Skills

Experienced professional with 20-plus years of continued career progression. Hands-on and leadership experience across a range of sales, prospecting, warehousing, logistics, purchasing, forecasting, analyzing, transportation, distribution, inventory and resource management and supervising both bargaining and non-bargaining personnel. Proven track record utilizing a fact-based, process-oriented approach towards reaching aggressive goals in support of cost, profit, service and organizational objectives.

Experience

Real Estate Sales Agent

Confidential

• Rent, buy, sell or manage property for clients. Perform duties, such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts.
• Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price. Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements and related matters.
• Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the homes they are visiting. Inspect condition of premises, and arrange for necessary maintenance or notify owners of maintenance needs.
• Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, insurance agents and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates. Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds and leases.

Advanced Business Analyst

Confidential

• Provide analytical support, storm reports, inoperable equipment reports and monthly performance metrics for Operation Services and Support Staffs.
• Providing relational database management, support and reliability data analysis.
• Conduct historical analysis in preparing presentation material for wide-array of audiences such as customer, municipality, council, inter-/external-auditors and the Board of Public Utilities.
• Contribute to solutions by taking an initiative to develop alternatives and recommendations offering ideas and suggestions to improve complex work processes and/or projects.
• Extensive usage of MS Office, SAP, GIS View, PORD, Crews and Brio/Hyperion as both research tools and presentation platforms.
• Hazard dispatch member of storm restoration team with extensive experience in crew tracking of mutual assistance crews.

Regional Stores Supervisor

Confidential

• Prepare and implement consolidation task list and action plan for the closing of multiple facilities. Provide additional support in regionalizing First Energies' warehouses to gain efficiencies during the transition from 3 facilities to 1, winding down in excess of 13.5 million in material in a 6-month time frame.
• Facilitate transition of materials and bargaining personnel to district lines shops including but not limited to new inventory systems and schedules, personnel training and development, as well as integration of new safety program in adherence to corporate policy.
• Supervise storm site for both Central and Northern New Jersey regions including site management, material acquisition, staging and logistics with added emphasis on safety in inclement weather and unusual circumstances.
• Responsible for maintenance and repair of transportation fleet, as well as internal and external lifts and pickers. Compiled extensive records and reports including, but not limited to, make and model, mileage, destination and material, repair logs and DOT/NJDMV regulations. Scheduled training of personnel for safe operation of various units, as well as adherence to DOT/CDL and First Energy JCPL drug and alcohol policies.

Forecast Analyst

Confidential

• Compile, analyze, model and forecast detailed information on known and anticipated Line work, as well as available resources for each district.
• Compare known and anticipated work with planned resource availability, preparing various scenarios to align work and resources.
• Review and verify work plan accuracy and identify gaps for coming 90 days and rolling 12 month forecast. Conduct forecasting meetings with operating company leadership, including monthly planning meetings.

Supervisor Stores

Confidential

• Supervise the day to day activities of the regional warehouse which includes work assignment, transportation schedule development, material control system problem resolution, district stores interface, warehouse configuration, development of daily, weekly and monthly safety programs, warehouse and district inventories and accuracy, strict budget control, labor agreement adherence.
• Analyze and install productivity efficiencies provide emergency and storm support provide regional materials support on a 24/7 basis.

Meter Reader / Collector

Confidential

• Read meters and record readings, reports evidence of tampering, diversion of current and other unusual conditions.
• Make meter route map, familiarizing oneself with route and assigning folios to new accounts. Collect delinquent accounts as directed remits receipts and prepares collection reports.

Purchasing and Logistics Manager

Confidential

• Responsible for researching, negotiating, purchasing and acquiring equipment, raw materials, finished goods and services. Negotiate with vendors to obtain optimal prices and delivery times.
• Establish, coordinate and administer working relationships with approved vendors and multiple warehousing facilities.
• Maintain records and compile reports to include inventories, departmental charge-backs, price changes, restocking points and any ad hoc reporting needs. Reduced payroll for department by 30 .
• Developed an aggressive supply chain management system subsequently increasing the gross margin by excess of 15 .