Dear Rhiannon Ridgway

This a letter of application for the temporary position of Warehouse Controller, weekend night shifts.

About me

I am a proud father of 3, 2 boys one 20 and one 2 and a one daughter of 19. I am also a happily married man of 22 years and I have a number of hobbies and interests. My first is my family and most important as everything at work I do, the effort, determination, commitment I put in is for them. My second passion is cars/mechanics. There is nothing more I enjoy then restoring old classic cars, my current project is an old American van and there is nothing more my 2 year old loves than trying to get involved in working with me working on the car. As for me, I am looking for a positive career move and I am willing to learn all that I can. I have a natural problem solving ability when presented with an impossible task. I also like to set myself a personal challenge to better myself and my work on a daily basis. I have strong leadership skills with the ability to convince others, and I have good man-management skills.

My relevant experience to the position I am applying for.

My experience is that of running a complete Autostore system consisting of 20 A.G.V.s / 13 very narrow isle cranes / 5 fork lift trucks / hyra-rolls trailers and up to 50 employees / 86 inbound and outbound spurs / 3 reach truck / A full case pick area consisting of a further 22 isle . These duties also included releasing and monitoring and prioritisation of the released workloads to insure customer demand was meet on time and in full.

Re-spotting/pointing A.G.V.s / monitoring the A.G.V.s for performance related issues to insure they run at maximum efficiently this would include such things as overriding the system orders to prioritise local urgent requests / managing and carrying out low end maintenance and repairs where and when needed

Also insuring the timeliness of the trailer schedule is being loaded and unloaded on time in relation to stock replenishment.

Also another major part of my experience in running a Autorestore /A.G.V. system was the use of an auto-store system combining S.A.P. systems, these duties would include indexation of pallet identification / stock location allocation and stock related issues / receipt and accept of inbound loads / releasing and controlling the flow and the direction of works orders.

I also dealt with smooth day to day communications between departments and insuring a fully understood verbal and written hand over reports.

This is just some of the duties undertaken by me during my time at Cadburys LTD as an A.G.V. controller administrator, which I have for 11 years.

July 1989 – 1990 General Labourer N.E.C.:

General labouring / working the main halls & kitchens

September 1990 –1991 Agency:

Adaptor flex – Store person. 3-M – Press operator.

December 1991 - 1996 I-Force Job title :- Stock Control Clerk.

Stock control / Location Management Duties included. Fully utilizing the complete warehouse space to maximise location usage. K.P.I.s for both goods in and goods out staff and drivers. To insure all targets set by cost effectively looking at ways to improve stock Location to increase picker productivity.

Microsoft trained in excel/ word /power point / office.

Reference: Mr S.Lacey (Operations Manager)

September 1997 – 1999 Self-employed.

Job title : Courier Duties included.

Multi drop driver both long and short haul with both individual and bulk Drops, both local and national / Coventry to Aberdeen / Birmingham to

Route planning / security / cargo manifest / vehicles maintenance Load planning / accountancy / cost efficiency / Management.

September 1999 – 2010 Cadburys C.T.B. A.G.V. Controller Administrator:

My duties included Maintaining & monitoring of the A.G.V. C- way system.

To insure A.G.V. s are kept moving and that both high bays are kept full so that the load plan is on time and in full, at a rate of 99.6% efficiency.Also the monitoring of indexation stock levels / staff and drivers K.P.I.s Receipting of Pallets on AUTOSTORE & C- way again to keep the running at peak efficiency.

Dealing with daily stock related issues. Hydrols. Liaise with both Lead Shift Managers & First Line Managers on the clearing of the inloads and output loads & coordinating the operations staff. Liaising with other A.G.V. Controllers to ensure a smooth hand over at the start & end of each shift. Project Management installing of Auto-store / dealing with shifts changes /

personal / crew deployment / cost reduction negotiations.

Reference : Mr D.Pratt.

July 2010 – 2012 General provisions Assistant Supervisor:

Duties included: Tipping & loading. Packing / weighing. Supervising of other staff (6months experience) Shift Manager (13 months experience. Secondment).

Responsible for dealing with, K.P.I.s / loads on time and in full / staff manning levels / disciplinary Procedures for, Attendance, lateness and conduct issues / on site health and safety / shift Briefing’s and handovers / Management meetings / progress reports

. Ref : Mr D.Rule

February 2013 – 2014

Flexicon, Stock Materials Coordinator.

Duties included The use of MHE daily To insure that stock levels are maintained. To keep materials on the production line to meet daily targets On all three sections, steel shop, machine shop and extrusion’s lines. Working in sync with a crew of 13 staff and 2 supervisors.

Ref : Mr A.Ebray

July 2014- present G.I. Group.

Logistics Tipping The bof Taxi routes 3/4/6 Engine picking Deck 4 (general) Use of the in put spurs computer system.

Achievements & Skills: First Aid Certificate. P.P.T. Licensed. Reach licensed. F.L.T. Licensed. Tow tug Licensed Cleco vna Licensed Trash compacter Licensed HEALTH & SAFETY representative. Management leadership imperatives. Microsoft trained in excel/ word

/power point / office Bargaining in the work place. Shift Manager (secondment)

Span set ergo two-point safety harness working at height. NVQ level 3.

Carer objectives:

To secure a position in an organisation where my knowledge, work and life experience, initiative and enthusiasm will have valuable application, a position that will offer me further satisfaction and growth. I am adaptable to work in environments. Achievements will be recognised.

I look forward to hearing from you regarding my interest in this very fulfilling role that I hope to obtain, and have the opportunity to be able to discuss with you in greater detail.

Regards

James Kennedy

Mobile 07401993138

d.o.b. 02/06/1973

Address 43 raglan way chelmsley wood Solihull westmidlands b37 7tb

E-mail agv002@hotmail.com