Ach Food Companies, Inc. Work Values

Daily Duties at Ach Food Companies, Inc.:

Managed a 300K-sq. ft. 3-shift warehousing and distribution operation, with a departmental budget of $6.5MM. Ensured the accurate, on-time shipment of 75+ inter-modal and direct-to-customer shipments daily. Responsible for the tracking/inventory control of all incoming packaging, ingredients, and outbound shipments. Directly trained and supervised a team of six, and up to 30 hourly associates. Accountable for a trailer pool of up to 160 trailers and 4 spotters. •Maintained customer service at 99.4%, while servicing 6 distribution centers and direct-to- customer shipments. •Achieved receipt and shipment accuracy of 100% using RF technology in a high-volume SKU manufacturing environment. •Eliminated semi-annual inventories and material shortages by implementing a rigid cycle count program, increasing inventory accuracy from 45% to over 96%. •Successfully developed and implemented a Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) plan to achieve OSHA Incident Rate of 3.8%, vs. a corporate goal of 4.0%. •Reduced capital requirements for spare batteries and 2 battery changing stations for a savings of $270K. •Trimmed the workforce by 6 associates and reduced the forklift fleet by 6 units, for a savings of $120K. •Managed the supply chain; picking up and delivering 25 bottle loads daily from three vendors to sustain lean operations. •Earned the company’s President’s Award for outstanding leadership and performance during a Conveyor Upgrade Capital Project. •Selected as a Change Agent for an SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) conversion; key member of the SAP Blue Print Team, providing analysis of current stages of development and desired end state post-SAP implementation. •Achieved successful Go-Live of SAP in March 2011 with minimal disruption to operations. •Attained Level 2 Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Certification, with no deficiencies noted in warehouse operations.

What they like about Ach Food Companies, Inc.:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

Manufacturing, Distribution, Inventory, Inventory Control, SAP, Enterprise Resource Planning, Planning, Supply Chain, JD Edwards, AS400, ERP, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, IL6S, Safety, Leadership & Management, Team Building, Budget, KPI's, Six Sigma, RF, Warehousing, Performance Metrics, Value Stream Mapping, 3PL, Kanban, Safety Culture, Mentoring & Coaching

Skills

Kaizen, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Safe Quality Foods (SQF), Food Manufacturing, Processing of Raw Materials, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), Supply Chain Management, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Lean Manufacturing , Integrated Lean Six Sigma (IL6S), Team Management & Leadership, Effective Communication Skills, OSHA Compliance, Continuous Improvement (CI), Coaching, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) ERP, JD Edwards, AS400, Purchasing Management, Collaborative Management , Production Control, Inventory management, 5S, Global Sourcing, TQM, Operational Excellence, Fleet Management, SAP, Customer Relations, Capital Projects, Financial Management, Performance Appraisal, Budgeting, Microsoft Office, Forecasting, Contract Negotiation and Management, Process Improvement, Cross Functional Team Management, Relationship Management, Change Management

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Ach Food Companies, Inc.: