David DeBow
Lockport
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Forklift Operator with extensive experience at Best Buy DDC. Expert in inventory management and safety compliance, consistently enhancing warehouse efficiency. Proven ability to minimize product damage and streamline shipping processes, ensuring timely deliveries. Adept at building pallets and verifying loads, contributing to a safe and productive work environment.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Warehouse Forklift Operator
Best Buy DDC
Bolingbrook
11.2023 - 06.2025
- Wrapped pallets in plastic wrap and attached merchandise tags to prepare for shipping.
- Built pallets and loads for partial and mixed pallets, wrapped finished pallets and staged pallets and loads into truck when ready for shipment.
- Worked with racking systems and loaded or unloaded pallets, pulling and placing pallets on or off of vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically.
- Received products using frequency scanners, unloaded shipments from trucks and fulfilled and organized orders to streamline customer delivery processes.
Stand-Up Forklift Operator
Harbor Freight Distribution Center
02.2023 - 10.2023
- Pick Merchandise, build pallets to be sent to shipping area.
- Reduced workplace accidents with thorough safety checks of forklift equipment before each shift.
- Minimized product damage by carefully handling items during transportation within the warehouse facility.
- Performed daily maintenance tasks on stand-up forklifts to ensure optimal functionality, prolonging equipment lifespan.
- Increased warehouse efficiency by operating stand-up forklifts to manage inventory and load/unload products.
Warehousing
D&H Distributing
12.2017 - 05.2022
- Unload Trucks - Forklift, Clamp Truck, Reach Truck
- Count and verify load received
- Sign Bill of Lading.
Kitchen
Nancy's Pizza
08.2013 - 03.2017
- Make Pizzas/Cook
- Answer phones, run register.
Education
No Degree - Medical Radiologic Technology
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL06.2024
Some College (No Degree) - Marketing
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL06-2012
Associate of Arts - Marketing
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL06-2009
Skills
- Forklift operation
- Pallet building
- Inventory management
- Product handling
- Safety compliance
- Shipping coordination
- Load verification
Languages Computer Skills
Semi-fluent in Spanish, Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Internet, Familiar with Microsoft Access, FrontPage, and Excel
Timeline
Warehouse Forklift Operator
Best Buy DDC
11.2023 - 06.2025
Stand-Up Forklift Operator
Harbor Freight Distribution Center
02.2023 - 10.2023
Warehousing
D&H Distributing
12.2017 - 05.2022
Kitchen
Nancy's Pizza
08.2013 - 03.2017
No Degree - Medical Radiologic Technology
Joliet Junior College
Some College (No Degree) - Marketing
Columbia College Chicago
Associate of Arts - Marketing
Joliet Junior College
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