Sam Stringfellow

Experience

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  BIC

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2019

  • Managed and organized a department of 20+ warehouse employees in a 350,000 square foot distribution center to efficiently fulfil the workload for the everyday business needs. • Managed the e-commerce department to fulfil direct to consumer orders and grew annual sales from $60,000 to 5 Million. • Contributed and created Standard Operation Procedures to systemically complete a Direct to Consumer transaction that lead to processing • Conducted new hire orientation to establish appropriate warehouse procedures.• Managed and released a constant flow of work for Production and Shipping operations.• Utilized resources with the knowledge of labor metrics to ensure maximum productivity. • Communicated and rectified warehouse shortage with Customer Service personnel to properly determine effective shipping date.• Worked with local trucking companies to schedule daily truck load pickups and provided proper shipping documents. Show less - Coordinated pick up arrangements with third party freight forwarders for all export shipments leaving BIC’s Milford, CT Lighter facility.- Generated all export documents including the Commercial Invoice, Packing List and Shippers Letter of Instruction out of the AS400 ERP system.- Communicated with the Custom Brokers in a timely manner with shipping documents to ensure proper customs clearance. - Managed OEM’s supplier accounts to reconcile Purchase Orders.- Developed vendor metrics to track Import Entry numbers, total shipments and total transit costs. - Created, implemented and documented Standard Operating Procedures for drop ship export transactions. - Created WM unique exporting carrier code to link with various JD Edwards shipping reports. Show less

  • Shipping Specialist

    Aug 2015 - Oct 2019

  • Import Export Specialist

    Aug 2013 - Aug 2015
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  ScentAir

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2023

  • Operations Manager

    May 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Shipping Manager

    Oct 2019 - May 2021
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  Equitable Advisors

  Mar 2024 - now

  Financial Professional