WILLIE FORD
Raleigh
Summary
Motivated to adept at overseeing operations by implementing proven strategies to drive performance. Planning and problem solving and communicating to overcome any challenge. Focus on collaboration with leadership and employees to meet production, quality, and safety goals. 10 years of management supervision experience in a manufacturing & production environment.
Organized professional experienced in safely moving materials in high-volume warehouse environments. Strong knowledge of inventory management as well as shipping and receiving procedures. Ambitious and hardworking with drive to deliver top-quality results.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Material Handler
Bell and Howell LLC.
Durham
11.2020 - Current
- Operated forklifts to transport materials within the warehouse efficiently.
- Picking orders for manufacturing builds, ensuring accuracy in material handling.
- Organized inventory, maintaining a systematic approach to storage solutions
- Picking, packing and loading parts for the kardax machine.
Production Supervisor
Whole Foods Market
Morrisville
08.2013 - 03.2020
- Effectively communicated weekly and daily about production schedules, equipment and team member concerns, questions or issues with Leadership and Team members.
- Prep dry ingredients for recipes -mixed recipes using a mixer, weighed, baked using ovens, washing and sanitizing equipment daily, recorded lot numbers, baked items temperatures, freezer and cooler temperatures.
Material handler- Forklift operator
ResourceMFG
Raleigh
09.2010 - 12.2012
- Temporary worker for Wynn's- picking orders with a forklift loading, unloading trucks and wrapping pallets, cleaning and repairing coolant machines, differential machines, power steering machines, transmission machines and recycling fluids from the machines.
Shipping Lead
ModusLink Inc
Morrisville
03.1997 - 04.2010
- Inventory- prepared and verified orders with a pick list request, pulling parts off of shelves (both by hand and with forklift) and stacking products onto pallets.
- Manufacturing- worked on a production line packing parts, stacked, wrapped and quality control boxes stacked on pallets.
- Receiving- unloaded trucks, received product from vendors, communicated quality issues to buyers and Planners.
- Shipping- coordinated and supervised the daily shipping activities and assignments of Personnel, verify orders and scheduled daily pickups with LTL and small package carriers.
Cashier & Grill
McDonald's
Raleigh
01.1995 - 02.1997
- Took orders on front line and drive thru, and also cooked and made orders on the grill and washed dishes.
Education
GED -
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NCSkills
- Reliable
- Quality control
- Inspect equipment
- Forklift and pallet jack capable
- Flexible scheduling
- Dependable
- Priority management
Timeline
Material Handler
Bell and Howell LLC.
11.2020 - Current
Production Supervisor
Whole Foods Market
08.2013 - 03.2020
Material handler- Forklift operator
ResourceMFG
09.2010 - 12.2012
Shipping Lead
ModusLink Inc
03.1997 - 04.2010
Cashier & Grill
McDonald's
01.1995 - 02.1997
GED -
Wake Technical Community College