Cullen Chambers

Experience

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  Abercrombie & Fitch

  Oct 2005 - May 2006

  Assistant Store Manager

  Managed the sales staffCreated schedulesReconciled the daily salesSet floor designs

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  TARGET REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER

  May 2006 - Dec 2010

  Operational Group Leader

  Operational Group Leader, Inbound/Warehousing• Ensured freight was received within the appropriate time frame to service more than 60 stores with critical merchandise.• Improved department and building pyramid ranking from 18th to 5th (out of 24).• Served as Capacity Captain for annual building inventory and was ultimately responsible for improving building efficiency by condensing/expanding merchandise locations. Resulted in 98% location accuracy rate during inventory.• Delivered and solicited both lateral and upward feedback to help improve my overall performance and that of my team and business.• Led peers through safety incident review training and root cause determination investigations to reduce overall OSHA Reported Incidents. Show less

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  TARGET FOOD AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION CENTER

  Dec 2010 - May 2013

  Group Leader

  Operational Group Leader, Inbound• Responsible for providing service to over 250 stores with daily volume of over 125,000 cartons.• Managed 35+ employees with responsibilities including conducting meetings, team member hiring, reviews, and disciplinary action, including terminations.• Led department of executives through an automation optimization project defining flexing roles for hourly team members ultimately improving induction rates.• Increased department carton-per-hour performance 7% by identifying barriers, rework that drove unneeded staffing.• Successfully created and facilitated contingency plans for automation downtime to ensure that employees remained productive and maximum throughput continued.• Mentored new executives for leadership and operational development in multiple Food Distribution Centers. Created and led a training plan for executives while helping to open a new facility.• Regularly facilitated opinion surveys, clarification and team meetings.Production Controller/Backup, Operations• Lead building in combined efforts to operate as one TEAM to process +40B cartons annually at the lowest possible cost• Focused efforts centered around building business plans, staffing and planning• Provided leaders information to make decisions; provided follow up conversations to discuss outcomes and celebrate success, learn from mistakes.• Mentor focused on developing young leaders with ambition to elevate their scope, worked with problematic leaders and partnered with Senior Leadership to minimize negative cultural and business results. Show less

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  The Home Depot

  Jun 2013 - Mar 2016

  Area Supervisor

  AREA SUPERVISOR, INBOUND (10/14 – 3/16) • Responsible for overseeing the unloading of trailers, running four automated receiving / labeling lines, and maintaining a planned flow rate of cartons over the sorter• Manage team of 35 associates with responsibilities including performance management, associate hiring, reviews, and disciplinary action including termination. • Responsible for implementation of Lean process initiatives reducing gate-to-load metrics• Mentoring high potential employees resulting with most recent internal promotion AREA SUPERVISOR, OUTBOUND (6/13 – 10/14)• Responsible for providing service to over 75 stores with daily volume of over 30,000 cartons.• Managed 35+ associates in both the pallet build and loading function whose performance directly influenced Units per Hour (UPH) and Accuracy metrics• Drove 19.57% increase in UPH exceeding budgeted goal from 2014 to 2015• Accuracy percentage increased from prior year by 0.16% finishing the year at 99.66% accuracy• Earned accuracy performance based monetary bonus every quarter for all associates in 2014• On-boarded three leaders including an operations manager and two supervisors• Leader-of-The-Month award August 2014 Show less

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  PetSmart

  Apr 2016 - Jan 2020

  Operations Manager

  • Responsible for overseeing entire 3rd shift operation including three-department production, safety, and service goals.• Managed a team of 85+ hourly associates and 5 salaried Leaders with responsibilities including performance management, associate hiring, reviews, and disciplinary action including termination• Created daily/weekly reports to present to senior leadership.• Managed resources to reach building and network goals• Conducted and resolved safety incident investigations• Facilitated monthly meetings with overseen salaried leaders to develop and mentor their leadership growth• Presented at monthly all associate meetings attended by all staff Show less

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  Citywide Home Loans

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

  Mortgage Loan Officer
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  USA Mortgage

  Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

  Mortgage Loan Officer
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  Hometown Lenders, Inc.

  Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

  Mortgage Loan Originator
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  Peak Residential Lending

  Mar 2023 - now

  Mortgage Loan Officer

  • Accomplished loan officer, well-versed with loan standards and laws• Possesses excellent customer service skills• Created and evaluated new home loans and refinance loans• Reviewed client income in order to determine purchase ability and monthly affordability• Counselled clients on their individual monthly budgets and paths to credit improvement• Forged partnerships with local realtors and title professionals to generate leads• Created and implemented marketing campaigns for my business• Transitioned business markets from the Phoenix to Bakersfield Show less