José Astorga
- Role
- Warehouse Manager Distribution Manager at Blanco America
- Location
- Lumberton, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About José Astorga
VALUE PROPOSITION I deliver solid results in Logistics and Supply Chain…
Experience
Warehouse Manager Distribution Manager
Jan 2007 — Present
Manage the company’s the only distribution center in the nation, encompassing square feet of space and as many as 30 employees, with $8M in annual freight expenditures. Responsible for inventory management, capital expenditures, and P&L. Maximized the effectiveness of operations by introducing best practices for warehouse operations, including shipping/receiving, cycle counts, physical inventory, and staging. Successfully reduced employee turnover to less than 1% by creating a positive work environment. Maintains net physical inventory variance of less than.5% on $9M of product with no warehouse management system. Overhauled shipping procedures to improve throughput by 50% and eliminate $500K in shipping costs; additionally, introduced changes that lowered the return process from as many as three weeks to two days. ABOUT BLANCO AMERICA Blanco America is a provider of hand-crafted sinks, faucets and kitchen accessories.
Skills
- Ltl
- Inventory Management
- Leadership
- B2b
- New Business Development
- Manufacturing Operations
- Warehouse Management
- Air Freight
- Stock Control
- Erp
- Purchasing
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Warehouse Operations
- Logistics
- People Skills
- Forecasting
- Contract Negotiation
- Logistics Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Human Resources
- Warehousing
- Retail
- Sales Plan
- Sap
- Management
- Materials Management
- Profit
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Inventory Planning
- Team Building
- Negotiation
- Inventory Control
- Sap Products
- Warehouse Management Systems
- Supply Chain
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Iso
- Vendor Management
- Software Documentation
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