MICHAEL JARKOW

Experience

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  Northrop Grumman Corporation

  Mar 2009 - Jun 2017

  Warehouse Operations Manager

  𝘏𝘘 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 $39.3 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 100 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵, 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔► Supported the F-18 in a 1 million sq ft facility, which was over 1/3 of a mile long.► Additionally managed the Palmdale facility, supporting the F-35 and the Global Hawk UCAF.► Fully authorized to use the corporate jet for travel between the facilities.► Led, mentored, and developed a team of 2 managers and 55 professionals. ► Increased throughput by 25%. ► Achieved a 98.5% on-time fulfillment rate on production.► Achieved a 99% on-time delivery rate and .5-day dock to stock ratio. Show less

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  Marvin Engineering Company

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Warehouse Manager

  𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1960’𝘴.𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔► Restructured the entire warehouse and inventory system for this $241.6 million military contractor.► Created a kitting methodology in support of 40,000 SKU’s.► Drove up overall performance by ~35%, by creating enhanced KPI’s after deep data analysis.► Led, mentored, and developed a staff of 36 professionals.► Improved kitting production by 50%. Improved picking efficiencies and redesigned the stockroom layout.► Increased fulfillment rate from 78% to 90%. Decreased labor by 20%, through multiple efficiency initiatives. Show less

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  Professional Plastics

  Oct 2018 - Sept 2021

  Warehouse Manager

  𝘏𝘘 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 $500+ 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 22 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 450 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. & 𝘈𝘗𝘈𝘊.𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔► Started an Aerospace Division with the Director of Engineering. Fabricated aircraft honeycomb skins.► Redesigned and led the warehouse management of a 150,000 sq. ft. facility.► Led, mentored, and developed a staff of 30. Enabled staff to earn promotions into leadership roles.► Emphasized Quality and reduced Returned Merchandise Authorizations (RMA’s) by 30%.► Improved pick to pack ratio by 43%.► Decreased dock to stock by 38% on an inventory turn of 30-40X a year.► Increased order fulfillment by 27% by improving communications between Sales and Operations. Show less

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  Troy-CSL Lighting

  Aug 2021 - now

  Plant Manager

  𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 30 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘸-𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴.𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔► Profitably held full P& L responsibility in leading this $50 million facility with 50,000 SKU’s.► Completely restructured a 250,000 sq.ft. warehouse. Invested $500,000. Reduced pick times by 50%.► Onboarded and built a stellar team of 4 Subject Matter Expert managers and 80 professional employees.► Grew ship-sales by approximately $6 million (~14%) by increasing the speed of packaging.► Incurred ZERO missed-time accidents over the course of almost 4 years.► Increased distribution capacity by 45% and shipping performance by 23%. Decreased COGS by 2.5%► Instituted product AND packaging quality systems that achieved lower RMA’s. ► Above systems so efficient, we needed 85% fewer inspection staff than sister plant. ► Successfully implemented SAP S/4HANA Warehouse Management. Show less

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  Yazaki North America

  Aug 2024 - now

  Site Manager