic repair business.
- Improved operational efficiency through workflow redesign, floor accountability, and role clarity.
- Managed supplier sourcing, purchasing, inventory coordination, and vendor negotiations.
- Managed scheduling, training, and inventory control.
- Established performance expectations and daily workflow standards to increase throughput and reduce service turnaround time.
- Led training and accountability expectations to improve execution consistency and service turnaround.
Founder / General Manager
JSA
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
09.2013 - 04.2020
- Built and operated a multi-channel e-commerce business overseeing sourcing, fulfillment, customer operations, and logistics.
- Designed scalable workflows across Shopify and eBay to improve fulfillment speed and customer satisfaction.
- Oversaw all aspects of operations including product development, marketing, sales, customer service and finance.
- Managed and trained employees, overseeing inventory flow and process design for operational systems.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Society, Ethics, And Human Behavior
University of Washington
Bothell, WAAssociate of Arts -
Green River College
Auburn, WALean Six Sigma Yellow Belt -
Kennesaw State University
Program Management Essentials -
Howard University
Skills
- Team Leadership, Training and Accountability
- ERP / SAP / Inventory Systems
- Cycle Counting & Physical Inventory Support
- Material Flow Optimization
- Process Improvement and Workflow Standardization
- Shipping/Receiving Exception Resolution
- JIRA
- Root Cause Analysis
- Vendor Coordination
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Certification
Forklift Certified
Timeline
Inventory Analyst II
Amazon Leo
08.2025 - Current
Operations Manager
Techno Flex
12.2020 - 02.2025
Founder / General Manager
JSA
09.2013 - 04.2020
Bachelor’s Degree - Society, Ethics, And Human Behavior
University of Washington
Associate of Arts -
Green River College
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt -
Kennesaw State University
Program Management Essentials -
Howard University