Mitch Bott

As a Materials supervisor at Skyjack, I coordinate with all departments and areas within our facility including shipping, receiving, warehousing, production line and restocking. This also applies to other departments such as the weld shop, paint line, quality and R&D departments. Tasks and responsibilities included:

• Managing day-to-day shipping and receiving, typically overseeing more than 18 inbound flatbeds, dry vans and expedites to our receiving dock as well as outbound flatbeds and containers shipping finished product to our customers, ranging from 1-20 shipments per day (100k-6mil$).
• Overseeing more than $30mil in inventory and supervised at peak 54 employees in 75,000 square foot warehouse. Excluding outdoor storage.
• Inspecting incoming supplies to conform with materials specifications and quality standards.
• Establishing and enforced clear goals to keep employees working collaboratively.
• Coordinating with internal departments to maximize operational efficiency across production and administrative areas.
• Conducting evaluations and reviews for at peak 37 employees, to identify and corrected performance and personnel issues and reduce impact to business operations.

As a Material Handler at Skyjack, my goal was to cross train and learn each department and production line so that I could to be as versatile as possible. My duties included:

• Demonstrating knowledge of industry best practices and company protocols to maintain workplace safety and efficiency. Safety is always first.
• Operating forklifts and pallet jacks to move and pick up or store products while focusing on safety and efficiency.
• Transporting more than 50 materials pallets between storage and production areas each day.
• Operating overhead lifts to move heavy and bulky work materials.
• Alerting purchasing team of shortages or damaged goods identified when unloading trucks.
• Preparing accurate shipping orders and bills of lading to direct and route materials.

As a general labour, my focus was to succeed and progress to gain experience. Responsibilities included:

• Sorted and placed materials or items on racks, shelves or in bins to keep warehouse organized.
• Operated palletizer machinery to stack finished product on pallets and power lift trucks safely to move items throughout warehouse and reduce injury risk.
• Reordered stock to replenish inventory without interruption to production
• Identified safety hazards and notified management to determine proper resolution of issues.
• Demonstrated great teamwork skills with staff members involved in production and transport.
• Rotated goods in inventory by following “first in, first out” approach to keep shelves organized and well-stocked.
• Navigated powered lift trucks safely to move items throughout warehouse and reduce injury risk.